NIN-SHAR
The tenderness of Babylon’s Hanging Gardens against the empire’s severity: a rose-oud portraying Turkish rose from petal to root.
Perfumer: Sidonie Lancesseur
Nin-Shar takes its name from the Sumerian goddess of gardens, or of plants. Its inspiration is Babylon and its Hanging Gardens, which tradition says Nebuchadnezzar II built for his wife Amytis, who longed for the green hills and valleys of her homeland. Alongside the tenderness of the gardens, the composition invokes a harsher image of Babylon as an empire of conquest and conflict.
That contrast is carried by Turkish rose absolute. The brand describes the rose as a portrait of the entire plant, from the soft petals to the green leaves, stem and thorns, all the way down to the roots. Soft, comforting, powdery floral facets intertwine with green, balsamic, woody and earthy ones, so the tenderness of the garden and the severity of the empire share the same scent.
Rose liquor and davana essence greet the central rose in the opening, while oud and incense absolute add depth further in. The perfumer is Sidonie Lancesseur.
