Veles Perfume Oil (Baltic Amber, Patchouli, Cepes, Dragon’s Blood)

This year’s collection for the thinning veil draws its inspiration from the life and afterlife of Eastern Europe. From historical gourmands of the past, offerings to the dead, and scents of the gods, this has proved to be a more transformative and dynamic release than perhaps ever before. Focusing on notes associated with the region like Baltic Amber or Bulgarian lavender deepened the intent and creative direction which allowed for new products in symbiosis.

𝔙𝔢𝔩𝔢𝔰 𝔓𝔢𝔯𝔣𝔲𝔪𝔢 (10ml jojoba based roller) An ode to the Slavic god of the underworld, and the inspirational piece de resistance of this collection. Deity of magic, death, woodlands and earth, Veles is the often chimerical enemy, yet counterpart to the god Perun, the god of thunder. A god of troublemaking and musicians and oft represented as a dragon. His fragrance drew heavy inspiration from not only folkloric elements, but from the intense eclipses upon the nodes of Libra and Aries. The head and tail of a hungry ghost.
Top notes of earthy, damp mushroom and dark earth. Sweet decay pulling the senses downward. The unexpected safety of a scent inspired by the passage of corporeal form. The breath of the dragon, and battle torn broken amber tears upon the shore of the Baltic. Perhaps Perun and Veles are an axis rather than opposition.

ᴛᴏᴘ: ᴍᴜꜱʜʀᴏᴏᴍꜱ, ᴡɪʟʟᴏᴡ ʙʀᴀɴᴄʜ
ᴍɪᴅᴅʟᴇ: ᴄᴏꜰꜰᴇᴇ, ᴅʀᴀɢᴏɴ’ꜱ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ ᴀᴄᴄᴏʀᴅ
ʙᴀꜱᴇ: ɢʀᴀᴠᴇʏᴀʀᴅ ᴅɪʀᴛ, ᴘᴀᴛᴄʜᴏᴜʟɪ, ꜰᴏꜱꜱɪʟɪᴢᴇᴅ ᴀᴍʙᴇʀ