Jorum Studio

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Scottish Odyssey

Gorseland

I spray and think of the summers of my childhood in the village. Yellow and white blossoms full of creamy pollen, green brush reaching up to my arms. Then a hint of fruitiness and everything seems so fresh that I imagine mint with it. After about ten minutes, the fragrance becomes surprisingly subtle and significantly more herbal. It stays like this for a really long time, definitely five to six hours. The sillage is perfect for my taste. I don't fill the room with it; only with every movement of my head does it quietly remind me of its presence. And the woman sitting next to me at the garden party sniffs her way centimeter by centimeter closer to me, finally asking about my perfume. It finally convinced me yesterday at around 24 degrees and a light breeze. Because in the early evening, I finally perceived the woody, almost oily warm base, which my skin, in contrast to the test strip, had not wanted to release until then.

It's mostly fresh and somewhat "herby" on the tester. On my skin it weirdly develops a burnt plastic and pencil sharpener smell which overpowers everything for half an hour. After that its citric notes linger sharply over the herb scent. It's also not very lasting and within an hour it was barely noticeable anymore.

I was just back at Loch Lomond in January. It was a sunny winter day, the lake lay calm before me, a robin rustled in the bushes and all around me the gorse was in bloom. This fragrance smells exactly like that moment and it's incredible how naturally the scent of gorse was captured. Very special, but certainly something unique for the right person with a preference for green scents.