Fractionated Coconut Oil, Parfum (Fragrance), Citral, Citronellol, Geraniol, Limonene, Linalool, Amy Cinnamal, Benzyl Benzoate, Farnesol, Sweet Orange Oil, Palmarosa Oil
Perfume oils do not unfold their complexity when experienced directly from the bottle. If you attempt to gauge the aroma of a perfume oil by smelling it from the bottle, your experience will not be accurate.
Apply first to your pulse points (the inner wrists, the base of the throat, behind ear lobes, and the inner elbows.) where it will warm with your body heat to unfold the fragrance.
Perfume oil, unlike alcohol-based perfumes, wears closer to the skin. It warms on your body, adapts to your body chemistry, and creates a halo of scent on the body. As it fades, perfume oil can be applied throughout the day as a personal aromatic ritual.
External Use Only. Keep away from children and pets. Discontinue use should irritation occur.
Current turnaround time is always posted in a banner at the very top of the website. Please note that due to the cosmetic nature of the artwork, all sales are final.
Bernadette Perfume Oil
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Aroma palette is herbal, earthy, and woodsy. Highlights include freshly tilled churchyard soil, antique cedar rosaries, orange and fig compote, and the scent of geraniums wafting through a churchyard garden.
This intricate and haunting fragrance draws inspiration from Bernadette Soubirous, a saint renowned for the Marian apparition of Our Lady Of Lourdes. In death, her body has miraculously remained internally incorrupt, while her face and hands are delicately adorned with light wax masks within a crystal reliquary.
At its core, this darkly beautiful blend is built upon a foundation of frankincense, palmarosa, and ambrox. As the fragrance unfolds, nuances of geranium petals, freshly tilled churchyard soil, antique rosaries, cedar wood, and church incense emerge, swirling like phantoms through the dry down. It reveals elusive wisps of sweet orange and fig, adding a strangely beautiful and uplifting fruit element to the experience. In every note, it captures the essence of a sacred presence, creating a captivating and mysterious fragrance that resonates with the divine.
Where Midnight Mass, Holy Ghost, and Cathedral Noir are variations of church inspired interiors, Bernadette is a beautifully kept churchyard at dusk.
Refinement note 1/29: The artist has replaced the geranium with organic Egyptian geranium, resulting in a smoother, softer geranium note that’s ever so slightly less sharp. This refinement doesn’t alter the overall composition.
It is the scent of a sorrowful garden in the summer twilight. Dry earth, cool roses, and the faintest hint of sweetness. A rich accord of geranium slowly retreats into the background, yet never vanishes entirely. I've been wearing this perfume for just a week and can barely detect any incense. That’s normal - for my sense of smell, at least. The incense will emerge in another week or two.
I long to try Bernadette on a warm evening at the end of August, when the air already carries the subtle whisper of autumn’s approach. A luminous melancholy of bidding farewell to summer’s warmth - that’s how I envision this wondrous garden.
P.S. In the first couple of days, the geranium note dominated, and the fragrance reminded me more of a potent apothecary tincture. Not that I minded :) - but if such a potion feels too sharp for someone, don’t deny Bernadette a second chance. Perhaps she simply needs a little time to unveil her full beauty.
Bernadette has been a favorite of mine since before amorphous was amorphous. I’m not good with description but it’s beautifully floral
So absolutely hauntingly gorgeous! One of my faves! This is my 2nd bottle of the oil, and I also have the EDP. Love Bernadette!
I just received this perfume and my God is it gorgeous! The second I smelled it, it brought me back. My mother's name is Bernadette and she always smelled earthy with hints of rosaries whenever we went to church, this scent is so comforting and elegant I'm in love!
This scent is so pretty. It’s fresh and inviting while also having a grounding, earthy depth to it. It’s herbaceous without being overtly green. Great for all seasons and the people around me love it too! The artistry of this perfumer is hard to beat.
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Fractionated Coconut Oil, Parfum (Fragrance), Citral, Citronellol, Geraniol, Limonene, Linalool, Amy Cinnamal, Benzyl Benzoate, Farnesol, Sweet Orange Oil, Palmarosa Oil
Perfume oils do not unfold their complexity when experienced directly from the bottle. If you attempt to gauge the aroma of a perfume oil by smelling it from the bottle, your experience will not be accurate.
Apply first to your pulse points (the inner wrists, the base of the throat, behind ear lobes, and the inner elbows.) where it will warm with your body heat to unfold the fragrance.
Perfume oil, unlike alcohol-based perfumes, wears closer to the skin. It warms on your body, adapts to your body chemistry, and creates a halo of scent on the body. As it fades, perfume oil can be applied throughout the day as a personal aromatic ritual.
External Use Only. Keep away from children and pets. Discontinue use should irritation occur.
Current turnaround time is always posted in a banner at the very top of the website. Please note that due to the cosmetic nature of the artwork, all sales are final.
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