An atmospheric brooding of Spanish moss, crumbling stone, old cement, red clay brick, and graveyard dirt.

"I'm going down to the cemetery 'Cause the world is all wrong Down there with the spooks to hear 'em sing my sorrow song

Got a date to see a ghost By the name of Jones Makes me feel happy to hear him rattle his bones."

- Bessie Smith

Cemetery Blues, vocals - 1923

St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 was founded in 1789. Just outside the French Quarter, it is one of New Orleans' most famous 'cities of the dead.' Its residents include Bernard de Marigny, the French-Creole playboy who brought the game of craps to the United States; Barthelemy Lafon, the architect and surveyor who allegedly became one of Jean Lafitte's pirates; and the legendary Voodoo priestess Marie Laveau.

Note: Alkemia is a cruelty-free operation. No dead people (or their graves) were harmed in the making of this perfume.

Art: Vintage travel postcard, 1930s