Fragrances: Glastonbury Edition
Step into the olfactory tapestry of Glastonbury Festival, where the pulsating beats of UK Drill, Grime, and Garage music harmonize with the earthy essence of Somerset fields. Inspired by the iconic festival's eclectic spirit, these fragrances capture the essence of carefree days and musical nights inviting you to carry the essence of musical and cultural celebration with each unforgettable note and accord.
Madawi Gold by Arabian Oud |$300
Lineup song: Professor X by Dave
Description: Dave is undoubtedly one of the UK’s most talented artists demonstrating immense lyrical prowess and dynamic sound. Professor X comes off the soundtrack of Top Boy, one of the UK’s most popular modern shows where he also plays a role. The song begins with guitar and piano instrumentals that immediately place you in a bustling cafe in the Arabian peninsula. In this cafe, you’ll be surrounded by the smell of fresh coffee, tonka bean, and cardamon. The scent that best encapsulates all of these notes is undoubtedly Madawi Gold. This gourmand unisex fragrance is sweet, spicy, and fruity all at the same time and will bless any fellow festival goers who pass you.
Crystal Saffron by Matiere Premiere | $250
Lineup song: Wifey Riddim 4 by AJ Tracey
Description: AJ Tracey is another versatile UK artist exhibiting a wide range of gated sounds behind unparalleled freestyles. Wifey Riddim 4 is the fourth part in Tracey’s ode to modern day love songs, each demonstrating an evolution in sound and lyricism. The song begins with a mashup of soft female vocals chopped by a strong bass that repeats throughout the song. Paralleling the beat in its own architecture is Crystal Saffron, which features a contemporary twist on fresh saffron. While saffron is normally spicy, here it’s subdued with a musk that softens the olfactive freestyle just like the female vocals. As it wears, the softness reiterates itself in renewed ways that emulate the syncopated chords.
Spring Flower by Creed | $445
Lineup song: Flowers by Sweet Female Attitude
A Glastonbury-worthy remix: Flowers by AJ Tracey & Jorja Smith
Description: Flowers is the epitome of UK garage and hands down one of the best creations within the genre, going double platinum in the UK. It’s an automatic feel-good song that you would kill to hear live at a festival. The fragrance that best captures the chorus of “giving flowers in the pouring rain” is Spring Flower by Creed. The fragrance is floral, rich, and playful featuring notes of peach, jasmine, and white flowers blooming in a fresh garden. The floral notes are cut by an ambrosian and musk base, which make the smell both floral and savory in the most playful of ways, just like the Flowers melody.
Steamed Rainbow by D.S. & Durga | $210
Lineup song: Body Groove by Architechs
Description: Body Groove captures many of the great elements that make a song quintessentially garage — speed variation, a two-beat step, syncopated percussions, and rhythmic variation. It’s fun, lively, invigorating and will have you dancing to whatever act you’re heading to next. To symbolize this song, a fragrance must capture exploding colors in a bottle. That’s exactly what D.S. & Durga’s Steamed Rainbow does, which is described as “ROYGBIV reflections on soft weightless water steaming upwards forever fresh.” It builds on a grounding base of violet and vetiver with top and heart notes of indigo grass, mandarin, and blue almond flower. While that sounds as confusing as all the colors of the rainbow combined, trust that this fragrance comes together for a fun scent that will have your body grooving (pun fully intended).
Gypsy Water by Byredo | $225
Lineup song: Cure and the Cause by Fish Go Deep and Tracey K
Description: Another classic UK hit, Cure and the Cause is a soulful funk song that will have you singing and dancing at the same time at the front of the stage. It will place you in a chill trance wherever you’re listening to it and will surely become a staple in your next playlist. A similar staple in the perfume world is one of Ben Gorham’s best selling creations, Gypsy Water. Meant to evoke ‘the fever of gypsy nights spent in the forest,’ this unisex fragrance layers notes of pine and sandalwood with bergamot, lemon, and pepper. With medium intensity, it’s lures and intrigues those around you while having you move to every carefree beat.
