Bitter Rose, Broken Spear
An Aromatic Epic from HYLNDS by D.S. & Durga
Aromatic materials from the lands of the Red Branch knights and their travels to prehistoric
Scotland – smelted iron, larchwood, thistle – emboldened with bitter rose and amber.
From Ulster fort to Argyll’s holy top,
Red Branch nights, proud chiefs in wool,
faded dyes – rowan berry, bitter rose,
hunt in wood-of-wonders, melancholy thistle,
for feasts, water-of-life,
Caeawg’s amber wreath,
smelted iron, wine-in-horn,
now broken spear and empty hills
Scent notes
HYLNDS - embers, wild mountain thyme, cubeb
MDLNDS - bitter rose, thistle, nutmeg
LWLNDS - smelted iron, amber, larch
