Inside Scent: Agost
Bravanariz Inside Scents bring the aromas of coastal Catalonia, Spain to your home, so you can keep up with the cycles of nature throughout the year and enjoy its wonders. One fragrance for each season to fill your house or your working place with the changing scents of the wild. Just like eating seasonal goods, seasonal smelling also benefits us — tuning our inner cycles with those of nature. Because after all, we are nature.
Agost ("August" in Catalan) takes you to the hot Mediterranean coast in summer. Like walking under the sun, after a swim in the sea, flanked by cypresses and with a mint and fennel branch hanging from your lips.
Agost/Summer:
Summer, in the Mediterranean, is a hard and forceful season. Only the most rugged and austere plants survive the tyranny of an omnipresent sun. The heat affects our vital signs, and despite the fact that everything calls for rest, in the countryside, it is the time of year with the most work. It is the time to reap everything sown, intense days from sunrise to sunset. But it is the time, also of the reward.
Plants & benefits:
Fennel/Hinojo (Foeniculum vulgare), Mint/ Menta (Mentha piperita), Peppermint/ Hierbabuena (Mentha spicata): These plants, of a humility and resistance without equal, refresh and sweeten our evenings, calming irritation and awakening our appetite.
Lavender /Lavanda (Lavandula augustifolia): Relaxes and softens. Lavender makes everything easier and more bearable.
Rosemary /Romero (Rosmarinus officinalis): Activate our brain, pulling us out of the reverie of those hot summer afternoons.
Cypress / Ciprés (Cupressus): Do to his refreshing character and balsamic note, it just makes things easier, and takes us directly to the summers of the Empordà and the Mediterranean basin.
Anís (Pimpinella anisum)
Rockrose /Jara (Cistus ladanifer)
Pine /Pino (Pinus halepensis)
Uses:
The Inside Scents, apart from having a lower concentration of essence and alcoholic graduation, do not differ in any way from the other Bravanariz fragrances. The high quality of its raw materials (organic molasses alcohol, 100% natural essential oils, tinctures and hydrolates) is exactly the same, so you can use them perfectly as a perfume (subtler, if you want), spraying it on your skin and hair. To change the vibes of a space, you can spray it in the air, but for greater permanence it is advisable to do it on fabrics (curtains, carpets, upholstery) as long as you respect the minimum 25cm (9,8 in) distance to avoid possible stains. You can also spray it on clothing items such as scarves or coats to dress up with the scents of each season.
Fulfillment & Shipping
We provide free shipping for USPS orders $75+.
Ministry of Scent offers shipping to the United States through USPS Ground Advantage and UPS. We process and ship orders within 1-4 days, major holidays excluded. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at orders@ministryofscent.com
We do not ship on Sundays; Sundays are not included in our shipping window.
We are not responsible for lost or stolen packages. We will not provide replacements or refunds for lost or stolen packages. If you have a risk-prone address, we recommend you send to a safer locale.
First-time orders $125+ and all orders $200+ will be shipped with signature confirmation to ensure safe delivery. Customers may request "no signature confirmation" in the Order Note section of the Shopping Cart page, at their own risk. If the item is stolen after tracked delivery, the order cannot be refunded or replaced.
We cannot file claims or be held responsible for orders that have been designated as "delivered" by UPS or USPS (and/or signed for by recipient). We can file claims for orders that have be designated as "lost in transit" by UPS or USPS.
| Order type | Shipping Method |
Cost |
| Sample-only Orders (including Sample Sets) | USPS Ground Advantage* | $5 |
|
Standard Shipping (orders under $75) |
USPS Ground Advantage* or UPS Ground (depending on destination) | $10 |
| Free Shipping (orders $75 and over) |
USPS Ground Advantage* or UPS Ground (depending on destination) |
$0 |
| 3-Day Shipping | UPS 3-Day Service |
Variable |
*Ship times vary. All products ship from California, shipments can take up to 5 business days to the East Coast.
Returns
We do not accept returns of perfumes, simply because perfumes can't be resold once they've been opened and used. We encourage you to order samples before purchasing full bottles of perfume. And here's the good news — with every sample purchased, we'll send you a coupon code that allows you to redeem the cost of the sample and sample shipping if you buy a full bottle of the fragrance you tried (in other words, you get $10 off).
Please contact orders@ministryofscent.com if you have a question or issue related to your order or shipping.
Sample Orders
Samples are designed to help you evaluate scents you might want to later purchase as a full bottle. You may order one sample per fragrance, up to 15 total in a single order. Samples are non-refundable.
For sample orders, please check your packing slip for a special code that will allow you to redeem the price of samples and sample shipping when purchase full bottles of the scents you sample ($10 off full bottles).
Complimentary Samples
We provide complimentary samples with $75+ full bottle purchases. You may request up to 3 samples with any qualifying order. Please use the Order Note section on the Shopping Cart overlay to let us know which complimentary samples you would like. We'll try to provide the scents you've requested, but substitutions may occur if items are out of stock.
I was curious to try this brand because I liked the concept of utilizing only plants native to a particular landscape, even though I was afraid they might be too herbal for me. Sometimes rosemary can be overpowering on me; but - this scent is perfectly blended! None of the notes really stand out to me on an individual level, but the overall impression is light and refreshing. I do get a little of the anise on the drydown, which adds a nice touch spice and sweetness. I thought I might be able to wear this as a cologne, but it is pretty subtle on the skin; on my hair however, it lasts all day.