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Koschei the Deathless
Dear Wasilijsa, everything is so strange, I can no longer see myself in the mirror, my hair is salty and smells of seaweed, my skin is like a forest on rainy days, full of green lichens and rampant mosses, swarms of mushrooms on the damp ground and herb-spicy roots. I will let them glow for you in saffron colors from India and they should smell of sour oranges and spicy ginger vapors. In the night sky, pepper will shimmer, countless stars, cold and silver, and traces of myrrh in vague mists will waft through the darkness, like warm golden weavings in the forest, like little lanterns glowing in puddles. My soul buried in an iron box, on an island far out at sea, Wasilijsa, I will wait for you here and become one with this cellar.
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Fantôme is a small company based on the coast of Washington State, run by Bree and Megan Elliott, who handcraft their fragrances in small batches. According to their own statement, they are always working to keep their wide range of scents available.
"The Russian Fairy Tale Collection - Koschei the Deathless" thematizes a figure from Russian mythology who keeps his soul outside of his body and appears in various legends and fairy tales. The fragrance begins with an accord of earthy mushrooms and tree moss, almost photorealistically depicting a damp forest floor, accompanied by salty seaweed notes on one hand and spicy-bitter turmeric aromas on the other, which lay a very exciting peppery sharpness as well as sour-fresh notes of orange and ginger ethereally transparent over the wet earth. A hint of resinous myrrh expands the spectrum with sweet nuances, acting like mist that gradually draws from the damp forest into a cool cellar (Patchouli).
The complexity of the aromas (earthy, green, salty, spicy, bitter, citrus, resinous) and the development within these notes is quite remarkable for a perfume oil. Koschei haunts the skin for about six hours, initially distinctly, later rather softly, as befits a spirit.
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Fantôme is a small company based on the coast of Washington State, run by Bree and Megan Elliott, who handcraft their fragrances in small batches. According to their own statement, they are always working to keep their wide range of scents available.
"The Russian Fairy Tale Collection - Koschei the Deathless" thematizes a figure from Russian mythology who keeps his soul outside of his body and appears in various legends and fairy tales. The fragrance begins with an accord of earthy mushrooms and tree moss, almost photorealistically depicting a damp forest floor, accompanied by salty seaweed notes on one hand and spicy-bitter turmeric aromas on the other, which lay a very exciting peppery sharpness as well as sour-fresh notes of orange and ginger ethereally transparent over the wet earth. A hint of resinous myrrh expands the spectrum with sweet nuances, acting like mist that gradually draws from the damp forest into a cool cellar (Patchouli).
The complexity of the aromas (earthy, green, salty, spicy, bitter, citrus, resinous) and the development within these notes is quite remarkable for a perfume oil. Koschei haunts the skin for about six hours, initially distinctly, later rather softly, as befits a spirit.
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