Samples of Priya Means Love all-natural perfumes + colognes. Your choice of samples, packaged in a stamped muslin bag along with a description of each scent. Each scent is a 1 ml sample in a 3+ ml glass atomizer sample bottle (note your sample will be around 1/3 full!), with the exception of oil-based perfumes (Moon Gazer, Sainted Rose, and Sunsmoke Oil), which are 1/2 ml in a 1+ ml roller bottle (note that your sample will be around 1/2 full!) .

Please let me know which samples you'd like in the Notes to Seller at checkout, or via a convo.


Choose from the full selection of botanical fragrance samples, including limited edition scents -- find them here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/priyameanslove/?etsrc=sdt§ion_id=11555958 (Please note that samples of solids are not available.)

Here are brief descriptions of some:

Vetiverte, a cologne with tomato leaf, galbanum, and mint — a cooling rainstorm of vetiver and cut green leaves:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/196642169/vetiverte-cologne-all-natural-organic

Green Lilac, a fresh green floral — a drift of just opened spring blossoms caught on a cool breeze:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/229461229/green-lilac-perfume-all-natural-fresh

Lavender + Seamoss, a fougere — a scent of spring awakening the ferns and flowers of the forest floor, lit by sunlight, cool and fresh — a drift of clean lavender mingles with earthy, salty oakmoss:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/155059301/lavender-seamoss-an-all-natural

Cherry Blossom, a soft, fruity floral, with rose, vanilla, bitter almond, and woods -- soft, edible puffs of pink blossoms against a cerulean sky:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/598587875/cherry-blossom-natural-perfume-spring

Moon Gazer, an oil based roll on perfume — night-blooming flowers luminescing in moonlight, jasmine and moonflower:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/608421175/moon-gazer-natural-perfume-oil-moonlight

Saffron Nectar, a heady swirl of rich saffron, rose, and cardamom, an Indian gourmand:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/292279985/small-batch-saffron-nectar-natural

new Cocoa Poplar, a rich foraged truffle of dark chocolate, poplar buds, and Szechuan peppercorn:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/4495892863/new-cocoa-poplar-botanical-fragrance-a

Sainted Rose, an oil based roll on perfume with pure rose and palo santo:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/937330996/sainted-rose-palo-santo-natural-perfume

Hayride, sweet apples and an insouciant romp through fields bathed in golden light:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/250152130/hayride-perfume-all-natural-fall

ADK cologne, a full evergreen botanical fragrance:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/651660302/adk-adirondack-all-natural-forest

Sunsmoke cologne, a smoky, citrusy wood cologne — a bonfire on a wild beach. Smoke, citrus and blossoms, precious woods—and through it all, fine tobacco whispers “come closer”. In two formats:
- atomizer https://www.etsy.com/listing/217747225/sunsmoke-cologne-all-natural-organic
- or oil https://www.etsy.com/listing/1553876703/sunsmoke-oil-cologne-all-natural-organic

Hand in Glove, a unisex botanical leather scent — a deep, dark, and warm skin scent. Cognac-colored new leather, woods, and beguiling osmanthus. Saffron, juniper, vanilla, birch smoke, aged patchouli, turmeric:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/503918250/hand-in-glove-cologne-russian-leather


Each scent is all-natural, made from essential oils, botanical absolutes, and tinctures in a base of organic grain alcohol. No synthetics, period. These close range fragrances will keep near to your body and will evolve as you wear it. Because they contain no synthetic fixatives, they will not linger as long as conventional perfumes — reapply every few hours or as often as you like, as an olfactory ritual. Each is rich in botanical ingredients. If you have concerns about allergies, consider a patch test or speak to your doctor. As with any product, discontinue use if you experience irritation or sensitivity.



ABOUT PRIYA MEANS LOVE PERFUMES:

I never had a habit of wearing perfume until making my own, because of synthetics, which are ubiquitous in the perfume industry. Synthetics lend perfumes a heavy, jangly quality — they're the reason that perfume tends to smother an entire room and linger forever, and they're responsible for masking a person's own unique, delicious, human scent. Over the last decade I've found that synthetic perfumes make me feel physically ill as well, exacerbating my fibromyalgia, and I'm far from alone in this sensitivity.

My perfumes are different — they are utterly all natural, made only from botanical essential oils, handmade tinctures, and absolutes, most of which are organic or wildharvested, in a base of grain alcohol or organic jojoba oil. No synthetic fragrances, nitromusks, pthalates, or fillers — no synthetics, period, in keeping with everything I make.

These scents are designed to be close range perfumes — close to the skin, they are to be enjoyed by you in an unexpected drift of scent as you turn your head or at a gesture, and by those who have the privilege to be very near you. They are clean, soft, and intimate — they say 'come closer.'

I aim to make true perfumes, complex blends that paint an olfactory picture, with lingering, close-to the skin base notes, fulsome heart notes, and effervescent head notes. Natural perfumes build on the ultimate base note of your own skin — they will smell different, and evolve differently, on each wearer. This perfume is rich in botanical ingredients, so if you have concerns about allergies, consider a patch test or speak to your doctor, and feel free to contact me if you have any concerns.

Unlike synthetic perfumes, natural perfumes unfold over time — initially you experience the head notes, then the heart, and over time the base notes linger on the skin for hours. I love this dynamic quality, how the scent is constantly evolving, never monotonous — and I like how this changing sensory input makes you take notice of the moments as they pass by. Because this perfume contains no synthetic fixatives, it will not linger as long as conventional perfumes — reapply every few hours, or as you please, as an olfactory ritual, rooting you in the present moment.

I make these perfumes with a sense of wonder and reverence for the magic of aromatic plants. I hope you feel a sense of wonder and beauty wearing it.