Description
House of Matriarch Black Sheep Eau de Parfum is a dark amber fragrance emerging from musky costus flower and waxy lanolin. True to its name Black Sheep smells like a black sheep! The musty aroma of lanolin freshly extracted from a sheep’s fleece is like musky animalic wool in perfume form… and it’s eternally comforting. Raw Icelandic black fleece (humanely sheared from the lovely Penelope) is used in Matriarch’s unique tincture, which is infused in grape spirits. The result is a texture that is deep and waxy as if laid on thick directly from the animal itself.
This pairs perfectly with its mystical, musky tones of costus. Among the rarest of essences, costus root oil possesses a deep, woolly aromatic tone. Though it has been employed throughout history in the composition of the finest natural amber perfumes, costus is rarely used in modern perfumery due to its scarcity and high price.
The alchemy between sheep’s wool and costus is blanketed in notes of white pepper, clover, copal and barley which tame the unusual earthiness of this pairing and reveal its underlying spice. As Black Sheep cozies into the skin, hay and heated leather reveal a dry, unsweetened warmth. This is a scent for olfactive journeyers who know that beauty lies in the mysteries of untrodden paths.
The overall olfactive experience is more linear than pyramidal due to the exalting fixative qualities of the costus root, apparent from the top down. Projects mildly, yet lasts for days on the skin and indefinitely on fabric.
The black sheep of antiquity were not set apart from the flock by their wayward natures, but because of their value! Before dyes were readily available, their fleece was the only way to create black fabric. While the common people of antiquity wore clothing in neutral shades, black was reserved for the clergy, the law and other nobles who were considered a “big deal.” The influence, magic and creativity of the black sheep cannot be denied.
House of Matriarch Black Sheep Eau de Parfum is 99.5% natural
Notes: Costus, Labdanum, Copal, Cistus, Barley, Clover
You can try the perfume with the samples and in 7scents:
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