Secret Garden

Secret Garden by Aftelier is a Oriental Floral fragrance for women and men. Secret Garden was launched in 2011. The nose behind this fragrance is Mandy Aftel. Top notes are Brazilian Rosewood, Geranium, Bergamot and Blood Orange; middle notes are Raspberry, Jasmine, Rose and Lotus; base notes are Civetta, Patchouli, Castoreum, Benzoin, Vanille and Liatris. Secret Garden was created during the Letters to A Fellow Perfumer series on Nathan Branch's blog. Nathan suggested naming this perfume after the 1910 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett about a young girl who herself blossoms after she discovers a barren secret garden and brings it back to life. Like fitting a key in a lock, when you inhale Secret Garden, you enter a redolent and sensual wild garden. To create the heady and exotic floral experience, it includes two historical animal essences: very old civet bought from a retired perfumer and castoreum tinctured from the beaver.