Heretic ParfumsWode Hath Teth

LIMITED EDITION • In partnership with Robert Eggers' Werwulf and Focus Features, Heretic presents Þe Wode Hath Teth. Translated to "the woods has teeth" from the old tongue, this is the scent of the feral woodland itself: cold bark, frozen soil, damp moss, and smoke in the air. Resinous, mineral, and austere. Samples available. FIRST AYRE: Mineral Spark, Frosten Ayre, Pyne Terpenes HERTE: Snapt Cypres, Blak Peper, Osmanthus, Carrot Seed LASTING WYRDE: Frozen Vetiver, Primal Musk, Patchouli PRE-ORDER: Expected to ship 11/6. Orders including other items will ship together. FRAGRANCE STORY In partnership with Robert Eggers' Werwulf and Focus Features, Heretic presents a fragrance that's as feral as the forest itself. Þe Wode Hath Teth opens with a lungful of smoke and ash, sharpened by juniper berry, like old air drawn through a dying fire. In the heart, pepper and carrot seed crack through resinous gurjun blossom, earthy and strange, like roots from frozen soil. The forest breatheth in winter. Smoke drifteth through black branches, where juniper hath burned in olde rites to keep wolves away. Beneath the snow, the earth sweats resin, rot, and damp root. Moss clingeth to oak bark like dark fur. Somewhere in the trees, something stirreth. The wood is older than the village. And it is hungry. Smoke, ash, and juniper berry, cold as ayre drawn through a dying fire. Pepper and carrot seed crack through resinous gurjun blossom, like roots torn from frozen soil. Oakwood, fir resin, mushroom, and moss rise from the damp dark. Labdanum and vetiver smolder with animal warmth and winter earth. A scent of the feral woodland itself: cold bark, damp moss, smoke in the ayre. In the olde tongue, the wode is the wild beyond the village, where man becometh something else. And in the wode, there are teeth. Robert Eggers’ Werwulf is only in theaters Christmas. WERWULF EXPERIENCE There are, within this collection, three witnesses: The forest. The beast. The blood. Each preserving the scent of what transpired beneath the changing moon. Click the link below to step into the darkness of the woods and experience the transformation from man to wolf, learning more about each fragrance as you go. BEGIN THE EXPERIENCE RITUAL USE In a quiet moment, mist the skin and draw breath. Let the scent carry you beyond the beyond the modern and familiar, into the dark and feral forest where civility gives way to something older. LAYERING: For a scent of greater potency and one that is uniquely your own, layer two or three Heretic fragrances. Lay the heavier essence upon the skin first, then the lighter. Let the scents mingle, and see what manner of beast may emerge. Our fragrances are genderless, and may be worn by all. We use plant-derived essences that are light and sheer. Reapply as the day wears on, so that the scent may linger.