The Accord - August
THE ACCORD
Issue No. 2· August 2026
OPENING NOTE
Hello everyone! A milestone! Our second blog post!
OUR WHY
Debbie Connelly Caldwell is the heart behind 4 Hearts Fragrances. She was our inspiration — the reason any of this began — and every fragrance we create carries a piece of her memory forward. We lost her in December 2016, and in many ways, this work is our way of holding on to her.
In her honor, we are creating a Trilogy collection. The first, Amore Perduto — Italian for "Lost Love" — is a tribute to Debbie and to her Italian, Maltese, and Irish heritage, opening with bergamot and lemon and settling into warm roasted cocoa and coffee.
FIXATIVE — What's Grounding Us
We will be at some local craft shows very soon and I'll make sure to share dates and times.
HEART — What We're Working On
Amore Perduto - I am overjoyed to announce we have completed our flagship fragrance! We will be bottling it soon and it will uploaded to the website. This whole journey began with an idea to honor Debbie in fragrance. An ode to her family legacy and a bit of a Mediterranean love story also. Amore Perduto will be the first in a trilogy called The Love Trilogy. Stay tuned for update on Passjoni and Eternel Love.
The Heart of a Man — Still working on this one. Its close but not quite perfect. Artisan perfumery is world of difference from mass produced fragrance. We take our time. True craftsmanship. We never rush any fragrance we create. (A warm, spiced amber that opens with cardamom, pepper, and a flash of raspberry brightness, settles into a heart of tobacco leaf, lavender, and sweet coumarin lifted by bergamot, and rests on a deep amber-moss base.)
Sarah - a tribute to my grandmother Sarah Caldwell. It has been a pleasure to work on this and travel back down memory lane. Notes of peach, mint, orris, orange sweet, and rose among many others. Its like a hug from heaven.
Orchard of Paradise - a fresh and feminine fragrance thats been on the bench for awhile. It's coming together nicely and I look forward to sharing it with the world.
Driftwood - a woody oceanic fragrance. It's very light and very fresh and clean.
HARMONIZER — How to Wear Fragrances
We're coming into the fall season which is perfect for you heavy amber fragrances! Our fragrances Warm Embrace and Christmas with You are perfect for the fall and winter seasons!
ACCESSORY — A Small Extra
Perfumer's note: Leather — I used this note for a wedding fragrance I created recently. Not for the bride haha. Leather in perfumery is very polarizing and prized. It doesn't smell like a single ingredient so much as a memory: a worn saddle, a motorcycle jacket, the inside of a antique book, a smoky bar at midnight. And that's exactly the point. There is no plant called "leather." The note is a construction, built by perfumers to evoke the idea of tanned hide rather than to copy it molecule for molecule.
Until next time,
Terry
4 Hearts