Karkade
NA Perfume Description
Pronounced Kar-Ka-Day.
*from my notes and thoughts on my first day in Egypt. By Emerson Hart
“Upon arrival at the Cairo airport you stand in line to have your passport checked and then you are ushered to the chaotic bliss of the search for your luggage. If the Goddess is smiling upon you that day you will retrieve your luggage entact.
After we met our group and boarded the van we were introduced to the voice of the tour moderator. Upon settling into the air-conditioned van the voice over the speaker becomes a muddled void as the van begins to move and we are jettisoned into the chaos of Egyptian driving. I’m told it’s not nearly as bad as the driving in India but it’s also not as congested as the highways of Los Angeles. In the basking glow of the city even the small huts made of mud and palm seem to glitter a glow about them. ‘I’m in a place over three thousand years old and I have yet to fathom that this is the capital of Egypt and I am on the road where possibly royalty once crossed before there was pavement to drive upon. Camels and Pharaohs and Queens and so much gold to enlighten even our century of thinking.'
Cairo is this place where beauty is the sound of the dust that hovers in the same breath as the heat that gives it the birth of the energy of the sun. Here - this place that even I am cannot grasp my thoughts around. Such a beautiful power that surrounds the energy of this city.
When we reach the hotel we are given a glass that is filled with a dark red fluid. Smelling it I can smell a floral I am not completely sure of its name. I am told it is Karkade and it is made from Hibiscus petals and sugar and filtered water. *Water from the tap is very dangerous to tourists so we are told only filtered and bottled. The entire trip I drink hot tea and Karkade with my breakfast, my lunch and my dinner. I become addicted to this subtle scented and flavourful drink that seems to cure any restlessness or lack of energy. Something vibrant about its scent and everywhere, especially in Abu Simbel, the many colours of the Hibiscus flower enlighten even the golden bare sand of Egypt.”
This is my ode to a beautiful and wonderful experience that I’ve never had before. Although it was new to me I could not help but think it was familiar to my taste, perhaps I have had this drink before? Perhaps in another time.
Roselle, Red, Gold and Yellow Hibiscus petals, Delicate Egyptian Sugar, Egyptian Black Tea and the subtlety of a Vanilla leaf. *this is a perfumed Scent interpretation of the scent of the Egyptian Karkade Tea.
Karkade is a GC and available in both 5ml and Skarab form.
*from my notes and thoughts on my first day in Egypt. By Emerson Hart
“Upon arrival at the Cairo airport you stand in line to have your passport checked and then you are ushered to the chaotic bliss of the search for your luggage. If the Goddess is smiling upon you that day you will retrieve your luggage entact.
After we met our group and boarded the van we were introduced to the voice of the tour moderator. Upon settling into the air-conditioned van the voice over the speaker becomes a muddled void as the van begins to move and we are jettisoned into the chaos of Egyptian driving. I’m told it’s not nearly as bad as the driving in India but it’s also not as congested as the highways of Los Angeles. In the basking glow of the city even the small huts made of mud and palm seem to glitter a glow about them. ‘I’m in a place over three thousand years old and I have yet to fathom that this is the capital of Egypt and I am on the road where possibly royalty once crossed before there was pavement to drive upon. Camels and Pharaohs and Queens and so much gold to enlighten even our century of thinking.'
Cairo is this place where beauty is the sound of the dust that hovers in the same breath as the heat that gives it the birth of the energy of the sun. Here - this place that even I am cannot grasp my thoughts around. Such a beautiful power that surrounds the energy of this city.
When we reach the hotel we are given a glass that is filled with a dark red fluid. Smelling it I can smell a floral I am not completely sure of its name. I am told it is Karkade and it is made from Hibiscus petals and sugar and filtered water. *Water from the tap is very dangerous to tourists so we are told only filtered and bottled. The entire trip I drink hot tea and Karkade with my breakfast, my lunch and my dinner. I become addicted to this subtle scented and flavourful drink that seems to cure any restlessness or lack of energy. Something vibrant about its scent and everywhere, especially in Abu Simbel, the many colours of the Hibiscus flower enlighten even the golden bare sand of Egypt.”
This is my ode to a beautiful and wonderful experience that I’ve never had before. Although it was new to me I could not help but think it was familiar to my taste, perhaps I have had this drink before? Perhaps in another time.
Roselle, Red, Gold and Yellow Hibiscus petals, Delicate Egyptian Sugar, Egyptian Black Tea and the subtlety of a Vanilla leaf. *this is a perfumed Scent interpretation of the scent of the Egyptian Karkade Tea.
Karkade is a GC and available in both 5ml and Skarab form.
