10/15/2024
The Dark Tower fragrance:
"There they stood, ranged along the hill-sides, met
To view the last of me, a living frame 200
For one more picture! in a sheet of flame
I saw them and I knew them all. And yet
Dauntless the slug-horn to my lips I set,
And blew 'Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came'."
-- Robert Browning
This is not a fragrance that is for sale, to be kept upon a shelf. It is an opportunity to make a journey to the Tower, to be touched in this world, opoponax feather light, and to be lost to memory just as quickly. I'm not putting this for sale, I am offering a touch of it during in-person events, for no money or exchange at all, save the trip and time that found us all there.
This fragrance was created with 157 ingredients, including 40 accords I hand-blended myself that are exclusive to the shop, found nowhere else in this world, but some, such as yellow, white, and blue silkflowers, blosswood trees, and ghostwood trees, that can be found in other worlds than these. With these items, I blended eighteen accords to create the Dark Tower fragrance, with ingredient 19 being your own skin.
1. Black Thirteen: The Thirteenth Bend O’Maerlyn’s Rainbow, made to represent the Tower itself, being your key to End-World. Woad, dark chocolate, black tea, black fig, and a smash of concrete.
2. Can’-Ka No Rey: The Red Fields of None. The body of Bessa, goddess of khef. Dusky pink roses with vicious red insides and golden centers blazing like the sun; a rose for each world. Gold, ponderosa pine, and pink and red roses.
3. Slate Stone: The body of Gan, from whose navel spun the universes. The slate grey stone of the Tower, spanning up past the clouds. Smoke, ozone, grey sage, and black spruce.
4. Ghostwood Trees: Black ironwood. Charyou trees. The doors to the Dark Tower. Cade, birch tar, iron, and galangal.
5. Sandalwood Guns Accord: The guns of Deschain, forged from the sword Excalibur, wielded by Dinh of All-World, Arthur Eld Himself. The sigil of Eld on their barrels, a “D” for his true love, Sai Emmanuel Deschain, makes them the key to the Dark Tower. Metals from all worlds, worn sandalwood grips, and gunpowder.
6. Eagle Beam Guardian/The Violet Bend: The seat of the King, home of the gunslingers. Sandalwood, blosswood trees, feathers, royal purple dye, and violets.
7. Fish Beam Guardian/The Yellow Bend: A fondest wish. The scent of clean and western seas, with yellow honeysuckle and silkflowers, a spray of ocean salt, a rope of seaweed, and the water-touching branches of willow trees.
8. Hare Beam Guardian/The Azure Bend: Hope’s keeper, gifter of wishes. Blue and white silkflowers, orchid, piñon pine, white musk, and azure lotus.
9. Elephant Beam Guardian/Pearl Grey Bend: The wolf’s opposite, with pearl grey skin, looming large over the land. Grey musk, saltwater pearls, Indian myrrh, and a brush of moonflower.
10. Horse Beam Guardian/The Pink Bend: True love, burning desire, and a drop of pink grapefruit. Hay, blonde cardamom, brunet suede, and pink pepper.
11. Turtle Beam Guardian/The Green Bend: Maturin, The Dark Tower
On his back he holds the world, the turtle of enormous girth. Algae, fossilized amber, galbanum, green tea, and royal green frankincense.
12. Lion Beam Guardian/The Orange Bend Accord: The other side of the royal eagle; a regal lion. Warm leather, bright amber, drying grasses, and blood orange.
13. Rat Beam Guardian/The Lime Bend: The bringer of barley, helper of the harvest. Celery seed, pear, hops, cognac, and lime.
14. Bat Beam Guardian/The Dark Blue Bend: Guardian of the night, and of deep cerulean skies. Spikenard, pine, lavender, osmanthus, and dark blue chamomile.
15. Wolf Beam Guardian/The Crimson Bend: The wolf, of pearl grey fur with crimson flashing fangs. Vermillion dye, cinnamon leaf, Balsam fir, and crimson benzoin.
16. Dog Beam Guardian/The Indigo Bend: The fragrance of the Falls. Indigo flowers, rushing juniper, allspice, and dogwood.
17. Bear Beam Guardian/The Brown Bend: The guardian of the forest. Fern, honey, to***co, tomato leaf, and brown musk.
18. The Prim: The primordial chaos washing up against the shores of creation, held back by the Tower itself. Ghost pipe mushrooms, valerian, vetiver, birch tar, opoponax, and the ocean.
19. You.
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This Fragrances item is sold by CherrykasTrunk. Ships from Las Vegas, NV. Listed on Oct 15, 2024
