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DSH Perfumes & The Essense Studio HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM Dawn, Mary, Amber, Edwin, Xander, Maria, and Hannah at DSH / the Essense Studio! This years HOLIDAY newsletter just might be the 'newsiest' one one record! We have a ton to share with a brand new website, amazing new offerings for Holiday and the cold weather season, and of course, our annual THANK YOU SALE. Please enjoy our gift of *20% off from now through 1/9/17 with sale code: thanks2016 (there's also more so read on!)

Of course, it means that this is our favorite newsletter of the year since it gives us the opportunity to wish everyone a joyous Holiday Season & we hope, a great NEW Year! Thank you for being there for us; we have immense gratitude for you. The New DSH Perfumes Website is here!



It is with incredible excitement that we announce the launch of a brand new site that has been completely overhauled to make it simpler to see everything we do and offer, as well as navigate. We've added some amazing features like a "First Time Shoppers Guide" to get you started, a new customized sampler set, the "Find your Essense" discovery set, where you give us details about your preferences and we select the best fits for you, and last but not least, we've added a "voile" version of most fragrance designs which allows us to send products abroad with i nternational ordering* . Woo Hoo! We hope that you will love the new look and feel of the site , so please, take a look around and if you have any feedback for us, we're all ears.

Glorious Gourmands for the HOLIDAYS!!





Holiday fragrance for 2016:

Dark Moon







This Holiday Season, the New Moon / Dark Moon comes just after the winter solstice and in the northern hemisphere, the darkest day of the year. As for me, I plan to go inside (literally and figuratively), sip dark wine, eat dark chocolate, and commune with my soul.

For this Holiday fragrance, we chose an unusual balance of gourmand and chypre elements ; notes of red wine, dark chocolate, bergamot, spice, jasmine, rose, sacred resins, vanilla, and oak moss. At the darkest times we need solace; comfort and warmth are paramount. The Dark Moon signals a new beginning…This Holiday Season, the New Moon / Dark Moon comes just after the winter solstice and in the northern hemisphere, the darkest day of the year. As for me, I plan to go inside (literally and figuratively), sip dark wine, eat dark chocolate, and commune with my soul. Dark Moon is the perfume that I’ll take with me… for comfort and companionship.For this Holiday fragrance, we chose an unusual balance of gourmand and chypre elements ; notes of red wine, dark chocolate, bergamot, spice, jasmine, rose, sacred resins, vanilla, and oak moss.





Vanilla Chantilly:





Soft, airy, and with subtle hints of spice,

Notes: Tahitian vanilla, sweet cream, spices notes, and creamy vanilla accords. The softest, most delicate vanilla skin scent with a hint of spice and chantilly cream… for when you just want a light and creamy veil of scent.Soft, airy, and with subtle hints of spice, Vanilla Chantilly is a light fluff of creamy vanilla. It just might be the perfect vanilla for those who want a skin scent that is neither too sweet nor too heavy.Notes: Tahitian vanilla, sweet cream, spices notes, and creamy vanilla accords.

NEW COZY ANIMALICS :





Put some 'Grrrr' in your winter world. We've had an amazing response this year to our 'Retro Nouveau' releases with Rendezvous and now Chinchilla, and Musc al Madina, featuring animalic notes inspired by vintage fragrances.Put some 'Grrrr' in your winter world.



Chinchilla:

At the Grand Hotel, where the elite and gorgeously tailored meet for soirees, dancing parties, and other hedonistic (and luxurious) meetings, the elegant always wear their chinchilla. Dreamily soft, sensuously cozy, and yet so chic; only the finest would do. Our vintage-inspired Chinchilla is as sexy as the name implies, and imbues the wearer with the scent of warm skin, fur, and a cozy honey-musk animalic. Go ahead…wrap yourself up in Chinchilla. Notes of: Africa Stone, Ambrette Seed, Brown Oakmoss, Carnation, Castoreum, Centifolia Rose Absolute, Cinnamon Leaf, Civet, French Beeswax, Gardenia, Honey, Musk, Sensual Musk, Spikenard, and White Pepper.



Musc al Madina:

A dense and very dark, animalic musk with rich and earthy nuances.

There are some aromas that just feel … ancient. Like they have been around since the beginning of time. (Some have).

Musk is one of those deeply historic and essential perfumery materials; it’s been prized by kings and common folk alike. There are temples that have musc grains worked into the mortar to release it’s fragrance as the building heats. The perfume wafts in all directions giving pleasure to all who encounter it.

Musc al Madina is based on an olde worlde vision of the classic dark, animalic musk fragrance. It’s earthy and sultry, slightly smoky, and with a rich black coffee nuance in the background. In other words, it’s luscious. Notes of: Ambergris, Ambery Artemisia, Chinese Geranium, Coffee Absolute, Indonesian Vetiver, Sensual Musk, Oude / Agarwood, Spice Notes, and True Arabian Myrrh.



One Last Note ...



Just to take this moment to wish everyone the most joyful, celebratory, safe, and warm Holiday. We cherish you and want to thank you again for the opportunity to share with you the creative work that happens here at the Essense Studio / DSH Perfumes.

We hope that the New Year is filled with prosperity, health, love, strength, and dreams becoming reality.



All our very best,

Dawn, Mary, Amber, Edwin, Xander , Maria, and Hannah



FYI: the 20% off SALE is site wide and DOES include items that are "on sale" already, however, Scent of Hope is excluded as this is a community outreach project (we donate 30% of sales to Sense of Security in Denver, CO). Thank you for your understanding. HOLIDAY GIFT with purchase *

With every purchase of $100 or more receive a complimentary 10 ml spray of our most popular fragrance, Special Formula X. It makes a great gift (for you or anyone on your list!) ~

Just spreadin' the love.



NEW: Onycha

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To celebrate the winter solstice, I’ve decided to finally get to work on a design I’ve had ruminating in my mind since I first read about it in 1993. From the very first, I was spellbound by the idea of it: an ancient aroma from a mollusc (?!?) I wonder what attracted the ancients to it? What could it smell like?? Even the name is mysterious (it means fingernail in Greek) and is said to be a holy aromatic from antiquity used in the sacred incense of Solomon’s Temple.



What came from this inspiration is something smoky, rich, divine, and with a fascinating lilt that gives a clue to it’s oceanic origins.



A woody, creamy, rich, GOLDEN, incense oriental fragrance with subtle oceanic brine and animalic nuances in background. Notes of: Onycha tincture, Labdanum, Siam Benzoin, Oude, Fossil Amber, Himalayan Cedar, Siam Wood, Mysore Sandalwood, Choya Nakh, Oppopanax, and Frankincense (Sacra). pronounced : On ee Ka) is ancient, mythic, and esoteric. It’s an aromatic that scholars merely speculate as to what it is. Some say a mollusc, others say benzoin, and yet others say labdanum. For our Onycha fragrance , we’ve used them all…and then some.To celebrate the winter solstice, I’ve decided to finally get to work on a design I’ve had ruminating in my mind since I first read about it in 1993. From the very first, I was spellbound by the idea of it: an ancient aroma from a mollusc (?!?) I wonder what attracted the ancients to it? What could it smell like?? Even the name is mysterious (it means fingernail in Greek) and is said to be a holy aromatic from antiquity used in the sacred incense of Solomon’s Temple.What came from this inspiration is something smoky, rich, divine, and with a fascinating lilt that gives a clue to it’s oceanic origins.A woody, creamy, rich, GOLDEN, incense oriental fragrance with subtle oceanic brine and animalic nuances in background. Notes of: Onycha tincture, Labdanum, Siam Benzoin, Oude, Fossil Amber, Himalayan Cedar, Siam Wood, Mysore Sandalwood, Choya Nakh, Oppopanax, and Frankincense (Sacra).

*100% Natural (all botanical except for onycha shell tincture).



Incense embers to warm your Winter nights



Axis Mundi:

As the title states, the Axis Mundi is the cosmic center of the world; the link between Heaven and Earth.

Perfume, or Per Fumum (through smoke), just might be the manifestation of the concept…a double helix of prayers released from Earth’s sacred (material) offering taken through the air to the divine, celestial realm.

The ritual censer is lit filled with the most beautiful and costly incense carrying our greatest wishes, hope, and prayers to the heavens. The smoke rises and releases the sweet and lightly charred aroma. It is the Amyris, Bakul Attar, Centifolia Rose Absolute, Champacca Leaf co2, Choya Ral, Elemi, Frankincense co2 Absolute, Labdanum, Orris, Oude / Agarwood, and True Arabian Myrrh, A meditative incense design filled with resinous notes and a deep, smoky background. Perfectly unisex.As the title states, the Axis Mundi is the cosmic center of the world; the link between Heaven and Earth.Perfume, or Per Fumum (through smoke), just might be the manifestation of the concept…a double helix of prayers released from Earth’s sacred (material) offering taken through the air to the divine, celestial realm.The ritual censer is lit filled with the most beautiful and costly incense carrying our greatest wishes, hope, and prayers to the heavens. The smoke rises and releases the sweet and lightly charred aroma. It is the Axis Mundi. Notes of:

Calling all carnation lovers!





Souvenir de Malmaison;

a new twist on a romantic classic where spicy carnation and rose meet in an ambery, wood fragrance. The ambery shadow side of our carnation triology is here... introducinga new twist on a romantic classic where spicy carnation and rose meet in an ambery, wood fragrance.



A famous rose was plucked then cultivated from Chateau de Malmaison; residence of famous lovers, Napoleon and Josephine Bonaparte. A famous fragrance style of the early 19th Century, Malmaison is the spicy floriental style based on carnation, rose, spices, woods, and musk. Now we find these two influences coming together to create a new carnation soliflore fragrance with added pepper, clove, and a rich base of vanilla, balsams, cedar, sandalwood. And for a twist on the animalic nuance, there’s ambergris. The rose in the heart is the perfect compliment to the rich and spiced carnation, yet remains balanced for men or women. Notes of: Ambergris, Atlas Cedarwood, Australian Sandalwood, Bergamot, Black Pepper, Bulgarian Rose Absolute, Carnation, Centifolia Rose Absolute, Cinnamon Bark, Clove Bud, East Indian Patchouli, Gallica Rose Otto, Grandiflorum Jasmine, Tolu Balsam, Vanilla Absolute, and Ylang Ylang.



Back from the Archives:

Alchemy and Tunisian Amber



Alchemy:





Notes of: Amber, Bergamot, Bulgarian Rose Absolute, East Indian Patchouli, Gardenia, Musk, and Mysore Sandalwood. A rich and mildly sweet ambery oriental that feels like it morphs into ‘gold’ as it wears and warms on the skin. Alchemy is one from the DSH Perfumes archives that’s making a come back. Over the past few years we have been getting repeat requests… not only for this perfume in particular but for an ambery floriental with just these notes. So, we’ve decided to revive this early DSH classic because it’s lovely, warm, inviting, enveloping, and very easy to wear.Notes of:



Tunisian Amber: Our original amber oil essence that is sweet, and intoxicatingly balsamic and warm. Great on men and women alike. ( Honestly, it smells good enough to drink). One of the all time best-selling, classic oil essences from our “Boston days” to today at the Essense Studio, Our original amber oil essence that is sweet, and intoxicatingly balsamic and warm. Great on men and women alike. ( Honestly, it smells good enough to drink). One of the all time best-selling, classic oil essences from our “Boston days” to today at the Essense Studio, Tunisian Amber is that warm, delicious but not too sweet balsamic tree scent.