Hiram Green Philtre Eau de Parfum

$474⁰⁰ NZD

Size

50ml 1ml Sample

For as long as we’ve been falling in love, we’ve been making potions to induce that feeling in others. We called them philtres. When drunk, they cause the recipient to fall madly in love with the giver. Such was the story of Tristan and Isolde, and the fate that befalls Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Perfumes are our modern-day love potion. Potent and bewitching, with the ability to change moods instantly. This is Hiram Green’s version. No unicorn dust or dragon’s blood, just the world’s most beautiful flowers, spices, and resins, built around the flower of love: carnation. Use it carefully.

Carnation absolute from LMR — clove-spiced, powdery, and burning. Old world glamour distilled.

Notes

Carnation Clove Jasmine Stems Greens Black Pepper Rose Resin Vanilla

Wear profile

Longevity

Intensity

Best for Day · Evening

Season Autumn

Details

Family	Floral Amber
Country	United States
Perfumer	Hiram Green
Year	2024
Concentration	Eau de Parfum

Description

Fragrance Family:
Soft Amber

Notes:
Flower Stems, Clove, Rose, Carnation, Jasmine, Resins, Vanilla, Black Pepper

Concentration:
Eau de Parfum

Occasion:
True old world glamour only possible through carnation flower - warm, powdery, spicy - Philtre celebrates this classical material, in all of its glory. Complex yet singular. A burning, passionate fragrance.

Made in the Netherlands

Editor's Notes

Carnation in perfumery seemingly belongs to the old world of classical greats; and rarely is it seen front and centre. Always a trace, or a line among many, it is an essential floraliser - adding spiciness and warmth to compositions. Philtre is a carnation showcase, using incredible (and very rare) carnation absolute from LMR that so few perfumers can boast about.

Indeed, a precondition for liking Philtre is that one enjoys carnation flower, though one might find initiatory enjoyment from this fragrance. In one respect, Philtre smells like beautiful flowers - like the heady smell of a room with a vase holding a mixed bouquet. Carnation, with its strong impressions of clove and black pepper, has always lent itself to amber perfumes (specifically belonging to the ‘mellis’ subgenre) - as it so happily melds with sweet-balsmic notes, resins, with a smoky, floral-honey touch. Philtre is recollection; a passionate floral.