Stora Skuggan HEXENSALBE eau de parfum

Hexensalbe by Swedish house Stora Skuggan was introduced in November of 2023 to correspond with the Day of the Dead. Perfumer Olle Hemmendorff designed an aromatic profile of woody, aromatic, soft spicy, fresh spicy, balsamic, patchouli, musky, earthy, sweet, and amber accords.  Top Notes Wormwood, Salty Licorice Heart Notes Tuberose, Rosemary, Angelica, Belladonna Base Notes Black Hemlock, Lichen, Patchouli   From the brand:  “In rifleing the closet of the ladie, they found a pipe of oyntement, wherewith she greased a staffe, upon which she ambled and galloped through thick and thin, when and in what manner she listed.” — Proceedings Against Dame Alice Kyteler,Prosecuted for Sorcery, 1324 Also known as witches’ flying ointment, HEXENSALBE was a hallucinogenic salve used in witchcraft in the middle ages. It was a mixture of extremely poisonous ingredients but the exact formula is not known, and several occultist scholars have died trying to recreate it. Among the most mentioned ingred