The scent library
Eight scents, numbered 00 to 07. A scent keeps its number whatever form it takes, oil, melt, reed or cone, so once you have found yours it is easy to find again.
How to choose
Start with what you already like. If you are drawn to woods, try 00 Signature or 07 Palo Santo. If you buy flowers for the house, 05 Neroli & Tuberose or 06 Rose & Cardamom. For something green, 01 Fig & Cedar or 02 Cut Grass & Mint, and for something sunny or fruity, 03 Mimosa & Honey or 04 Wild Berry & Bergamot. Still not sure? The Incense Discovery Set holds six scents, eight cones of each, and the Marble Incense Dish Set holds all eight.
Scent 00
Pink pepper and peony, over sandalwood and pine.
Scent 00, the first in the library. It opens bright and a little peppery, softens into peony, then settles on warm sandalwood with a green thread of pine running underneath.
Scent 01
Green fig leaf and powdery iris, on dry cedar.
A fig leaf rubbed between your fingers, sharp and milky at once. Iris makes it soft and slightly powdery, and cedarwood gives it a dry base, like the inside of a pencil drawer.
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Scent 02
Cut grass and spearmint, rounded with magnolia.
The first mow of the year, drifting in through an open window. Spearmint keeps it cool and bright, and a little magnolia rounds it off so it never turns sharp.
Scent 03
Mimosa and peony, with a thread of manuka honey.
Yellow mimosa in a jug on the kitchen table, early in the year when the light starts coming back. Peony keeps it soft, and manuka honey adds a warm, slightly waxy sweetness underneath.
Scent 04
Blackberry and bergamot, lifted by osmanthus.
Brambles at the end of summer and fingers stained purple. Bergamot keeps the fruit sharp rather than jammy, and osmanthus adds a soft note of apricot skin that lingers.
Scent 05
Orange blossom and tuberose, with magnolia beneath.
White flowers in warm sun. Orange blossom comes first, bright and slightly bitter, then the fuller tuberose. Magnolia smooths the edges, so it is bright without being sharp.
Scent 06
Rose petals and jasmine, warmed with cardamom.
A rose that smells of the petals, not the perfume counter. Jasmine makes it fuller, and green cardamom gives it a quiet spice, like a pod cracked open over a pan of rice.
Scent 07
Palo santo wood with bergamot and dry sage.
Palo santo is a pale, resinous wood with a sweet, faintly smoky smell. We pair it with bergamot for brightness and a little dry sage, so it stays warm without getting heavy.
