DEM04B [EDP]

DEM04B EAU DE PARFUM

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[Demeter, Winter]

The antithesis of DEM04A.

A fragrant expression of DEMETER - the Goddess of Agriculture and Harvest during the time in which her Daughter, Persephone, returns to reside in the shadowy depths of the Underworld - alongside King Hades – what us mere mortals call “Winter.”

With this fragrance, we sought to emulate the somewhat depressing transition from Summer to Winter we are all too familiar with. 

The time of year in which the remaining green shoots of the summer that was are swallowed by the cold of the winter that is to be.  

Melancholy, understandably, inspired much of the composition.

It is, however, not all doom and gloom.

As the fragrance unfolds, it invites us to observe change and to reflect [perhaps even within].  Incense plays a vital role here coaxing us into an almost meditative state. 

Rose, raspberry and pomegranate [key in the myth] wrestle with the accord's more icy and minerally notes. 

Moreover, they serve as an important nod not only to the summer that was but, to the summer that will inevitably come again.

Top // Pomegranate, raspberry, ice accord   

Mid // Saffron, rose, incense, patchouli

Base // Birch, geosmin, benzoin, oud, amber 

INGREDIENTS

Fragrance oil [parfum], alcohol [de nat], water/aqua, citronellol, geraniol, isoeugenol, d-limonene

This fragrance has been formulated, blended and created in line with International Fragrance Association (IFRA) standards and regulations.

PERFUMER’S WORKING NOTES

Grk //  ΔΗΜΗΤΡΑ

Number // 4 [B]

Goddess of // Agriculture, climate, fertility, the harvest and the seasons

Family // Complicated but Persephone [Daughter], Hades [Brother and, well technically also Brother-in-law], Zeus [Brother], Poseidon [Brother], Hera [Sister], Hestia [Sister]

Colour(s) // Grey blue [primary] – brown, grey and navy [secondary]

Symbol(s) // Tree, branches, fallen leaf  

In brief // A fragrant expression of Demeter [in Winter] when her Daughter, Persephone returns to reside in the shadowy depths of the Underworld - alongside King Hades.  Demeter is despondent and refuses to sow and so, the flowers that not long-ago bloomed wither and fall.

Who would we buy it for?  TBC

Key/signature note // Incense 

Surprise note // Geosmin 

Fragrance Family // Oriental [noting it leans towards the incense/amber/oriental/resins section of Michael Edward’s Fragrance Wheel i.e., Amber Oriental] 

Descriptors // Deep, simultaneously cold and warm, meditative, dark, minerally, earthy, smoky

Planet // Earth

Roman // Ceres

Commercial release // June 2026

First formulation // March 2020 [Nicole’s house Clayton South, Melbourne, Australia]

Second formulation // July 2023, [ISIPCA, Paris, France]

Third formulation // September 2024 [Thema HQ, F26/94 Keys Rd, Cheltenham Australia]

Final formulation // TBC

Perfumer(s) // Con Panagiotopoulos, Nicole Panagiotopoulos

Packaging // Linen THEMATIKOS bag until commercial release [awaiting box production]

Formula tweaks prior to commercial release // Addition of geosmin and an ice accord to add a colder, minerally feel to the fragrance