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Night-walk perfumes from Gloaming Quay, Hollowmere

Perfume for
the
long way
home.

Six perfumes, each composed on a walk taken after dark and bottled in small batches at our atelier on the quay. Try any three for $24 with free shipping, and the $24 comes off your first full bottle.

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Bottles
50 ml $118 · 15 ml $46
Atelier
Wed–Sun, open until 11 pm
Shipping
Free on sets, 2–4 days

IHow we compose

Every perfume starts as a walk.

One route, walked after dark for a month of nights, with a notebook and a flashlight. The perfume follows the walk in order, so what you smell first on skin is what you met first on the path.

  1. The first corner

    becomes the top notes

    What hits you at the gate: cold air, citrus peel, wet slate. Bright and quick; on skin it’s gone in about twenty minutes.

  2. The long middle

    becomes the heart

    The smells that walk beside you: fig leaves over a wall, rope, a bakery lighting its ovens. The heart carries the evening, three to five hours.

  3. The front door

    becomes the base

    Home: wool, wood smoke, warm skin. The base is what’s still on your scarf in the morning.

From the notebookHeron Stair

May 14 · 1:40 am · 48 °F, wind off the river

Rain stopped at midnight. Fig tree hanging over the wall at the top: leaves, not fruit. Reeds cut yesterday, very green.

Halfway down, cold water, like a stone from a stream. Somebody’s lime, from a glass left on the bench.

Bottom step: mud, moss, cedar from the boathouse.

Field notes become the formula for No. 3, Heron Stair.

IIThe six walks

Six walks. Follow the waymarks through each.

Pick a walk, then step through it. The fog lifts one layer at a time, the way the perfume opens on skin. Every scent comes as 50 ml ($118) or 15 ml ($46), and all six are in the discovery set.

No. 1 · Walked at 11:40 pm in October

Sea Wall, Low Tide

Along the sea wall to the Point, when the tide is out and the harbor smells of stone. Clean, cold and quietly mineral.

  1. Top the first 20 minutes

    Sea salt, grapefruit pith, cold air

    The first gust off the water as you leave the lamps behind.

  2. Heart through the evening

    Wet slate, samphire, orris root

    Halfway along, the wall is still damp from the afternoon.

  3. Base on your scarf next morning

    Driftwood, ambrette seed, clean musk

    At the Point, the bleached timbers of the old jetty.

No. 2 · Walked at 9:15 pm in December

Lamplighter’s Lane

The lane behind the chandlery, where the lamps are still lit by hand. Warm, smoky and a little sweet, like a coat that stood near a fire.

  1. Top the first 20 minutes

    Bitter orange peel, clove, black pepper

    A crate of peel behind the café, and the cold that sharpens everything.

  2. Heart through the evening

    Beeswax, warm brass, orris butter

    The chandlery window: candles, polished fittings, a heater left on.

  3. Base on your scarf next morning

    Birch smoke, benzoin, vanilla

    A chimney somewhere up the hill. It stays on wool for days.

No. 3 · Walked at 1:40 am in May

Heron Stair

The stone steps down to the reed beds, just after the rain. Green and cool, a little muddy in the best way.

  1. Top the first 20 minutes

    Green fig, cut reeds, lime leaf

    The fig tree hanging over the wall at the top of the stair.

  2. Heart through the evening

    Fig leaf, violet leaf, river water

    Halfway down, the reeds close in and the town goes quiet.

  3. Base on your scarf next morning

    Vetiver, oakmoss, cool cedar

    The last step, where the river meets the stone by the boathouse.

No. 4 · Walked at 12:10 am in March

The Last Ferry

On deck for the last crossing to Gray Holm. Black tea from a flask, cold brass rails, tarred rope. Our biggest, longest-lasting scent.

  1. Top the first 20 minutes

    Black tea, cardamom, cold metal

    The flask unscrewed as the engine starts.

  2. Heart through the evening

    Hemp rope, tobacco leaf, dark rose

    The coiled lines by the rail, wet with spray.

  3. Base on your scarf next morning

    Tarred wood, labdanum, tonka

    The deck boards, and the warm cabin when you give in and go below.

No. 5 · Walked at 2 am in July

Glasshouse, 2 am

The old botanic glasshouse on Wick Lane, vents open on a hot night. Heady and green; the flowers are louder after dark.

  1. Top the first 20 minutes

    Tomato leaf, galbanum, bergamot

    The potting benches just inside the door.

  2. Heart through the evening

    Night jasmine, tuberose, warm soil

    The center house, where the night flowers open.

  3. Base on your scarf next morning

    Sandalwood, white musk, a little honey

    The iron frame, still holding the heat of the day.

No. 6 · Walked at 10:30 pm in September

Windfall Orchard

The path through the old orchard on Sallow Hill, the long way home. Pears in the grass, smoke from the community gardens.

  1. Top the first 20 minutes

    Windfall pear, cider apple, cold air

    The orchard gate, and the first bruised pears underfoot.

  2. Heart through the evening

    Hay, chamomile, woodsmoke

    Bonfires in the community gardens, banked down for the night.

  3. Base on your scarf next morning

    Oak, suede, soft amber

    Your own front door, and the warm room behind it.

IIIDiscovery set

Try three before you choose one.

  1. 1 Choose any three of the six.
  2. 2 Wear one each evening, ideally on a walk.
  3. 3 The $24 comes off a 50 ml within 60 days.
Choose three of the six Tap a vial to add it; tap again to put it back.

IVScent sessions

Sit with the perfumer, after dark.

Sessions happen in the back room at the atelier, lamps low, no music and no hard sell. Every price is per person and comes off anything you take home.

  1. 7:008:30pm

    The Hour

    Smell all six on skin, not paper, and find the one your skin likes best. You leave with two vials of your favorites.

    Nights
    Wed to Sat
    Length
    60 minutes
    Group
    1 or 2 people

    $65

    Book The Hour

  2. 9:30pm

    The Night Walk

    Walk Gloaming Quay with Ines, our perfumer, notebook in hand. Back at the atelier, you blend a 15 ml from what you noticed on the way.

    Nights
    Fri and Sat
    Length
    2 hours
    Group
    Up to 4 people

    $140

    Book The Night Walk

  3. Any nightby arrangement

    Your Own Waymark

    A perfume built from a walk you choose: your street, your commute, your childhood beach. Three evenings over six weeks; you keep a 50 ml and we keep the formula for refills.

    Nights
    Three, agreed together
    Length
    Six weeks
    Group
    Just you

    $640

    Book Your Own Waymark
Map of Hollowmere harbor and the six waymarks The atelier is on Gloaming Quay, near the middle of the harbor. The walk runs west to the sea wall, back along the Rope Walk, east to Heron Stair and the reed beds, out along the ferry pier, up Wick Lane to the glasshouse, over Sallow Hill through the orchard, and home.
Hollowmere harbor, not to scale. Numbers mark where each perfume was walked; the dashed line is the long way home.

VThe atelier

14 Gloaming Quay, open until eleven.

From the ferry steps, walk east along the quay past six lamps. We are the dark green door with a brass heron for a knocker. If the window is lit, we’re in.

Monday, Tuesday
Closed
Wednesday, Thursday
4–10 pm
Friday, Saturday
4–11 pm
Sunday
2–8 pm
  • No booking needed to visit; sessions are booked.
  • One low step at the door. We keep a ramp inside and will put it out.
  • Quiet hour on Wednesdays, 4 to 5 pm: lamps low, no music.
  • Bus 12 stops at Ferry Steps until 11:40 pm.

VIQuestions

Plain answers, no fog.

Anything else, call 555-0118 or write to hello@waymark.example and we will answer before the atelier opens.

How long does a Waymark perfume last?

Six to ten hours on most skin. Sea Wall and Glasshouse sit closer and fade sooner, around five or six; The Last Ferry lasts past ten. Every base note stays on wool for days.

What’s in them?

Mostly natural materials, plus a few modern ones for things nature can’t bottle, like cold metal or wet stone. The full list, allergens included, is printed on every box and in each scent’s notes above.

What does shipping cost, and how fast is it?

Discovery sets ship free in a flat tin that fits any mailbox and arrive in 2 to 4 business days. Bottles ship for $6, free over $150. We only ship within the country for now.

Can I return a perfume?

Unopened bottles within 30 days, for a full refund. Opened, and it isn’t you? Tell us within 14 days and we’ll swap it for another scent, once.

Do you refill bottles?

Yes. Bring back a 50 ml bottle and we refill it for $96. The glass is heavy and the cap is solid brass; they are made to be kept.

Are the perfumes for men or for women?

For whoever is walking home. We don’t label them either way.

VIIBook

Ask for an evening at the atelier.

Tell us which session and which night suits you. We reply by email within a day to confirm the time; nothing is charged until you arrive.

Rather talk? Call 555-0118, Wednesday to Sunday from 2 pm.

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