Exploration: Nº1 Perfume

Inspired by the ridge - the Toro Negro Forest - but maybe to the end user is the library, or the memory of physical contact. This and all our future compositions are so open to interpretation and guided by experiences of the wearer and even the spectator. The formula is simple and there lays its complexity; its timeless therefore ageless and, for me, genderless. In this case, the notes of fossilized amber, musk, cedar wood and amber core spoke to me. Exploration: N1 belongs to the woody family with a hint of an animalic relative.  Fossilized Amber Oil is extracted from 35 million year old Himalayan fossilized tree resin. Unlike the oils from living plants, there is no essential oil that can be directly obtained from the fossilized resin. Instead, the oil comes from a process called “dry distillation” whereby the Amber resin is processed over high heat until an oily substance is obtained. The powdered wood (sawdust) from sawmills where the wood is cut for lumber is a by-product collec