Serpent

A rose garden offers beauty with something sharper hidden beneath it. Serpent takes its inspiration from the contrast between flower and serpent in Macbeth, exploring attraction with an edge of danger. Softer flowers meet green stems, damp earth and a dry, skin-like texture.

Rose and geranium leaves sit alongside rose thorn, petrichor, frankincense and elemi resin. The figurative snake skin and poison accords bring a cooler tension around the flowers. Green, resinous and leather-like shades draw a firmer outline around the bloom, allowing both its appeal and its more unsettling character to remain perceptible.

The 50mL Extrait de Parfum is the complete main scent and can be worn on its own. Two accompanying 8mL accords offer a choice when layered: one brightens floral softness, while the other deepens the darker character. Choosing which face to reveal is part of the fragrance's idea, from a gentler garden to the sharper impression waiting within it.