Edwardian Bouquet by Floris
Friday, May 23, 2008 at 11:03PM "On paper, this handsome chypre* has a classic galbanum** profile: Fresh, bitter green, slightly musky. On skin, it turns peculiarly and distinctly urinous with a curdled-milk smell, and would invite speculations on one's continence."
From Perfumes, The Guide by Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez
*a class of perfume with citrus top note and woody base notes derived from oak moss (a lichen that grows on the trunk and branches of oak trees and on the bark of decideous trees and conifers such as firs and pines) and ambergris (a secretion from the digestive system of the sperm whale).
**an aromatic gum resin found in a Persian plant found in the mountains of Northern Iran; mentioned in Exodus 30:34 as an herb used to make perfume for the tabernacle.
