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Magdalene Vintage 2022 Review

January 11, 2023

"Yet another breathtaking vessel added to my collection 🥀
The virgin wh_re/Magdalene: the gorgeous & unmistakable perfume birthed from @fkatwigs and @houseofmatriarch - back in 2020, when twigs released the first edition of Magdalene I knew without a doubt I had to get my hands on it, and I’m so lucky that I did because it was love at first spray. Now, with the second release, I spent no time hesitating on purchasing my second bottle. This scent is unforgettable.
Follow me as I attempt to envelop you in the scent… It opens up very strong, and stays that way too. The sillage is head turning.. Upon first spray, it’s an explosion of spikenard, it’s woody, spicy, and a touch earthy. It’ll engulf you, but don’t let it overwhelm you. When it starts to linger, you’re kissed with delicate roses, this part for me is the soul of the perfume..where I feel the most in touch with it.
When it begins to wear down, you’re left with a captivating and magnetic scent of gently lit incense, feeling you’ve just left a grandeur church. It’s quite literally nothing like I’ve ever smelt before.
This perfume is not for the faint of heart, it’s incredibly powerful and will last on you for hours, even days. This scent grew on me, as in, I fell more in love with it with every spray. Every spritz felt like a ritual. Magdalene is incredibly healing to me. From receiving to wearing it, a spiritual experience."
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AMANITA: New High Pefumery Release

November 23, 2022

Returning Mother Nature to her rightful, healing function in our lives through the power of High Perfumery is the purpose of House of Matriarch. AMANITA perfume is the antidote to corporations, patents and mad scientists. Follow your nose into the enchanted forest, where a cornucopia of flora and fauna enchant your senses, invoking creativity, healing and recovery.

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🏺 MAGDALENE for FKA twigs

September 24, 2021


A beautiful journey  began seven years ago when our perfumer was introduced to the music of FKA twigs. Greatly moved at the display of full spectrum femininity, Christi created a jasmine perfume inspired by the entrancing music video for TWO WEEKS.
Christi did not not know that she would be personally gifting twigs the perfume the following month at the SHOWBOX, but when the stars aligned to make that happen, twigs instantly recognized it as her own true perfume - the scent of herself. A beautiful friendship and the co-creation of a growing collection of perfumes for future release have followed.
During the recording of the MAGDALENE album, Christi anointed twigs with spikenard, rose, myrrh and incense, providing a quantum connection to Mary Magdalene herself. On opening night, they filled the Palace Theater in LA with clouds of incense smoke. twigs wore the perfume each night of the tour and a small run of 180 bottles were created to share the perfume with her most ardent fans.

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Enjoy the rapturous music and shop the collection of a FKA twigs HoM favorites.

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THE LONGING: Fragrance Review in Chinese

April 28, 2020

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BONSAI by House of Matriarch. Finalist in the Artisan Category at the 7th annual Art and Olfaction Awards

April 24, 2020

House of Matriarch is happy to share that BONSAI has just been announced as a finalist for the 7th Annual Art and Olfaction Awards.  BONSAI stood out from the hundreds of entries submitted from around the world.

Awarded to just eight perfumes and projects a year, The Art and Olfaction Awards are designed to celebrate excellence in independent perfumery, and raise public interest and awareness around new developments in perfumery on a global scale.
The Awards, established in 2014 by The Institute for Art and Olfaction, are given to outstanding creators in the categories of independent, artisan, and experimental perfume from across the globe, chosen for perfumes and experimental projects with scent released in 2019. In addition to those juried categories, the Art and Olfaction Awards honor excellent work being done in three discretionary categories: The Contribution to Scent Culture Award, The Septimus Piesse Award for Exceptional Vison, and the Aftel Award for Handmade Perfume.

This year’s Art and Olfaction Awards events will take place in a public ceremony at Cicada Club in Los Angeles, in late September.  Each Art and Olfaction Award winner will receive The Golden Pear, which continues to cement its status as an important achievement in the perfume world.

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House of Matriarch Receives Two 2019 "Best New Artisan Fragrance Awards" from TasteTV

September 21, 2019

House of Matriarch just received two 2019 "Best New Artisan Fragrance Awards" from TasteTV!

BONSAI and TETRAMORPH were named as two of "The 5 Best New Fragrances of 2019" by a panel of esteemed judges at TasteTV and the Academy of Media Tastemakers for the The Artisan Fragrance Salon. In addition to being named as the Best New Fragrances of the Year, House of Matriarch also received the title of Official Fragrance Partner of the 11th Annual TASTE AWARDS which will take place in Beverly Hills in 2020. The judges sampled and ranked countless fragrances for elements such as Best Ingredient Combinations, Best Aroma, Most Unique and Most Seductive Scent in an effort to narrow the list down to only five fragrances. Thank you, TASTE TV and congratulations to the other three fragrance creators that also received the honor!

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DAYLILY - NATURAL FANTASY FLORAL - NEW HIGH PERFUMERY FROM HOUSE OF MATRIARCH

August 31, 2019

FRAGRANCE FAMILY: FLORAL
Love at first sight. A single day lily with voluptuous crimson petals, illuminated by the Summer Solstice sun drew her in. When Christi breathed the rapturous aroma of the flower, she was surprised and delighted by perfume it possessed.  She purchased the plant (a crimson blackbeard variety) which still had many blooms left to open and studied the aroma as the rest of the buds unfurled in the week that followed. 
Each part of this beautiful flower is captured herein. The complete dry down takes place over 12 glorious hours, just as the fragrance of a day lily changes throughout it's one-day long life. Pyramidal smelling notes are unlisted as this perfume is blended so that none of the notes are singularly apparent,  a true quintessence novel to your Earthy senses.
 
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House of Matriarch featured in "Organic Perfumes Market – Perspective with Study of Key Players & Revenue to Steady Growth Forecast To 2025" by Market Research Gazette

June 01, 2019

We are honored to be among the key players identified in this organic perfume market forecast.

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BONSAI - The Fragrance of Zen - NEW HIGH PERFUMERY FROM HOUSE OF MATRIARCH

May 19, 2019

 

FRAGRANCE FAMILY: GREEN

Seemingly undirected, wild and natural, BONSAI honors the endless ritual and joy of the Zen Garden.  Rarified notes of alligator juniper, black copal, aglaia flower and artisan distilled evergreens fully express the radiance and depth we all crave in a green fragrance.

Delightfully timeless, bursting specimen conifers are the pathway to the heart of a pristine reflection garden where you partake in bonsai's companion ritual - the tea ceremony.  Here, the fresh beginning is harmonized to an ancient, balsamic wood base, rooting into the soil of your most primitive pleasure centers with touchpoints of incense and spice. 

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TETRAMORPH - New High Perfumery: Squaring the Scent Wheel

May 19, 2019


TETRAMORPH:  Four notes - one fragrance

Exceptionally rare and precious natural essences merge the four cardinal fragrance families into a singular, numinous perfume experience. 

Ethereal muskiness holds you in its tender grasp as heavenly floral, fresh green and dazzling animalic accords unfurl in polarity, revealing their elemental magic. 

Rose Leaf - Colombian Gardenia
Forest Moss - Angel Feathers 

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VIOLET FLAME - NATURAL VIOLET FRAGRANCE

May 19, 2019

A liquid mantra of unmatched frequency and purity from a higher dimension where fragrance is enchanted and the magical properties of the natural violet can be fully expressed.  

VIOLET FLAME is an alchemical invitation to the subtle body and a delight to the temporal senses. For those who know, and those who wish to. 

 RAVENSARA
SWISS VIOLET
ELDER FLOWER 
RARE SINGLE-PRODUCTION HEATHER 
ORRIS ROOT POWDER AGED 30+ YEARS 
ORRIS BUTTER  
LICORICE ROOT
ARNICA
OAKMOSS
AMETHYST CHARGED GRAPE SPIRITS

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🌲 Rare Steam & Hydro Distillation of Cedrus Libani (Cedar of Lebanon) Essential Oil 🌲

May 11, 2019

The beautiful aroma of Cedars of Lebanon is what first attracted our Perfumer Christi Meshell to this rare oil. In studying the oil and it's properties, she learned that the essential oil and hydrosol contain the rare natural compound himachalene. Himachalene is found in the essential oils of only a few plants - usually in trace amounts, however it is found in astonishing quantity in the essential oil of Cedrus Libani. PubMed studies document the possibility that this compound could treat multi-drug resistant leukemia which could mean a cure for all kinds of cancer. The tremendous healing properties of this compound explain why Cedars of Lebanon trees were used for sacred purposes and healing by the ancients. The medicine folk who dispensed this oil to their communities were said to live for many hundreds of years. A portion of the hydrosol and oil from this distillation are being donated to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in hopes that the essence of this sacred tree may be further studied to help unlock new cancer treatments. We are also planting these cedar trees everywhere we can - if you have room to grow one, let us know and we can help you find one to plant - for you and for future generations. There were two runs in a copper alembic - one steam, and the other a hydro distillation.

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