Eris Parfums - Mother's Milk - niche perfume
The word “Mother” evokes primal ideas: need, comfort, protection, nourishment, desire, love, and fear. Fantasies, in short. And it could be argued that the entire “gourmand” category in perfumery, starting with vanilla as the essence, derives from a primordial inspiration: mother’s milk.
MOTHER'S MILK, a milky floral animalic perfume by ERIS explores fantasies of the “Good” and “Bad” mother through scent. It’s an olfactory montage of milky vanilla, a whisper of rose, the soft-focus blur of buttery Orris (from the precious dried roots of Iris flowers), and a hint of darkness.
50ml / extrait de parfum (20% extrait concentration)
| Category: | Fragrances |
|---|---|
| Concentration: | Perfume |
| Fragrances: | Gourmet, Musky, Powdery, Sweet |
| Liked by: | Unisex |
MOTHER’S MILK: Sumptuous, comforting, sensual, yet challenging. It’s so Mother.
That dissonant, slightly dark note in MOTHER’S MILK disrupts the simplistic comfort that can be found in most gourmand fragrances, reminding us that perfume is an adult pleasure. The slight darkness also hints at the “Bad Mother,” who (in our fantasies) withholds and punishes instead of being a never-ending source of giving and comfort. MOTHER'S MILK holds space — perhaps most subversively — for the woman (who happens to be a mother) who is her own person, separate from this culturally loaded role.
Top notes: Damascena Rose Oil (Bulgaria), Milk accord
Heart notes: Suede accord, Orris butter (Bavaria), Vanilla
Base notes: Musk accord, Sandalwood
“In Mother’s Milk, I was asked to create an extremely milky fragrance that symbolized children’s fantasies of their mothers as either ‘good’ or ‘bad. ’For the ‘Good Mother,’ I drew from a fond memory: the smell of my children’s heads when my wife was breastfeeding them, a creamy and addictive odor of hot milk and Orris root. The perfume’s ‘Bad Mother’ was created through the animalic darkness of suede.”
- Antonie Lie, Perfumer
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ERIS PARFUMS was launched in 2016 by vintage perfume lover Barbara Herman. Her years of collecting and researching vintage perfume took her on a journey that started with her blog, Yesterday’s Perfume, which turned into a book, Scent and Subversion: Decoding a Century of Provocative Perfume.
After interviewing Master Perfumer Antoine Lie for Scent and Subversion, Barbara asked him to help her create a collection of fragrances as bold as her favorite vintage perfumes but for a modern audience.
ERIS seeks to bring to modern niche perfumery the uncompromising quality, boldness, and creativity Barbara encountered in the best of vintage perfume.
Named after ERIS, the Greek goddess of troublemaking and disruption, ERIS PARFUMS is inspired by muses — divine, human, and fragrant — that exemplify unconventional beauty and subversive glamour.