Gemini ♊︎ botanical perfume
a l c h e m y ♊︎
For Gemini I wanted to create the impression of air just below the canopy of a cloud forest: sheer, shimmering, ethereal, clear. To achieve this I paired two sets of twins: jasmine (J. sambac and grandiflorum) with citrus (neroli and a light-as-air mandarin extract) and imagined them flitting among the periwinkle and celadon leaves, cauliflory foreground to clouds. The sticks holding the twins in constellation are Ecuadoran holy wood, a bridge from ground to sky.
I created a first draft of this perfume 10 years ago when I was in a different, but similar place. I was living in Southern California, on the precipice of divorce, struggling to complete a dissertation on intelligence media hermeneutics. I thought this scent would activate the intellectual side of my personality: Gemini Rising. It did, but not in the way I had expected, driving me me into further exploration of natural perfumery and plants, far away from my PhD. It still wields the capacity to transport me to a specific place and time, heavy with concentration, walking among the silver Eucalyptus leaves in Isla Vista and lightening my load with its brilliant scent.
Jasminum grandiflorum and sambac, neroli, mandarin, palo santo. All in house extracts, many from my gardens. Gender neutral.
Photos: jasmine sambac and grandiflorum in my gardens; 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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