Prince of Wales is a daffodil and narcissus soliflore fragrance that I have been working on since 2019. A soliflore is a composition centered around a single flower. I define a soliflore within the scope of my work as a flower I'd like to smell when, for example, I enter my house, or walk by one of the bedrooms. Rather than a moment in space and time, in my world, a soliflore sings all the accords of a particular flower that I can't be without. I cultivate narcissus and daffodils in our garden. 

The first time I visited Wales in the Spring, I couldn't believe the profusion of daffodils and narcissus everywhere. It is a land where you can find them growing wild, either bordering roads or dotting fields, besides finding them in almost every garden. Being related, daffodils and narcissus are part of a family of over fifty species and more than 26,000 cultivars. 

Prince of Wales is dedicated to my Welsh husband, and his love of his homeland. Despite blooming in Spring, I decided to include it in the Last Night Of Summer capsule because this fragrance is honeyed, deliriously floral and intense, it is a narcotic fragrance, as opposed to the more ethereal floral fragrances included in The House Of White Petals.

For this composition, I created my own narcissus accord based on a legendary Poucher formula, but modernized. I also added real narcissus absolute des plains , a variety of Narcissus poeticus cultivated in Grasse, France, aside from jonquil absolute from the variety Narcissus jonquilla , and other precious materials like cistus absolute from Spain, and white rose absolute from Bulgaria. Two varieties of vetiver, ambergris and patchouli molecular distillation anchor the base for a supreme diffusion. 

I know that there are very few narcissus candles in the luxury home fragrance market. If you love narcissus and daffodils, this one I promise, is worth your sniff.