Nettle & Wild Achillea 2019
Nettle & Wild Achillea is the strangest, greenest entry in the 2019 Wild Flowers & Weeds set.
The note pyramid
- Nettle
- Bergamot
- Wild Achillea
- Yarrow
- Vetiver
- Musk
By the editors · 2 min readNettle & Wild Achillea is the strangest, greenest entry in the 2019 Wild Flowers & Weeds set. Bergamot brightens the opening only briefly before nettle takes over with its peppery, almost stinging green — the smell of crushed leaf rather than fruit or flower.
The heart leans into yarrow (wild achillea), an herbaceous, slightly bitter note that reads more like a hedgerow than a bouquet. There is nothing decorative here; the composition stays rigorously green, with a faint pollen edge at most.
Musk and vetiver finish dry and clean, holding the green aloft without softening it. This is a cologne for someone who finds traditional florals too composed — a fragrance that smells like a long walk through wet weeds. Modest projection, expected of the house.
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