Eau de Céleri

This is exactly the kind of indie fragrance that reminds me I should sample more indie fragrances. It's overtly vegetal and greenly-earthy; a lean, natural, unglamorous scent that is unapologetically evocative of kitchen meal-prep. For the first hour or so I get an accord that is kind of resinousness but in a distinctly vegetal way, like fresh-spicy garden sap. There's also a hint of floral prettiness, but it's clearly there to compliment the vegetal accord, not to disguise it. It's not a strong scent or a particularly long-lived one, but that cutting-board freshness stays all the way through the dry down. It's definitely in a similar vein to Sisley Eau De Campagne, but Campagne is spicier and more citrusy, while Celeri has an almost-savory element that Campagne lacks. It's like making a pitcher of G&T's in the kitchen while your partner chops celery and cilantro for meal-prep. Or like tending a vegetable garden during a summer hot spell, with clean linens on the line, and a garden hose burbling softly at the base of a nearby tree.

Bought a 5 ml decant from the company in their mini springtime sampler, and have worn Eau de Celeri twice since yesterday. I'm absolutely smitten. I get a very green and slightly bitter opening that is very earthy and appealing. This moves into a salty brine that I adore, along with a slightly sweet grassy green (not candy or sugar sweet, more like a floral green sweetness). The vetiver then applies some woody astringency that goes so beautifully with the brine. It gives an outdoorsy feeling that is so perfect for summer/early fall. This is neither a powerhouse nor a shrinking skin scent, present but not loud. I've gotten about 6-7 hours longevity which is decent for the type. Lovely job and I'm happy to try a Canadian niche house that shows great promise.

This is a really nice rainy summer day fragrance. Really cozy and grounding. While I get the celeri, it doesn't smell like celeri. Really fresh and green. I have a tester, and enjoy it :)

a cross between Sisley’s Eau de Campagne and Union’s Holy Thistle, skewing toward Campagne. I don’t get lawn grass or galbanum, funnily enough, but it’s still green in the tomato-leaf sense. I don’t remember the first few moments but after that, it’s fairly linear, tomato leaf with a green aquatic stream running through it. As the stream quiets to a trickle, I get a grassy (but still not lawn grass) note that is close to what I imagine vetiver ‘really’ smells like. (I’m so tempted to keep going on about deltas and swamps, but I know too little about such places.) I bet a lot of people would love that ‘idealized vetiver’ phase. The tomato leaf persists throughout the long drydown, supported by a better base than my recent bottle of Campagne has, closer to what vetiver essential oil actually smells like to me, which is a little earthy, woodsy, maybe bittersweet. As a whole the scent is not a big projector, but it’s distinct enough that I like going searching for it and finding it so definitely each time. I love Campagne, and I love portions of Celeri even more. But I really don’t love portions of Celeri’s top-into-heart that ring the aromachemical alarm bells in my brain, as is usual for anything aquatic. Now I want to re-test Holy Thistle for comparison.

Not at all literal celery. Cut a stalk and compare for yourself. This reminds me in a way of Eau de Campagne, conceptually vegetal while remaining a wearable fragrance.