Our fragrance samples are available for purchase online only. No samples will be available in store at Merz Apothecary. Would you love to try Ella? Try a sample for a fraction of the cost of a full bottle! Our samples are either packaged by the perfume house, or hand-poured here at Smallflower and presented in a spray vial. Each vial is filled to a variable volume to reflect the concentration of the fragrance being sampled. About the Fragrance: December 1978, Armando’s Le Club, Acapulco, Mexico. It’s a sultry night of disco, plunging necklines and champagne-soaked skin. Lights flash and strangers kiss, but it’s her, dancing, that commands the attention. She moves, panther-like, her honeyed skin creating an addictive sweetness and magnetism that only a deep chypre fragrance can deliver. She’s met her match on the dance floor, and it’s her animalic instinct that follows him outside, onto the golden beach, under a silvery moon. Ella is a lush, animalic chypre built around radiance and instinct. The fragrance opens with the exotic bloom of cannon ball tree flower (curupita), brightened by angelica root, carrot seed enriched essence, and Turkish rose. The heart deepens into French jasmin absolute “vintage crop,” warmed by cardamom absolute and black buckwheat honey, enriched with ambergris. In the base, patchouli, civet, vetiver, and a cigarette smoke accord smolder within a classic chypre structure, creating a sensual finish that lingers like heat after midnight. Developed with Rodrigo Flores Roux. Fragrance Notes: Top: Cannon Ball Tree Flower (Curupita), Angelica Root, Carrot Seed Enriched Essence, Turkish Rose Middle: French Jasmin Absolute “Vintage Crop”, Cardamom Absolute, Black Buckwheat Honey, Ambergris Base: Patchouli, Civet, Vetiver, Cigarette Smoke Accord, Chypre Accord Same Day pickup for curbside orders containing samples is not available. Shipped orders containing samples will be picked and processed in 1-3 business days.
