Colours

Story

Colours is inspired by the intersection between the taste of oranges and the smell of orange flowers. It was also inspired by the layers of history hovering transparently over an orange-tree-studded fountain courtyard in Silves, Portugal. Its impact is funky, intoxicating and refreshing. It hotwires the creative brain beyond language and logic, through names and numbers, past story and into haunting dissonant song. 

One of the star ingredients is an old-school, perfume-grade, solvent-extracted absolute of ‘sambac’ jasmine (the wilder, warmer, sexier cousin of the stuff that goes in your tea). Jasmine is a euphoriant of the highest order - smashing through apathy and stagnation, erupting past negativity into a playful libidinal urge (and blended here with ylang ylang, an aphrodisiac, fyi). The hypnotic citrus sparkle fades into a mist of metallic bittergreen angelica and pricklysweet nutmeg (which shares compounds with peyote), clouding a hallucinated sun with a vitamin shot LSD flashback.

Colours is an unusual inversion of the floral archetype, designed to carbonate the stuff you’re made of. At its base is an incredibly rare absolute of porcini mushroom, casting a warm, resinous glow over the skin like a translucent layer of honeyed earth. Use it as anti-aromatherapy, blissfully disrupting the mundane for a drug-less trip within.

Stars

“Ancient astrology was made up of wandering stars (planets) who moved through constellations of the zodiac & beyond. The stars of these constellations are known as the fixed stars. One of these stars is Fomalhaut, the star of wizard poets. Fomalhaut is an imaginative balm. The star of the dreamer, the star of the rebel. Use Colours to invoke this star when things are feeling too structured, stuffy or rigid. Or when you need to investigate the string theory that’s carried you from that ice cream cone in middle school to the current moment. Colours, like Fomalhaut, encourages us to examine our legacy and connect the dots lyrically.” — Jaime Wright

Ingredients

100% natural, single-origin aromatics. 0% synthetic scents, nature-derived aroma chemicals, preservatives, gluten, animal testing. this product is vegan.

active ingredients: sicilian citrus aurantium (bitter orange) essential oil, indian hedychium coronarium (ginger lily) essential oil, argentinian citrus paradisi (white grapefruit) essential oil, sicilian citrus aurantium l. var amara (petitgrain) essential oil, indian myristica fragrans (nutmeg) CO2 essential oil, malagasy cananga odorata (ylang ylang) essential oil, calabrian citrus bergamia (bergamot) essential oil, chinese angelica sinensis (angelica) CO2 essential oil, french ferula galbaniflua (galbanum) essential oil, indian jasminum sambac (jasmine sambac) absolute, french boletus edulis (porcini mushroom) absolute.

other ingredients (10ml only): spanish prunus armeniaca (apricot kernel) carrier oil

other ingredients (15ml only): alcohol, distilled water, natural tocopherol (vitamin e)

Safety & Storage

Jovian products are formulated for higher-than-average potency. If you have a history of irritation, sensitivity or allergies to essential oils or other fragrant materials, our products sadly might not be for you. Please read directions before applying.

Store bottles in a cool, dark place. As Jovian products are all-natural and free of artificial preservatives, they will smell best if used within 6 months.