I grieve and dare not show my discontent,
I love and yet am forced to seem to hate,
I do, yet dare not say I ever meant,
I seem stark mute but inwardly do prate.
I am and not, I freeze and yet am burned,
Since from myself another self I turned.
My care is like my shadow in the sun,
Follows me flying, flies when I pursue it,
Stands and lies by me, doth what I have done.
His too familiar care doth make me rue it.
No means I find to rid him from my breast,
Till by the end of things it be supprest.
Some gentler passion slide into my mind,
For I am soft and made of melting snow;
Or be more cruel, love, and so be kind.
Let me or float or sink, be high or low.
Or let me live with some more sweet content,
Or die and so forget what love ere meant.
Inspired by the tragic, ill-fated love of Queen Elizabeth I and the Earl of Leicester. This is our modernization of a 17th-century perfume blend favored by British aristocracy: rosemary, orange flower, grape spirit, five rose variants, lemon peel, and mint.
David –
Very herbal pronounced for me with minimal wood, it’s a good scent for when I can’t get outdoors but I want to smell what I’m missing.
jozierotolo37 –
this smelled very herbal when i first put it on but it dried down to a fresher scent with hints of wood and herbs, etc. I found that it was very light on me after it dried down, It’s pleasant and interesting without being overwhelming
Danielle –
smells wonderfully like fresh cut Birch tree ( the species you make birch beer from)
Gloame –
Wow, weird and super interesting! It’s very herby and it kind of reminds me of Tiger Balm, but not hot. All cold. I really like this.
Monica –
Purchased this at Dragoncon because I was looking for an oil similar to a perfume I had tried but decided not to buy elsewhere. A delicious woodsy smell with a sharp mint edge, fades to a lovely soft moss scent. Reminds me of a forest after rainfall.
Kathryn –
I thought this was awful at first. On aplication this was pure mouthwash on me – yuck! BUT, once it had time to dry down it became very interesting – flowers and woods with lots of cedar. Very pleasant and fresh.
woodenmango –
Ah I love the story of Yggdrasil! It has such great imagery. In the bottle this was beautiful, woody and herbal with a hint of sweetness(which I believe was the spearemint-like scent of the birch) Wet on my skin it kept changing one moment I could smell birch, the next it was earthy herbals and woods. In the end when it was dry though all I could smell was cedar. Which is a nice enough smell but I literally smelled like a cedar trunk. Boo for body chemistry *sigh* otherwise this would have been perfect.