One of the fun parts about growing older while doing something you love: anniversaries! It’s officially been ten years since we first introduced An Evening With The Spirits, a series of fragrances inspired by historical accounts of Victorian-era spiritualism.
That’s just long enough to find ourselves feeling a little bit haunted while blending these beloved scents and further expanding the collection. Old ghosts, new ghosts, future ghosts: all are welcome to knock on our ceiling, or turn our table.
Looking back over the introductions to past years’ Yule releases – which, due to their timing, are inherently retrospective – we see so many variations on “What a hard year this has been!” And while 2024 has certainly been no exception (sighhhhhh) we simply can’t bring ourselves to keep beating the same old drum, or invite others to dance to such a soggy tune.
As dismal as our prospects may seem at times, whether personally or collectively, we are not unhappy by nature. We are industrious, hopeful, and passionate. We love, and are loved. We know by now that we’ll simply keep rolling with whatever we have to work with. And if amidst all the gloom there is occasion to be jolly… then jolly we shall be!
Innumerable hardships notwithstanding, it’s possible we may never know a year happier than this one, or the one waiting to greet us. So, come what may, let our story be told thusly: We flickered into existence and relished every moment of it.
Our spirits aren’t dispelled by darkness; that is where they flourish, sometimes waiting to be called forth, sometimes manifesting unannounced. A loving sigh, a wrathful shriek, a placating touch, a howl of grief: we shall rise to every occasion.
So here’s to at least another ten years of old ghosts, new ghosts, future ghosts. The more the merrier!