NISHANE Favonius London - Extrait de Parfum Unisex Fragrance

In the sweetness of a blossoming garden, bright green and studded with translucent leaves, sleeps the goddess of flowers. Beneath the first rays of daybreak, Bergamot shimmers like morning dew. Exalted by cool trilliums of Pink Pepper and a lemony dash of Frankincense, the Rose takes on its first colours, slowly releasing volatile hints of tea, violet and honey. As Flora opens her eyes, the vegetal radiance of Geranium, the fruity sweetness of Artemisia and an aromatic whiff of Clary Sage awaken, surprised by a favonian breeze carrying the fragrances of far-off lands. Their powdery, bucolic hues are overlaid by the robust animality of Oud, bolstered by the earthy amber of Cypriol and the chocolaty notes of an intense Indonesian Patchouli, all stretched by a duo of Cedarwood and Sandalwood. The god of favourable winds has returned to his beloved. The Roman God FAVONIUS loved Flora, the Goddess of Flowers, so much that he changed himself into a rose because the Goddess had no interest other than flowers. When Flora saw the rose, she kissed it and thus fulfilled Favonius’ wish. And it is said that the very word “rose” originated when Flora, in pain upon being struck by Cupid’s arrow, was unable to properly pronounce the word Eros but made it sound like “ros”. From this the word “rose” becomes a synonym for Eros; both in Rome and in Greece it is the symbol of youth, of vitality, love, beauty and the fruitfulness of nature.