Vineyard Truffle

Miss Layla Ingredient Focus:  Truffle (Tuber melanosporum) Provenance: Kaikoura, New Zealand Notes: Black Currant, Raspberry, Pluot, Grape Leaves, Truffle, Cognac, Wild Herbs, Bracken, Moss, Black Olive, Oak, Cork, Roots, Seaweed, Leather, Ambergris Supernatural Future as an inspiration for me, took shape in creating a “new world” wine inspired perfume. It highlights the aspects about New Zealand’s terrior that are futuristic and under development. What does that mean, exactly? Simply put, New Zealand is a New World territory for culinary treasures- namely wine and truffles. The terroir is a chrysalis; ripe with possibility and evolution. Upon research for this perfume, I found that Truffle spores didn’t even reach New Zealand until 1987 and vineyard cultivation was just barely preceding by about a decade. As a perfume, it was only natural for me to pair the decadence of Truffle with full bodied wine notes. The end result? A verdant, dark fruit fragrance laden with brambly vineyard ro