"I created this perfume to remind me of life in the countryside. My youth was spent on the apple orchard hunting and working outdoors. Birch Tar and Russian leather is a nod to my Slavic roots and in addition to this birch trees, from which the absolute is derived and castoreum - beaver musk...celebrates Canadiana. This perfume is Slavic, it is Canadian and it is countryside. It is peasantry and very close to my heart. " - a note from the brand.