Byzantine After-Bath PerfumeAn early Medieval perfume with roots in Antiquity! We interpret a summer perfume recipe from the Libri Medicinales by Aetius Amidenus, written in 6th century Byzantium. Not overly sweet, this perfume is earthy, nuanced, and quietly luxurious. It opens with fresh rose and cool iris, deepens with resinous myrrh and spicy cassia, and settles into rare spikenard offering earthy, woody notes with a hint of musk. Indulge in a scent worn 1,500 years ago,

From Gil Omamenti Delle Donne (The Ornaments of Women) published in 1562

designed for use after bathing or in massage

its rarity led perfumers to create imitations

Rose flower oil

luxuriant hair

the original recipe called for flowering rosemary tips

seductive scent

Set includes a linen/cotton hand towel with a traditional stripe

An early Medieval perfume with roots in Antiquity

published in 1526

written in 2 BC

We’ve interpreted it as a fragrant oil