I too went to the Mallo site to find they are sold out of this and all their other offerings as well. They must be waiting for summer to generate more of true raw materials so they can make more. Your samples are precious. Or maybe they need to update their website now is not the time to be accidentally unavailable, people are looking!
“An underrated aspect of choral singing is its ability to scare the bejesus out of the listener” so true—reminds me of how everyone watching the Oscars the other night was acting so scandalized that the In Memoriam was set to Mozart’s Lacrimosa 😂
But this sounds lovely. Wish it wasn’t sold out everywhere!
The word sainfoin took me back. I first encountered it reading one of my grandfather’s horse husbandry books from the 60s, so pretty outdated by the time I got it - or so you’d think. This book was was created by the British Horse Society, so sainfoin must have been available in these parts then - and a quick google reveals that is still a forage item and is being marketed as some kind of horsey superfood. After your piece, I just hope that Dobbin and co can appreciate the irony of getting served this stuff literally by the bucketful, whilst people like me will be tearing the internet apart with their bare hands trying to secure just a few ml.
Happy to read that in Spain there are hidden marvels like this, even here is hard to find...
Dear Luca I think I have to stop reading your writings about perfumes... you generate the most beautiful literature about it... but also an urgency and a need to experiment all these beauties and it seems endless... but what is left for us, in this messy world, other than the search for beauty? thank you!
That Kancheli piece is truly divine. I love the viola, such a rich, full sound and the violist on that recording is excellent. I had to listen to the whole piece it's so beautiful.
I checked on the Mallo website and they are sold out of everything which means they were very popular at Exscence I would wager. When they are restocked I'm going to order a sample set.
I'm quite intrigued by Ara. I spent the first 5 years of my life in Central Tennessee where a clover crop was very popular with farmers for grazing animals. The clover blossoms smelled wonderful, too. Butter made from the milk of cows who grazed on clover was especially delicious. My mother had an electric churn and used to make our butter. Nothing like it!
The Aragon plant looks more like lavender, but I will be doing a deep dive to learn more about it.
A legion of voices, yes, the most marvellous thing! It is always a pleasure when you describe a perfume as sensational and use music to illustrate it.
Sainfoin is called Esparcette here in the Lowlands, and the Latin name is referring to donkey fodder. I think it grows all over Europe, preferring sunny and chalky soil.
Congratulations on identifying the vials. Some suppliers of samples (looking at you, Les Senteurs in London) affix an unmarked sample to a cardboard folder - you know, the kind that loses its grip on proceedings within seconds of being tossed into a bowl with five other insecure samples? I’ve learned to label everything as soon as it arrives. Amazed that all the Mallo fragrances are sold out. Small batches, presumably?
Hearing chorus music live, can be a truly wonderful thing. Thanks for reminding me of that with a good ol belly laugh at your story Luca lol
Your comparison to the smoothness of Joy got my attention.
I know nothing about Mallo fragrances...although I cannot help but 'see' "marshmallow" when I read their brand name. Can you tell I grew up in poor, trashy neighborhoods in the USA?
Fascinating! Thank you for writing about this fragrance (that I'd most likely, otherwise, never discover!) - I shall try to find some! A comparison to Rauque is enough for me to go looking, thank you :)
I too went to the Mallo site to find they are sold out of this and all their other offerings as well. They must be waiting for summer to generate more of true raw materials so they can make more. Your samples are precious. Or maybe they need to update their website now is not the time to be accidentally unavailable, people are looking!
“An underrated aspect of choral singing is its ability to scare the bejesus out of the listener” so true—reminds me of how everyone watching the Oscars the other night was acting so scandalized that the In Memoriam was set to Mozart’s Lacrimosa 😂
But this sounds lovely. Wish it wasn’t sold out everywhere!
Added to my 'To Sample' list. I do love a floral bouquet that's fully committed, which is harder to find than one might imagine.
The word sainfoin took me back. I first encountered it reading one of my grandfather’s horse husbandry books from the 60s, so pretty outdated by the time I got it - or so you’d think. This book was was created by the British Horse Society, so sainfoin must have been available in these parts then - and a quick google reveals that is still a forage item and is being marketed as some kind of horsey superfood. After your piece, I just hope that Dobbin and co can appreciate the irony of getting served this stuff literally by the bucketful, whilst people like me will be tearing the internet apart with their bare hands trying to secure just a few ml.
Happy to read that in Spain there are hidden marvels like this, even here is hard to find...
Dear Luca I think I have to stop reading your writings about perfumes... you generate the most beautiful literature about it... but also an urgency and a need to experiment all these beauties and it seems endless... but what is left for us, in this messy world, other than the search for beauty? thank you!
They're all sold out, nooooooo. Praying for a restock.
That Kancheli piece is truly divine. I love the viola, such a rich, full sound and the violist on that recording is excellent. I had to listen to the whole piece it's so beautiful.
I checked on the Mallo website and they are sold out of everything which means they were very popular at Exscence I would wager. When they are restocked I'm going to order a sample set.
I'm quite intrigued by Ara. I spent the first 5 years of my life in Central Tennessee where a clover crop was very popular with farmers for grazing animals. The clover blossoms smelled wonderful, too. Butter made from the milk of cows who grazed on clover was especially delicious. My mother had an electric churn and used to make our butter. Nothing like it!
The Aragon plant looks more like lavender, but I will be doing a deep dive to learn more about it.
(under-rated comment - the viola is SO beautiful!)
A legion of voices, yes, the most marvellous thing! It is always a pleasure when you describe a perfume as sensational and use music to illustrate it.
Sainfoin is called Esparcette here in the Lowlands, and the Latin name is referring to donkey fodder. I think it grows all over Europe, preferring sunny and chalky soil.
Congratulations on identifying the vials. Some suppliers of samples (looking at you, Les Senteurs in London) affix an unmarked sample to a cardboard folder - you know, the kind that loses its grip on proceedings within seconds of being tossed into a bowl with five other insecure samples? I’ve learned to label everything as soon as it arrives. Amazed that all the Mallo fragrances are sold out. Small batches, presumably?
Hearing chorus music live, can be a truly wonderful thing. Thanks for reminding me of that with a good ol belly laugh at your story Luca lol
Your comparison to the smoothness of Joy got my attention.
I know nothing about Mallo fragrances...although I cannot help but 'see' "marshmallow" when I read their brand name. Can you tell I grew up in poor, trashy neighborhoods in the USA?
Fascinating! Thank you for writing about this fragrance (that I'd most likely, otherwise, never discover!) - I shall try to find some! A comparison to Rauque is enough for me to go looking, thank you :)