Goldfield & Banks Southern Bloom Eau de Parfum

What it smells like

Southern Bloom is a floral-green perfume inspired by Bruny Island, Tasmania, honouring the rare, short-lived boronia flower. It opens with a tart, dewy burst of cassis, green and juicy.

The heart is intensely luxurious: rare boronia absolute meets jasmine Sambac and creamy ylang-ylang, a rich white-and-golden bouquet. The base grounds the flowers with coconut, powdery iris, earthy vetiver and Australian sandalwood, adding warmth and body. It is an opulent yet fresh floral, built around one of perfumery’s most precious and unusual materials.

Who made it

Goldfield & Banks fragrances are composed by Hamid Merati-Kashani, the house’s principal perfumer, working under the creative direction of founder Dimitri Weber. A classically trained nose who has spent his career with the world’s leading fragrance suppliers, Merati-Kashani has become the interpreter of a singular brief: to translate native Australian botanicals — sandalwood, boronia, finger lime, blue cypress, red-back ginger — into wearable luxury, often building world-first accords around materials no one had used in fine perfumery before. His signature balances bold, natural raw materials with polished, refined structures that wear beautifully.

Who it’s for

For lovers of rich, natural florals who want something rare and luminous rather than generic. Largely feminine-leaning but wearable by anyone drawn to boronia and jasmine.

When to wear it

Beautiful in spring and summer and from day into evening, its lush florals ideal for warmer months and special occasions.

About the house

Goldfield & Banks is an Australian niche perfume house founded in 2016 by Dimitri Weber, the first to build a luxury fragrance line around native Australian botanicals. Each scent is a journey to a specific place on the continent, from the tropical rainforests of Queensland to the lavender fields of Tasmania and the glowing sunsets of Broome. The range spans the accessible Native Collection and the richer, more concentrated Botanical Series, all crafted with a high proportion of natural essences and presented in weighty, gold-accented bottles. It is offered here at Redolia Perfumery as a full 100 ml bottle.