Notes: Blackberry, Bergamot, Rhubarb, Gardenia, Vetiver, Patchouli, Galbanum

The Vibe: You've found a stand of blackberries growing in a sun-dappled woodland clearing. Even though they're not fully ripe, you can't help but eat a few. They're mouth-puckeringly tart, with an undercurrent of bitterness.

I've made some very sweet berry fragrances in the past (here's looking at you, Bergamot & Berries!), but I wanted to do something different this time. Bitterberry is a fruity-green fragrance, with sour, bitter, and earthy elements, and even a little bit of spice from a vintage-inspired gardenia accord - but basically no sweetness. I used vetiver, galbanum, and patchouli to bring ambient woodland vibes, but it's very fresh and bright-smelling, not like a heavy or damp forest.  Bitterness runs underneath it all, transforming the fragrance into something haunting.

Label art is by the talented Ellyett Ahr (@pen_and_blink)

Ingredients: Carrier (Fractionated Coconut Oil for oil, Ethanol for EDP), Fragrance, Dipropylene Glycol, Alpha Terpineol, Anisaldehyde, Anisyl Alcohol, Benzyl Acetate, Benzyl Alcohol, Benzyl Benzoate, Benzyl Cinnamate, Benzyl Salicylate, Bergamot EO, Cinnamal, Cinnamic Alcohol, Cinnamic Aldehyde, Citral, Citronellol, Coumarin, Cyclamen Aldehyde, Ethyl Cinnamate, Ethyl Maltol, Ethyl Vanillin, Ethylene Brassylate, Eugenol, Exaltolide, Farnesol, Galbanum EO, Gamma Decalactone, Geraniol, Hedione, Heliantol, Helional, Heliotropex N, Indole, ISO E Super, Isoeugenol Replacer, Isoeugenol, Limonene, Linalool, Linalyl Acetate, Magnolan, Methyl Anthranilate, Musk Ketone, Patchouli EO, Phenyl Ethyl Alcohol, Raspberry Ketone, Rhubafuran, Rhubofix, Romandolide, Styrallyl Acetate, Sweet Orange EO, Tolu Balsam Resinoid, Vertofix, Vetikan, Vetiver EO, Ylang Ylang Complete