Wishing for Stones

                  Scent Notes

This was pointed out to me by TikTok, because of course it was. It was speaking of a perfume created as apart of an art exhibit. I’ve always focused on perfume as a commercial endeavor. I review easily acquired perfumes mostly found in a local store. This one captures me. There is no reason scent can’t be an artistic experience with all the complexity that comes from creation. As this perfume was described to me, the meaning of stone, I fell back in time. My father use to take me everywhere and I landed in a path just past a high school that has cat tails in it’s shallow waters. The sides are stone with concert paths depending down. I haven’t been to this place in 15 years but it is seared into my brain. I dream about it. This perfume, one I will likely never own, just reminds me of everything I want but what I struggle to achieve. Right now I want to make art, I want to put creations out into the world. I want a slow life of lit candles, toast in the morning, and reading books as it rains. As it is now I’m often on my phone, not ready to commit to life, endlessly distracted.

I wonder if the right perfume, a scent caught in the wind can be a grounding force that reminds me, or anyone, of the bigger small pieces of life. This one did, just for a moment and I hope more artist will make pieces in this manner.

Stone was first created as a candle project described as “began…an exploration into the sensory experience of stonehood- immersed in earth and growth, smoothed and nurtured by time.” Liza Pittard has imbued this fragrance with her own personal stories. I would see if this interests you as a perfume and try and grab one before they are gone. This is the second issuing of this perfume and it was never intended to be more than a one off. Maybe we will get lucky and it will be popular enough for a larger run.