SATURN RETURNS
NEW Old Habits, Library Books, Vanilla, Spring Shoots, Soft Soil, Stale Coffee, and Cypriol
VENUS RETROGRADE
NEW Jasmine, Strawberry, Incense, Myrrh, Elemi, and Skin Musk
ALTOCUMULUS
Golden altocumulus clouds glowing in a beach sunset: sugary lemon cotton candy, bleached beach shells, humidity clinging to sunscreened skin, and a precious chunk of ambergris, fading into darkness and evening dew. [Vegan.]
TOP/WET: sugar ✦ beach shells ✦ white tea
MID/HEART: lemon cotton candy ✦ beach shells ✦ sunscreen
BASE/DRYDOWN: ambergris ✦ dew ✦ humidity
CIRRUS
Wispy, painterly cirrus clouds that float high in the sky above: a basket of white lilacs and prim heliotrope, handfuls of juicy blueberries, sugary fluffs of fairy floss (cotton candy), papery orris, freezing cold air, and a painter's empty canvas. [Vegan.]
TOP/WET: sugar ✦ cold air ✦ blueberries
MID/HEART: cotton candy ✦ white lilac ✦ heliotrope
BASE/DRYDOWN: paper ✦ orris ✦ humidity
CUMULUS
The classic subject of childhood drawings and vivid imaginations, the cumulus cloud: fluffy steamed white rice, baimudan white tea, soft white mimosas, sugared musk, crisp fresh air accord, balsamic vanilla orchid, orris root powder, and petrichor. [Vegan.]
TOP/WET: white rice ✦ fresh air
MID/HEART: white tea ✦ white mimosas ✦ sugar
BASE/DRYDOWN: orris root ✦ vanilla orchid ✦ petrichor
NACREOUS
Shimmering mother-of-pearl nacreous clouds in the bitter cold of a high latitude winter: glittering ice crystals, yellow and pink plumeria blossoms, a chilly breath of ozonic air, snow-dusted fir trees, and frozen coconut. [Vegan.]
TOP/WET: ice ✦ juniper berry
MID/HEART: snow ✦ plumeria ✦ ozone
BASE/DRYDOWN: douglas fir ✦ coconut ✦ orris
NIMBOSTRATUS
Low-lying dark nimbostratus clouds and a torrential downpour of rain: black tea, rain-drenched soil, dewy violets, inky vetiver, and ominous black clouds. [Vegan.]
TOP/WET: black tea ✦ ozone
MID/HEART: violets ✦ humidity ✦ rainfall
BASE/DRYDOWN: vetiver ✦ ambergris ✦ soil ✦ petrichor
PYROCUMULUS
Towering pyrocumulus clouds blooming above a volcanic eruption: thick smoke, ashen orris, charred and splintered guaiacwood, golden frankincense resin, crimson blood orange juice, white-hot amber, and scorched soil. [Vegan.]
TOP/WET: smoke ✦ ozone ✦ blood orange
MID/HEART: ash ✦ guaiacwood ✦ char
BASE/DRYDOWN: orris ✦ amber ✦ soil
STRATUS
Stratus clouds drifting above a misty forest: trodden stems in damp soil, silvery osmanthus petals, stones slick with moisture, a lingering trail of deer musk, and never-ending fog. [Vegan.]
TOP/WET: plant stems ✦ mist ✦ stone
MID/HEART: osmanthus ✦ petrichor ✦ galbanum
BASE/DRYDOWN: wet soil ✦ deer musk ✦ fog
