KATRINA VAN TASSELFRAGRANCE FAMILY SUBFAMILY SECONDARY Amber Gourmand Nutty She was a blooming lass of fresh eighteen; plump as a partridge; ripe and melting and rosy cheeked as one of her father's peaches, and universally famed, not merely for her beauty, but her vast expectations. Warm spice and orchard air drift in together, familiar and inviting, like autumn just before dusk. There is a softness here that feels intentional, wrapped around a sharper awareness, the

and a voice inside you saying you already know the answer

power shaped through reverence and tradition

desire shaped into something ceremonial and exacting

Musk – Earthy and animalic

Still ponds reflecting branches overhead and the sense that nothing changes until you stop struggling

or to come home to yourself

Carved furniture

It is still and contemplative

and never entirely safe

and blueprints scattered across the floor

hands in pockets

like someone stepping off a cliff just to see what happens