OUR FRAGRANCE JOURNEY – FRAGRANCE NO 8

We thought it would be fun to share a little about our fragrance journey with you – so the order fragrances were introduced into the range and a little background about each fragrance … onto Fragrance No 8

22:00 – WE SURRENDER TO SLEEP

NO 8.  22:00  –  THIS IS A REALLY SPECIAL FRAGRANCE FOR US … SARAH STARTED DEVELOPING IT IN 2013 AFTER REQUESTS FOR A LAVENDER FRAGRANCE, BUT WE WANTED TO CREATE SOMETHING UNEXPECTED AND NOT YOUR USUAL LAVENDER FRAGRANCE WHICH CAN BE ONE DIMENSIONAL. IT TOOK MANY MONTHS OF TWEAKING AND SAMPLING TO GET IT RIGHT, BUT GET IT RIGHT SHE DID AND IT WAS FIRST INTRODUCED AS A LIMITED EDITION FRAGRANCE  LATE 2013. IT BECAME A CULT FAVOURITE FOR A FEW OF YOU, SO WE INTRODUCED IT AS THE FIRST FRAGRANCE IN OUR THEN NEW DELUXE RANGE, WHICH WERE IN HANDCRAFTED BRUSHED STEEL VESSELS (MADE BY ERNIE AT METALWORKS WANAKA). WE ADORED THESE VESSELS BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY BECAME TOO EXPENSIVE TO CONTINUE WITH, SO WE TRANSITIONED THIS RANGE INTO THE DARKER SIDE RANGE AND INTO OUR SIGNATURE CLEAR GLASSES. FOR EASE OF LABELLING WE REMOVED THE ‘WE SURRENDER TO SLEEP’ FROM THE LABEL …. BUT WE LOVE ITS FULL NAME SO MUCH WE ARE GOING TO REINSTATE IT …. THIS ONE IS TOO SPECIAL TO IGNORE