October 2020 marks the release of The Art of the Occult: A Visual Sourcebook for the Modern Mystic, a new book by prolific art admirer and gothic lifestyle writer S. Elizabeth (Twitter, Instagram, Haute Macabre, These Unquiet Things).
To celebrate the occasion, BPAL has invited the author to collaborate on a collection of art/scent pairings intended to serve as access points to occult inspiration, accompanied by short notes from S. Elizabeth explaining why she returns to gaze at these works again and again.
Sophie Kornmehl –
At first, I was disappointed with this perfume oil (it smelt almost petrol-like to me) but after it sat in my cupboard for about a year, I smelt it again and it is currently my new favourite. It smells like a smokey heady hazelnut and is delicious and comforting and confident.