Jonathan Ward

My Saturday Morning : Vehicular + Olfactory
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First nose dive into a brand new Porsche 911. More science with a little artistry. First to dissect the ratio of the materials inside the cabin and then to create six distinct accords. Balance and precision (just like the precision mechanics of this legacy brand).
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Gratitude
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As most of you know and I have certainly not hidden. I feel very much one of the fortunate ones today. To find freedom from an illness that lies to you every day. Telling you that you don’t have a problem while it quietly destroys you. With friends and onlookers thinking that it’s simply a matter of willpower and as they turn their backs thinking that YOU are the problem…. Never knowing that it is something you have zero power in combatting on your own. Although it tries its hardest to keep you solo where it has the most power.
Only in the surrender and total admission that you are powerless do you find the new source of power that steers you away from the cliff edge and back to safety.
Immensely grateful today that I was one of the lucky few to find a way out and rebuild into the God given person I was destined to be ….
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Close up spotlight on ….
LE DERNIER BOTANISTE (The Last Botanist)
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The preliminary working formula turns into a finished first sample (or two). J’adore the botanical richness of sweet fennel, lime, grapefruit and basil blended gently with ylang ylang, geranium and jasmine on a Mediterranean platform of cashmere amber and an ozonic finish.
First samples on their way to
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Monday Morning
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Loving a visit to the historical craftsman of Scotland. Beautiful producing excellence and craftsmanship. From one craftsman to another it was a pleasure to visit their beautiful space soaking in years of history (and the scent of leather was mesmerising)
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Trials (no tribulations)
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The first working formula for LE DERNIERE BOTANISTE for
What a beautiful way to spend a Friday afternoon creating harmonious and intriguing accords
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Brand Update
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Exciting collaboration with my long time esteemed supporter who has started a new lifestyle interiors brand set to launch later on in the year.
European inspired, individual quality and craftsmanship innovating individual “not everywhere” pieces to cherish.
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Impossibly Yours
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I created “Impossibly Yours” to capture an enigmatic feeling of devotion. A listless longing for something that defied time, logic and the worldly realm. Strange to feel melancholy and uplifted in harmony. Odd to love and hate in one exhale.

How to deliver dark melancholic notes surrounded by brightness that culminate in a harmonious poetry that speaks without words? Here is how…

BASE: Gentle peppering of Oakmoss, Cade and Labandum weave their way into Cedar Wood and then immediately softened by Amber and Cashmere.

HEART: Jasmine, Geranium and Violet Leaf are consummately bound to seductive harmony with Summer Hay, Coumarin and To***co Absolute.

TOP: Ruby Grapefruit, Pink Pepper and Violet Leaf are woven tapestry like into bergamot and trace amounts of herbaceous give subtle green.

A fragrance that was created just for me, but has had the more requests from clients who would lean into my neck for friendly embrace and then, as if by magic found themselves as propelled to indulge as I was to create it.
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