The scent The artist This is a 2 ml spray sample. Find the full bottle here. A woody soliflore? If anyone could pull it off, it’s the indie perfumer Queen herself, Dawn Spencer Hurwitz, and here, she shows why she’s still reigning. Take a stack of some of the densest woody notes in perfumery and smooth them out until all you can imagine is the caress of velvet and the elegance of polished ebony. Now imagine a rose slowly, then wantonly, blooming in the center, getting even woodier as it partners with a rosewood note too. Bold, indulgent, luxurious by the metric ton, and yet, this is somehow smooth and sexy as jazz at 2 a.m. Notes include bergamot, rosewood, ebony accord, tobacco, peru balsam, rose, vintage sandalwood accord, Himalayan cedarwood, amber, patchouli, oak accord, ambergris and musk. Dawn Spencer Hurwitz is a niche perfumer based on Boulder, Co. She began her perfumery career in Boston's Essence Perfumery. Dawn is a prolific creator, regularly launching scents under her own line as well as aroma-artistic collaborations with the Denver Art Museum, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, and others. For more information, visit www.dshperfumes.com.
