HEIVA UMU TI

Organic pineapple, Tiare flowers, frangipani, a heavy dose of Thai Blue Lotus (Nymphea Caerula), Mysore Sandalwood 1965, white Aotearoa ambergris, a kiss of the Umu Ti (or Firewalk) lava stones, Tahitian vanilla from Taha'a Heiva means to come together and is the name of the celebration that began in Tahiti to celebrate Mā’ohi culture: sports, va'a and dancing and is now celebrated around the world. Beginning with an extraction of Tiare Monoi, that perfect delicate white flower that is said to have been crafted by Atea (the Ocean God of creation) and Tane (the God of beauty). The history of this flower and the traditional extraction method of monoi throughout the Pacific goes back over 2,000 years. An aspect of perfume history that has all but been ignored. Sourced directly from Tahiti. The Umu Ti, the smell from the Firewalk that opens the Heiva each year blends in with the sandalwood for a surprising touch of burning lava stones. Though sandalwood can grow in Tahiti (though more commonly in Hawai'i), much like pineapple and blue lotus, it is not native to the islands: a wonderful reminder that much like so many flowers, we are all voyagers and that borders are just imaginary.