this is the first perfume I’ve fallen deeply, irretrievably in love with. every time I wear it I feel like a witch running in the dark woods 10/10 rec
May 12, 2024
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I’m really not a fragrance person because I find them really overpowering, and fragrances give me headaches, BUT this is the second scent I’ve tried from Stora Skuggan and I keep getting sucked in by the packaging and the story behind them.
This is the description:
“Also known as witches’ flying ointment, Hexensalbe was a hallucinogenic salve used in witchcraft in the middle ages. It was a mixture of extremely poisonous ingredients but the exact formula is not known, and several occultist scholars have died trying to recreate it. According to legend, it produced an ecstatic trance complete with powerful illusions and the sensation of flight- erotic, delirious, and, in the eyes of puritanical society, dangerous.
Hexensalbe is a recreation of this potent elixir in olfactory form, a spooky and sensual exploration of nature and femininity. Dark, atmospheric herbs and aromatics combine with deeply carnal florals and dank, earthy basenotes to create a uniquely sinister aphrodisiac, a bewitching concoction with the power to take over body and soul. Do you dare to take the ride?”
Jan 21, 2025
Do you ever smell a certain scent and it reminds you of a person, time, or place? For example, when I smell pink sugar it reminds me of the middle school locker room after walking the mile.
I love how a smell could be a bookmark in your life. So why not make it a beautiful scent that one day you will probably smell and think, “what was I thinking?”
Recently I’ve been into this perfume by Andrea Maack that smells like harvested potatoes in Iceland. Another one from room 1015 with interesting notes of carrot seeds, jasmine, and musk. Lastly, my most recent purchase is from Villa Erbatium and smells like the inside of a refrigerated flower shop - cut stems, cool air, cellophane wrapping and all.
Feb 6, 2025
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Obsessed with perfume. For a while I was searching for a signature scent, but then the hunt just became too much fun, and now I’ve ended up with a full on vanity tray in my bathroom piled with a different smell for every mood. I used to wear only China Rain, a rollerball scent my mom got me in high school from a perfumery in LA called Spiritbody. I still have a bottle of that, but when I wear it I’m transported to a more insecure time lol. Right now I love Shadow in the Water from Diptyque for when I want to smell clean and romantic. I wear Smudge by Heretic almost every day because it’s colder out and it makes me feel so warm and cozy, like i’ve been sitting by a fire all day, and like I give good advice and paint landscapes. Perfume is definitely a splurge, but it lasts for so long, and I think it’s really special to have a beautiful scent that people can recognize you by. I am going to gatekeep my secret combination of Byredo perfumes that I wear constantly, and I’m sorry about that. It’s just too good and too me.
Dec 20, 2022
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Be nice to yourself!!!!not all positive change feels positive in the beginning!!!!!!!
Jun 14, 2024
i can never get over this song, I listen to it on repeat during my evening bike rides to the river to sit and listen to the birds. something about it makes me feel so seen, yet so nostalgic. enjoy this special part of me (for the moment-warahenege)
May 12, 2024
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the most cozy newspaper delivered once a month, it’s basically centered around infusing life with meaning by living in tune with the seasons. each month’s issue acts as a love letter to the present that expresses the themes at hand through musings on mindfulness, slow living, art, astrology, mythology, mysticism, history, health, spirituality, philosophy, AH. ITS JUST SO AMAZING
Nov 21, 2024