Virgo and the Green Cipher ♍︎ enfleurage perfume
a l c h e m y ♍︎
Green musk. The scent of unguent smeared onto skin that has gotten sweaty from lying in the grass under the late August sun. Vegetative chew with ruminant keratin backnote.
My organic enfleurage of jasmine tobacco flowers (Nicotiana alata) that I grew from open pollinated seed, blended with the pointed floral odor of fragrant screwpine (Pandanus odorifer), wild tree mosses harvested in the old growth forest at my home, ancient smelling ointment, herbs with a dank musk profile, and my handmade grassy, ammonia-like absolute of the wool from a California ewe.
Solid perfume only. Color may vary.
Photos: perfume in a 120ml glass jar, Nicotiana alata in my garden and on enfleurage pommade; solid perfume in 5ml and 10ml black violet glass jars. All labels are drawn with pen and ink and lightfast oil-core colored pencils and digitally edited, by the perfumer.
s i z i n g ☽•☾
I offer this enfleurage perfume 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 clear 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 2020 ☽•☾