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THE EXPLORER
bergamot / sun
one of three ways this identity shows up
Hesperidic, Mediterranean, sun-bright. Bergamot, yuzu, neroli.
Citrus as vocabulary. Bergamot, yuzu and Sicilian orange as three different words. The register is sun-coded. Not bright the way an alarm clock is. Bright the way the 11 a.m. Air over a citrus grove is, when the trees have warmed up.
MATERIALS
- Bergamot (Citrus bergamia)
- Lemon, mandarin, lime
- Grapefruit
THREE FLAVORS WITHIN THE EXPLORER
- bergamot / sunHesperidic, Mediterranean, sun-bright. Bergamot, yuzu, neroli.
- salt windSalt, ocean air, summer driftwood. Calone, ambroxan, ozonics.
- green / mineralVetiver, fig leaf, basil, oakmoss. Green and growing.
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