Perfume is a beautiful deception, much like the narratives our minds curate.
The Lies We Wear collection examines this duality, where scent is both illusion and a medium for truth. Each fragrance reveals the stories we carry, the ones we rewrite, and the ones we choose to believe.
Step closer and uncover the meaning behind each scent.
NOSTALGIA
NOSTALGIA
The present, rich and full of potential, is the only moment we truly experience. Yet, even in the depths of the now, there is often a longing for something more, another experience, another time, When All Things Were Divine. Inspired by this feeling, the fragrance explores the bittersweet nature of nostalgia.
The composition draws on the raw emotionality of natural materials: the richness and radiance of Orange Flower Absolute, the warmth of Benzoin Resinoid from Laos, the melancholy of Orris Butter, and the piercing green bitterness of Galbanum Resinoid. Together, they create something that feels both divine and marked by loss.
When All Things Were Divine performs its own quiet irony. It is crafted from complex, extraordinary natural materials to evoke a moment filled with existential angst and emptiness, where the mind drifts to idealised past moments that offer comfort.
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RETROSPECTION
Memory bends. It twists and rewrites itself in real-time. The past comes back softer, warmer, wrapped in gold. A trick of the mind, “rosy retrospection”, is smoothing the rough edges. What was sharp becomes blurred. What was bitter turns sweet.
Rivers of Gold and Nectar captures this feeling, lingering in a gentle haze of sweetness and naïveté. It opens with bright, fruity notes of melon, apricots, and peaches, but there's something darker under it, a sulphuric bite that pulls you back. Then it sinks deeper, into the floral depth of a tuberose, accompanied by the warmth of clove, saffron, and vanilla. The composition is framed by woody oak-moss and sparkling pink pepper; a reflection of the duality between actual experience and the reconstructed memory of it.
ANTICIPATION
The human brain is wired for Perpetual Pursuit. Strangely, it is not the reward itself, but the expectation of it, that floods us with the most euphoria. This is the paradox of anticipatory dopamine: the thrill of what might come feels more exhilarating than the attainment. Whispers of Dusk and Silk translates this neural phenomenon into scent, an olfactory interpretation of desire suspended in time. It is a fragrance that plays in the space between now and next, capturing the restless, giddy state of “almost”.
It opens with Theaspirane, an elusive note reminiscent of herbal tea paired with the dry, tingling warmth of black pepper to create a physiological tease that mimics the brain's pre-reward dopamine surge. The feeling of wanting. As the initial haze fades, the scent deepens into something more earthy, a heart of patchouli, tobacco, vetiver, and moss that evoke a sense of comfort and belonging, a distant promise of a safe place or fulfilling experience.
Whispers of Dusk and Silk is about pursuit, the seduction of the next moment, and the chemical poetry of anticipation.