Goddess Of Love & Perfume

4160 Tuesdays Goddess Of Love & Perfume Parfum Extrait - from the Crimes of Passion series

Venus (Aphrodite) was the goddess of love and perfume, also of pleasure and beauty. I wanted to make the ultimate fruity chypre, with backcurrant, peach and my favourite raspberry leaf and I decided that it ought to be good enough to make her want to wear it. I imagine her bathing in it before descending to earth to seduce beautiful shepherd boys tending their flocks on Roseberry Topping. (That's a hill in North Yorkshire and this perfume's alternative name, when it's at EdP strength). There are two fruity chypre fragrances which particularly impressed me when I smelled the originals at the Osmotheque - Fruits Defendus from the 1902s by Paul Poiret, and Shocking by Schiaparelli from the 1940s. I wasn't even sure if it would be possible to make something that gorgeous and legal these days. Anyway, I decided to give it a try.The first small sample bottle was stolen; I was intending the Crimes of Passion series to inspire rash impulsive acts, but I wasn't actually expecting this.Notes: oakmoss, opoponax, bergamot, patchouli - a classic chypre heartPlum, peach, wild strawberry, blackcurrant, raspberry, grapefruit, yuzuRose, jasmine, lily of the valleyVanilla and vintage musks.I now wear this all the time, but it's nothing to do with shepherd boys.

Goddess of Love & Perfume NotesPlum, peach, wild strawberry, blackcurrant, raspberry, grapefruit, yuzu, oakmoss, opoponax, bergamot, patchouli, rose, jasmine, lily of the valley, vanilla, vintage musk

About Crimes of PassionIndie brand 4160Tuesdays has launched Crimes of Passion, a new collection of seven fragrances: Inevitable Crimes of Passion; Dirty Honey; Maxed Out; Raw Silk and Red Roses; Midnight in the Palace Garden; Goddess of Love and Perfume; and Be Careful What You Wish For.

Notes: oakmoss, opoponax, bergamot, patchouli - a classic chypre heartPlum, peach, wild strawberry, blackcurrant, raspberry, grapefruit, yuzuRose, jasmine, lily of the valleyVanilla and vintage musks.I now wear this all the time, but it's nothing to do with shepherd boys.