Plum Beneath Snow, Note by Note
05 Plum Beneath Snow sets syrupy plum and spice over smoked oud and resin.
The contrast is dark fruit against smoke and wood. The note pyramid is one way to describe perfume, but these notes do not prescribe a fixed sequence on skin.
Plum: the fruit
The plum in 05 is syrupy: ripe, dark and thick, nearer to a preserve than to fruit eaten from the tree.
Spice: the heat
Spice warms the plum. The published note list leaves the spice unnamed.
Oud and resin
Smoked oud and resin sit beneath the fruit and spice. Natural oud comes from resinous agarwood; an oud note does not confirm that a fragrance contains that material. Oud Without the Mythology explores the subject.
Its neighbours in Chapter One
01 Before The Crown also pairs fruit with smoke, setting pineapple and citrus against ashen birch. 02 What Remains of Summer takes a mango-led direction, with pomelo, ginger, dry amber and vetiver. 05 keeps its dark plum over smoked oud and resin.
For amber in other settings, 07 The Last Golden Hour pairs it with blonde tobacco, bitter orange, dried fruit, rum, tonka and vanilla, while 08 Beyond The Horizon pairs amber woods with bergamot, ginger and smoky black tea. 05 sets its fruit over smoke and wood.
Choosing it
It comes in 10ml, 30ml and 50ml. The 10ml lets you live with it before a larger bottle, which is the case Blind Buying Is the Most Expensive Habit in Fragrance makes at length.
If you are torn between 05 and its neighbours, or choosing for someone else, write to Dave. For gift information, see Gifting. The scent guide sorts all eight fragrances by family.
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Source on perfumery materials: Kew: agarwood. This describes a material generally, not the ingredients in an Aether formula.
Note by Note
One essay for each bottle in Chapter One, read through its notes in the order its description gives them.
- 01 Before The Crown, Note by NotePineapple, Citrus, Birch, Smoke
- 02 What Remains of Summer, Note by NoteMango, Pomelo, Ginger, Dry Amber, Vetiver
- 03 Space Between Us, Note by NoteMusk, Iris, Orange Blossom
- 04 Tea Beneath Clouds, Note by NoteBergamot, Oolong Tea, Fig, Musk
- 05 Plum Beneath Snow You are reading this onePlum, Spice, Oud, Resin
- 06 Sun Through Linen, Note by NoteBergamot, Orange, Ginger
- 07 The Last Golden Hour, Note by NoteAmber, Blonde Tobacco, Bitter Orange, Dried Fruit, Rum, Tonka, Vanilla
- 08 Beyond The Horizon, Note by NoteBergamot, Ginger, Black Tea, Amber, Woods
In this essay
All eight
05 Plum Beneath Snow
Plum, Spice, Oud, Resin
From $35.00 · 10 ml
01 Before The Crown
Pineapple, Citrus, Birch, Smoke
From $35.00 · 10 ml
02 What Remains of Summer
Mango, Pomelo, Ginger, Dry Amber, Vetiver
From $35.00 · 10 ml
Few left in 30 ml
07 The Last Golden Hour
Amber, Blonde Tobacco, Bitter Orange, Dried Fruit, Rum, Tonka, Vanilla
From $35.00 · 10 ml
Keep reading
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The Fruit of Chapter One
Cool pineapple, ripe mango and pomelo, dark plum, dried fruit with rum: four Chapter One extraits carry fruit. How they differ, and where to start.
Read the essay: The Fruit of Chapter One -
What Remains of Summer, Note by Note
02 What Remains of Summer leads with ripe mango and bright pomelo, with a ginger edge over dry amber and vetiver.
Read the essay: What Remains of Summer, Note by Note -
Ginger and Spice in Chapter One
Ginger with orange, mango and black tea, and spice with plum and resin: four Chapter One extraits carry heat. How they differ, and where to start.
Read the essay: Ginger and Spice in Chapter One
