Arquiste

Arquiste Indigo Smoke Eau de Parfum

$196⁰⁰ NZD

Size

30ml 1ml Sample

Evoking the traditional smoking of tea leaves in ancient China, Indigo Smoke is an aromatic landscape of narrow serpentine rivers, blue mountains and incense-filled temples condensed into a complex formula of black tea, woody notes and incense. Rich, realistic and long-lasting.

May 1646, Wuyi Mountains, Fujian. For centuries, diligent monks in the Wuyi Mountains have grown tea and indigo plants in neatly terraced plantations. In 1646, their monasteries were attacked by Qing soldiers from the north. As the monks were forced to flee, they smoked batches of tea leaves over pinewood fire to preserve their crops. This would become the smoky lapsang souchong tea. Mixing with the fresh mountain air and the incense from nearby shrines, the intoxicating plumes of indigo smoke captured the colors of the Wuyi Mountains and their dramatic river narrows. Developed with Calice Becker.

Notes

Lapsang Souchong Tea Mate Apricot Incense Vetiver Guaiac Wood Cassia Bourbon Pine tar Cedar Leaves Carrot Seeds Bergamot Mandarin Orange

Wear profile

Longevity

Intensity

Best for Evening

Season Autumn · Winter

Details

Family	Woods
Country	United States
Perfumer	Calice Becker
Year	2022
Concentration	Eau de Parfum

Description

Fragrance Family:
Woods

Notes:
Bergamot, Bigarade, Lapsang Souchong Accord, Vetiver, Apricot Accord, Cassia Oil, Carrot Seed, Gaiac Wood, Vanilla Absolute, Yerba Mate Absolute, Cedar Leaf, Pine Tar, Incense

Concentration:
Eau de Parfum

Occasion:
An elegant smoky tea scent, crafted with care and reverence for the material. Elegant and softly radiant. For the love of tea; a quiet wood smoke. Great for the cold weather, though some warmth reveals new facets.

Made in the USA

Editor's Notes

Pristine and clean, a light smokiness befitting a tea fragrance. Indigo Smoke is mature and elegant, medium-bodied and savoury. It is worth taking the time to appreciate the nuances of this fragrance - its smokiness is fine-grained and shapely, emanating from lapsang souchong, which carries its wood-smoked aroma with it. This weaves delicately through the dry grass and hay aroma of yerba mate, and gentle pulses of apricot. Combined with carrot seed, it becomes creamier, fleshier, if faintly earthy, gently nestled among vetiver and incense. The smoke is never lonesome in this fragrance, and is always in good company - so happily it metamorphoses in a singularly coherent fashion, each change subtle, though remarkably different.