Dust of Snow Alkemia 2023

The bright sky draws me outside. It has snowed all night, soft as cotton and still. Even now, there is no breath of wind. The light is bright and soft. My footsteps crunch in the untouched snow. The small path into the forest has not been tread by anyone yet. At the corner, a magical scent greets me, delicately sweet and lemony, reminiscent of apple blossoms. I pause for a moment and breathe it in deeply. Something calls me without sound, the scent of pine needles pulls me further, my lungs, chest, and heart expand wide. Above me, there is a soft crack, and a bird slowly takes flight; I look up, and the released branch dusts its powdered snow onto my upturned face, cold and clear and beautiful. Tiny crystals turn into moist droplets on my skin. I am the blossom… delicate dust upon me… Where am I going? Who or what will I become?
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I received this scent as a small manufacturer sample with an Alkemia order. I am particularly taken with their forest scents. The house from Amherst/Massachusetts in the USA states on their homepage that all their fragrances are free from parabens, phthalates, DPGs, and other unpleasant substances. They test on “free-range people,” never on animals, but their beloved dog and cat companions are known to express their olfactory opinions.
I will not rate the bottle, as the little vial does not claim to be a bottle. The focus is clearly on the content.
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Here, the beginning is beautifully fresh-sweet-lemony; I think of apple blossom (the impression likely comes from witch hazel flower + lemon tree bark), but soon ethereal green needles flash forth, minty-menthol and ginger-fizzy. The scent does not develop linearly but oscillates repeatedly between the delicate flowers and the ethereal pine resins. Its color is indeed a very light yellow, like the witch hazel flowers in the snow, not green despite the very present ethereal pine needles.
It creates a wonderful winter atmosphere, very, very beautiful!

The enchanted walk lasts about 3-4 hours with a sparing test, or so it seems to me… but who really knows?

The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood...

(Robert Frost)