In the first mist pool you come across you can kill the big beast Dark Orb hurling beast to find a small cave behind him containing a Fragrant Brand of Yore. Fragrant Brand Of Yore Locations The Harvest Mills
This is an item you can use once to bring a statue to life to either kill it or sometimes interact with it in other ways. You can remove the statues that are blocking your way in Dark Souls 2 by use of The Fragrant Brand of Yore.
