These independent perfumeries are sharing the art of fragrance with their customers, enhancing the olfactory experience and adding a personal touch. Featuring Wit & West's Bespoke Perfume Experience.
Wit & West is the only 100% natural perfume brand in this list, and I got to try out their newest launch Caldera Flower. This scent is inspired by the lush tropics of Panama and has notes of Bergamot, Neroli, Ginger, Gardenia Absolute, Magnolia, Ylang Ylang, Sandalwood, In-House Tahitian Vanilla Tincture, and Ambrette Seed. I love the lush symphony of white florals that dominate here and the warm undercurrent that hushes the perfume’s initial brightness. Ginger is such an interesting top note and one I rarely get to experience. Overall, Caldera Flower is a transportive fragrance that’s breathtakingly beautiful.
Panama’s lush aromas surround me, and Caldera Flower in all its beauty seeps into me, each inhalation threading into the recesses of my mind. Wit & West Caldera Flower is a creative shared experience that captures a beautiful memory’s essence and deeply imprints it in my heart, a fragrant moment forever carved in time and fragrance.
"For me, natural perfumery is something I do simply because I love working with natural ingredients. I love their depth and complexity. They are challenging and finicky, and I love a good challenge. I also have a love for the historical and classic styles of perfumery as well as artisan methods of extraction including enfleurage, tincturing and distillation. My goal is to show people that natural perfume – as a genre of perfumery – is beautiful and unique in its own right."
...Honestly, it’s a total shame that majority of people will never discover perfume beyond the department store and Sephora aisles. They will never discover perfume as it should be, as it used to be, before labs and big corporations took over. I’m hoping to change that one post at a time. Wit & West perfumes are full of depth, complexity and interesting note combinations that are totally addictive...
Wit & West Fleur du Riad opens with a seductive veil of animalic honey. This perceived note is surely the product of Moroccan Neroli with its powerful combination of effervescent citrus, verdant vegetation, sweet white florals, and indole. Green mandarin adds a juicy fruitiness and light silky texture, like saturated air on a hot summer night.
...If you’re looking for a new scent that’s one of a kind and a true work of art, check out Wit & West. A small-batch artisanal perfumery based in Colorado, their perfumes are 100% natural – from the organic grape alcohol they use for their base, to the absolutes, essential oils, and isolates they use to fragrance their creations...
...Changing our environment through scent can be a powerful tool for health. Wit & West’s Jasmine Pet Noi Eau de Parfum takes us to a garden in full bloom. Pink peppercorn and bitter orange sparkle through thick evening air...
All-natural American brand Wit & West has announced the release of a new fragrance, Violetear. Described as a "fresh and sparkling fougère," Violetear was inspired by the Mexican Violetear hummingbird and features an enfleurage made from irises planted in the perfumer's own garden. (How cool is that?!)
The Violetear is new addition to Wit and West Perfumes line of limited release 100% all-natural scents in an Eau de Parfum concentration. Reserve Collection perfumes include rare ingredients as well as handmade tinctures and enfleurage extraits extracted from flowers from the Wit & West garden.
Time here is moss-grown and damp. Abundant waterfalls create wide moving waves of mist. Fog sits on its silent haunches while treetops of bigleaf maples, Douglas fir, and western hemlock commune in vaporous gestures.
As spring nears, I am looking back to the past few months and sharing my thoughts about some of the rose fragrances I wore. Most of these were my picks for Valentine’s week, but I also wore them during the winter holidays and on other chilly days. However, most of them are lovely for all seasons.
In this fragrance Friday we chat with Whitney Swales, Founder of Wit & West Perfumes to learn about her nature inspired line and also to dive into the world of natural scents.
Based in Colorado, Wit & West Perfumes is a small-batch artisanal perfumery that is solely owned and operated by myself and my husband. All of our fragrances are designed, formulated and bottled completely in-house in small batches using only the finest, high-quality 100% natural whole botanicals and naturally derived ingredients.
2. Wit & West, Gavitella Eau de Parfum
...One of our favorite picks from the brand is the Gavitella Eau de Parfum, a refreshing and floral combination of bergamot and red mandarin that is reminiscent of the Mediterranean coast—complete with sun-kissed skin and neroli floats. We love that Wit & West perfumes are handcrafted in small batches and that many of the ingredients are sourced from the founder’s very own garden.
Holiday is the ideal time to gift fragrance, a luxury that keeps giving with every spritz. This trio of brands should cover many of the fragrance lovers on your list, since they range from 100% natural and distinctively magnificent to traditional, sophisticated, and lauded to exquisite and affordable.
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Having a signature scent is important for many; however, we all agree that there’s no such thing as having too many perfumes. The same way we evolve in life, our taste in perfumes changes too. Whether you are looking for floral or wood notes, clean formulas, or small production, there’s always something that suits your needs.
Gift-giving is a thoughtful way to inspire new sustainability habits through a product or experience that has a story. In our opinion the best gifts are experiences.
Whitney Swales and her husband, Rob, are both the brain and heart behind their natural perfumery, Wit & West. Wait, natural perfume? What's that?
