Old World Fougères: Scents of the Forest

Perfume inspired by green light and breathing earth.

Before “fougère” was a perfume family, it was a feeling — the cool, fern-scented hush of the woods after rain. It’s the smell of crushed herbs underfoot, wet bark, moss, and distant sunlight. Fougère perfumes were created to capture that sensation — not a single flower, but the living balance of forest and air.

In this class, we’ll begin not with bottles, but with memory — the places where green feels alive. Then we’ll translate those sensations into scent, exploring how perfumers have long recreated the forest’s breath through notes of lavender, oakmoss, woods, and herbs. Guided by Amy, you’ll blend your own unisex fougère — a fragrance that feels clean yet wild, refined yet free.

This is an invitation to reimagine “freshness” not as synthetic brightness, but as living, breathing nature — the scent of balance, of growth, of green renewal.

You’ll experience

• How fougère perfumes evolved to express the aroma of the forest floor — fern, moss, and light.

• The sensory connection between place and perfume — how we can “bottle a landscape.”

• How to build a modern, unisex fougère using natural materials that evoke the outdoors.

• A guided blending session where you’ll create your own forest-inspired perfume.

“To wear a fougère is to carry the feeling of rain-soaked green — the hush of the woods, translated into air.”

Offered as a private or group workshop, guided personally by Amy.

To book, email info@collagewithnature.com or call 503-232-8224.