Description
A sacred perfume oil imbued with the spirit of dark, honeyed copal, an aromatic resin that is harvested sustainably on the property of our herbalist partner in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Copal gives the scent an incense-like heart, a treasure from the darkened altar of an ancient temple. And yet it is the flowers that animate the composition and breathe life into its caliginous aura – delicate peony, lavish Grand Duke jasmine, powdery tuberose, and the green velvet snap of gardenia unfurl in luminous contrast. For this micro-batch perfume, bushels of flowers are painstakingly handmade into a few ounces of precious oil through enfleurage, an ancient method of perfumery that can take months because the concentrated flower oils are achieved slowly, without any heat or chemical solvents.
How To Use
Use a drop or two on the wrist, behind the ear, or on any pulse point.
Ingredients
Sclerocarya Birrea (Marula) Seed Oil*, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride (Fractionated Coconut) Oil*, Bursera Copallifera Resin (Copal Santo) Oil*, Copaifera Officinalis Resin (Balsam Copaiba)*, Paeonia Suffruticosa (Peony) Enfleurage Oil*, Jasminum Sambac (Grand Duke Jasmine) Enfleurage Oil*, Polianthes Tuberosa (Tuberose) Enfleurage Oil*, Gardenia Jasminoides (Gardenia Enfleurage) Oil*, Hedychium Coronarium (Ginger Lily Root) Oil* *Organic
Sizing + Info
Approx. 10 ml / 0.33 fl oz
Store in a dry place away from heat and direct sunlight. As with any of our products, please spot test for adverse reactions before use and discontinue if irritation occurs. Please consult with a physician before using if pregnant or breastfeeding. We recommend using our products within a year of purchase. Opened Slow Beauty products are final sale.
The Bottle
The seventh edition in our 2025 series of micro batch seasonal perfumes in hand blown glass bottles inspired by 19th century stone and ceramic snuff bottles. Each sculptural bottle is a distinctive work of art, blown by a master glass artisan in Illinois, and shipped using the ancient method of cork and wax sealing.
Refills
$250
Shipping
$10 standard shipping, free shipping on orders of $150 or more
Each ingredient in this exotic and unusual perfume oil is painstakingly handmade. Our copal is sustainably wild-harvested by our herbalist partner in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Each of the flowers in this singular fusion are crafted into a few ounces of precious oil through enfleurage, an ancient method of perfumery that can take months because the concentrated oils are achieved without any heat or chemical solvents.
The ancient Mayans and Aztecs offered prayers to the gods through plumes of copal smoke, an effort to influence and interact with their deities with its ethereal scent. In Mexico, the scent of copal was thought to lure the dearly departed from the grave to the family altar and for many years the aromatic resin has been an integral part of Day of the Dead celebrations.
Dance of the Dead is the seventh, and nearly last edition in our 2025 series of micro batch seasonal perfumes in hand blown glass bottles inspired by 19th century stone and ceramic snuff bottles. Each sculptural bottle is a distinctive work of art, hand blown by a master glass artisan in Illinois, and shipped using the ancient method of cork and wax sealing.
