Mt. Adams

2022
Eau de Parfum
Liz Zorn - Soivohle

Liz: Mt. Adams is one of the jewels in Cincinnati’s crown. Situated high above the Ohio river and downtown Cincinnati, Mt. Adams is known for the arts, unique entertainment venues and homes overlooking the river and cityscape. It is the home of the Cincinnati Art Museum and Krohn Conservatory - the latter known for their amazing floral displays, orchid collection and annual butterfly show.

I love green perfumes, that’s why I create so many of them. Pushing a green concept to its often quirky edge is both a pleasure and a challenge. Mt Adams is no different. It lives in its own world.

Dave: Situated high above downtown and the Ohio River Valley, and looking more like a 19th-century European mountain village than anything you could ever imagine being in Ohio, there is a green escape from the grit and pollution of urban living for that's been there since the Civil War. Within this tiny hilltop neighborhood you'll find a verdant park, a great museum and a conservatory, the latter known for its amazing floral displays, orchid collection and annual butterfly show. From 1872 to 1948, the city built and operated a funicular, a steep inclined railway that would deliver weary city-folk to leisure in the sky.

When considering a design representing such a place of reverie and repose Liz pushed the boundaries of a green concept toward the otherworldly - as if you stepped off the funicular into an almost hallucinatory bright-green landscape bursting with ripe fruit and fresh flowers, bookended by dense woodlands and the cliff's edge.

Mt. Adams Notes: Top: kaffir lime leaf, star anise, paradisamide, plum
Heart: kewra, mimosa, orange blossom, muguet
Base: white amber, bois des landis, black spruce, musk