• MALA ° PERFUME OIL
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MALA ° PERFUME OIL

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Vibe ° Floramber ° Sacred Temple Garland ° Incense

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.

“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

 

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Meghana Paranjpe

This perfume smells absolutely amazing, it smells like jhendu and motichoor ladoo on the opening to me. The sweetness you get in the opening reminds me of biting into the sweets at a puja and then there is this incense scent that reminds me of whatever it is they light at temples. I have been obsesssed with wearing this perfume oil and the best way I can describe what it smells like is the scent of a temple during pujas. The sweet notes meet a slightly woody and creamy scent to create a complex experience as you wear this perfume

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Caroline Jurchak
My new favorite perfume!

I was so excited to try Mala as soon as I found it! And it did not disappoint…lovely florals mixed with spice. My favorite perfumes always have a little dirtiness to them and this is perfect! I’m looking forward to getting a large bottle!

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everyone loves this scent

i bought this for my sister and she absolutely loves this scent

ADORN YOUR BODY·

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Meghana Paranjpe

This perfume smells absolutely amazing, it smells like jhendu and motichoor ladoo on the opening to me. The sweetness you get in the opening reminds me of biting into the sweets at a puja and then there is this incense scent that reminds me of whatever it is they light at temples. I have been obsesssed with wearing this perfume oil and the best way I can describe what it smells like is the scent of a temple during pujas. The sweet notes meet a slightly woody and creamy scent to create a complex experience as you wear this perfume

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Caroline Jurchak
My new favorite perfume!

I was so excited to try Mala as soon as I found it! And it did not disappoint…lovely florals mixed with spice. My favorite perfumes always have a little dirtiness to them and this is perfect! I’m looking forward to getting a large bottle!

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everyone loves this scent

i bought this for my sister and she absolutely loves this scent