46. Amouage Existence, a Poem & the Stirrings of Peace

Some fragrances feel like more than scent—they feel like stillness, like a pause in the rush of things. Existence by Amouage is one of those rare compositions. 

As I revisited Wendell Berry’s poem The Peace of Wild Things, I was struck by how closely its quiet reverence mirrors what I feel when wearing this fragrance. Existence offers a soft veil from the noise of the world—a moment of luminous calm and grounding presence.

“The Peace of Wild Things”

by Wendell Berry

When despair for the world grows in me

and I wake in the night at the least sound

in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,

I go and lie down where the wood drake

rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.

I come into the peace of wild things

who do not tax their lives with forethought

of grief. I come into the presence of still water.

And I feel above me the day-blind stars

waiting with their light. For a time

I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

I’m deeply inspired by Berry’s words. His poem captures something I feel when I wear Amouage Existence—a return to stillness, to presence. Like the poem, this fragrance evokes a sense of surrender: the gentle clarity of lily of the valley and rose, the luminous breath of frankincense, the tender grounding of resins. 

Existence wears like a soft veil between you and the world—calm, radiant, and expansive, like standing near water at dawn, when the mind finally lets go and begins to feel peace.

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With care, 🕊 Flor at Nectar Atelier

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