Scents of the Earth
A monthly subscription where we’ll take a deep dive into the world of scent.
You’ll get a little box sent to your home each month with a vial of scent material and another object, creating an all-encompassing sensory journey. In the box you’ll find a card with a link where you’ll find a webpage and voicenote with me, Merle, the perfumer of Lingua Planta, sharing with you all I know about the particular scent featured in the box.
Featuring:
- A cute box for safe-keeping
- 2 or 5 ml of scent (depending on value)
- Raw material/object
- An audio deepdive, sharing all I know about the specific scent
How it works:
Once payment comes through, you'll receive a letterbox parcel within it a beautiful little box with a card and a raw material in either a 2 ml of a 5 ml bottle at the start of each next month.
Next to the material, there will be a different version of this scent in a different form and shape. Think of moss, a tea, a vanilla pod, the tonka bean or a tear of pure frankincense resin (with a little block of charcoal to light it as incense). All things to explore the scent material from a different angle, a different sense.
By visiting the link included in the package, you'll find an audio with information about that month's scent.
I will share fascinating insights, history, usage, and the secrets behind the scent material.
Subscriptions can be stopped at any moment if you inform me via e-mail.
Testimonials
"Receiving Scent of the Earth boxes feels like a magical portal to a perfumer's laboratory. One gets to know more about perfums and nature, but also has the change to put names to (already) familiar scents and thus re-frame personal stories or memories. I get so much from the Scent of the Earth boxes and getting them in my mail every month always puts a smile to my face." - Elena
"Every month I have the feeling of opening a surprise gift when the parcel arrives." - Margreet
"Hi Merle! Thanks so much for the new installment of Scent of the Earth! Sandalwood is one of the perfumes that is most dear to my boyfriend and me - it brings back a lot of memories and the one you added to the box is indeed different(ly) wonderful from the ones we have smelled before. Thank you also for the stories - I feel like with this series you are helping people put words to emotions as contained in perfumes :) Otherwise perfumes and smells can remain quite abstract and history-less." - Elena
"The Scent of the Earth box stays open on my desk so I enjoy it every day! I often smell the fig balsem before I meditate or do yoga, and sometimes I spray night flowers on my hand to enjoy it the entire day. Because I see the box all the time, I often go to the research page for inspiration."
"Hi Merle, my Scent of the Earth package arrived today. The arrival is such a highlight every month! I really liked the tomato samples 12 and 13 last month, but the current sample is out of this world. Fell in love instantly! The floraly vibe, the zestyness, it is stunning. Had to let you know and hope this one is the final version!" - Franziska
"It was very natural and understandable. I very much enjoyed it, you have a nice soft voice and I did learn new things about this very natural scent of oakmoss. Thank you very much!" - Marian