Discover Your Favorite Scent
Would you love to try Silphium EDP? Try a sample for a fraction of the cost of a full bottle!
Our samples are either packaged by the perfume house, or hand-poured here at Smallflower and presented in a spray vial. Each vial is filled to a variable volume to reflect the concentration of the fragrance being sampled.
About the Fragrance:
"Even if one just tastes it, at once arouses a humour throughout the body and has a very healthy aroma” - Pedanius Dioscorides, around year 70 BC
Silphium (probably of the genus Ferula) was a plant that grew in the area of Cyrene, present day Libya, and was widely renowned as a spice, medicinal herb and perfume ingredient throughout the empires of the classical antiquity. It was praised by Greek philosophers and writers, as well as Roman emperors and cookbook authors.
There were many attempts to cultivate Silphium, but they inevitably failed. It would only grow wild in a limited area of the north African coast. This, in combination with its qualities as seasoning and medicine made Silphium the most valuable spice in the world, outshining both saffron and cinnamon. The demand for Silphium eventually became so overwhelming that it was harvested to extinction, and the taste and smell of the once greatest spice in the world were lost in time.
Stora Skuggan's rendition of this historical plant is created by researching surviving assumed relatives of Silphium, using aromachemicals (the molecular building blocks of scents) to create an accord that they feel represents what descriptions remains. This is set against a background of ancient incense, woods and leather.
Fragrance Notes:
Top: Silphium Accord, Cistus
Middle: Cinnamon, Tobacco, Geranium, Black Pepper, Ginger, Clove
Base: Frankincense, Cedarwood, Myrrh, Leather
Our fragrance samples are available for purchase online only. No samples will be available in store at Merz Apothecary.
Same Day pickup for curbside orders containing samples is not available.
Shipped orders containing samples will be picked and processed in 1-3 business days.
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Disclaimer
Please note: The color of the fragrance in the sample vial you receive may differ from the image shown.
Why can't I purchase this online?
A small number of our brands and products are not allowed to be sold online. Please give us a call at 1-800-252-0275 or stop into one of our stores to order this product.