Here we landed to take in fresh water, and our crews got their mid-day meal on the shore near the ships.

I was driven thence by foul winds for a space of 9 days upon the sea, but on the tenth day we reached the land of the Lotus-eaters, who live on a food that comes from a kind of flower. In Homer’s epic poem the Odyssey Book IX, Odysseus tells how adverse north winds blew him and his men off course as they were rounding Cape Malea, the southernmost tip of the Peloponnesus, headed westwards for Ithaca: Odysseus' men in an unconscious state, by W. In English, the lotus-eaters ( Greek: λωτοφάγοι, lōtophágoi), are also referred to as the lotophagi or lotophaguses (singular lotophagus / l ə ˈ t ɒ f ə ɡ ə s/) or lotophages (singular lotophage / ˈ l oʊ t ə f eɪ dʒ/). Those who ate the plant never cared to report, nor return.įiguratively, 'lotus-eater' denotes 'a person who spends their time indulging in pleasure and luxury rather than dealing with practical concerns'. After they ate the lotus, they would forget their home and loved ones, and only long to stay with their fellow lotus-eaters. The lotus fruits and flowers were the primary food of the island and were a narcotic, causing the inhabitants to sleep in peaceful apathy. lōtophágoi) were a race of people living on an island dominated by the lotus tree, a plant whose botanical identity is uncertain. In Greek mythology, the lotus-eaters ( Greek: λωτοφάγοι, translit. As Bradl says, “It’s a rose for everyone.Odysseus removing his men from the company of the lotus-eaters. A fizzy pink pepper can be smelled right away but the initial sparkle of AMNESIA ROSE is soon replaced by a satin density that carries through to meet a dry, earthy cushion of labdanum, patchouli, and oud.ĪEDES DE VENUSTAS AMNESIA ROSE comes in a fluted glass bottle marked by peacock blue accents, a matte black insignia-stamped cap, and a sleek yet weighty design. To create a sustained bloom with wooded spice, he contrasted Moroccan rose absolute and Bulgarian rose essence with cypriol oil, saffron and the succulent shrub bushman’s candle. “This is an intense rose, whose personality never fades away and mostly, never goes unnoticed,” says Maffei. Perfumer Luca Maffei spent years capturing the essence of the perfumery in a bottle, lending peppery and mysterious tones over time, and being sure to create something that worked on anyone’s skin. While its smell is faint, its visual conjures a vintage look and feel that’s been translated into AMNESIA ROSE. The name comes from a rose varietal grown in France. There is incense in the air and likely a blotter under your nose. Its composition was inspired by the still life aesthetic of AEDES PERFUMERY, a place in New York City’s Lower East Side where abundant arrangements spill out of plump vases alongside feathered taxidermy and vintage fabrics. Its petal edges are just beginning to curl, tilting open, with a fullness that mimics the shape of a bulbous tea cup, filled with rich spice and hunks of rare wood. This rose is not a deep red or a pale pink but a pastel purple so pale it is almost gray.

Its first inhalation captures a moment just after twilight on a languid late fall evening, when the swing of a door brings a waft from a bouquet that breaks up stagnant air. It is a liquid that smells as though it’s been drenched with saffron and patchouli-edged petals, in a palette that veers out of fresh rose territory into a vintage, like blowing dust off a fine red wine. A sparkling and saturated spicy floral that pierces at a voluminous roundness that is evident on skin.

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