Pomare's Stolen Perfume

12/28/2025

Honored for Lightning In A Bottle to be number 1 on this list for 2025!! Thanks 香水評論報台 - Chris Perfume Reviews!!!

2025 年度 TOP 10

在今年中，由於開店事情較為忙碌，較少時間到其他店家閒晃，所以大多分享自家的香水，但想一想，其實小台一整年引進的新品也玩不完~以下就跟大家分享在今年裡，我最喜歡也最常穿的香水囉~

01.【Pomare's Stolen Perfume】Lightning in a Bottle (瓶中微光)
完全的自然發酵、越陳越香的那種，彷彿調香變陳釀，滴滴精醇，柔和的果實酸味、淡淡的甜味，果香熟成發酵變果醋 一杯濃郁的果味酒香。選用了最常與龍涎香組合的黃玉蘭、與其他種類玉蘭花的連結，還有芭樂和芒果，但由於發酵味實在太過濃厚，從汁液顏色、濃稠湯底、果香討好到逐漸發爛的過程，或許對某些人來說會避而遠之，但對於我來說，穿上它其實蠻好聞的，可以解讀為果香熟成發酵變果醋、或是一杯濃郁的果味酒香。

02.【Epichron】Night Child (夜之子)
或許是太過忙碌，我漸漸喜歡森林與土壤的氣味，可以讓我暫時放下繁重的工作壓力，投入於草本松樹森林懷抱，這是草本的、苦的、巨大的老樹林，樹枝被綠色的葉子包圍，清新與乾淨的雪松木保留了安靜的乾燥香味，沒藥與乳香慢慢地後面進來，增添一股寒冷之氣，所以聞起來會有種清涼感的木質氣味，易於穿著它來放鬆與冥想。

03.【fūm】Ramble On (漫)
我不是廣藿香的粉絲，但.....這隻我很可以。原是是它非常有趣，泥土、藥感、蜜糖、與松樹的組合。由於品牌說明這支香水用了八種的廣藿香，也太頂了！本來以為會是老書生？老櫃子？老中藥房？但其實都不是，是一種剛被攪翻開來的泥土，在雨後與晨光中泛著潮濕與溫暖，而湊近鼻子去聞，我聞到了一點點的發酵中藥味，它更令我想起裝載銘久的橡木桶、或是古老書籍的混合體。

04.【Marina Barcenilla Parfums】Patchouli Clouds (廣藿雲香)
廣藿香雖有藥感，但不會太過，一直提供著我大地般的醇厚溫暖氣息，易讓漂泊不安的情緒得以舒緩。雖然這支的靈感是英倫的火紅赭色的天空，瀰漫著花香、木材、與薰香的感覺，但我仍然能感受到當下的火紅天空，氣味是稍降的，即將到家前的那股期盼與溫馨，幫助我們放慢腳步，回歸呼吸當下，從而得到靜中儲蓄能量，穩步向前的動力。

05.【Songmont】沉山 (Tambacmont)
當時間慢慢沉澱，累積更多能量，等待這一刻向眾人宣示自己的長成卓越，其蟲漏沉香為主題，進而讓我慢慢嗅出廣藿香的藥感草意、還有沉香獨特濃郁甜美賦予層次變化。廣藿香在我的鼻腔中相當豐潤，其苦感凉木與土草，是我嗅覺印象最深刻的。那股木質氣味會變得相當緊密與油潤木脂，這也就是我所聞到的苦感藥香木質氣味，易讓人打造出一個打造禪冥空間氛圍，並遠離都會塵囂並找到一個專屬於自己的內心角落。

06.【Maison de Nguyễn】Dạ Yến (皇家宴席)
少有的以人蔘肉桂為主題的香水，先不說是越南風情，我們以我們所習慣的中華藥膳來說，那甘苦回韻，冬日進補，肉桂芬芳亦有皇室權力奢華的象徵，白米飯代表著庶富安定，也是這支香水中最純淨之心，氣味自承甘苦人蔘×溫暖辛辣的肉桂×清淡糧香白米飯，形成一種「養身與權力兼具」的香味，也有人說我們小時候常吃的人蔘糖。

07.【Folkwinds】Unknown (尪某)
可能今年是我非常重要的一年，剛好這支香水非常符合我現在的心境。完全的香調保密讓使用者自行想像幸福的感覺，有的人鍾愛玫瑰、有些人則愛薰衣草等，都可以在這支香水中找到自我投射的慰藉感，若以動畫來說，它不像迪士尼角色那樣，有明確的故事線，發展階段，這支反而給我們的是一種情感上的空殼，讓我們自行腦補填滿，也就是說，我們想得到什麼樣的感覺，穿上它，它就是你想的那樣，你開心噴它，你覺得它很可愛(玫瑰花圓滿滿)；不開心的時候，瓶子上無標籤的簡約厭世感，又像是在替我們發洩情緒(珍稀木質與龍涎香圍繞)，它不需要講明，也不用解釋，它就是安安靜靜地在那邊陪著我們，接住我們的所有情緒。

08.【大佛之香】溥儀玫瑰
氣味是一款很美的玫瑰紅茶香氣，它曾經帶起華麗的炫燦，但由於氣味中有著說不出的感傷，不會讓我們聯想到果漾Juicy的那種歐美伯爵茶，以茶葉的苦澀悠揚逐漸走入茶湯濃郁，再漸漸走入木質酸澀收尾，其中也能些許感受到氣味的苦韻，彷彿有些古老的家具、古老的建築物，還有特有的苦藥陪伴，這杯玫瑰紅茶香氣，曾經浮華一生，最後找尋的一處避風港灣，淒美感傷。

09.【LUSH】The Smell of Weather Turning (變幻天氣)
如果喜歡薄荷香水，除了該牌的「Dirty / 得體」之外，請千萬不要錯過這隻喔！在這「變幻天氣」，我想到了三支香水的組合，例如「Dirty」的薄荷與天竺葵之沁涼感，營造得體芬芳；「Grass / 青草」的綠葉與煙燻樹脂，把逼真的潮濕綠葉模擬真實；「Tank Battle /真我天地」的廣藿香與丁香，把濕漉漉的泥土之雨後即景，也加入了進去。如此非凡的出色組合，深深的綠葉飄落，葉子上頭的雨水，還有芬芳的泥土，建構了以“潮濕”為主題的氣味故事，而一切都建構在綠色之上，讓薄荷更顯強調與加分，讓它不是牙膏味，反而是空氣中充滿著水氣，乾草徜徉在大地上，被大雨噴濕，土壤被攪動的氣味也出來，這簡直是來自於大自然的氣味阿！

10.【Du Jardin Parfum】Rose in Cowboy Land (牛仔玫瑰)
以氣味來說，不折不扣直挺挺的玫瑰大噴發！我一直以為這支有番紅花佐玫瑰的形式，讓玫瑰更顯傲嬌一點，但實則沒有番紅花(又或是調香師沒有寫上去？)然而，這支「牛仔玫瑰」其率性不羈之美，那皮革與紙莎草和廣藿香搭配，把玫瑰的風中之砂、土塵之礫處理的維妙維肖，讓玫瑰除了浪漫玫瑰園之外，原來玫瑰也能在曠野之中亭亭玉立。

11/05/2025

DEVILS VIOLIN, perfume second vintage is just shining!!! Take 20% off with the code POMARE10 in celebration of our 10th Anniversary!!
Painting “Tartini’s Dream” by Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761-1845). Illustration of the legend behind Giuseppe Tartini’s “Devil’s Trill Sonata”.
“One night, in the year 1713, I dreamed I had made a pact with the devil for my soul. Everything went as I wished: my new servant anticipated my every desire. Among other things, I gave him my violin to see if he could play. How great was my astonishment on hearing a sonata so wonderful and so beautiful, played with such great art and intelligence, as I had never even conceived in my boldest flights of fantasy. I felt enraptured, transported, enchanted: my breath failed me, and I awoke.”- Guiseppe Tartini, describing the dream that inspired Devil’s Sonata
Cherries from Murray Family Farms aged on violin woods witb T’aif rose, Bulgarin and Georgian rose, violets and oud

03/06/2025

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12/01/2024

“Autumn that year painted the countryside in vivid shades of scarlet, saffron and russet, and the days were clear and crisp under harvest skies.”- Sharon Kaye Penman
To give up on flowers like saffron is to give up on the earth itself. We must always strive to find ways to be in balance. So instead of erasing real saffron as the EU has tried to do through the arm of colonialism (aka IFRA) perhaps we need to lean in and listen to the whispers of wisdom that come from these beautiful crocus threads. Knowing that someone was smelling this red gold a thousand years ago connects me to all of humanity. The wisdom of real saffron should be honored as the sacred miracle that it is.
Autumn Gold has Kashmiri saffron that is over 20 years old as well as two other sources from the same saffron terroir. Every other ingredient from the different red fruits (currant, strawberry, cherry) to the white flowers (Sambac, grand, ylang, juhi) to the ambergris and sandalwood exist to show off the beautiful saffron in this perfume.
Saffron is a divine light. When we erase the real plants, the saffron, the Jasmine, we in turn erase the divinity that is the birthright of “perfume”. May we all have a moment of remembering the incredible heritage of saffron throughout the world, across cultures and honor it’s inherit healing powers.

11/30/2024

“When you support a small business, you are supporting a dream.”-Jerry Greenfield of Ben&Jerry’s
Use the code SHOPSMALL for 20% off! All orders today come with a 3.5 ml mini Autumn Gold travel size.

10/21/2024

Where are my witches at??? The power of 3!! Couldn’t resist in recreating the cherry scene from Witches of Eastwick in honor of the Witches of Maine since the perfume contains real cherries and real blueberries! The magic, vibration, plant magic (or whatever you want to call it) of real fruit, real flowers, real oak, sugar maple, oud chips gives off such an energy signature!!!! May this perfume serve as protection but also as amplification, a reminder to shine from the inside out, the way an enfleurage does or fresh picked cherry. And a reminder that “There are more things in heaven and earth…than are dreamt of in your philosophy” and to embrace the things in life that are “wonderful strange”.

09/03/2024

It is said that Pele, the goddess of fire, dancing, volcanoes and wind was born in Tahiti before taking a canoe to Hawai’i. One of many stories that have been passed down on the migration of Tahitians to Hawai’i and a reminder that not all explorers sought to colonize. Hawai’i is in fact another way of saying Raiatea (the name for my grandfathers island). Apparently tourists love to steal lava rocks from Hawai’i and take them to the mainland only to anger Pele resulting in horrible luck. Tourists, trying to avoid this curse have been overwhelming the National Park Service by sending them back. (When visiting, don’t steal, educate yourself on the history and traditions of that land)
I’ve been thinking a lot about lava, volcanoes and fire (and always have because I LOVE volcanoes and fire).
The heiva celebration (that this perfume is named for)usually starts with the umi ti or fire walking over lava rocks on the Marae, and incorporates sports, fruits, flowers, drumming and the Ori (dance). This celebration has itself been an act of resistance. For many of the years the dancing was not even allowed and traditional dress was banned in Tahiti (even in Hawai’i several attempts were made at suppressing the hula) but everyone gathered together anyway .Each ingredient symbolizes a different part of the Heiva Festival from the blue lotuses of the lagoons to the lava rocks lifted in sport, to the fruit, the flowers and salted air of the va’a races. This perfume is ian aromatic song made while longing for family, and a reminder to look to the mountains our ancestors are never that far away.
Today in the studio I’ll be working on a fire saturated Heiva perfume and while it may or may not turn into anything I’m going to enjoy this meditation on volcanoes and the umu ti.
**Heiva began in Tahiti but now there are celebrations around the world from San Diego to Paris to NYC and even Japan.
Thanks for taking this photo winesbycurtis

05/24/2024

Please join us for a special afternoon where we celebrate and explore the healing aspects of natural perfumery in Malibu overlooking the Pacific Ocean at the Ravi Lounge. We will open with a blessing from His Emminence Shayalpa Tenzin Rinpoche and discuss some of the healing traditions of natural perfumery. The day will include a sound bath, reiki, flower water and bakhoor as well as some natural perfume vendors. And on top of that there will be a special performance by and her crystalline voice!! All of this is brought to us by Perfume Foundation International, a non profit whose goal is to protect natural perfume heritage and has been at it since 1995! They have worked hand in hand with UNESCO on several projects and have done amazing work connecting natural artists, farmers and discourse on sacred materials from around the world.
If you are in Los Angeles, come join us for a truly special day of scented bliss! Tickets are free, link in bio or at perfumefoundation.org

04/29/2024

Thanks for sharing this review 99 Bottled Scents and the love!!!! Looking forward to working on the 2024 vintage!!!!

03/04/2024

https://www.budapestherald.hu/global/2024/03/02/rachel-binder-appearance-on-side-hustlers-show/

Rachel Binder, the sommelier and creator of Pomare’s Stolen Perfume, will appear on Side Hustlers, a show produced by Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine and hosted by entrepreneurs Ashley Graham and Emma Grede. Tune in as she presents her concept of scaling natural perfume production using regen...

02/29/2024

Can I have a glass of jasmine, please?
One of the things that drove me to become a perfumer was the desire to smell real flowers in perfume, and because of the taste! No I wasn’t drinking perfume! There is a disagreeable bitter flavor upon experiencing traditional artificial perfumes that disrupts my smell experience (most identify this as “the hairspray taste”). Part can be due to the use of denatured alcohol, and part is due to the flavor/ smell of most artificial molecules like iso e super (which taste-smells like rubber cement). Not only can real flowers play a beautiful part in any culinary experience and wine pairing, but our experience of the whole flower smell happens with our tastebuds as well as our noses! Simply put, we smell what we taste and we taste what we smell! And should you ever be in a situation where perfume is being tasted off of your skin, the real fruit and flowers in Pomare’s tastes great:)

Sometimes I even refer to the perfume that I make as “culinary perfume”. For starters, you can always spray some of the perfume in an empty wine glass to enjoy alongside tea, coffee or wine or to enhance a culinary experience. You can wear it in a meditation or yoga setting where sometimes scent is not allowed because there are no artificial ingredients or “fragrance” added! Also the consideration of the flavor of what you smell is also high on my list. For lots of people who change their diet and lifestyle to become super clean or eat only whole foods with no additives it becomes increasingly hard and next to impossible to find a way to incorporate scent other than essential oils. And yet scent can have such a profound impact on any healing journey! Flowers evolved to help uplift us and heal our souls! That life force, that real smell is something special.
So when you smell a perfume, what is it you taste?
Photo by .kingdom

12/29/2023

Almost time to say goodbye to 2023! Take 20% off with code NY2024 ! Will be making a lengthier announcement tomorrow but new vintage releases will be popping up this week that have taken months to make like East of Eden (with solid perfume) and (tomorrow) Piano Tuner 2023! Photo by and no filter! This is just what it looks like.