Comfort Scents
The end of a busy week leaves me reaching for comfort in everything, and perfume is no exception (when is it?) This made me wonder what scents I find comforting and why. In food, I’m more likely to reach for salty comfort foods than sweets. Likewise in perfume, I don’t need cuddly, vanilla based, “blankets in a bottle”, so to speak. What helps me keep my head above the water is some herbal-incense-woody concoction.
My comfort scent of choice lately has been Messe de Minuit by Etro. Inspired by a Catholic mass, it’s a brooding medley of incense, spicy, and woody notes. To me, the scent is akin to finding yourself in your grandmother’s attic and stumbling upon an old, dust covered chest, filled with long-forgotten family treasures. Nothing is more comforting than a healthy dose of mustiness, mold, dust, and old wood. Messe de Minuit’s notes: orange, bergamot, mandarin, labdanum, incense, myrrh, cinnamon, patchouli, honey, amber, musk.
Other comfort scents I enjoy:
Piper Nigrum by Lorenzo Villoresi
Bois d’Armenie by Guerlain
Bois d’Argent by Christian Dior
L’Air de Rien by Miller Harris
Bois d’Encens by Giorgio Armani
Eau Noire by Christian Dior
Angelique Encens by Creed
L’Eau du Navigateur by L’Artisan Parfumeur
What are you favorite comfort scents?
28 comments January 26th, 2007