A joyous celebration of La Catarina, La Flaca, La Muerte… Glorious, Beautiful Death. In Mexico, death is not something to be feared or hated; She is embraced, loved, and adored. La Muerte is fêted, as the celebrant “…chases after it, mocks it, courts it, hugs it, sleeps with it; it is his favorite plaything and his most lasting love.”
This is a Mexican paean to La Huesuda: dry, crackling leaves, the incense smoke of altars honoring Death and the Dead, funeral bouquets, the candies, chocolates, foods and tobacco of the ofrenda, amaranth, sweet cactus blossom and desert cereus.
graceadelaney –
BPAL knocked it out of the park (as always) and I’m utterly obsessed with this one. Heavy, metallic, and just on the verge of overpowering before it settles into something gentler and muskier with sharp metallic undertones on me. So strong in the bottle I was nervous it would be unpleasant once on, but I am in love! A tiny dab goes a long way, which isn’t saying much for me because I’ve been wearing this around the house nonstop since it arrived.