Mother's Milk -   by Eris Parfums!

The word “Mother” evokes primal ideas: need, comfort, protection, nourishment, desire, love, and fear. Fantasies, in short. And it could be argued that the entire “gourmand” category in perfumery, starting with vanilla as the essence, goes back to a primordial inspiration: mother’s milk.

MOTHER'S MILK by ERIS explores fantasies of the “Good” and “Bad” mother through scent.

It’s an olfactory montage of milky vanilla, a hint of rose, the soft-focus blur of buttery Orris (the precious dried roots of Iris flowers), and a hint of darkness.

That dissonant, slightly dark note in MOTHER’S MILK disrupts the simplistic comfort that can be found in most gourmand fragrances, reminding us that perfume is an adult pleasure.

The slight darkness also hints at the “Bad Mother,” who (in our fantasies) withholds and punishes instead of being a never-ending source of giving and comfort.

MOTHER'S MILK holds space — perhaps most subversively — for the woman (who happens to be a mother) who is her own person, separate from this culturally loaded role.

MOTHER’S MILK: Sumptuous, comforting, sensual, yet challenging. It’s so Mother.

Notes: Milk accord, Damascena Rose Oil (Bulgaria), Suede accord, Orris butter (Bavaria), Vanilla, Cacao (Colombia, US extract), Musk accord, Sandalwood

Family: Gourmand

50 ml Eau de Parfum (20% concentration) spray and 1 ml. glass spray sample 

Perfumer: Antoine Lie 

Antoine Lie’s statement on Mother’s Milk: 

“In Mother’s Milk, I was asked to create an extremely milky fragrance that symbolized children’s fantasies of their mothers as either ‘good’ or ‘bad. ’For the ‘Good Mother,’ I drew from a fond memory: the smell of my children’s heads when my wife was breastfeeding them, a creamy and addictive odor of hot milk and Orris root. The perfume’s representation of the ‘Bad Mother’ was created through the animalic darkness of suede.” – Antoine Lie, Perfumer, ALOE (Paris)