I've had my Ffern Autumn20 Organic Small Batch Perfume (£69 a quarter) since the Autumn Equinox on the 22 September and have enjoyed taking time to enjoy it rather than rush to review. See my thoughts on Summer20 HERE.
As ever you receive a sample to try before slicing open the paper seal on the full size bottle. And you know, I thought I could never like summer more, but this season is a delight. As ever, you receive a numbered bottle with the names of the noses on the label. It's all these little attention to details which make my heart sing.
This season the Ffern team wanted to recreate how the air smells after the rain: Petrichor "air washed and heavy with new scents, holds within it something of the landscape. When it rains within a wood, the result is perhaps the most compelling of all".
Following on from Autumn19 which was set in a Scottish pine forest. Autumn20 is set in "wilder woodland. Older, darker, richer. More alive. Here the sky hangs low and the woodland floor, dampened by fresh rain, is varied and intimate, with lush green shoots emerging from the shade of a once-great oak".
The wood notes have been rebalanced and softened and oud has been added. Red cedar and guaiac blend with it to create smokey and sylvan notes. New growth is captured in Bay leaf and Davana.
Rose Absolute, Cognac oil and Oak Moss adds honeyish, floral tones capturing "the heady fullness of the air after the rain, we were missing the fresh, sweet burst that appears just as the rain has passed". That came in the form of Rosewater which enhances the rose note (and which makes me love this perfume so).
The Perfume is formulated with organic Italian grain vodka and Rosewater and:
Top: Davana - Karnataka, India, Bergamot Rind - Calabria, Italy, Nutmeg - Banda Islands, Indonesia
Mid: Rose - Isparta, SW Turkey, Olibanum - Gulf of Aden Somalia, Bay rum leaf - St Thomas, Caribbean, Patchouli - Java, Indonesia, Black Peppercorn - Malabar coast, India, Ceylon Cinnamon Bark - SW coast, Sri Lanka, Balsam Fir - East of Calgary, Canada
Base: Cognac oil - Transylvania, Romania, Vetiver root - Les Cayes, Haiti, Guaiacwood - Gran Chaco jungles, Paraguay, Boya Oud Tincture - Assam, India, Oakmoss - Samokov, Macedonia, Red Cedar - Virginia, North America
I simply adore Autumn20 it's woody and warm with ever lingering rose notes (it's pure perfection).
That's me now had my first year - Winter20, Spring20 and Summer20. I'm planning a round-up post of all four. Are you on the ledger? If so, what are your thoughts?
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