The Seven Veils
The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.
― Oscar Wilde, Salomé
The art of self-revelation takes a lifetime to master; there will always be another layer to peel back. For this series we’ve envisioned Salome’s veils through the lens of the seven alchemical stages: ritual attire for a dance of refinement and transmutation.
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The Fifth Veil Perfume Oil
Add to cartPutrefaction, the veil of decay. A yellowing shroud of raw-edged Muga silk, banana-spotted with chunks of fermented fig and exuding rich, earthy puffs of mushroom dust.
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The First Veil Perfume Oil
Add to cartCalcination, the black veil. A densely-ruffled carapace of peppered ambergris, sandalwood smoke, and charred silk
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The Fourth Veil Perfume Oil
Add to cartConjunction, the veil of reunion. Ripples of sage-green silk covered in a mossy velvet-burnout pattern of wildflowers and slithering ivy.
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The Second Veil Perfume Oil
Add to cartDissolution, the flowing veil. A crystal-sequined torrent of lilac-wine organza soiled with trampled grapeskins, cinnabar smudges, and smears of liquid myrrh.
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The Seventh Veil Perfume Oil
Add to cartCoagulation, the veil that lays bare. Bare skin visible through a glittering web of blood-red garnet beads strung on threads spun from filaments of pure gold.
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The Sixth Veil Perfume Oil
Add to cartDistillation, the veil of steam. Condensation gathering in clouds of tulle, white tea, aqua vitae, rosemary liqueur, and bourbon vanilla.
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The Third Veil Perfume Oil
Add to cartSeparation, the veil of distinction. A tumble of pearly pale-blue chiffon shot through with slashes of white ginger and lined with ivory satin rosettes.