Aquarius ♒︎ enfleurage perfume. piñon, santal, palo santo, lapsang souchong, breuzinho. April 2023

Aquarius ♒︎ enfleurage fragrancea l c h e m y ♒︎To serve a sign renowned for originality, my new Aquarius blend weaves together several of my most unusual personal extractions. Smoke, precious woods, tea, and incense for the free spirit. I have burned Palo Santo in a variation of enfleurage, capturing the Ecuadoran wood as incense. Warmer than the essential oil, this extraction has the feel of firewood with Palo Santo's trademark floral and powdery back notes. It joins two forms of Piñon pine (Pinyon). The essential oil is buttery, floral, woody, with hints of peach. The absolute I have extracted from hunks of resin has a darker, gooey feel. It's a fiery red hue, and smells of resin, booze, and pine needles warmed by the sun. Where the essential oil is crisp, ethereal, and clear, the absolute renders the tree as a gentle, pipe-smoking grandfather. Lapsang Souchong tea, the leaves of which are smoked over pine fires, balances the incense and the Piñon while adding the calming element of