Vernus

Spring has sprung! A chroma of gilded blooms awash with hazy vernal sunshine enticing noses to hover ever closer.

Growing up in rural Scotland was, in hindsight, an absolute gift. Some of my fondest childhood memories involve springtime wandering. The seasonal shift bringing a new aromatic scentscape with it. I remember spending most of my youthful years in one of the woodlands in my village, a simply magical place especially in spring – muscari, hyacinth, bluebells, snowdrops and millions of narcissus rioting mostly undisturbed beneath ancient chestnuts, oaks and peculiar hickory trees planted by my friends family decades ago. The scene cut by a picturesque burn which seemed to have only two settings, raging or nearly still. Of all the wildflowers growing in this woodland meadow, narcissus were the most memorable for me, radiating their weirdly wonderful aroma in a low-lying carpet of sun dappled warmth. The jonquil were and still are my favourite of the genus. - Euan McCall, the perfumer

The perfume family: floral, green

Notes: petitgrain, bigarade. quince, hay, goldenrod, hickory, marigold, sunflower, magnolia, narcissus, jasmine, paprika