“Haunting” was the first word that came to mind when I saw this painting and indeed this character did haunt me. . Iwondered why she was so serious and where she was going in this strange, otherworldly scene. The pathway indicated she was heading somewhere. I liked the sheerness of her dress with flowers, (almost Oscar de La Renta) which evoked fragrance and femininity. The touch of red was significant and I felt that color jumped out and had to be portrayed in the scent. The shades of the delicate pink and blue surreal “plants” also sent messages of delicacy but did not really ground the painting. The strange color of the sky with very faint stars is depicted with grounding woody notes in the scent. However, the overall transparency, delicateness is persistent and catchy. You have to ‘fly’ to get where she is.Maybe when she smells the fragrance she will wake up? The overall feeling of dreaminess and mystery seemed like it could easily be a fragrance a drift away. The first part of the scent that came to me was the sheer floralcy. It had to be a big, light, sheer floral that was grounded. It had to be feminine, tenacious and haunting. The first things you smell in “Moondream” are the green leafy violet notes with some of the woody notes showing through like the sky. Secondly you should be smelling the heart of the fragrance, which is made up of an airy floral bouquet of a Peony, Iris, Boronia and Jasmin. This fragrance is very tenacious, haunting and lingering as the painting depicts to me. The soft sandalwood, woody, ambery notes will cling to you and your clothing for some time. Based on the sheerness of the dress, the fragrance demanded a light floral bouquet of violet, peony and boronia (the persistent little red flower). I saw White Iris from the dress which goes great with Violet. I added mimosa and jasmin to give it some pinkness, sweetness and to round out the green of the violet. The fragrance needed to be grounded it with sandalwood, amber and sheer musk, which also represent the sky.
Description of Olfactory:
A Tenacious scent that lures the senses through a mystic garden. Violet leaves sway under the darkness of a spicy Cardamom cloud billowing high into the night sky. Delicate Boronias bloom in excitement as enchanted Jasmines float into a floral bed of sensual Peonies and Iris petals, filling the midnight air with a sense of beauty and allure. The entrancing essence intensifies with an arousing touch of Amber caressing the bark of a Sandalwood tree. Whilst a haunting sheet of Musk clings tightly to the skin and lingers, deeply into a dream…