Earthbound shadow meets rising smoke

What It Smells Like

Altar is dark, sacred, and deeply atmospheric. It’s an intimate ritual distilled into scent. It opens with rich, shadowy patchouli that wraps the senses in warm earth and velvet darkness. Meadow grass lifts the composition with delicate grace, like a soft breeze moving through wild coumarin fields. As it burns down, tendrils of incense drift upward, adding a quiet, mystic elevation that feels both grounding and otherworldly. Altar smells like a private sanctuary, raw earth below, sacred flame above.

Notes

Top: Slight Citrus, Delicate Sweetness
Heart: Meadow grass, Clean incense, Mineral warmth
Base: Dark patchouli, Tonka Bean, Soft resin

Wear This If You…

• Are a little witchy even if you deny it

• Feel most at home in dim light, incense haze, or warm shadows

• Want a scent that grounds you and seduces you at the same time

• Love patchouli but only when it’s dark, elegant, and not trying too hard

• Treat your alone time like a holy ritual

• Prefer perfumes that whisper “come closer” instead of shouting across the room

How It Wears (in real life)

• Oil-based, long-wearing, intimate projection

• Best on pulse points (wrists, neck, chest, inner elbow)

• Perfect for layering with skin oils or other scents

What Makes It Artifact

• Hand-blended in small batches in Taos, NM

• Oil-based + natural

• Unisex by design

• Made slowly, deliberately, with craft-first ingredients

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Each product is made by hand in our small batch lab in Taos, NM. We carefully formulate every product to be both beautifully scented and skin friendly. Our oil-based fragrances are a different creature than alcohol-based fragrances. They can last longer on the skin but are far more subtle. Because they are natural and they’re also worn almost exclusively on the skin, they change with the wearers body chemistry, making no two experiences alike.

Ingredients