Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras by Olympic Orchids    Every year in late winter New Orleans puts on a grand party like no other. It’s a rainbow-hued, glittering, skanky, riotous, celebration of everything there is to celebrate, flowing in and out like a shiny snake amidst the flower-strewn, humidity-drenched, decaying streets of the French Quarter. Mardi Gras may present a polite, rich veneer of real orange blossom and vanilla, like a southern belle delicately munching on a beignet dusted with powdered sugar, but behind the pretty, festive costume are dark undercurrents of voodoo and hoodoo, midnight rituals and outrageous secrets that can only be unleashed under the protective camouflage of the innocent-looking mask.   Notes: Orange blossom, neroli, cistus, benzoin, vanilla, civet, special musk blend Perfumer: Ellen Covey 30 ml. Extrai de Parfum spray  and 1 ml. glass spray sample Family: Floral, Animalic