Silphium

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EAU DE PARFUM - 30ml
"Even if one just tastes it, at once arouses a humour throughout the body and has a very healthy aroma” - Pedanius Dioscorides, around year 70 BC

Silphium (probably of the genus Ferula) was a plant that grew in the area of Cyrene, present day Libya, and was widely renowned as a spice, medicinal herb and perfume ingredient throughout the empires of the classical antiquity. It was praised by Greek philosophers and writers, as well as Roman emperors and cookbook authors.

There were many attempts to cultivate Silphium, but they inevitably failed. It would only grow wild in a limited area of the north African coast. This, in combination with its qualities as seasoning and medicine made Silphium the most valuable spice in the world, outshining both saffron and cinnamon. The demand for Silphium eventually became so overwhelming that it was harvested to extinction, and the taste and smell of the once greatest spice in the world were lost in time.

Our rendition of this historical plant is created by researching surviving assumed relatives of Silphium, using aromachemicals (the molecular building blocks of scents) to create an accord that we feel represents what descriptions remains. This is set against a background of ancient incense, woods and leather.

DETAILS:
  - Top Notes: Silphium Accord, Cistus
  - Mid notes: Cinnamon, Tobacco, Geranium, Black Pepper, Ginger, Clove
  - Bottom notes: Frankincense, Cedarwood, Myrrh, Leather

INGREDIENTS: alcohol denat, parfum, bht, dipropylene glycol, benzyl alcohol, benzyl benzoate, benzyl salicylate, citral, citronellol, limonene, eugenol, geraniol, hydroxycitronellal, isoeugenol, linalool

ABOUT STORA SKUGGAN: It happened many seasons ago. Of course to explain it you would have to be here. We had all been used to only the same smells, the same architecture. Until the monsoon came. 

At first we were weary. What did she want with us? But then we became dizzy. The allure became a way of living. Without it we were dust.

Made by hand in Stockholm.