Laurel Canyon 1966

An open bedroom window, as the distant melodies of a record blend with the mesmerizing strumming of an acoustic guitar in the next room, beckoning you to take risks and embrace adventures. 

The scent of your beloved still lingers on your pillow, their voice drifting in from the kitchen, blending with the laughter of last night's adventurous guests. The faint waft of a newly lit joint seeps under your door, mingling with the earthy scent of patchouli on your silk scarves. A gentle breeze carries the dry canyon air into your room, basking it in warm, golden sunlight.

Top: Sweet Orange, Herbal Terpenes, Grapefruit
Middle: Italian Canna, Petitgrain, Clove, Jasmine Sambac
Base: Ambergris, Birch Tar, Patchouli

Thin Wild Mercury is a fine fragrance line that draws from the many vibrant cultural eras of Los Angeles and New York, eliciting at once the factually historical and the purely fantastical. In a 1978 interview with Playboy, Bob Dylan described his 1966 seminal album Blonde on Blonde as having "...that thin, that wild mercury sound." While Dylan found the inspiration for this spirited description of his work through his band's lively, uninhibited performances of it at the time, ours is rooted in the illustrious history of the famous coastal cities; their renowned neighborhoods and hangouts and the nowadays fabled eras of their 20th century lifespan – told aromatically.

• Cathleen Cardinali