Bois d'Ascèse

In the middle of the hills of New South Wales, Australia, stands a perched church. From its walls, an enveloping and reassuring smoke emanates, with notes of smoked, almost burnt, cade wood, supported by the incense of Somalia that burns with force. Inside hovers an atmosphere conducive to asceticism, this discipline aimed at spiritual perfection through repeated efforts: here they have the herbaceous scent of angelica mixed with the liveliness of mandarin. In the background, the animal musk echoes the nature of man. The nose of Bois d'Ascèse, Julien Rasquinet, signs a real tribute to the childhood memories of the Australian designer Naomi Goodsir: the olfactory memory of her first workshop in Australia, a disused church where she made wood fires. The result: a woody trail wrapped in powerful incense.