American Pharoah Folkwinds

Unisex
Eau de Parfum
Year: 2022
Moderate
Sillage
Good
Longevity
Fall
Best Season
Casual
Best For

Fragrance Story

American Pharoah by Folkwinds is a fragrance for women and men. This is a new fragrance. American Pharoah was launched in 2022. The nose behind this fragrance is Jono Bornstein.

Composition Profile

musky 100%
cherry 85%
sweet 70%
woody 60%
tobacco 50%
animalic 40%
floral 35%
powdery 30%
fruity 25%
nutty 20%

About the Perfumer

Jono Bornstein

Jono Bornstein

Jono Bornstein created eight fragrances for Folkwinds, including American Amber, American Pharoah, By-and-by, Cloud Illusions, Jasper No Kodō, Midwinter Dream, Santi Ana, and Sleepy Hollow. His work explores a wide array of inspirations, from nature and folklore to abstract concepts. The collection highlights his versatility and depth as a perfumer.

Fragrance Notes

All Notes

Complete scent profile

Cherry Cherry
Tobacco Tobacco
Ambrette (Musk Mallow) Ambrette (Musk Mallow)
Virginia Cedar Virginia Cedar
Natural Musk Natural Musk
Muskrat Muskrat
Mexican Vanilla Mexican Vanilla
Ambergris Ambergris
Sandalwood Sandalwood
Damask Rose Damask Rose
Carolina Reaper Carolina Reaper

Character Profile

The Explorer Archetype: Portrait of American Pharoah Folkwinds

Essence

The person who gravitates toward American Pharoah Folkwinds is, at their core, an Explorer-a seeker of the uncharted, both in the world and within themselves. This fragrance, with its blend of wild grasses, citrus, and woody warmth, evokes open horizons and the restless spirit of one who refuses to be confined. Like Odysseus or the American pioneers, they are driven by curiosity, a hunger for authenticity, and a refusal to settle into predictable rhythms.

Yet, the Explorer is not merely an adventurer in the physical sense. Their journey is philosophical as much as it is geographical. They seek meaning in movement, in the fleeting impressions of new places, new ideas, new selves. Their life is an ongoing experiment, and American Pharoah Folkwinds-with its balance of rugged earthiness and bright, untamed energy-becomes their olfactory manifesto.

Style & Aesthetic

Their style is effortlessly eclectic, a collage of influences gathered from distant places and past selves. They favor well-worn leather jackets, linen shirts that breathe like the wind, and boots that have seen miles. Their wardrobe is not curated for trends but for utility and memory-each piece tells a story.

They are drawn to raw textures, natural materials, and muted yet evocative colors: deep greens like forest shadows, warm browns of sunbaked earth, the faded blues of a desert sky. Their home, if they stay in one place long enough to have one, is filled with artifacts-a Moroccan rug, a Japanese tea set, a stack of dog-eared books by Kerouac, Didion, and Nietzsche. Their space is not a static museum but a living archive of where they’ve been and where they might go next.

They thrive in careers that allow for fluidity-freelance writing, photography, travel journalism, or entrepreneurial ventures that resist routine. Even if they work a conventional job, they approach it as a temporary experiment, a means to fund the next departure.

They are most alive on the road, in the liminal spaces between destinations. Airports, train stations, roadside diners at dawn-these are their temples. Yet, this constant motion has its cost. Without roots, they risk becoming untethered, their identity diffused across too many places and personas. The shadow of the Explorer is the Wanderer Who Forgets How to Stay.

Philosophy & Values

Their philosophy is one of radical self-determination. They distrust dogma, whether it comes from tradition, institutions, or even well-meaning friends. Truth, for them, is not found in doctrines but in direct experience. They are drawn to existentialism, Zen Buddhism, or stoicism-not as rigid systems, but as lenses through which to interpret their ever-shifting reality.

They value freedom above all else, but not in the shallow sense of mere indulgence. Their freedom is hard-won, a discipline of refusing to be defined by others’ expectations. Yet, this very strength contains its shadow-an aversion to commitment that can leave relationships and projects half-finished, their life a trail of almosts and maybes.

Relationships

They are magnetic in conversation, able to draw out strangers with genuine curiosity. People are drawn to their energy, their stories, the way they make the world seem vast and full of possibility. But intimacy is a paradox for them-they crave deep connection yet fear the weight of permanence.

Their relationships are intense but often transient, like a fire that burns bright but not long. They love fiercely but struggle with the mundane compromises of long-term bonds. Partners may feel like waystations in their journey, cherished but ultimately left behind. Their shadow here is a reluctance to face the depth of their own vulnerability-they would rather move on than risk being truly known.

Shadow

Their greatest strength-their refusal to be confined-can harden into a resistance to all forms of stability. They may mistake restlessness for growth, mistaking movement for progress. There is a danger that their life becomes a series of escapes rather than a true journey.

Beneath their independence lies a quiet fear: that if they stop moving, they will disappear. The fragrance they wear, American Pharoah Folkwinds, is both a talisman and a mirror-it carries the scent of open spaces, but also whispers the question: What are you running toward? Or from?

Conclusion

They are neither hero nor vagabond, but something in between-a soul in perpetual dialogue with the horizon. Their life is not a straight path but a spiral, returning to the same questions with deeper understanding each time.

American Pharoah Folkwinds suits them because it is not a fragrance of arrival, but of the journey itself-fresh, untamed, and forever unfolding.