Elixir of Love

Elixir of Love by Caswell Massey is a Floral fragrance for women. Top note is Lavender; middle notes are Jasmine, Artemisia and Wormwood; base notes are Egyptian Musk and White Woods. We formulated Elixir of Love from a Victorian-era recipe found in our archives. During those times, it was considered tasteless to wear a strong scent, so most women's fragrances were light and floral. "A perfume should be so delicate, so daintily used, and so lingeringly fragrant that no one could define it as anything but the ghost of a sweet scent, a faint, clinging memory of sweetness", wrote etiquette expert Martha Louise Rayne in 1881. Good advice, Martha. She'd surely approve of Elixir of Love - sweet and feminine, yet entirely modern, a classic that remains alluring to this day. Inspired by a Victorian-era recipe found in our archives, our spectacular modern interpretation of Elixir of Love achieves the amazing duality of being ethereal and delicate, yet simultaneously imbued with an underlying sensual warmth. A romantic feminine floral, it opens with an accord of sprightly fresh lavender buds. A graceful heart of jasmine and wild Artemisia absinthium is enhanced with the intoxicating scent of passionflower, an elusive flower that only blooms once a year, and, true to its name, is rumored to have been the catalyst for decades of love affairs. Sheer Egyptian musk and rare white woods bring a beautiful finish to this quietly seductive blend.