A Gentle Madness

Sugar held to the light until it turns strangely familiar, yet mysteriously unsettling.

The hour is uncivilized.

The absinthe has gone quiet in the glass. There’s lemon and mandarin still clinging to the rim, sweet fennel rising like a spell half-spoken. You stayed too long. Or perhaps you arrived too early.

Ylang ylang unfurls like a velvet ribbon, pulling you deeper. Cardamom warms at the edges. The air thickens. The sweetness fades—but it does not leave. It lingers in the walls, behind the sandalwood, under the skin.

This is not a fragrance. It is a séance in miniature. A brief, green delirium.

Wear it when you wish to remember something that never quite happened.

A perfume that smiles without ever quite explaining why.

A perfume that smiles without ever quite explaining why.

30 mL black glass bottle, presented in a black box.

New to natural perfumes? Try a Chapter Vial first — available while the chapter is open.

Every bottle comes with a companion vial of the same fragrance. Wear the vial first — at different hours, on different skin, in different weather. Open the bottle only when you are certain.

If the chapter is not yours, contact us within 14 days of delivery. Return the unopened bottle in its original packaging. The vial remains with you.

Alcohol (cane sugar), parfum* (aromatic compounds from essential oils, CO₂ extracts, absolutes and purified plant isolates), aqua / water, Evernia prunastri extract (Oakmoss), Illicium verum fruit oil (Star Anise), Iris germanica root extract (Orris Root), Pogostemon cablin leaf oil (Patchouli), Vetiveria zizanioides root oil (Vetiver), triethyl citrate (natural ester of citric acid).

*As with all natural perfumes, this blend may contain trace amounts of common botanical allergens such as: limonene, linalool, geraniol, eugenol, farnesol, citral, coumarin, isoeugenol, benzyl alcohol, benzyl benzoate, benzyl salicylate, and others naturally found in plant materials.

Vegetarian • No phthalates • No parabens • No synthetic dyes • No formaldehyde.

SKU: HA-GENTLE-30ML