Cygnus the swan is also one of the three constellations whose alpha star makes up one of the points in the Summer Triangle. In Greek myth, Cygnus was a man who was turned into a swan by Zeus in order to retrieve his drowned friend, Phaeton’s, body. Once made swan, he was no longer able to become a man again and remained in swan form until he died. Zeus memorialized this selfless act by putting Cygnus’ swan image in the sky. Cygnus is a downy soft and midnight blue perfume of orchid, vanillaed sugar, gardenia, bergamot, and sparkling grapefruit. (This version of Cygnus is entirely different from Cygnus the Linen and Chamber Spray. I apologize for any confusion!)

Hydra the water snake is the biggest of summer constellations; long and twisting like a serpent. One myth is the Greek god, Apollo, was given a glass of water to drink by Corvus the crow and in the glass was a hydra. In a fit of rage, Apollo threw the glass, the hydra and the crow into the air and they now hang in the night sky making the three constellations Crater, Corvus and Hydra. Hydra’s perfume is watery, glistening and shimmering like wet scales. Liquid green amber, effervescent gingered ale, sticky blackberries, myrtle, palmarosa, calamus and attar Jannatul Firdaus.