CB I Hate Perfume Eternal Return (Ocean) is the first fragrance in Christopher Brosius' series of primal scents. The fragrance is extremely evocative, detailing a voyage across tumultuous seas & the potent scent of salt in the air. The old wooden ship cuts its way through the foamy waves, seaweed & debris clinging to its belly like limpets. A sense of homecoming is all-encompassing as the voyage draws to a close; the shore is in sight with its tall cliffs & abundance of cypress trees, & you're happy to be back where it all started. You've made your return, as you know you always will & you always have done. A woody aquatic scent that reveals the primal urge to reconnect with your roots; natural elements & earthy comfort. The scent It is a blend of fresh ocean air, wooden ship, & a faint hint of cypress trees. ...

An incense-based fragrance that evokes the biblical. Smoky, heady & mesmerising, Fire from Heaven is an olfactory journey through the sacrosanct. Archetypes are eternal. They span eons & cross cultures. They generate myth, art & history itself. Archetypes are the foundation of all civilization. Their stories are endless because they are the truth behind the myth. Archetypes are life & in some way they touch us all. CB I Hate Perfume's founder Christopher Brosius finds that there are certain scents that capture the archetypes of perfume. Incense is a primal smell & we respond to it because it represents 'first smell memory'. Perhaps it is genetically encoded in us all. Serene, timeless, & beyond gender, incense smoke informs & gives rise to all fragrance. Smoke represents perhaps the most important aspect of perfume
- its beginning. Even its modern name is derived from an antique term that means 'to smoke through'. The scent: Fire From Heaven is blended from classic ancient incenses: frankincense, myrrh, opopanax, cedar, sandalwood, styrax & labdanum. But the perfume's scent is subtle. Fire From Heaven is the memory of smoke...
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CB I Hate Perfume Greenbriar 1968 is another scent in a series that draws from distinct moments in Christopher Brosius' childhood. This multifaceted scent epitomises Brosius' memories of his grandfather, detailing the sawmill that he owned, & the old stone house where he lived. A distinctive meeting of machinery & organic materials, Greenbriar 1968 blends sawdust with fresh cut hay, axle grease with worn leather work gloves. It is an exceptionally evocative scent; a moment in time that can be appreciated by all. The scent It is blended with sawdust, fresh cut hay, worn leather work gloves, pipe tobacco & a healthy amount of dirt. There is also a faint whiff of cotton overalls covered in axel grease... ...

Christopher Brosius' house holds a very special place in his heart. Originally the summer kitchen on his family's farm, it is a tiny & invariably warm place full of happy memories. Even after much renovation & resurfacing, the woodwork & the rafters are still infused with the distinctive scent of two centuries worth of cooking. For Brosius, this is an intensely comforting & embracing scent, & CB I Hate Perfume In The Summer Kitchen is his interpretation of this feeling. On summer evenings, Christopher Brosius takes the time to quietly recline on a sofa in the summer kitchen beside the open window. He watches the fireflies dance gaily across a field of alfalfa, & takes pleasure in the utter tranquillity of the place. It is a moment of pure happiness as a gentle breeze blows across his face, carrying the scent of the vegetables & herbs growing just beneath the window. The scent is fresh & green & wonderful... The scent Fresh garden vegetables. ...

Just Breathe is the scent of the fresh, clean air in a dense far eastern forest. A place where oxygen is a language between plants & humans, an intricate tapestry of life. There is only so much you can do in a 24-hour period. Subatomic particles may comfortably exist in two places at once but you can't. There is a big difference between expanding your boundaries & driving yourself nuts. Why don't you calm down for a moment & Just Breathe? CB I Hate Perfume founder Christopher Brosius designed this scent to calm, balance & centre you whenever you need just that. Suddenly you're transported to a Buddhist Temple deep in the fresh green forest. Isn't that really where you'd rather be? The scent: Just Breathe is blended with bamboo leaves, Japanese green tea, three varieties of cedarwood, forest & just the merest hint of incense. ...

CB I Hate Perfume M3 November is another of Christopher Brosius scents that is inspired by literature. It is a fragrance that draws its spirit from a melancholy story from Tove Jansson, one with emotional themes that Brosius could not fully comprehend as a child. The story details a group who come together unexpectedly to a house in a valley by the sea. The group have fond memories of the house at summertime, a place where those summer months are whiled away in a haze of kindness & love. The house in November is an entirely different place: an abandoned shell that is dark & musty, just like the chilly & rainy valley. The darkness & the decay of that November tale stayed with him through to adulthood, & shaped his experience of that month for many years to come. Many years later, Brosius revisited the book & found it to be a fascinating character study, & quite a subject to tackle in a childrens book. It is a story of affect over effect, & Brosius has since learned to embrace November & find comfort in the beauty of decay. November is a time of great change; of anticipation for the coming snow, & the warmth of family & friends. The longing for green grass & the sight of fireflies twinkling in the woods is a distant dream, but the allure of pumpkin pie, bonfires & golden apples are a welcome alternative. The scent Pumpkin pie, fallen apples, bonfire, wood smoke, dried grass, fallen leaves, wet branches, damp moss, chanterelle mushrooms & a hint of pine forest. ...

CB I Hate Perfume M4 A Room With a View is an evocative fragrance inspired by a passage from Christopher Brosius' favourite novel of the same name. Towards the end of Chapter Six, some incredible imagery occurs: ' She did not answer. From her feet the ground sloped sharply into view, & violets ran down in rivulets & streams & cataracts, irrigating the hillside with blue, eddying round the tree stems, collecting into pools in the hollows, covering the grass with spots of azure foam. But never again were they in such profusion; this terrace was the well-head, the primal source whence beauty gushed out to water the earth. Standing at its brink, like a swimmer who prepares, was the good man. But he was not the good man that she had expected, & he was alone. George had turned at the sound of her arrival. For a moment he contemplated her, as one who had fallen out of heaven. He saw radiant joy in her face, he saw the flowers beat against her dress in blue waves. The bushes above them closed. He stepped quickly forward & kissed her.' This beautiful prose delivers the perfect recipe for an equally beautiful fragrance: a deluge of violets, greenery & earth. Christopher Brosius perfectly portrays the wonder of the moment, one where one simple moment can transform an entire life. The scent It is the scent of the hills above Florence
- the vineyards, the wild grass, the finocchio, the hot dusty Florentine earth. & of course, a torrent of violets...
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Inspired by the last of Jean Cocteaus films, the surreal Le Testament d Orphee, CB I Hate Perfume M5 Where We Are There Is No Here
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Mr Hulot's Holiday is a nostalgic reimagining of the 1953 French film of the same name. The delicious scent of a vintage holiday., ' Mr Hulot's Holiday is one of my favourite films. It is beautifully photographed & perfectly charming & funny. It too is a perfect vacation & I encourage you to watch it at once. Pay attention to the gorgeous clouds & the beautiful shots of the Mediterranean.'
- CB CB I Hate Perfume's founder Christopher Brosius considers Mr Hulot & himself to have much in common. Both rather shy & tall with a tendency to stumble, they also share a deep-rooted love of the sea. The sound of the waves rolling on the beach, the feel of the sand crunching under the bum while gazing out across the deep blue water, the smell of the air & the driftwood. This is a perfect vacation, & Mr Hulot's Holiday is the perfect vacation perfume. The scent: The salty breath of the breeze off the Mediterranean, driftwood, rocks covered with seaweed & the smell of old leather suitcases.
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Discover another side to the oft under appreciated patchouli with CB I Hate Perfume Patchouli EMPIRE, a more natural & complex version of the aromatic note. Christopher Brosius reveals an astonishingly rich & beautiful facet of patchouli, inspired by the Recency era of the early nineteenth century. The fashionable cashmere shawls worn by Empress Josephine arrived in Europe rolled in patchouli leaves. This protected the delicate fabric from being devoured by moths on the long sea voyage from India. The scent of the leaves was so pervasive that for a long time afterward, the delicate & distinctive exotic fragrance still wafted from the fabric.... The inspiration for Patchouli EMPIRE is that subtle scent the Empress Josephine might have smelled when she first opened a teak box of cashmere shawls sent to her from India... The scent Patchouli EMPIRE is a completely natural blend of five patchoulis from across the Indian Ocean set in a foundation of warm rare woods. There is the faintest hint of Indian black pepper. Because it is entirely natural, the effect when you wear Patchouli EMPIRE is rich & warm but subtle & ever changing. ...