Cardamom Moss

Cold stone meets crushed spice just before the light breaks. Ginger and cardamom rise first, sharp and green, torn straight from the root while the air still holds a mineral chill.

Turmeric arrives with a low, earthy warmth, and cinnamon deepens the spice into something darker, richer, less easy to pin down. Underneath, a wave of salt and stone spreads wide, mineral moss and a heavy dose of Ambroxan carrying the cold forward even as the spices heat up around it. As the hours pass, the sharpness rounds into velvety wood touched with salt, a trace of caramelised tobacco, and musks that settle low and stay there, warm against skin that still remembers the cold.

Fresh at the start, mineral throughout, with warmth that keeps climbing through the chill until the two finally meet.

• Emmanuelle Moeglin

Experimental Perfume Club is a London-based fragrance house and open-access perfume laboratory founded by French perfumer Emmanuelle Moeglin, who trained at the renowned ISIPCA perfume school in France.

Imagined as a way to demystify fine perfumery, the brand creates unisex, vegan and cruelty-free eaux de parfum designed either to be worn alone or artfully blended, inviting wearers to compose their own signature scent from its Essential and Signature Blends collections.

Its perfumes are imagined in London and crafted in France using ingredients sourced from Grasse, and the company is certified as a B Corporation, reflecting a commitment to eco-conscious practices and refillable, low-plastic packaging.