Telosmia
Parfumerie
Telosmia is a small batch fragrance house by scholar-perfumer John Falter. Based on a Greek compound word meaning destination and scent, Telosmia fragrances are built with the intention of place. These compositions work with the natural humidity and tasteful fashions of South Carolina and the subtropical world. Each combine Caribbean and Southern motifs with airy and musky profiles meant to bring dignity and refinement to the hottest days.
Available at A. Smith Clothiers.
Tangerine Nobile
Vaporous Tangerine on Magnolia and Air
Top Notes
Tangerine · Pinyon Pine · Cardamom Tea
Heart Notes
Hedione · Shampoo · Magnolia
Base Notes
Clean Musk
$40 — 10 mL
Baño
Caribbean Ritual Botanical on Clean Musk
Top Notes
Rum · Black Pepper · Cedrat
Heart Notes
Tobacco · Coconut
Base Notes
Cascarilla · White Musk
$40 — 10 mL
Persuasion
Designer Banana
Top Notes
Banana · Rosemary · Pepper
Heart Notes
Tobacco · Sandalwood
Base Notes
Designer Oud · Musk
$40 — 10 mL
Poise
Maximalist Musk with Nothing to Prove
Top Notes
Pinyon Pine · Licorice · Mysterious Aldehydes
Heart Notes
Hinoki · Incense · Sandalwood · Rose · Davana · Carrot
Base Notes
Vetiver · Cypriol · Plush Musks
$40 — 10 mL
Threshold
A Formal Jazz of Rose
Top Notes
Cardamom · Pine · Turkish Delight
Heart Notes
Rose · Frankincense
Base Notes
Ambrette Musk · Coffee
$40 — 10 mL
Santo
Minimalist Palo Santo · Compliment Machine
Top Notes
Black Pepper
Heart Notes
Palo Santo · Butter
Base Notes
Charismatic Musk · Norlimbanol
$40 — 10 mL
Perfumer
John Falter is a scholar-perfumer with a specialization in sensory rhetoric. When he's not perfuming, he teaches writing at Clemson and is finishing a dissertation on the meaning of perfume in colonial Charleston. Ask him about it if you see him walking around town.