The playful lilt of birdsong echoes above you as your eyes travel up the trunk of a massive tree, its base wide enough to make any attempt at an embrace feel like wrapping your arms around the neck of an ancient dinosaur. A dense canopy of limbs, leaves, and camouflaged creatures hangs above you, kept in place by nature’s will—or faeries, perhaps? As your eyes rove ever upward, your body suddenly remembers its need to fulfill gravity’s demands, causing you to fall backward onto the forest floor and nearly break the spell of enchantment woven tightly around you.
The scent experts at Drift invite you to take a Forest Walk with us for June’s Scent of the Month, a cool retreat from the sweltering days of summer that lie ahead. Incorporating notes of fresh bergamot, forest mist, emerald moss, and earthy vetiver, Forest Walk taps into your creative spirit, beckoning your imagination to envision mystical, enchanted beings alongside ordinary forest creatures such as curious chipmunks, stoic deer, and darting foxes. Let the season of immense growth and potential spill over into your life, stirring the longing and passion you have for unlocking life’s greatest secrets.
An Infusion of Fresh Bergamot
Although part of the citrus family, bergamot doesn’t contain the level of pungency or sweetness you’d expect. However, the bright scent note strikes the olfactory senses as tantalizing, a bit like the spice of life that drives us to explore new things, take risks, and build core memories we’re sure to cherish in our old age. Like the sun, bergamot represents an energy ball poised for action.
You can find the essence of bergamot in the scampering movements of a chipmunk, the small paws light upon the forest floor. Always in motion, these close cousins to the squirrel scurry about, their tiny paws searching for the next morsel of food they can swiftly tuck into their cheek pouches. Many of them are strikingly intelligent—some might even say mischievous.
The Cleansing Essence of Forest Mist
Water is the lifeblood of a forest, from the smallest babbling brook to the strongest flowing river. Yet, it’s the dewy mist that distributes sustenance, like nature’s delicate kiss. For some, it represents the beginning of life; for others, it’s a life renewed, a gentle cleansing of the slate that resets the clock.
Like an owl in soundless flight, forest mist descends upon every creature, plant, and insect, draping the landscape in a soft covering of water droplets. All drink of the pure elixir, infusing their bodies with a primordial medley of nutrients and minerals. However, like an owl’s swift talons, water can easily reclaim its blessings to restore the balance.
A Vast Carpet of Emerald Moss
Nature’s sense of interior decor may not follow modern standards, but there’s no improving on her work, especially when it comes to emerald moss. Perfect for filling the gaps between trees and providing forest animals with a soft carpet upon which to tread, this verdant plant species roams the forest, creating its own path, despite the obstacles that lie before it. Where the force of others tears holes in the mossy tapestry, time has its own way of demonstrating the give and take of death and rebirth.
As a species, deer excel at fulfilling the same life cycle. Their forms effortlessly blend into the surroundings, sometimes returning to the loam from which they once feasted. Yet, for each proud stag forced from his position in the herd, another young prince gains a foothold, the first of many tentative steps, leaps, and bounds toward fate.
Primal and Earthy Vetiver
Equal in value to the longevity of a forest, yet often tread upon without a second thought, the earth from which all living things spring cannot be forgotten. Earthy vetiver emits a primal yet somehow musky scent that whispers of what’s to be, the things to come, and futures yet to unfold. Although its grounding aroma tethers the fresh bergamot, forest mist, and emerald moss that comprise this seasonal scent, there’s a sense of depth that escapes description or explanation.
The feeling of a loss for words often comes to those who encounter a bear or moose in the forest, especially if either of these two majestic animals hasn’t filled its belly recently. Such magnificent examples of nature’s ability to combine strength and beauty command a certain respect. Yet, the fact that these enormous creatures can live in harmony with the rest of the forest critters paints a striking picture of the equilibrium only nature can achieve.
Finding Your Path Through the Forests of Life
The enchantment of a forest characterizes it as a place where anything can happen, so long as you can dream it. Look closely and you might see knights on valiant steeds fighting massive scaly dragons to the death, with fair forest nymphs astride unicorns so mystical they seem to reflect the sun via thousands of microscopic water beads suspended in the air. Gaze too long at one spot, and the brittle bark or spongy moss may take on the form of an elf, troll, or dwarf whose territory you’ve just trespassed upon.
Harnessing these possibilities for your car can feel like a monumental task, but with a Drift luxury car freshener like June’s Scent of the Month, it’s all been done for you. We’ve infused sustainably sourced alder wood and organic stone with essential and fragrance oil blends. Each of our Wood, Stone, and Metal car fresheners is free from harsh chemicals, vegan, cruelty-free, and safe for kids and pets.
A Season for Everything: Subscribe to Drift’s Scent of the Month Club
How can an expanse of scenery change with the seasons and yet still hold the same capacity for seemingly endless potential? If you can’t get out and explore the natural wonders of a forest walk, take the next best step forward by subscribing to Drift’s Scent of the Month Club. Better yet, check out the entire Drift premium car freshener lineup to discover the possibilities that unfold with expertly curated scents and sustainable, eco-friendly materials.
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