Pine forest by the north sea
One participant brought a pleasant memory from her early childhood – walking through pine forest close to the north sea. We didn't have pine absolute on the bench that day, so she approximated with pine needle essential oil and oakmoss absolute, which together carried something of the green and damp underneath the trees. She found most joy in the oakmoss and in litsea cubeba (long-lasting, lemon-fresh) and built three variations around them, each with a different top – litsea, bergamot, lime – to find the one that sat closest to the memory.