Perfumer Paul Schütze eschews the traditional perfume making pyramid in favour of a layered artwork, a gently building story. Behind the Rain describes the aroma released from blasted conifers lining a beach in Greece, as the rain subsides the air is thick with notes of resin, sap, wet bark, moss and lichen.

As an artist Paul Schütze is one of the few to work in the medium of scent. Captivated by the notion of capturing the ephemeral, his collection of three scents are olfactory snapshots of three fleeting moments, three otherwise lost memories. ‘Tears of Eros’ recalls an evening in the artist’s studio; incense from Japan, a discarded clementine skin and a just-blooming potted hyacinth. ‘Cirebon’ remembers a mystical night in Java with vetiver Java, lemongrass, tamarind, bigarade and cedar. ’Behind the Rain’ reimagines a fir-lined Cycladean beach after a storm; resin, sap, wet bark, moss and lichen. Roullier White is delighted to be invited to carry this limited production line by Paul Schütze.