Salvē

In Latin, the word Salve means ‘hail’ or ‘be well’ - both a greeting and a prayer, it is a fitting name for this Cologne and its open, bright composition. Salvē arrives amidst layers of sage green and grey tones, lifted by a cool wind, then settling into a dry, crisp scent with fresh musky nuances. A note of clary sage is prominent in this profile - its herbaceous aroma of clean and almost floral subtleties are complimented by the root-like, grassy smell of vetiver. Santolina, also known as ‘cotton lavender’, sketches Salvē’s atmosphere into the scenery of a rocky garrigue landscape with its unrefined, herbal and bitter green edge. This is a fragrance that is lightweight yet holds steady, true to both a spirited wildness and contemporary masculine feel. 

A village surrounded by Mediterranean scrublands
bustles with movement in the streets.
Sounds of laughter and chatter
travel on a welcome breeze.
Pilgrims pass through,
sharing greetings and well wishes -
each stranger’s smile is a holy thing.
In the distance,
just off the way of a faint path
ascending the rugged hillside,
lies an old stone chapel.
The climb up its dusty sandstone stairs
beneath open blue skies in midday sun
feels sacramental.
Gilded curiosity propels toward
the ancient and alluring,
as each step brushes against aromatic shrubs.
Leaning against the chapel’s great door outlined by verdigris
next to wild sage bushes,
the bright horizon glints 
destined yet at rest. 

Notes: clary sage. santolina. vetiver.