TALISMANIA COLLECTION INSPIRATION The land of Galaad was originally the land of Myrrh, which today lies in Jordan. Caravans from Egypt came here to get supplies of Lebanon cedar and myrrh. We have imagined a character, a protégé of European origins who, in the Middle Ages, set up his fiefdom in these parts and cultivated their riches. The Galaad of Arthurian legend was a Knight of the Round Table. Because he had a pure heart, he could gaze upon the Holy Grail without befalling a disastrous fate. Following the defeat of Acre in 1291 and the fall of the Christian states in the Middle East,many of these protégés came to live in the countries of Christian Europe, whence their ancestors hailed. They brought with them oriental customs, and often attracted the wrath of the church that reproached them for their sensuality and THE KNIGHT refined lifestyle. OF THE SACRED THE SCENT TOP NOTES: MOUNTAIN Cardamom, cypress, rosemary Out of Egypt come caravans to fetch myrrh in my land MIDDLE NOTES: of Galaad. My name is the same as that of the land Essence of myrrh & absolute, honey, copahu balm that witnessed my birth, for I am Galaad, the knight of the Holy Mountain. The land is rich with honey BASE NOTES: from our hives, tall cedars that shade them and resins Agar wood, Atlas cedar, cipriol, blond Burley tobacco brought to Pharaoh. With frankincense, cypress and dried grass from Atlantis, we refine the precious balm PERFUMER used by the lords of the East to perfume themselves. Delphine Thierry