The Shadows of the Victorian Age appear in 4 generous 3ml eau de parfum sample bottles from our Victorian Gothic Collection. This gothic perfume sample set captures the dark florals, smoky resins, ritual botanicals, and Victorian mourning aesthetics that defined the era. The Victorian Age birthed the Cult of Mourning. While mourning rituals, and dark aesthetics were already popular, when Queen Victoria lost her true love, Albert, she spent the rest of her life in mourning, and the world followed. Mourning fashion, mourning rituals, and mourning etiquette became the height of culture. These expressions of grief became symbols of devotion. The reverence for death, ritual, and the beauty found in shadow is one of the reasons I love the Victorian Age. Our Victorian Gothic Collection honors that dedication- the elegance of sorrow, the romance of ritual, the allure of desire, and the quiet stillness of death. This sample set allows you to get a taste of 4 of the Shadows of the Victorian age. Each fragrance represents a facet of Victorian darkness: Victorian Mourning - Grief - A dark, overripe rose steeped in shadowed amber and ritual smoke. Nocturne - Ritual - A midnight garden of poisonous blooms, candlelit secrets, and occult botanicals. Vamp - Desire - A dusty Victorian parlor filled with aged leather, velvet, dark fruit, and forbidden secrets. Casket - Death - The wooden vessel, the sacred smoke, the stillness of the grave. Together, they form a portrait of an era that found beauty in sorrow and poetry in the dark.
Includes: 4- 3ml samples of each eau de parfum + lore and scent note cards
