Charlotte

Astrid was our fist Ghost with a scent and she gave us the idea for a pair of seasonally scented Ghosts.

Charlotte is named after Queen Charlotte . Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s consort, is usually credited with having introduced the Christmas tree into England in 1840. However, the honour of establishing this tradition in the United Kingdom rightfully belongs to ‘good Queen Charlotte’, the German wife of George III, who set up the first known English tree at Queen’s Lodge, Windsor, in December, 1800.

Legend has it that Queen Charlotte’s compatriot, Martin Luther, the religious reformer, devised the first Christmas tree. The story is told that one winter’s night in 1536 Luther was walking through a forrest as night fell. Looking up he saw thousands of stars glinting jewel-like among the branches of the trees. This wondrous sight inspired him to set up a candle-lit fir tree in his house that Christmas to recreate the magical sight and remind his children of the starry heavens from whence their Saviour came.

During the seventeenth century decorated Christmas trees had become more commonplace in Southern Germany. In 1605 an anonymous writer recorded how at Yuletide the inhabitants of Strasburg ‘set up fir trees in the parlours ... and hang thereon roses cut out of many-coloured paper, apples, wafers, gold-foil, sweets, etc.’

In other parts of Germany box trees or yews were brought indoors and decorated at Christmas as well as firs. In the duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, where Queen Charlotte grew up, it was the custom to deck out just a single yew branch.

The Charlotte Ghost is anointed with pine needle essential oils. The oil can be refreshed by inverting the Ghost and adding a drop or two into the base, it will take an hour or so to seep in and the scent should last for up to a week.

H 5 x D 1.5 x W 1 cm

Batch of 50