Pictura Fragrans
The Serpent's Orchard
The Serpent's Orchard
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The Serpent’s Orchard is a story steeped in myth, now quietly, and fragrantly, rewritten. In a garden long unguarded, where fig trees ripen past reason and the perfume of crushed blooms rises from the warm ground, Eve returns... not as a warning, but fully present in her own right. The air is thick with memory and sweetness turned wild, tempered by time. This is no parable of shame or punishment. It is an act of remembering, a space where old symbols loosen their grip, and what was once hidden or silenced breathes freely at last. With the earth and its people now under threat, she walks forward with intent: not to dwell in what was, but to face what is wrong and guard what still may flourish.
Special Collection: Part I of Furies of the New Dawn
Fragrance Notes and Ingredients
Top Notes: Fig Tree, Nettle, Fig Leaf, Plum, Tokaji Wine, Alba Rose
Heart Notes: Ripe Fig, Yogurt, Jasmin Sambac, Honey, Myrrh
Base Notes: Muscone, Mysore Sandalwood, Indole, Mace, Musk, Amber
Stone Cap : 100% Peacock Quartz
Inspiration
The orchard lay half-dreaming beneath a silver sky, its boughs thick with shadow and the dense perfume of fruit gone nearly to wine. No gate marked its edge, and no one stood guard. It had outlived its punishments. Wind moved through the fig leaves like fingers through old letters—rustling, uncertain, aching with what was once written. In the oldest tree, coiled where sunlight dared not reach, the serpent watched.
Eve walked without companion or command. No Adam. No exile. Her steps stirred the leaf mold, awakening the breath of overripe fig—split open, humming with bees and a gentle sweetness of its juice and sap. The serpent did not speak. It had already told her everything. Now she had returned not to apologize, but to rewrite.
And the serpent, seeing the state of the world, did not resist. It’s not hard to retell the fable when the male-driven world had been so eager to destroy the trees he once ruled from.
The air shifted, and ghost-like florals rose beneath a skin of musk and the memory of plumeria—blurred, altered, and made unfamiliar by age. Her presence pressed on the edges of the old world like ink re-wetting vellum.
The orchard was not silent. Beneath the fruit-heavy branches, a tang of milk—fermented, alive, nearly sweet, curled through the heat. Fragrant leaves cracked beneath her heel; honey and resin threaded through her warmth and clung to her skin. This was not sin, but sanctity.
The fig trees whispered as if in recognition. This had never been a prison—only a story told poorly, shaped by the trembling hands of frightened men. She no longer asked to be understood. The world, unraveling, there was no time left for myth and certainly none for restriction. Moving with purpose to protect what still blooms, her power would be known.
Details
22% - Extrait de Parfume
50 ml & 15 ml*** (see below)
***We’re introducing our new 15 ml bottle—a significant upgrade from our previous 8 ml size. You’ll enjoy nearly double the fragrance, housed in an upgraded bottle and fitted with a robust, pre-pressurized sprayer identical to our 50 ml bottles, ensuring no leaks and a superior experience. Though the final decorative labels are still in the works, this interim release delivers the enhanced quality you expect. It’s all part of evolving your fragrance journey—one bottle at a time.
**Safety & Transparency:**
We provide Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for all our fragrances in accordance with international regulatory standards. Each perfume is formulated in compliance with the safety guidelines of the International Fragrance Association (IFRA). All allergenic components subject to EU disclosure requirements are clearly listed on our product labels. [Click here to view the SDS for this fragrance.]
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The modern biblical vision of perfumer DL Jenkins touches me deeply - just like what the name and content of the perfume Qetora Zohar express.
But I associate the scent of a fig tree, its leaves and fruits with the Greek islands.
We love flying there on vacation and always look forward to tasting fresh figs from the "trees of knowledge":)
We don't sneak into gardens like snakes, so we find fig trees in overgrown ditches (hence the nettles) and we have to watch out for bees and wasps, which also want to enjoy the fallen fruits. The sweet fig juice, flowing down the chin, evokes a feeling of well-being in a person, just like when you inhale myrrh, ambergris or visit the house of a famous beekeeper somewhere in the space.
I also know the latter very well, we used to keep bees in the garden and meadow and I liked to help my husband "harvest" the honey:)
I wouldn't identify Tokaj wine in the smell myself, but when I recall its taste, I agree with the perfumer: it fits in interestingly with the ingredients.
Overall, The Snake's Orchard seems smooth, round and warm to me... like when you dare to pet a python, or put a spoonful of fresh honey in your mouth on a sunny day.