Salamanca

Salamanca by Olympic Orchids Artisan Perfumes is a Leather fragrance for women and men. Salamanca was launched in 2012. The nose behind this fragrance is Ellen Covey. The fragrance features Clay, Leather, Hay, Vetiver, Seaweed, Immortelle, Opoponax, Labdanum, Mimosa and Tonka Bean. Salamanca is a Spanish university town halfway between Madrid and the Portuguese border, an island of culture in the middle of “charro” (cowboy) country, the part of Spain where bulls are raised for the ring, and acorn-fed pigs are raised for the famous air-cured jamon (ham). The countryside looks a bit like the African savannah. To capture the midsummer atmosphere of dusty, sweet fields of dry grass and weeds, old stone buildings and the leather goods sold in the shops on the Rua Mayor, Ellen Covey used a generous base of French hay absolute along with tonka, mitti (an attar made in India by distilling the scent of clay), vetiver, immortelle absolute, African helichrysum oil, labdanum absolute, opoponax, a leather accord created especially for use in this fragrance, and a touch of yellow mimosa absolute, which lends a subtle floral quality that perfectly complements the leather. Salamanca is for all lovers of leather, hay, hot sun beating on dry grass, and water evaporating from wet stones by the trickling river. Most of all, it’s for those who love old stone cities, hot sun, and wide-open spaces basking under a crystalline blue sky. Salamanca is available in parfum or EdP concentration.