Notes from the Perfumery — history

Traders from southern Arabia would conjure fantastic stories of the hardships endured to procure these precious spices, claiming that the pepper groves were guarded by poisonous serpents that had to be burned away in order to be harvested (a claim ‘substantiated’ by the peppercorns’ signature dark, shrivelled appearance).

Bitter amber tears; a 5 000 year old ingredient.