11/03/2026
What smelled good in winter doesn’t quite work in spring anymore. The wind of change is in the air — together with rain and sun, the smell of grass, wet earth, and the things that appear once the snow melts.
People change their shoes, their hairstyles, decide that “this time for sure” or “never again.”
All winter I was wrapped in rum, leather, and coffee with licorice, occasionally swapping them for the spices of an orient bazaar. But now I’ve been swept away by galbanum.
The smell of the first bitter greenery. Burdock. Sharpness and drama.
Galbanum grows in Iran, and the europeans buy the raw material on an industrial scale and produce an aroma that is incredibly powerful and fresh.
Galbanum is mentioned in the Old Testament — it symbolizes the unrepentant sinners in the sacred incense for the Temple. All the other ingredients had a sweet scent, and only galbanum stood out with its bright bitter aroma. After all, you can’t do without sinners. Just as you can’t do without the bitterness of galbanum in beautiful perfumes.
It shines in Chanel No. 19 together with flowers and citrus, and in the original Miss Dior.
Green Flesh is our perfume with galbanum, which bursts in at the top note. That’s the one I’ve been walking around with all week.
Have you tried galbanum? Do you like it?
