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an unfolding of worlds ⋯
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30mL ℮ 1 oz
notes: hot fax machine, mouse pad, mac carcass, tattered wire
ingredients: alcohol (SDA), parfum
scent to disassemble my electronics to…
this smells so exactly like a sheet of paper warm and freshly spat out of an office printer that I can almost taste it.
this smells like melting wires. I'm legitimately amazed.
30mL ℮ 1 oz
˖ . ݁⊹ cereale ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁
year 2030: wheat and rye monocultures are threatened globally by an unknown infection event. speculators inflate the price of all remaining glutinous products and shoppers amass them in bulk, not knowing what comes next. food scientists create a scent to appease the taste for bread that threatens to remain unfulfilled in this ecocide: cereale.
notes: rye toast, yeasting dough, butter
ingredients: alcohol (SDA), parfum, carvone, limonene
* this formulation contains dairy
think of the timeline of bread, starting from its beginning.
if you want to feel like you are in a petri dish or entangled in a web of gluten, this is the scent for you.
this might be the most delighted i've been by a photorealistic scent
30mL ℮ 1 oz
⊹ . .🥽 . ݁˖ . ݁⊹ plástica ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁♳ ⊹ . ݁
year 2055: the biomass of plastics on earth reaches a new apex. a collective consciousness of plastics forms, uniting all polymers as a singular force. plastics begin promiscuously exchanging odors and information as their awareness of each other grows—creating a subtly symbiotic atmosphere of polystyrenes, ethylenes, and propylenes in the process of reclaiming their agency.
notes: assorted plastics, raspberry, carbonated water
ingredients: alcohol (SDA), parfum, benzyl benzoate, limonene
well they didn't lie it sure is plastic. smells like pressing your nose to barbie's head and taking a deep whiff of her scalp
it's almost like opening packaging, rubbing together thick plastic wrapping, or smelling a glossy PVC object that has been warmed by your hands.
smells like hot extruded PVA
it's almost like opening packaging, rubbing together thick plastic wrapping, or smelling a glossy PVC object that has been warmed by your hands.
smells like hot extruded PVA
30mL ℮ 1 oz
˖ . ݁𓍊𓋼. ݁ matsu musk ⊹ . ݁𓍊𓋼 ⊹
year 2077: humans have begun incorporating mycelium into their routines, structures, and medicinal systems in exponential ways. the increasingly abundant quantity of fungi in human bodies begins to create a communal bodily emanation uncannily similar to mushrooms. in the warm crevice of an armpit, you find a fruiting body.
notes: mushroom gills, skin
ingredients: alcohol (SDA), parfum
mushroom! i don’t always like to eat them, but this smells really cool! it smells rubbery – like i can almost feel the jiggling of the gills under my fingertips. wow.
this is the first mushroom-note fragrance i've tried that actually does a photorealistic mushroom scent, specifically cremini or young portobello.
they really said skin scent...but make it cordyceps first
30mL ℮ 1 oz
⊹ . ݁☁︎˖ . ݁ damp ⊹ . ݁☁︎˖ . ݁
year 3030: human extinction has allowed flora to propagate wildly, bursting through concrete and rigid architectural structures. the skin of the earth has restored itself to a microbially-dense state. damp gives you a taste of this future; it’s a gentle whisper of a musty room in the middle of a forest. the breath of the earth in uni-molecule form.
notes: dampness, wet soil, earth
notes: dampness, wet soil, earth
ingredients: alcohol (SDA), parfum
perfect petrichor/soil smell. accurate. so comforting.
dirt and wet cement...
absolutely incredible and photorealistic, truly the smell of forest soil after rain
dirty dirty dirty girl. my eyes widened and my senses cleared up.
2mL x 5 ℮ .07 oz x 5
⊹ . 🛒 . ݁˖ .⊹ ݁ sample pack ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁🛒 ⊹
years 1999-3030: jump temporal planes by experiencing all the agar scents in one pack. every pack includes five fragrance samples in 2 mL glass vials in our signature biocellulose packaging.
our current scent rotation is:
cero (1999)
cereale (2030)
plástica (2055)
matsutake musk (2077)
damp (3030)
special editions
30mL ℮ 1 oz
⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁ brood ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁
year 2024: cicada broods XIlI and XIX overwhelm turtle island, leaving gaping holes in every patch of soil in the continent as they jubilantly emerge. they buzz uncontrollably, reveling in their most glorious reunion yet. when the party is over, they leave heaps of carcasses strewn on sidewalks and grass, pulling everyone into their unboundaried libations.
notes: trampled grass, cicada carcass, tree bark, tree sap
notes: dampness, wet soil, earth
notes: trampled grass, cicada carcass, tree bark, tree sap
notes: dampness, wet soil, earth
ingredients: alcohol (SDA), parfum
30mL bottle
*this discontinued scent is back for a limited time!*