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Aroma

Considered scents for the room and the car: materials, composition and the atmosphere they carry with you.

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Compositions by place

Notes to look for, not products to buy.

The Amalfi Coast

Lemon leaf and neroli

  • lemon leaf
  • neroli
  • sea salt
  • white musk

Bright, bitter-green citrus with soft orange blossom for rooms that open onto the sea.

Cape Town and the Winelands

Fynbos and sea air

  • buchu
  • rooibos
  • sea salt
  • citrus peel

Herbal, aromatic Cape botanicals with a salty coastal edge.

Lake Como

Cypress and warm stone

  • cypress
  • fig leaf
  • bergamot
  • mineral accord

Green and cool by day, resinous at night: the smell of a garden terrace after the sun has left it.

St. Moritz and the Engadin

Stone pine and woodsmoke

  • stone pine
  • larch
  • woodsmoke
  • cold air

Resin and a fireplace, with the clean edge of high-altitude air.

The Scottish Highlands

Heather and peat smoke

  • heather
  • peat smoke
  • bog myrtle
  • wet wool

Honeyed heather and a wisp of smoke: the Highlands after rain.

Kyoto

Hinoki and green tea

  • hinoki
  • green tea
  • yuzu
  • incense

The clean, lemony wood of a cypress bath with a thread of temple incense.

Lisbon and the Sintra coast

Bitter orange and cedar

  • bitter orange
  • petitgrain
  • cedar
  • sea air

Sunny, slightly bitter citrus over dry wood, for a city of light and tile.

Baa Atoll, Maldives

Vetiver and coconut water

  • vetiver
  • coconut water
  • frangipani
  • driftwood

Earthy, cool vetiver softened by a milky, barely sweet coconut note.

Marrakech

Damask rose and cedar

  • rose
  • Atlas cedar
  • orange blossom
  • amber

Rose and orange blossom from the garden, cedar from the mountains, a little warmth for evening.

Paris

Iris and soft leather

  • orris
  • suede
  • violet leaf
  • cedar

Powdery iris over clean suede: quiet, elegant and very Parisian in spirit.

Cap-Ferrat and the Riviera

Fig and mimosa

  • fig
  • mimosa
  • sea salt
  • warm stone

Milky green fig and sunny mimosa for a Riviera room with shutters half-closed.

Venice

Amber and lagoon salt

  • amber
  • benzoin
  • sea salt
  • old wood

Warm resin and salt, like a palazzo interior on a winter afternoon.

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