Unconventional
Notesbeeswaxchrysanthemumcivetjasminelabdanumlily-of-the-valleymoth ballsnerolirosemary
Tags
#beast
Style
unisex
The setting: the aftermath of an unnamed catastrophe. The smell: the sweet meat smell of “just off” corpses, sloppily preserved with embalming fluids. The air fills with the uncomfortable energy of the formerly alive, transforming vitality into a haze of bilge water, metallic discharge and dried saliva. In Rigor Mortis, the mix between indolic florals, seaweed, and animalic beeswax and civet creates an emotional fragrance that needs to be discovered slowly.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
This is a fragrance for deliberate encounters with unsettling beauty: a quiet room, close attention, and conversation that pauses over what the nose has found. Decaying floral sweetness, seaweed and animalic wax give the wearer a disquieting presence rather than a conventionally inviting one.
How to wear
Begin with one spray on clothing, following Maqueda’s brand-wide application recommendation, and test an inconspicuous area for staining first. Cooler conditions are a sensible starting point for its dense animalic sweetness; warmth may make that character more insistent. Leave space to assess it before adding more.
Who it’s for
For collectors drawn to indolic florals, animalic materials and deliberately difficult compositions. Its beeswax, civet and mothball character will appeal more to those who enjoy decay and bodily associations in perfumery than to lovers of polished floral bouquets.
Release year
2026
The nose
Maqueda.
Maqueda’s story
Maqueda is an independent Italian house exploring mysterious and esoteric perfumery through experimentation, ritual and the transformation of matter. Its fragrances treat scent as an encounter with memory and identity, allowing discomfort and decomposition into the creative vocabulary.
Rigor Mortis’s concept
Rigor Mortis takes its cue from flowers surrounding a coffin before the final farewell. Water steeped in deteriorating blooms meets a sweet, powdery bodily impression, translating decay into an olfactory study of matter changing state. The concept draws on nigredo, the alchemical imagery of blackening and dissolution.
Extra info
Rigor Mortis is presented as a 50 ml extrait de parfum. Its central floral image is not a fresh bouquet, but the water surrounding flowers as they deteriorate.
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£290.00, 50 ml Extrait de Parfum
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£14.00, 1 ml Extrait de Parfum
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Notesbeeswaxchrysanthemumcivetjasminelabdanumlily-of-the-valleymoth ballsnerolirosemary
Tags
#beast
Style
unisex
The setting: the aftermath of an unnamed catastrophe. The smell: the sweet meat smell of “just off” corpses, sloppily preserved with embalming fluids. The air fills with the uncomfortable energy of the formerly alive, transforming vitality into a haze of bilge water, metallic discharge and dried saliva. In Rigor Mortis, the mix between indolic florals, seaweed, and animalic beeswax and civet creates an emotional fragrance that needs to be discovered slowly.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
This is a fragrance for deliberate encounters with unsettling beauty: a quiet room, close attention, and conversation that pauses over what the nose has found. Decaying floral sweetness, seaweed and animalic wax give the wearer a disquieting presence rather than a conventionally inviting one.
How to wear
Begin with one spray on clothing, following Maqueda’s brand-wide application recommendation, and test an inconspicuous area for staining first. Cooler conditions are a sensible starting point for its dense animalic sweetness; warmth may make that character more insistent. Leave space to assess it before adding more.
Who it’s for
For collectors drawn to indolic florals, animalic materials and deliberately difficult compositions. Its beeswax, civet and mothball character will appeal more to those who enjoy decay and bodily associations in perfumery than to lovers of polished floral bouquets.
Release year
2026
The nose
Maqueda.
Maqueda’s story
Maqueda is an independent Italian house exploring mysterious and esoteric perfumery through experimentation, ritual and the transformation of matter. Its fragrances treat scent as an encounter with memory and identity, allowing discomfort and decomposition into the creative vocabulary.
Rigor Mortis’s concept
Rigor Mortis takes its cue from flowers surrounding a coffin before the final farewell. Water steeped in deteriorating blooms meets a sweet, powdery bodily impression, translating decay into an olfactory study of matter changing state. The concept draws on nigredo, the alchemical imagery of blackening and dissolution.
Extra info
Rigor Mortis is presented as a 50 ml extrait de parfum. Its central floral image is not a fresh bouquet, but the water surrounding flowers as they deteriorate.