In Belém's Ver-o-Peso market, priprioca roots are sold in bundles beside other herbs and barks for the banho de cheiro. These scented baths are taken for protection and renewal, especially around the June festivals. The root of a humble Amazonian sedge, priprioca is the smell of Pará itself: earthy, green, slightly wild.
Wasabi and cool mint lift over aromatic roots and green woods, grounded by vetiver and dry earth. Botanical, sharp and quietly strange.
