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Posted on November 02 2023
Our 2023 Holiday Gift Guide is spilling over with treasures tailored for every nook and cranny of Mile High living. It’s our annual celebration of all things local and lovely—most of the items you’ll see are made right here in Colorado for you and those you’re shopping for to enjoy.
Posted on September 28 2023
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. Wit & West Fleur du Riad blooms with sultry sweetness and flirts with orange blossom milky floralcy enlivened with a sparkling aldehydic piquancy.
Posted on August 22 2023
...Clean perfume brands like Henry Rose may be Sephora-famous, but did you know there is an entire world of niche perfume houses turning nature into olfactive art? These hidden gems are well kept secrets within the fragrance community, largely untouched by capitalism (thank goodness) so they can remain true to their roots and produce in small batches to the highest standards.
Posted on August 01 2023
...But there are many who strive to keep the magic of natural perfumes alive. In Colorado, Whitney Swales of Wit & West Perfumes also works tirelessly to concoct dazzling scents with pure botanical extracts. She spent over two years studying the intricacies of natural perfumes both on her own and under many renowned natural perfumers. “Natural ingredients are nuanced, complex, and bring a depth and richness to perfumery that requires patience and flexibility,” she says, regarding her decision to focus on them...
Posted on July 21 2023
...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...
Posted on July 03 2023
Wit & West Streetcar Magnolia is more Lucinda Williams than House of the Rising Sun, sidestepping associations with Tennessee William’s doomed heroine with a modern, upbeat floral that leans, surprisingly, into herbs and incense.
Posted on June 07 2023
...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...
Posted on April 25 2023
Posted on April 08 2023
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. Unique in the contemporary fragrant landscape is the opportunity to experience an iris enfleurage.
Posted on March 22 2023
Finding cruelty-free and vegan perfumes might seem like looking for a needle in a haystack. This first impression makes perfect sense, as most readily-found commercial brands aren’t vegan or cruelty-free.
Posted on March 12 2023
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.
Posted on March 07 2023
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.
Posted on November 14 2022
Wit & West is a small-batch artisanal perfumery based in Colorado and solely owned by this husband-and-wife duo. We had the pleasure of talking with Whitney (Wit) about how this project passion of hers, came to fruition.
Posted on October 24 2022
Finding a vegan, ethical fragrance can be tricky. Popular designer perfumes are often not considered cruelty-free. On top of that, some fragrances on the market also contain non-vegan ingredients, like beeswax. But all is not lost. Plenty of conscious, cruelty-free brands prove it is possible to make deliciously scented, guilt-free fragrances. Here are some of our favorites.
Posted on October 13 2022
When October begins, my desire for deeper and richer scents soars. However, the fall mood wouldn’t be complete without fragrances that nicely match the dark and playful Halloween spirit.
Below is an extensive selection of fragrances for this time of the year – vintage, classic, niche, and indie choices that will satisfy multiple genders, whimsies, and adventures on Halloween.
Posted on September 19 2022
This joint is jumpin, the piano’s thumpin’ and this here spot is more than hot. It’s a summer night in Chicago, round about 1922. The heat steams, rising from the asphalt like an entourage of frisky ghosts. Sweat beads like tiny diamonds on flapper foreheads as they dance a furious Charleston in one of the Andersonville dance halls. But down the street, tucked into the back of an alley where the men light their cigarillos in the shadows and their women purse their lips in bee-stung pouts, there’s a speakeasy where a ballad is being hammered out on an old, yellowed piano.
Posted on September 06 2022
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.
Posted on August 29 2022
Wit & West Perfumes has taken the Mile High City’s fragrance market to new heights. Despite the enigmatic nature of the perfume industry, Colorado-native Whitney Swales broke into the fragrance world and brought Wit & West, a natural perfumery, to Denver.
