Hiram Green Arcadia Eau de Parfum

$12⁰⁰ AUD

Size

50ml 1ml Sample

Pickup available at Melbourne

Usually ready in 1 hour

For this perfume, Hiram Green was inspired by the natural splendour of Arcadia. In this idyllic, unspoiled wilderness babbling brooks meander through mountains covered in dense forests and the air is filled with the sound of humming insects and twittering birds.

Imagine the lush undergrowth that covers the forest floor. In areas where the sun manages to break through the canopy, fragrant flowers bask in the sunlight and their sweet scent intertwines with the fresh green smell of the foliage.

Arcadia belongs to the classic olfactive group known as Fougère, or fern-like perfumes. As no natural fern fragrant oil exists, Fougère fragrances always consist of a combination of fragrant oils that evoke the scent of ferns.

Aromatic French lavender and Italian bergamot dominate the top of Arcadia before jasmine and rose provide floral shading. Tonka bean, aged patchouli and New Caledonian sandalwood add depth to the composition.

The Platonic ideal of lavender — bright, supple, and warm, with classical fougere inspiration.

Notes

Lavender Resin Spices Jasmine Tonka Bean Sandalwood Patchouli Bergamot Rose

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Best for Day

Season Autumn · Spring

Details

Family	Aromatic
Country	Netherlands
Perfumer	Hiram Green
Year	2022
Concentration	Eau de Parfum

Description

Fragrance Family:
Aromatic Fougère

Notes:
Bergamot, Lavender, Jasmine, Rose, Spices, Resins, Tonka Bean, Aged Patchouli, New Caledonian Sandalwood

Concentration:
Eau de Parfum

Occasion:
Lavender splendour: a rich expression of the aromatic genre, drying down into a smooth, amber-warm finish. For retro enthusiasts and lavender lovers - a daytime perfume.

Made in the Netherlands

Editor's Notes

It’s hard not to evoke the Platonic form of lavender with talk of Hiram Green’s Arcadia, who has produced an exquisite lavender, exactly what one hopes to smell when the word lavender is uttered. There is no doubt that Arcadia is an aromatic fougere, though it preserves the distinct floral hallmarks of the lavender material - certainly enough to warrant a distinction, calling this a lavender (or lavender-dominant) fougere. Where lavender tends to either swing into minty, camphor freshness (Bon Monsieur by Rogue) or dark caramelised molasses (Fougere Bengale by Parfum d’Empire), Arcadia achieves a fabulous balance with obvious classical inspiration.

The quality is remarkable - brightened up top with bergamot, turned supple with the hay and coumarin flavour of tonka bean and creamy sandalwood. Its finish is ambery and spiced, worked with patchouli, jasmine, and a flash of powdery rose for some ornament and romance, though the scent is harmony all the way through - no flats, no sharps: lavender played on a C-major scale.