Finding Your Signature Scent: Citrus, Floral or Musky

We sort our scents into three families: citrus, floral and musky. Citrus is Moroccan Fig and Bergamot and Rosewood and Litsea Cubeba, fresh and bright. Floral is Violet and Bergamot. Musky is Hawaiian Black Lava, Oud Tobacco and Leather and New Palo Santo, woody, smoky and warm. The easiest way to find your signature is to wear one scent on your skin for a full day, then build it across your shower, your body care and your home. Here is what each scent smells like, where you will find it, and how to choose.

Where our scents come from

Every scent begins with a place Marianella has been: the coast, the mountains, summer nights in the city. She works each one out with a fragrance house, using perfume-grade oils, and only then do we decide which products carry it. One of our first scents, Wisteria and Jasmine, was made to recall the dama de noche flower she kept beside her young son's bed in Venezuela. The families are simply how we group what she has made, so you can find your way from one scent you love to others you might.

The citrus family

Citrus scents are fresh, clean and easy to wear in the morning, at work and in warm weather.

• Moroccan Fig and Bergamot is our best seller. It opens fresh with apple and grapefruit, with plum and a polished rosewood underneath, and Marianella made it to carry the light of a warm Mediterranean coastline. If you are not sure where to start, start here.
• Rosewood and Litsea Cubeba is the brightest of our scents, a super citrus with bergamot and lemon. Rosewood gives it a smooth, polished woodiness, and litsea cubeba adds a bright, lemony lift. It feels clean and grounding at the same time.

The floral family

Violet and Bergamot is our floral: luxurious and fresh rather than sweet, with mint and green tea keeping it light. It is a good choice if you want a floral that still feels fresh, and it is soft enough to wear every day.

The musky family

Musky scents are the warmest and deepest we make. They suit evenings, colder months and anyone who likes a scent that stays close to the skin.

• Hawaiian Black Lava is musky and woodsy, with saffron and cedarwood and a mineral depth. It is also the scent of our Hawaiian Black Lava Body Caviar scrub.
• Oud Tobacco and Leather is smoky and deep, made for the home: you will find it in our candle, room spray and reed diffuser.
• New Palo Santo is musky and woodsy, and comes as a reed diffuser.

Limited editions

A few scents come and go. Almond and White Tea and Oak Moss and Coconut are limited editions, offered in some of our gallon refills and reed diffusers. Our hand sanitizer gel has its own herbal scent, Lavender and Spruce, made with essential oils of lavender, lemon peel, hemlock, marjoram and rosalina.

Which products carry which scent

Once you have a favorite, you can wear it from the shower to the living room. Here is where each of the main scents appears:

• Body wash, body cream, hand wash and hand cream: Moroccan Fig and Bergamot, Hawaiian Black Lava, Violet and Bergamot, and Rosewood and Litsea Cubeba.
• Body oil: the New Imperial Jade Body Oil in Hawaiian Black Lava, Moroccan Fig and Bergamot, or Violet and Bergamot, and the Rosewood and Litsea Cubeba Imperial Jade Body Oil.
• Fragrance Roller Oil: Hawaiian Black Lava, Violet and Bergamot, or Moroccan Fig and Bergamot.
• Candle and room spray: all four of the main scents plus Oud Tobacco and Leather.
• Reed diffusers: seven scents, including New Palo Santo and both limited editions.

Our face care is the exception. The Royal Kalahari Face Serum and our pure face oils have no added fragrance, so nothing on your face competes with the scent you wear on your body.

How to find your signature

A scent smelled from a bottle or a tester strip tells you very little. It needs warm skin and a few hours to show what it really is. A few ways to test:

1. Start with a roller. The Fragrance Roller Oil is a small 0.3 fl oz bottle of sunflower seed oil and fragrance from our own perfumery. Roll it on your wrists and behind your ears in the morning, then notice how it smells in the late afternoon. That is the version of the scent you will live with.
2. Try it in the air. A Room Spray lets you smell a scent in a room before you commit to wearing it. Mist a pillow or a coat closet and see if you still like it the next day.
3. Follow your instincts across families. If you love Moroccan Fig and Bergamot, try Rosewood and Litsea Cubeba next. If Violet and Bergamot feels too light, move to Hawaiian Black Lava.

Layering one scent

Once you have found yours, layer it. Wash with the body wash, follow with the body cream or body oil in the same scent, and roll the fragrance oil on your pulse points. Because the scents match, they build rather than compete. Light the candle in the same scent at home and the room joins in. If you like two scents, keep them in different places: one on your body, the other in the house.

You can browse every scented piece in one place in our fragrance collection.

Questions about our scent families

Which Marianella scent is the best seller?

Moroccan Fig and Bergamot, a fresh citrus with apple, grapefruit and plum over soft woods. It is a good first scent if you are new to our brand.

Do your face products have a scent?

Mostly not. The Royal Kalahari Face Serum and our pure face oils have no added fragrance. The Rose Face Wash Cream and Rose Petal Mist carry a soft note of rose.

Can I wear two different scents at once?

You can, but one scent layered across body wash, body cream and roller oil reads more clearly. If you love two, wear one on your body and use the other in your candle or diffuser.

Which scents come as candles?

Moroccan Fig and Bergamot, Rosewood and Litsea Cubeba, Hawaiian Black Lava, Violet and Bergamot, and Oud Tobacco and Leather.