Beech Forest

Beech Forest began as a personal mission: to bottle the smell of Cape Cod's pitch pines, a scent that did not yet exist in any bottle. It is set in the Province Lands, where beech and oak shade a sandy forest floor close to the Atlantic. The opening is resinous pitch pine, sharp, sticky and green. It leads into an accord of dry, hot, sandy forest floor, a dusty, sun-warmed, slightly earthy heart that smells like fallen needles and branches baking in hot sand. A faint wisp of smoke drifts in at the edges. The base is a coyote-musk accord and dry wood, soft and quiet, which gives the pine a gentle landing rather than a heavy one. The overall effect reads as woody and green with smoky, earthy nuances, and it is strikingly lifelike: wearers describe it as hiking through pines until you reach the sea, and as the dunes just as rain begins to fall. Wearers rate its lasting power and projection as moderate to good, and one calls it her favourite on her husband. The brand says all its fragrances are vegan, so the coyote musk is an accord rather than an animal material. Each 30 ml bottle includes a complimentary sample vial, with a 14-day return on the unopened bottle.