“Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” – Dahl
(HEK-sen): Swedish “The Witch”. Inspired by the groundbreaking silent film HÄXAN that was released in 1922, a fictional documentary that explores paganism and witchcraft through the ages.
A perfume of spellwork and shadow, conjured from roots, resins, and relics, HÄXAN is not merely fragrance, it is ritual. An elixir born of poison gardens and sacred groves, of druid stones and smoldering altars. Each ingredient is chosen not only for its scent, but for its soul – its magic.
This is not adornment, it is alchemy. A fragrance for the intuitive, the spell-weaver, the ones who commune with silence and shadow. It leaves a trail of wonder and woodsmoke, a talisman in scent, a reminder that the most powerful magic lives in what we cannot see.
HOW IT WEARS
HÄXAN begins with osmanthus, a narcotic bloom steeped in golden velvet apricot flesh over aged leather, delicate yet carnal. At the fragrance’s heart, Turkish rose begins to unfold – ripe, red, and bruised at the edges. Not a petal, but the memory of one crushed between pages of an old spellbook. Beneath, oakmoss coils like damp earth underfoot, velvet green and animalic. It anchors the soul, beckoning it deeper into the forest floor, into roots, loam, and silence. At the base, fossilised amber glows, smoldering and resinous, like embers in a ritual hearth, while musks whisper, skin-close and spectral, blurring the edges between self and scent, human and wild, seen and unseen.
LORE LOVES
For us, HÄXAN seems to stir something ancient just beneath the surface of the skin. It hums in the body like a secret barely kept. A delicious ambery tincture for the witches, warlocks and every practitioner of magic in between. For lovers of Heretic’s Dirty Amber, Smudge, and Dirty Rose – you’ll love this fragrance, as it combines the best bits of all of them. Intoxicating, bewitching and beguiling… what’s not to love?!
NOTES
Top: Osmanthus Absolute
Middle: Turkish Rose, Oakmoss Absolute
Base: Fossilized Amber, Supernatural Musks
PERFUMER
Douglas Little
