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Chapter VI · The 5ml sample

Velvety Mystique

5ml Sample

Comfort, taken seriously enough to become beautiful.

£205ml · 0.17 fl. oz.

The fragrance

The same elixir, in 5ml.

Velvety Mystique is the Maison's quiet spell — clary sage and creamy orris over sandalwood and ambergris, drawn from a night crossing under a low full moon.

WOODYAMBERYORIENTAL

The fragrance, performed

One night.Three acts.

Velvety Mystique does not reveal itself all at once. It moves from bright spice at dusk to the warm trace left at morning.

DuskMidnightMorning
Velvety Mystique crystal vial and jewelled silverfish among orris, musk and milk on the illustrated novel
I

The spark

Clary Sage · Bergamot · Carrot Seed

A flash of bright spice: alive, arresting, gone just slowly enough to be remembered.

III

The trail

Sandalwood · Ambergris · Vanilla

The room empties. Warm amber and suede remain close to the skin, still present on the collar by morning.

WhenAfter dark

SeasonAutumn · Winter

EnduranceEvening to morning

ForThe enigmatic

The sample

What arrives.

Light made solid, held at the warmth of a late afternoon and kept there. It does not compete for attention. It occupies the space it is in, and the evening arranges itself around that. You will notice people addressing you a little differently, and you will not be able to prove why.

This is the same elixir that fills the crystal vial, drawn from the same maceration. Only the vessel is smaller. Five millilitres, slim enough to disappear into a coat pocket, and enough to learn how it moves on your own skin across a whole evening.

UK deliveryComplimentary UK delivery.

£20 creditToward the 50ml Crystal Vial

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The 5ml sample offer

£20 toward
the 50ml.

Every sample carries a £20 credit toward the 50ml Crystal Vial. Should this chapter prove yours, the introduction costs you nothing.

Your single-use credit is issued when your sample order is fulfilled, is valid for 90 days and can be used by the purchaser toward one of the nine 50ml Crystal Vials.

Explore Velvety Mystique · 50ml · £165
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THE MAISON, IN MINIATURE

Choose your chapter.

Nine small invitations. Follow the one that calls to you.

Nine fragrances · 5ml each

A little curiosity goes a long way.

Wear a chapter. See where it takes you.

Each £20 sample includes £20 credit toward your Crystal Vial.

£20Gift Voucherincluded with every 5ml
Redeem £20 against any Crystal Vial in the collection.

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