H. SP

H. SP

Engine that turns the cogs siphoned with the Victorian Age and fine tuned ladies and gentlemen dressed partly of science and mechanics with the scent of persuasion and dapper.

I have always been drawn to the Santalum notes of Nocturne Alchemy (Different types of Sandalwood). For this one I wanted to use the Sweet Santalum NA Accord and blend it with a very soft and sweet Moroccan Sandalwood I collected at a bazaar in Morocco recently. I also found a few pieces of fossilized Dragon's Blood resin that was essential for this perfume. A little Black Patchouli Leaf and a touch of honey added a little more depth to the lithesome Santalum notes. I wanted to share these notes in a perfume just for this update because they are special to me and it being my first time in Morocco, I felt a love for the exotic feel of the city and a that inspired me during the creation of this perfume blend.

I was given the opportunity by Emerson and Jacek to create scents that I would wear daily, but with the VApothecary feel. The H, stands for Heart, the SP, the mechanism of a steam age. Why just the letters? I am a great fiend of the old typewriter and it struck me one day to deduce the keys would be the name of this and future perfume oils that I would want to wear.

A little about me. My name is Seth Kincaid, I am the other half of VApothecary and while I do more of the mathematical elements of perfume, I too am a perfumist. I studied in France for a year before the chemistry of such studies bored me and began to suppress the artist in me. Sure, I could have worked another two years at the compounds and fixtures of science but scent to me cannot be so controlled that it loses the natural sense of smell. Sometimes it should just be what it is and a dash of imagination.

I grew up in Eastern Europe and as a boy I always had a fondness to the exotic flowers my Mother would pick on the hill outside our family home. She would sit and discuss the flowers with me from her many books and we would enjoy the intricacies of the veins, the colours and the scents they sometimes exuded. She told me once, "Seth, not all flowers have scent, at least not all that we can smell," and I interrupted her with a 'why', "because we all have our purpose as does a flower and those that drink from its nectar," and I remember exclaiming, "Like butterflies and bees!"

"Yes, like butterflies, bees, birds and many tiny insects. Everything in its own way is a mechanism for something else."

This is where my interpretation of steampunk became a part of my being. I would see cogs in everything and much like Emerson sees shapes in everything that create art for him, I see things that shape other things in their simplistic being in order to make itself something even bigger in the world.

This is my Heart mechanic and when applied to you, may he assist on your skin in something you are doing and ultimately something even bigger in the world.

Sweet Moroccan Sandalwood, Moroccan Dragon's Blood Resin, Black Patchouli Leaf, tiny touch of Black Honey, Bastet Amber, Shadow Ombre (dark amber) and Pyramid:Santalum.