Sastun Gather Perfume 2013

Focus on the Sastun, the little stone. Calm your consciousness. Breathe in. Ethereal and cool, the air will first be bitter and glaring green, like dew from enchanted fir winters, like lime crystals in swirling winds, and herbs grow like vertical roots that swell like ginger and needles burst, almost silently and in slow motion, the air lays itself like foliage over earthy moss, and rubbery milk flows from sandalwood into the damp ground, which sweetly and gently still smolders the brown needles of autumn in tiny spicy clouds, soon glowing amber and smoldering in the misty underbrush, together with your demons. Breathe out.
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Gather Perfumes based in Massachusetts produces 100% natural fragrances. Ananda Wilson processes plant essences, extracts, and oils that either come from local wild growth or organic cultivation. She produces her fragrances in small batches, which are subject to natural seasonal variations.
"Sastun," the stone that traditional Maya healers use during their rituals, leads from ethereal bright green notes (bitter sage, lemony-woody cypress, fresh-herbaceous juniper) through earthy-rooty aromas (herbaceous lavender, coniferous-spicy, ginger-like galangal) and ultimately grounds itself in forest floor-like moss, brightened by rubbery sandalwood, sweetly balsamed with myrrh resin and enveloped by soft, slightly smoky amber. The stone of the shamans quietly lights the way through a seven-hour journey.

(With thanks to Delightful)