An Ode to Autumn: Captivating Fragrances Inspired by Fall
A crisp chill bites the dawn air. The seasons are shifting. Leaves deepen from summer green to golden to crimson, as plants slow their growth ready for dormancy. The natural world prepares to still, to calm, to pause. Fungi emerge from a bed of leaves, and the first frost turns spiderwebs into hanging crystal pendants glistening in the autumn air. Nuts ripen and fall from the trees as root vegetables rise from the soil like deep orange, red and purple gems.
Autumn is here.
There’s a season for everything: and autumn is the season for embracing change and easing into rest. Knitwear emerges from closets, conkers and leaves pile up on the street, and coffee shops serve up pumpkin spice and chai lattes with a cinnamon bun on the side. This is a sensory season: pearls of dew resting on a windowpane, the curl of steam rising from a mug, the warming embrace as you step into your cosy home.
In the world of fragrance, we welcome in depth and comfort. Scents of nuts, spices, trees and sweet ingredients take centre stage this season. If you often seek out sweeter scents, you might find yourself gravitating towards gourmand gems in autumn, like vanilla, chocolate, honey or coffee. If you love something a little more fresh and green, take inspiration from the natural world this season with scents like pine, moss or sandalwood. Craving comforting warmth? Rich, deep base notes like tobacco, leather or musk will help to bring you back down to earth.
Spicy Savoury Blends and Cozy Notes
This season is perfect for playing with spicy blends, nutty notes and woodland inspiration. For autumn 2024, we’re taking inspiration from cosy coffee shops: think pumpkin spice with a swirl of oat milk and chai lattes sprinkled in cinnamon. In celebration of autumn, we’ve hand-selected our favourite fragrances for the season.
From the Essentials Collection, Cardamom Moss combines a swirl of spices with salty waves of mineral mosses. Like a freshly brewed pumpkin spice latte, the fragrance combines turmeric and ginger with cardamom and cinnamon… all resting on a bed of moss, musk and caramelised tobacco.
Not quite ready to fully relinquish the sun-soaked warmth of summer yet? Pistachio Haiku is one of our Edition Blends, an earthy, toasty fragrance that brings a fresh twist to traditional autumnal scents. Experience a delicious blends of almonds, sesame seeds, tonka beans and green hazelnuts .
Sweet Spicy and Petrichor Scents
Craving something sweet and musky? From our Signature Blends Collection, Tuberose Chai encapsulates a mug of chai latte, topped with a sprinkle of cinnamon and a spoonful of honey. Curl up into a cosy blanket of creamy white moss and musk, while sipping on a blend of cardamom, ginger and turmeric– the perfect autumnal Sunday.
If you love to immerse yourself in nature and get out into the crisp fresh air, Sable Gris from our Signature Blends Collection is your autumn scent soulmate. Taking inspiration from rugged coastlines and salty ocean air, breathe in samphire-tinged winds and dewy petrichor with this spicy, fresh and mineral fragrance blend.
Scent isn’t static
It should evolve with you throughout the seasons of your life. We encourage you to blend a beautiful year-round calendar of scent that grows with you and tells your unique story. No matter what your favourite autumnal scent is, become your own perfumer and create your very own personalised fragrance this season here at Experimental Perfume Club.
Instead of heading to your usual coffee spot, why not book your blending consultation at our lab-boutique with your best friend? We invite to step in off the bustling Covent Garden streets and into our haven of calm: our beautiful lab-boutique, nestled on Monmouth Street. It’s a peaceful creative space for you to connect, learn and immerse yourself in our olfactory world. There’s no better autumnal experience than the slow, mindful, hands-on creative process of crafting your own scent.
