Studio Tanais Mala Extrait de Parfum (30 ml) #10090314
Inspired by flower garlands threaded for rituals commemorating life, love and death in New Delhi, with swirls of temple incense, saffron and henna. Deep, sacred, dark and sensuous.
“When I returned to New York, I missed my old [New Delhi] haunts and scents of the little Gold Leaf cigarettes I smoked, tea, spices, garlands of rose, carnation and marigold dangling from the wedding shops, so I recreated that place in this perfume, Mala, as in, a garland of flowers, beads, and stories; in Spanish, a bad woman. I use a single drop of scent of a loose woman°—choya nakh oil—to fix the perfume, so it lingers.”
—Tanaïs, “Mala,” In Sensorium: Notes for My People
°medieval Indian double entendre for roasted seashell oil, perhaps because of the long fingernail like shape of this mollusk
Fragrance Notes:
Top: Clary Sage, Saffron, Rose Essence
Middle: Coriander, Rose Maroc, Marigold Attar, Carnation Essence, Cardamom
Base: Tagetes Absolute, Nag Champa Incense Accord, Sandalwood, Choya Nakh (Roasted Seashell), Tobacco Absolute
Please Note: All full sized bottles of niche fragrance priced $95 or over will receive a complimentary 0.3 ml sample of the same fragrance. Use this “Fragrance Insurance” for a few days before opening the full size bottle, as we are not able to accept returns on fragrances that have been opened or used. If you decide you don’t love the fragrance after using the Fragrance Insurance sample, you’re welcome to return your unopened and unused full-size fragrance within 30 days of purchase for a full refund.
Description
Inspired by flower garlands threaded for rituals commemorating life, love and death in New Delhi, with swirls of temple incense, saffron and henna. Deep, sacred, dark and sensuous.
“When I returned to New York, I missed my old [New Delhi] haunts and scents of the little Gold Leaf cigarettes I smoked, tea, spices, garlands of rose, carnation and marigold dangling from the wedding shops, so I recreated that place in this perfume, Mala, as in, a garland of flowers, beads, and stories; in Spanish, a bad woman. I use a single drop of scent of a loose woman°—choya nakh oil—to fix the perfume, so it lingers.”
—Tanaïs, “Mala,” In Sensorium: Notes for My People
°medieval Indian double entendre for roasted seashell oil, perhaps because of the long fingernail like shape of this mollusk
Fragrance Notes:
Top: Clary Sage, Saffron, Rose Essence
Middle: Coriander, Rose Maroc, Marigold Attar, Carnation Essence, Cardamom
Base: Tagetes Absolute, Nag Champa Incense Accord, Sandalwood, Choya Nakh (Roasted Seashell), Tobacco Absolute
Please Note: All full sized bottles of niche fragrance priced $95 or over will receive a complimentary 0.3 ml sample of the same fragrance. Use this “Fragrance Insurance” for a few days before opening the full size bottle, as we are not able to accept returns on fragrances that have been opened or used. If you decide you don’t love the fragrance after using the Fragrance Insurance sample, you’re welcome to return your unopened and unused full-size fragrance within 30 days of purchase for a full refund.
