10 perfumes in similar style to Salamanca by Olympic Orchids Artisan Perfumes

Perfume set 4х18 ml (Black Gold, Music of Mountains, Heart of Alma-Ata, Wind of the Great Steppe)

An excellent option option for a gift for a discerning perfume lover. Packed in a luxurious gift box made of design cardboard in ethnic style, the four bottles of 18 ml each, from the AURA OF KAZAKHSTAN collection. Each fragrance in the set is provided with a vintage postcard of the corresponding theme in two languages.

Osmanthus, but not entirely as you know it. It’s a new discovery, catapulting you into a sunny field of flowers embellished with intense citrus notes, crisp and mesmerising as illustrious as the original but more achingly profound.

 

The third volume in the Revenants series takes inspiration from the works of architect Nicolas Hawksmoor (1661-1736) whose foreboding structures define London's urban landscape even today.

Hawksmoor - referred to as ‘the Devil’s architect’ - continues to provoke interest for his distinctive churches, which introduced elements of Egyptology into traditional ecclesiastical settings. These curious architectural details, and his recent reputation as a Freemason has prompted speculation that occult symbolism influenced his methods, and imbued his designs with an inherent ‘terror and magnificence’.

By contrasting darkness with invigorating complexity, perfumer Pia Long has combined a vivid olfactory impression of the man, his works and his myth. Accords of Somalian Incense, dry woods and wet stone meld with opium smoke, papyrus and kyphi, underpinned by a base of Haitian vetiver and precious resins. 

The product’s packaging bears a representation of Hawksmoor’s celebrated work – Christ Church Spitalfields in East London.

June 1660, Isle of Pheasants, Basque Region on the Spanish-French border

A story of veiled beauty and innocence, Infanta en Flor (infanta in bloom) is an olfactory snapshot of the Infanta Marie Therese as she leaves the Spanish court for her new home as the bride of Louis XI. A union designed to bring peace to the two nations.

The opening notes of sweet immortelle (everlasting flowers) and cistus (rockrose) are uplifted by sharp green bergamot.

A delicate floral heart of orange flower, jasmine and Moroccan rose blushes and charms a coy Spanish leather.

Infanta en Flor finishes with a harmonious marriage of clean musk, amber and cistus.

For a Kazakhstani, the smell that embodies happiness and freedom is the scent of a boundless steppe. It is the wind that smells like wormwood, rough and sweet herbs. Stones heated by the sun and soil cracked by the heat. Subtle smell of leather horse harness. Sundried clumps of saxaul. Give yourself away to the wind and soar above the steppe that goes beyond the horizon. Great and blissful.

Perfumer – Sarah McCartney
Year – 2019

New formula, new perfumer.

The perfumer: Prin Lomros (also the creator behind PRIN, Prissana and Strangers.)

The story: Mystical, mysterious murmurings glide upon a blanket of inky sky. Shadows smear across the moonlight, their darting journey shrouded in darkness. Bats, the only mammal capable of true flight, are enigmatic and alien.

The formula: a vivid sparkly green maze paved with vetiver, decorated with tart jungle fruit and lots of earthy shadows. 

Prin is also the perfumer of the latest Zoologist's character: Sloth

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An intense, smoky herbal blend that, like all of Anna's creations, will transport you to an imaginary landscape.

It's inspired by Cossacks, the soldier-farmers who live in the steppes in the south of Russia, accomplished horsemen guarding the borders since the days of Catherine the Great.

You are welcome to devise your own story, but here at Bloom, we imagine a young Cossack resting among haystacks and wild herbs, smoking his clay pipe while contemplating the starry sky. His friends are sitting by the open fire nearby. Smoke is wafting through wild thyme and wormwood.

Starring

(these fragrant materials reanacted the Young Cossack story):

galbanum CO2 extract
artemisia annia essential oil
artemisia absinthium essential oil
immortel absolute
Seville lavender abs
thyme essential oil
tarragon essential oil
davana essential oil
guayak wood essential oil.
rose de May absolute
Morrocan rose  absolute
cumin CO2 extract
frankincense absolute
petitgrain essential oil
geranium leaves absolute
myrth essential oil
costus absolute
oakmoss absolute
patchouli essential oil
labdanum absolute
tabacco absolute
tonka bean absolute
agarwood essential oil
vetiver essential oil
castoreum tinctura

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Important notice:

Anna Zworykina’s blends are olfactive smellscapes (but neither aromatherapy, nor ‘spray-and-go’ perfumes). Her blends are sensory experiences, closer to works of art created in the scented plane (rather than, say, visual or audio).

Certain essential oils and absolutes that are used in her 100% natural perfumes may potentially cause allergies in some people. Please spray Anna Zworykina’s blends on fabric (on sleeves, scarves, etc.). This said, Anna Zworykina has acquired a huge fan base over many years and people interacted with her blends for quite a while now. We are not aware of any reports of any skin reactions so far.

However, Anna advises that those who are prone to allergic reactions, pregnant and nursing women, as well as people with chronic illnesses to be extra careful. Before trying natural blends, study the list of ingredients and consult with a doctor if you are not sure or a had a history of allergies. If you do decide to put these blends on your skin (unable to resist the temptation) always test the blend on the inside part of your elbow first and wait.

Do not spray these blends liberally as a cloud in the way you would spray a conventional perfume. Anna’s smellscapes need to be… carefully applied and experienced. Be mindful that some oils can also make your skin hyper-sensitive to UV.

It is the odor of crude oil which is the black gold of Kazakhstan. It is the odor of the wild grasslands of Western Kazakhstan, the salty breeze of the Caspian Sea, petroleum, and ... money. The aromas of salt marsh, dunes, peat, and arid soil of the semi-desert with its sparse vegetation contrast the anthropogenic odors of crude oil processing. 

Perfumer - Lucas Sieuzac
Year – 2019

Perfumer: Carlos Benaim

Beso Feliz, or happy kiss in English, conveys peace and harmony. As does this beautifully constructed fragrance from Beso Beach. Created with the hippy and beachy vibes of Ibiza in mind, clary sage mirrors driftwood floating in the sea, with bright green vetiver offering refreshing and vibrant notes. True tranquility is offered in the cannabis accord which serves this peppery, fruity and green scent. Beso Feliz brings you all the beautiful, hippy harmony of Ibiza in one bottle. Relax and feel all the positive energy.

‘O absent presence, Stella is not here’

The fifth and final instalment of the Revenants collection draws inspiration from the Elizabethan poet Sir Philip Sidney. In his Sonnet sequence ‘Astrophel and Stella’ Sidney develops and captures the essence of a haunting… the presence of one that is always felt but never seen.

‘Now I, wit-beaten long by hardest fate,

So dull am, that I cannot look into

The ground of this fierce love and lovely hate,

Then some good body tell me how I do,

Whose presence absence, absent presence is;

Blesst in my curse, and cursed in my bliss.’