Celadon

Celadon is an Eau de Parfum from Early Modern, the Glasgow house whose perfumes are credited to Clara Weale. Its name is a pale, greyish green, and the scent is built from unusual, almost architectural materials rather than the usual flowers and woods. The brand sorts its materials into two groups instead of a top, heart and base pyramid. One group is the image of the scent: lettuce, pepper, clay, crushed concrete and chalk. The other is the supporting material: elemi resin, copaiba balsam, tonka bean and musk. Read together they give a crisp green start, a cool mineral middle and a soft, musky finish. Wearers who have written about it describe the same arc: a lettuce-led opening with pepper, clay, chalk or concrete, then musk, and a cool, unusual character. One calls it calming and artful, another simply fresh, green and musky. Most of those who have voted like it. Projection is described as close to the skin, and the reports on how long it lasts vary, so it is best judged on your own skin rather than against a promised number of hours. Celadon suits anyone who wants a green scent that smells more of stone and leaf than of flowers. A sample is the best way to find out whether the lettuce reads as fresh or startling.