Jonathan Ward

Seeds …
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The home fragrance industry … it has been a roller coaster of ups and downs in the last eighteen years.
I liken it to gardening. You cast your seeds on (or in) the soil. Some gently embed and germinate. Some are pecked by birds and some are blown away in the wind. Some are planted and don’t sprout or bud. Some don’t germinate in a season but rather stay dormant and when time has worked its magic they reveal themselves.
Awards are the flower on the plant that came from the seed. And I won one !!
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KARTUSHYA 100ml EDP Parfum

(The singularly most requested item in the Jonathan Ward product portfolio).

A soldier’s love song (retold in scent).

The forest air caught in wool. Birch smoke drifting through twilight. To***co, cognac and folded letters carried close to the heart. Twists of nature’s ‘green lace’ dill seed

Kartushya is a fragrance of distance and devotion; a portrait of warmth carried through cold places. Pine, rosemary and dill seed lead into a rich accord of cognac, organic black pepper and rose to***co before settling into amber, birchwood and patchouli.

A portrait of tender bravado cast passionately across the chant of a song.
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Parfum Explore….
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One Full Year’s Work…

Last May I launched Mink Opal, the third Jonathan Ward perfume. Since then I have dedicated most of my spare creative time to the development of my craft. There have been some standout moments that captured both your interest and praise.

Five 30ml EDP intense perfumes in one idyllic collection set…
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COUMAKATCHA
Soft to***co, tonka bean, coumarin and oakmoss wrapped in velvet warmth. Vintage sensuality reimagined through a modern molecular lens.

FROOT
A sophisticated fruit composition balancing citrus, herbs, woods and amber. Freshness without sweetness. Brightness with depth.

THIS MIGHT BE LOVE
An intimate study of closeness, neuroception and emotional gravity. Soft musks and woods suspended somewhere between comfort and uncertainty.

THIS CAN’T BE LOVE
Violet, iris, smoke and skin. A fragrance about misread signals, longing and the dangerous beauty of believing too deeply.

AS ADAM LEFT ATLAS
Atlas cedarwood collides with sharp futuristic woods in a scent about departure, ambition and carrying your origins into modernity.
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Five fragrances. One year of work.
Perhaps the clearest expression yet of the Jonathan Ward world.

Proud…
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For the first time in my creative career, I have been granted the time and the mental freedom to create. A languid process of allowing a ‘natural calling’ to unfold. And the results have culminated in a body of work that has been tested to my genuinely interested clients. When I say tested, I mean that I released the scents unsmelled. They attracted who they attracted. I’m very grateful to have a client base that doesn’t sit on the sidelines and simply watch (mostly).
The five best selling scents deserved to be housed in a body of work showcased the year. Before we enter the next phase this proud artist can metaphorically tip his creatively feathered cap and look ahead.
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Perfume, Set, No Match
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One Full Year’s Work…

Last May I launched Mink Opal, the third Jonathan Ward perfume. Since then, nearly every spare moment has been dedicated to refining my craft, exploring emotion, material and modern perfumery through five new 30ml Extrait de Parfum Intense creations.

COUMAKATCHA
Soft to***co, tonka bean, coumarin and oakmoss wrapped in velvet warmth. Vintage sensuality reimagined through a modern molecular lens.

FROOT
A sophisticated fruit composition balancing citrus, herbs, woods and amber. Freshness without sweetness. Brightness with depth.

THIS MIGHT BE LOVE
An intimate study of closeness, neuroception and emotional gravity. Soft musks and woods suspended somewhere between comfort and uncertainty.

THIS CAN’T BE LOVE
Violet, iris, smoke and skin. A fragrance about misread signals, longing and the dangerous beauty of believing too deeply.

AS ADAM LEFT ATLAS
Atlas cedarwood collides with sharp futuristic woods in a scent about departure, ambition and carrying your origins into modernity.

Five fragrances. One year of work.
Perhaps the clearest expression yet of the Jonathan Ward world.
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