Forest Essentials Nargis: Single Stroke
If we were to tell you that perfume can also be therapeutic, we wouldn’t be lying.
The soul
Taking in the aroma of Nargis Parfum Intense, the single flower perfume by Forest Essentials, feels like taking a walk in a garden filled with daffodils. It conjures up images of soft white flowers, swaying gently in a cool spring breeze. The delicate fragrance lingers in the air for a long time. Often used as a core floral scent in perfumes, nargis or yemberzal (in Kashmiri) symbolises the arrival of spring.
The process
To create this perfume, Forest Essentials sourced the flowers from the valley of Kashmir. The purest form of its essential oil and floral water was taken through traditional bhabhka yantras, better known as steam distillation, locally. Instead of using synthetic alcohol, the carrier was derived organically by fermenting grain involving a process based on sandhan kalpana found in ancient Ayurvedic texts.
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The uniqueness
According to Vedic scriptures, distilled floral water and oils have therapeutic properties. Nargis, for example, can stimulate the senses, hence is recommended for kapha dosha. Since, it is a grain alcohol based perfume, it does not dry the skin, unlike its synthetic counterparts. Who would have thought health and scent would be bedfellows one day?
From the January 2018 issue of L’Officiel India.
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