Natural perfumer Anya McCoy of Anya’s Garden released two new fragrances this winter: Kaffir and Temple. I have a kaffir lime tree (Citrus hystrix) growing in my bedroom and love the scent of its flowers, fruit and leaves, and the word “temple” brings to mind exotic travels, smoky incense, and the Buddhist and Hindu artworks I discuss on my gallery tours at the Seattle Asian Art Museum — so, based on their names alone, I had to try McCoy’s latest perfumes.
Kaffir
Kaffir contains kaffir lime leaf, galbanum, tarragon, tinctures of eight varieties of jasmine, Grasse jasmine, heritage oak, musk seed, agarwood and leather. Kaffir starts with sumptuous, and pungent, galbanum and lime leaf notes that produce earthy and deep “green” aromas. As Kaffir develops, one smells the foody scents of Thai cuisine…
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