the compass from the harbour office
Malacca Harbour
woody aquatic
Tea chests, coiled rope and tarred timber on the busiest wharf of the route. Sea salt and cardamom arrive first. Teak and ambergris stay after the ships have gone.
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Monsoon Atelier
Malacca Harbour
Your name here
Malacca
Batch 10
- Chapter
- II. Malaysia
- Composed by
- Mei Lin Tan
- Distilled
- March 2026
The notes
Top
- sea salt
- cardamom
Heart
- black tea
- hemp rope
Base
- teak
- ambergris accord
How to wear it
On a linen shirt for a day near water. It carries well into the evening.
Grown, then made
Black tea blended by merchants on Jonker Street, Melaka.
Mei Lin grew up above her family's tea shop. She builds with woods, resins and the smell of things carried by boat.
From the journal
“Cargo, tea chests and tarred timber at the busiest port of the route.”
Pairs well with
Layer one over the other: the lighter scent first, on pulse points.
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