Fragrance Profile
Perfumer: bjork and berries
Nose: Isabelle Lewenhaupt
Origin: Sweden
Season: Autumn & Winter
Kelley’s Notes
This scent conjures tweed blazers with elbow patches, worn leather chairs, and the quiet rustle of crisp autumn days.
Creamy cappuccinos and tobacco leaves curl together like sentences in a well-worn book. It’s Oxford in autumn, or a hidden university library, where you wander in a tweed blazer with leather elbow patches, the scent of old paper trailing behind you. Think dark academia with a hint of Ralph Lauren — a life filled with handwritten letters, croissants still warm from the oven, jazz humming from the speakers, and The New York Times folded beside you. You're wearing his oversized white button-down, bare-legged and barefoot, wrapped in morning light and memory.
When to Wear
Wear this on crisp fall days as you drift between antique shops and secondhand bookstores, a velvet ribbon in your hair and a vintage messenger bag slung across your body. Let the scent linger over tiny café tables, where cappuccinos cool between sips of philosophical conversation and glances that feel like breathing room.
Fragrance Notes
Top: green apple, cassis
Heart: black tea, lush green
Base: vetiver, patchouli, birch tree
On my skin, Botanist opens with the warmth of cognac-hued leather and black tea, then melts into something creamy and soft, grounded in an elegant, masculine warmth — like wrapping myself in his cashmere scarf.
Pair It With
Pair it with horn-rimmed reading glasses, penny loafers, and a touch of beautiful melancholy.
Witch’s Work
Inspired by the scent of worn libraries, golden light, and ideas passed like secrets.
What you’ll need:
A mug of steeping Earl Grey (bergamot sharpens the mind)
A bay leaf and a pen
A favorite book, well-loved and underlined
A piece of citrine or carnelian (for confidence and clear communication)
The spell:
As your tea steeps, write a word on the bay leaf — something you wish to bring to your next conversation: charm, clarity, connection, brilliance. Place the leaf between the pages of your book like a pressed wish. Hold the book and cup in your hands and say:
“Let my words find the minds they’re meant for.
Let my voice move like warm honey.
May thoughts unfold like petals in those who listen.”
Drink the tea, tuck the stone into your bag or pocket, and carry the book with you that day. The bay leaf may stay pressed inside until the wish is fulfilled.
