Leo ♌︎ botanical perfume
a l c h e m y ♌︎
A spicy, sexy, strong scent for Sun in Leo. Blasted with the high summer fruits of my gardens: black mission figs (a spectacular absolute from an in house tincture I aged 4 years), yellow ylang-ylang flowers, hot spices, and sharp woods. It's dusted with a special extraction of Borneo camphor (Dryobalanops aromatica), at one time worth more than gold, and so perfectly suited to the leonine sign. Dryobalanops aromatica has none of the harsh notes of the more common camphor. Suave, a fading shimmer of coconut (but not on the nose), with deep resinous-woods notes, it is picked up by hot spices for a raucous good time, and laid down to rest in a bed of cypress, whose comfort is ridged with astringent laughter. The richness of Ficus carica, in its mission form, dark with strawberry flesh, is a southern coastal California mainstay. Here since the time of Franciscan missionaries in 1768, this opulent fruit goes dark crystal and hard sauce once it caramelizes into its cured form. This sauciness mixes with ylang ylang into an extravagant floral custard that's dotted by the Queen of Spices (cardamom from my perfume gardens) in what can only be described as an edible art deco sculpture. Leo is a flapper who shimmied into the dark jungle, the last thing you see of her are her jewels winking in between the fig leaves.
Photos: high summer Wild Veil garden flowers sinking into the 4 year tincture to absolute of Wild Veil mission figs, liquid perfume in 5ml amber glass, solid perfume in 5ml and 10ml black violet glass jars, and liquid perfume in 5ml and 10ml black violet glass roller ball bottles.
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 a lovely white cap 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 clear glass jar. 10ml is available in a glass jar or a round tin.
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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.
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