On to Pieria he stepped from the upper air, and swooped down upon the sea, and then sped over the wave like a bird, the cormorant, which in quest of fish over the dread gulfs of the unresting sea wets its thick plumage in the brine. In such wise did Hermes ride upon the multitudinous waves. But when he had reached the island which lay afar, then forth from the violet sea he came to land, and went his way until he came to a great cave, wherein dwelt the fair-tressed nymph; and he found her within. A great fire was burning on the hearth, and from afar over the isle there was a fragrance of cleft cedar and juniper, as they burned; but she within was singing with a sweet voice as she went to and fro before the loom, weaving with a golden shuttle. Round about the cave grew a luxuriant wood, alder and poplar and sweet-smelling cypress, wherein birds long of wing were wont to nest, owls and falcons and sea-crows with chattering tongues, who ply their business on the sea. And right there about the hollow cave ran trailing a garden vine, in pride of its prime, richly laden with clusters. And fountains four in a row were flowing with bright water hard by one another, turned one this way, one that. And round about soft meadows of violets and parsley were blooming. There even an immortal, who chanced to come, might gaze and marvel, and delight his soul; and there the messenger Argeiphontes stood and marvelled.
Crisp sea air, kelp, and climbing vines, flame-singed cedarwood and juniper branches, cypress boughs, alder wood, violets, selino, parsley, glistritha, and white sage.
dragonfire_fairy –
This is a smell I didn’t like out of the bottle and I was so sad. It was too woody. But I put some on and its grown to be something I really love.
Its warm and woody, like you’re standing near the saw in a woodworking class. Once you put it on the Rose and labdanum make it darker, like someones oiled the wood with rose oil. It rides a line between being a sort of masculine wood but it always makes me feel warm inside when I wear it.
Hellokoi –
One of my favorites for a dark, resinous rose fragrance. The roses are sweet, heavy and blood red, the cedar is spicy, the teak a dark, polished and sensual wood note, and the labdanum giving it a rich, resinous sweetness. It’s a perfect fragrance for your evil puppets.
Nuri –
This was divisive in my house. I loved it, my heathen of a husband compared it to tiger balm. I smell warm woods with dried rose petals and later the earthiness of the laudanum. I have no idea what my husband is saying about tiger balm, but he hates it with a passion. I love it the same. I think if I just had it on and didn’t tell him about it he would like it more