DATURA ROOT

This perfume contains ABSOLUTELY NO ACTUAL DATURA. None. Not a drop. Not a leaf, root, blossom, seed, or suspicious little botanical fragment. The scent is an artistic interpretation, not a poisonous plant experiment.

One of the classic witches' weeds, datura belongs to a sinister botanical fraternity that includes deadly nightshade, henbane, and mandrake. A plant of terrible beauty and terrifying reputation, its history is entangled with witchcraft, sorcery, sacred visions, and the perilous pursuit of forbidden knowledge. Its pale, trumpet-shaped blossoms unfurl in the gathering darkness, exhaling an eerie sweetness that belies the deadly nature of the plant.

Revered in certain Indigenous ceremonial traditions and feared in European poisonous-plant lore, datura occupies the treacherous borderland between revelation and delirium; an emblem of enchantment, peril, and mysteries often best left undisturbed.

An apparition of pale datura accord, bitter green leaves, damp graveyard earth, moonflower, ghostly white musk, and night-blooming jasmine, shadowed by blackened myrrh and dusky sandalwood.

A VERY IMPORTANT NOTE FROM YOUR FRIENDS AT BPAL:

This perfume contains ABSOLUTELY NO ACTUAL DATURA. None. Not a drop. Not a leaf, root, blossom, seed, or suspicious little botanical fragment. The scent is an artistic interpretation, not a poisonous plant experiment.

Actual datura is EXTREMELY TOXIC. Do not ingest it. Do not brew it into tea. Do not smoke it. Do not lick it, fondle it, rub it on yourself, or otherwise engage in any weird botanical fuckery. Do not experiment with it in pursuit of visions, enlightenment, supernatural communion, or a really interesting Tuesday.

Datura can cause severe poisoning, delirium, life-threatening complications, and death. We are not responsible for anyone deciding that centuries of documented botanical toxicity are merely a suggestion.

Proceeds from this 5ml perfume oil will be donated to Juntos, a “community-led, Latine immigrant organization in South Philadelphia fighting for our human rights as workers, parents, youth, and immigrants.”