Ars Anni
ARS ANNI (or “art of the year”) is a seasonal exercise in synesthesia, translating the unique sensory qualities of certain classical artworks into fragrance. More added every month in 2024!
Mayday Art: She Comes With Footsteps Light
What potent blood hath modest May.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
June Bloom: The Art of June
And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days.
– James Russell Lowell
July Art: Dreaming as the Summers Die
Thy home is all around,
Sweet summer child of light and air,
Like God’s own presence, felt, ne’er found,
A Spirit everywhere!
– James Staunton Babcock
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An Angel Leading a Soul Into Hell Perfume Oil
Add to cartHieronymous Bosch
A tarterian conflagration of red musk, mimosa, scorched leather, Halfeti rose, and king mandarin aflame with red pepper, daemonorops draco, red amber, patchouli ash, pimento berry, cardamom, and tobacco.
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Concert Perfume Oil
Add to cartEdward Okun
Black velvet, ancient climbing roses, champaca magnolia, and deep, resonant strings of amber. -
Die Wunderblume Perfume Oil
Add to cartAlexander Rothaug
Thick blankets of moss embracing river-smoothed stones, a cascade of shimmering amber, and heady white petals. -
Dreamer of Dreams Perfume Oil
Add to cartEdmund Dulac
Lavender absolute, indigo champaca, Hojari frankincense, cananga flower, agarwood, soft mosses, labdanum absolute, twilight sandalwood, Bengali oud, lime rind, and a drop of cacao absolute. -
Ezekiel’s Vision of God Perfume Oil
Add to cartBerard Picart
Be not afraid: globules of white coconut beaming through blinding white amber and Oman frankincense.
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Faun Einer Amsel Zupfeifend Perfume Oil
Add to cartFaun einer Amsel zupfeifend
Arnold Bocklin
A musky, sensual balsamic amber reclining on a bed of dandelions, mock strawberry, and wild grasses with a flutter of feathery black vetiver and a splotch of ink.
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In unserm Brunnen ist ein Nix Perfume Oil
Add to cartR.M. Eichler
River reeds, fen violets, water lilies, starfruit, wild berries, lily of the valley, and climbing roses. -
L’aurore Perfume Oil
Add to cartAdolphe-Alexandre Lesrel
A softly glowing floral aldehyde streaked with somnolent lavender, ambrette, purple rose, vanilla bean, pink cognac, violet leaf, woad, muguet, black currant bud, and sheer musk. -
La Nuit Perfume Oil
Add to cartAuguste Reynaud
A midnight sea of blackcurrant, wild plum, black hellebore silk, night blooming jasmine, and lilac incense, dotted with glittering specks of honeyed clove, elemi, Tahitian ginger, and muguet. -
Lovers Among Lilacs Perfume Oil
Add to cartMarc Chagall
Soft, sweet bourbon vanilla and sensuous benzoin nestled in a haven of lilac blooms. -
Morning Follows Night Perfume Oil
Add to cartNicolaes Berchem
Bourbon vanilla, tonka bean, raw cacao, and patchouli root illuminated by yellow bergamot, lemon rind, and white amber.
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Mouse Perfume Oil
Add to cartShibata Zeshin
Golden hay, vanilla bean, toasted amber, hazelnuts, white carnation petals, and cream.
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Nymph and Satyr Perfume Oil
Add to cartGerard van Honthorst
Oak leaves, wine-splashed bark, goat’s milk accord, forest blossoms, and moss-dappled skin musk. -
Nymph in a Goldfish Pond Perfume Oil
Add to cartFranz Hein
Bloop! White and pink lotus, calla lilies, and freshwater pearls in a swirl of apricot, tangerine, mimosa, and mandarin. -
Nyx, Night Goddess Perfume Oil
Add to cartGustave Moreau
Goddess of phantoms and of shadowy play, whose drowsy pow’r divides the nat’ral day: ink-black opoponax absolute, glittering amber, caramelized oud, black styrax, and Oman frankincense. -
Summer’s Death Tune Perfume Oil
Add to cartJohn Butler Yeats
Crackling, dry grasses, pale cedarwood, bone-yellow sandalwood, uprooted mandrake, a tangle of patchouli, and the smoke of distant bonfires.
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The Bath of Venus Perfume Oil
Add to cartCharles Shannon
Velvet rose petals, white silk, red benzoin, sweet black labdanum, honeyed wine, kyphi tar, scarlet amber, and frankincense-smoked carnation petals. -
The Naiads’ Hour Perfume Oil
Add to cartNorman Lindsay
Pearlescent ambergris and salt musk, white bergamot, elemi, white lemon peel, champaca, and seafoam. -
The Storm Perfume Oil
Add to cartPierre-Auguste Cot
Rain-dappled moss, golden silk, and sheer, gossamer vanilla. -
The Truth Lies in Old Books Perfume Oil
Add to cartMarian Wawrzeniecki
Cracked leather binding and aged, yellowing, blood-soaked paper, clove bud, green silk, sandalwood incense, agarwood, black sesame, and thorns. -
Treasure Perfume Oil
Add to cartNorman Lindsay
A mermaid’s delight: pearlescent orris butter, polished coral, lilac-blushed choya nakh, ambergris foam, osmanthus petals, salt-crusted driftwood, honey dust, white grapefruit peel, cerulean musk, golden flecks of sea-speckled amber, and bittersweet mimosa. -
Twin Stars Perfume Oil
Add to cartLuis Ricardo Valero
Incandescent lemon rind, apple wine, and Calabrian bergamot gleaming through velvety blue lavender, black cashmere, Laotian oud, and deep, rich, 2-year aged patchouli.
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Woman in Front of the Setting Sun Perfume Oil
Add to cartCaspar David Friedrich
Five ambers fading in descending radiance.