NOCTURNALITY

Top Notes Adriatic fig leaf Ripe fig Thyme Rosemary Heart Notes Fleur de sel accord Extra virgin olive oil accord Black olive Red clay accord Base Notes Mediterranean pine Fir balsam Mediterranean cypress Intro Based on the rich leather and latex scent of the same name. A perfumer’s take on neon-soaked nightlife, the leather scene and raw, nocturnal behavior. With notes of latex, neoprene leather, black shoe shine, hydrocarboresin and styrax. History Olfactive Restoration: Downtown Manhattan, New York City October 1996. Before the door opens, the music can already be felt vibrating through the floor. Inside, neon dissolves into darkness as bodies move beneath clouds of cigarette smoke and the humid warmth of crowded dance floors. Leather jackets brush past polished boots, spilled cocktails mingle with traces of black pepper and rose, and the city’s electric anonymity gives way to unexpected intimacy. It is the scent of a New York that truly came alive after midnight: a city where freedom, desire and discovery found their own architecture in the spaces between dusk and dawn. Developed with Rodrigo Flores-Roux. Description High-concentration perfumed candle: 9 oz / 255 g. Estimated burning time: 55 to 60 hours. Each ARQUISTE candle is hand-poured in the United States using a clean-burning soy wax blend, a 100% cotton wick and a high concentration of fine fragrance. The formula is vegan, cruelty-free, and made without parabens or phthalates, creating a beautifully scented atmosphere while remaining mindful of your home and the environment. Candle Care: Allow the wax to melt completely across the surface during the first burn, approximately two hours. Thereafter, burn for no more than three hours at a time. Trim the wick to less than ¼ inch before each lighting to ensure a clean, even flame and to minimize soot. Burn time is approximately fifty-five hours. *Candles can ship internationally. More “A tribute to my mentor and friend, perfumer Rodrigo Flores-Roux, Nocturnality is a fragrance inspired by the behavior of nocturnal creatures that roam and hunt in the night. Taking Rodrigo’s affinity for black leather and the leather scene, it features an irreverent latex and leather accord wrapped in ancient resins and modern notes that inspire animalic feelings. It’s also an ode to New York nightlife, especially queer nightlife: leather bars, warehouse parties, cocktail bars with velvet banquettes and black pianos.” – Carlos Huber Bio - Woods, Gregory, Homintern: How Gay Culture Liberated the Modern World Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2016. – Groom, Nigel, The New Perfume Handbook, Chapman & Hall, London, 1997. – Genders, Roy, “Perfume through the Ages”, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, 1972. Image