October ☽°☾ botanical cologne
September 2026 edition
The woods in October.
A new edition of October composed in September 2026, at the threshold of the Vermont woods turning.
Sun enters lower through the trees. Leaves yellow overhead while the forest beneath them remains green. The air is cool, but the bark and soil still hold the warmth of summer.
Foliage, Atlas cedarwood, evergreen, juniper berry, soil and sap.
October opens with the blue-green brightness of juniper and conifer: aromatic, cold and almost gin-like against dry cedar. Beneath it, fallen leaves gather around warm patchouli and intimate labdanum—resinous, leathery, ambered, faintly animalic.
Red resin from Styrax liquidambar grown in my organic perfume gardens deepens the forest floor: balsamic sap, bruised leaf, bark and incense.
This is not the smell of wet decomposition or late-autumn decay. It is the woods in the act of turning—living green threaded through gold, dry leaves underfoot, resin moving beneath bark, cool air entering a forest that has not yet gone dormant.
Inside, myrrh glows on hot coals.
juniper · evergreen · cedar · foliage · soil · sap · styrax · patchouli · labdanum · myrrh
Dry woods / aromatic evergreen / resin / leather / amber / forest floor.
Skews masculine but can be worn by any gender. Vegan. Color may vary.
Photographed in the old-growth forest at home, with red resin in the foliage of fragrant Styrax liquidambar grown in my organic perfume gardens.
s i z i n g ☽•☾
Liquid perfumes are available in sizes of 1ml (a sample of approximately 20-25 drops), 5ml, and 10ml. All liquid perfumes are packaged in glass vials or glass bottles. 1ml comes in a sample glass perfume vial with an applicator cap. PLEASE READ: 1ML IS A SAMPLE. 5ml and 10ml sizes come in a brown amber glass bottle with orifice reducer. 10ml is also available in a frosted glass roller bottle.
Solid perfumes are available in sizes of 1ml (a sample of approximately 20-25 drops), 5ml and 10ml. 1ml (sample size) comes in a hinge top pod. 5ml comes in a glass jar. 10ml is available in a glass jar or a round tin.
Please make your selection from the menu.
r a w ☽•☾ m a t t e r
Wild Veil natural perfumes are composed by me, Abby, using homemade, wildcrafted and organic aromatics in Vermont. These include my handmade enfleurage, tinctures, enfleurage extraits, absolutes, resinoids and concretes, and floral waxes. I spend as much time growing plants and foraging as I do composing perfumes.
l i q u i d ☽•☾
Wild Veil oil perfumes are suspended in an odorless base of organic MCT coconut oil. As they do not contain water, liquid perfumes do not expire, and may improve with age. While the volatile top notes (the ones that hit your nose first) will fade after a year or more, the base and heart notes will deepen and grow more complex.
s o l i d ☽•☾ b e e s w a x
In solid perfumes this silky transparent base (above) mingles beautifully with the earthy, honey musk of organic beeswax. Raw beeswax traps the aroma molecules, releasing them over time for an intimate experience.
h o w ☽•☾ t o ☽•☾ w e a r
The best way to experience a natural perfume is to apply it to well-moisturized skin, without rubbing in (absorption only shortens the wear time of fragrance) and without scrubbing off. Natural perfumes are dynamic and take a minimum of 2 hours to reach their final stage, or dry down. Enjoy the alchemical changes as they unfold from the initial intensity of top notes, to the warmth of the heart, to the depth of lower base notes.
☽•☾ Wild Veil ☽•☾ alchemy between earth and ether ☽•☾
☽•☾ All aesthetic material copyright Abby Hinsman 2026 ☽•☾