MONA

Key Notes: Warm Stone, Cassis, Burnt Sugar, Red Amber, Vetiver, Musk

Characteristics: Lustrous shadows, asphalt steam, silver veil, blood red (radiating), serpentine leather, crossing over, Polished Resilience, ancient echo

“Outer space becoming inner space?”

“Make-up sex on the bathroom floor? The floor is obsidian glass.”

“It’s a Cubist perfume.”

“Patina on a disco ball.”

“Heat.”

“Past lives.”

“Loneliness.”

“Loneliness!”

“Sharp points, but also where the body curves.”

“My eldest son smelled this Millais painting of Ophelia.”

“I feel it’s complete. Spiritually. It has a soul. Look at her shoulders!”

“There is a thin veil of smoke, is that the bad past receding?”

“I used to have those dreams.”

“These two worlds move seamlessly together. Meant for each other.”

“Something you give to your daughter”

“But also want to keep for yourself.”

MONA - Released alongside the launch of Claudia Dey's novel: DAUGHTER.

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[Launch year: 2023]