
‘Sous Bois’ by Nancy Meiland: Journey into the dark green forests of Winter
So December comes around again, and another year draws close to its conclusion. Cue the flipside to commercial and materialistic fever pitch; for here cometh the season of olfactive thoughtful introspection, of hibernation, ancient sleep and waking dreams, where perfumed ghosts and quiet haunting beauty, wafts silently between days end, and nights hard frost. Enter ‘Sous Bois’ by Nancy Meiland – a lumineer of contemporary British perfumery – with her fifth olfactive outing, a green and elemental composition which is both grounded in the earthy tones of the forest floor whilst reaching for the glacial air and skies of mystical … Continue reading ‘Sous Bois’ by Nancy Meiland: Journey into the dark green forests of Winter