Nocturne Alchemy / VApothecary December 2016 Decant Circle
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I really dislike starting a circle before the last one is out the door but with NAVA’s sabbatical coming up I better get this started… The NA / VA December 2016 Decant Circle! In which I finish decanting the Studio Limiteds! So here you will find the Anniversaries, Resins, & just a touch of Floral.
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Studio Limited ~
The Anniversaries:
FULL - Egyptologist Anniversary - 0 decants available ~ You can't have an Egyptologist without Egyptian musk! Tobacco Flower, Cedar, Sage, Red Egyptian Musk, Lavender and Orange Spice with a touch of saffron. Anniversary blend included NAVA ICON Egyptian Oudh, Vanilla Crystalline Resinoid, pure Frankincense, a drop of Gold Myrrh from Cairo and a drop of Osirian Purnima Incense Absolute.
FULL - Eternal Alexandria Anniversary - 0 decants available ~ NA Sand Note (Papyrus, Vellum and Amber Oils), White Amber, Nokturne: Sapphire and just a few drops of Egyptian Organic Cardamom; we then recreated the perfume with same ingredients along with aged Himalayan Fossilized Amber Oil, Black Teak Essence, White Cardamom from India, N5 Musk and a drop of Alexandrian Oud along with a few drops more of aged Sapphire (because who doesn't love Sapphire).
FULL - Eternal Cairo Anniversary - 0 decants available ~ Egyptian Amber, Egyptian Red Amber, White Amber and Egyptian Musk. For the Anniversary Blend we added aspects of Black Musk, Black Sandalwood and Golden Red Kashmir to the original recipe.
FULL - Eternal Egypt Anniversary - 0 decants available ~ White Amber, Himalayan Fossilized Amber Oil, Red Egyptian Musk, Vanilla Amber Incense Resin, Crystal, Kobalt, Sandalwood-Amber Resin, Egyptian Oakmoss, Palo Santo Wood, Egyptian Amber, Vegan Ambergris (studio created), Amber Wood and Egyptian Musk Essential.
FULL - Eternal Luxor Anniversary - 0 decants available ~ NA Amber, Golden Egyptian Fig, Creamy Coconut Milk and Toasted Coconut Oil. Black Fig, Coconut-infused Cedar, Coconut-Vanilla infused Amber Resin, Crystal Kyphi, Pear and California Redwood.
FULL - Eternal Nile Anniversary - 0 decants available ~ White and Blue Florals of the Nile, White Amber, Egyptian Musk and Egyptian Amber. Nokturne, N2, N3, N4, N5, N6 Musks, Sandalwood Resin, Vanilla Bean Resin, Fossilized Amber and NA Anniversary Kyphi (over 50+ ingredients to create our special Kyphi using recipes transcribed from Egyptian Temple walls).
FULL - Pharaoh Anniversary - 0 decants available ~ Water Lily, Heliotrope, Mimosa, Bergamot, Alexandrian Sea Salt, Amber and Musk. Anniversary blend brings the smokiness of NAVA ICONIC Arabian Oudh, NAVA Amber Resin Absolute, Frankincense Pure and White Myrrh of Aswan grown especially for our perfume company.
The Resins plus a touch of Floral:
FULL - Bloodstone - 0 decants available ~ The scent of Dragon's Blood resin in a perfume single note.
FULL - Ember - 0 decants available ~ Beautiful pure Frankincense of the Boswellia Sacra Tree in Yeman and Oman and dark crimson crystals of Myrrh from the branches of the Commiphora Myrrha tree from the Arabian Peninsula. A beautiful rich scent of Frankincense and Myrrh blended as one, the way they were intended for the Ancients.
FULL - Hessonite - 0 decants available ~ A true scent of Patchouli 100% organic and pure. Imported from Alexandria as Patchouli leaves and root and created as Perfume here in our Studio. This perfume will only become richer, smokier and more poignant with aging. Truly a significant Patchouli for any perfume lover. Rich, smoky and viscous gold patchouli.
FULL - Tibetan Crystalline - 0 decants available ~ Deep incense of Indian Nag Champa Studio Blend (Champa, Indian Sandalwood, Benzoin and Henna), Mesua Ferrea Absolute, Aged Crystalline Absolute, Tibetan Musk undertones and soft spirals of pure Bergamot leaf essential oil.
FULL - VA Ambre Ombre - 0 decants available ~ Perfume Attar of Rare Black Amber, Black Patchouli Amber, Black Frankincense and Black Myrrh. This perfume is rather viscous and will and has aged beautifully. This is the original recipe.
FULL - VA Frankincense Ombre - 0 decants available ~ Perfume of Egyptian White Frankincense, Frankincense of Somalia, with Ambre Ombre (Rare Black Amber, Black Patchouli Amber, Black Frankincense).
FULL - VA Myrrh Ombre - 0 decants available ~ Perfume of Arabian Black Myrrh with Ambre Ombre (Rare Black Amber, Black Patchouli Amber, Black Frankincense).
FULL - VA Rose Ambre Ombre - 0 decants available ~ Perfume of Rosa Damascena, Gallicanae Rose of Burma, NA Black Rose Accord from Egyptian Rose buds, Sandalwood Absolute, Egyptian Geranium, Black Lotus Extract, NA Ambre accord with Ambre Ombre (Rare Black Amber, Black Patchouli Amber, Black Frankincense) and an aged drop of ICON: Iconic Rose Oudh.
FULL - VA White Ambre Ombre - 0 decants available ~ Perfume of White Ambre Resin (White Sandalwood, White Vanilla, Egyptian Musk, White Honey, White Amber Absolute) with Ambre Ombre (Rare Black Amber, Black Patchouli Amber, Black Frankincense).
Did you miss last month’s new decants? Well, here’s a second chance at some while they last! Limited to what I can decant out of the bottles I have on hand as I will no longer be ordering new second chance bottles for a single decant.
(I can not guarantee that you will receive them before they disappear from the website.)
Second Chance Limited Edition Tomb ~
Bastet's Ice Cream Collection:
FULL - Bastet's Ice Cream: Apricot Crème - 0 decants available ~ The original Bastet's Ice Cream notes (Vanilla Crystalline Cream, Butter accord, Caramel Accord, French Vanilla Bean Absolute, Vanilla Milk accord, Vanilla Orchid, Crystalline Absolute and Vanilla Sugar) and raw California Apricot peel, Apricot Stone Oil and Jackfruit creme; combined into raw Ugandan and Tongan Vanilla beans, sifted of flecks and the beans are left in to age in the oil.
FULL - Bastet's Ice Cream: Hot Cocoa - 0 decants available ~ The original blend (Vanilla Crystalline Cream, Butter accord, Caramel Accord, French Vanilla Bean Absolute, Vanilla Milk accord, Vanilla Orchid, Crystalline Absolute and Vanilla Sugar) along with notes of Hot Cocoa, Raw Cacao essence, Whipped Chocolat Absolute and Mallow extracts.
FULL - Bastet's Ice Cream: Original - 0 decants available ~ Vanilla Crystalline Cream, Butter accord, Caramel Accord, French Vanilla Bean Absolute, Vanilla Milk accord, Vanilla Orchid, Crystalline Absolute and Vanilla Sugar.
The Limited Edition Tomb ~
FULL - Horus Haven #3 (only 30 bottles) - 0 decants available ~ A mysterious blend of exotic Egyptian Oudh, Velvet Black Jasmine, Traces of Amber and the beauty of Sandalwood bathed in giving, kindness and love. Another ode to the God, Horus for the people and animals of Haiti toward a better tomorrow.
FULL - Nag Champa Kashmir Seahorse - 0 decants available ~ Nag Champa patchouli, Santalum (Sandalwood from the Studio Limited), Kashmir Absolute (Red Musk from the Studio Limited), Blood Musk (from the Blood Karkade Flower) and Cemetery Musk blended into dragon's blood swirled into Crystalline vanilla (Egyptian Vanilla Orchid stigma Resin).
FULL - Nag Champa Sandalwood Seahorse - 0 decants available ~ Nag Champa patchouli, a blend of Indian Sandalwood, White Sandalwood, Santalum (Sandalwood from the Studio Limited) and Australian Sandalwood and blended into dragon's blood swirled into Crystalline vanilla (Egyptian Vanilla Orchid stigma Resin).
NAVAliday 2016:
FULL - California Redwood Crystal Musk - 0 decants available ~ California Redwood Oil Absolute, Vanilla Musk (Crystal from the Studio Limited), Crystalline Absolute (Egyptian Vanilla Orchid stigma Resin), White Pear Skin and Bastet's Amber underneath.
FULL - Orange & Vanilla Sandalwood - 0 decants available ~ Aging for six months for this update: Orange Essential Oil, Orange Zest, Blood Orange, Vanilla Bean Whole, Australian Vanilla Bean Flecks, Vanilla Cream, Australian Sandalwood, Santalum and White Santalum (Sandalwoods from the Studio Limited) and a drop of Crimson Red Musk.
FULL - Raspberry Crystalline Cheesecake - 0 decants available ~ A little perfume decadence; Black Raspberry Seeds, Raspberry Oil Absolute, Vanilla Cheesecake Accord, Vanilla Cream, Lime Zest Absolute, Lemon Absolute, Crystalline (Vanilla from the Studio Limited) and a drop of Bastet's Amber Pure.
FULL - Snow Amber - 0 decants available ~ Snow Musk, Vanilla Absolute, Crystalline (Vanilla from the Studio Limited), Cemetery Musk, Amber Resin, Five year old aged Amber Extract, Sandalwood, Rosewood, a small touch of White Patchouli and Vanilla Benzoin in a soft Egyptian Musk cream.
Second Chance Studio Limited ~
FULL - Egyptian Frankincense - 0 decants available ~ Egyptian Frankincense resin steam distilled with a base note of a medium nature. We then added a fraction of two other Organic Frankincense to enhance the scent; Indian Frankincense or Boswellia Serrate - which enhances the Egyptian and finally adding a Middle Eastern Organic Boswellia Carterii which gives the scent a lasting impression.
FULL - Egyptian Gold Amber - 0 decants available ~ Egyptian Gold Amber resin (created for this perfume), was used to create this perfume. A scent of amber-limestone that enhances with key organic elements of Sandalwood, Rock Rose Resin (this is a resin, not 'rose' related), Patchouli, Vetiver, Limestone and Amber-honey to create an infused organic Gold Amber from ingredients found only in Egypt.
FULL - Egyptian Gold Fig - 0 decants available ~ Egyptian Gold Fig is created by distilling fig seeds and fresh fig skin a touch of Santalum White and a soft essence of skin musk underneath; the process of making oil from fig seeds and skin takes a few weeks but well worth the wait for this holiday SL offering.
FULL - Egyptian Myrrh - 0 decants available ~ Egyptian Myrrh is created using actual Myrrh shrub wood as well as the the reddish tears that are turned to resin after hardening from the natural process of oleo resin-ation.
FULL - Egyptian Sandalwood - 0 decants available ~ Egyptian Sandalwood wood is steam distilled with a base note of a soft nature. We then added a fraction of two other Organic Sandalwood to enhance the scent; Australian Sandalwood or Santalum Spicatum - which enhances the Egyptian and finally adding an East Indian Organic Santalum Album which gives the scent a smooth and lasting impression.
FULL - Pyramid Vanille 2 - 0 decants available ~ French Vanilla, Tahitian Vanilla, Ember Vanilla and Bastet's Ice Cream Vanilla Absolute (Vanilla Crystalline Cream, Butter accord, Caramel Accord, French Vanilla Bean Absolute, Vanilla Milk accord, Vanilla Orchid, Crystalline Absolute and Vanilla Sugar).
Second Chance Resurgence ~
NA Resurgence: The Limited Edition Tomb ~
FULL - Resurgence: Blue Lotus - none available ~ Blending White, Pink and Blue Lotus, soft musks, Mimosa Flower and Neroli Blossom with a touch of Egyptian Black Tea.
FULL - Resurgence: Nag Champa Seahorse - none available ~ Nag Champa patchouli, sandalwood and dragon's blood swirled into Crystalline vanilla (Egyptian Vanilla Orchid stigma Resin).
NA Resurgence: NAVAliday 2016 ~
FULL - Resurgence: Bastet's Pink Snow - none available ~ Pink Sugar Snow, Vanilla-Mint Cream, Crystalline (Egyptian Vanilla Orchid stigma Resin) and Crystal (Vanilla Musk) Vanilla and soft sweet Buttercream.
FULL - Resurgence: Bastet's Snow White - none available ~ A variety of 15 Vanilla Beans from Madagascar, France, Egypt, and all over the world. Crystalline (Egyptian Vanilla Orchid stigma Resin) and Crystal (Vanilla Musk). Butter and caramel essences. Moonstone (African White Vanilla Bean) and Egyptian White Musk.
FULL - Resurgence: Blue Snow - none available ~ Mulled Cider, Apples, Teak and Oak, a touch of sweet Redwood Musk, a Cinnamon stick stirred in, Clove whole, Blue Pine and Blue Fir.
FULL - Resurgence: Pomander Spice - none available ~ Organic Orange Zest Essential Oil, Aged Crystalline (Egyptian Vanilla Orchid stigma Resin), Santalum Pure (Sandalwood), Egyptian and Roman Clove Essential oils and a drop of Bastet Amber.
FULL - Resurgence: Snow Spell - none available ~ Perfume of Wood Musk, Cedar, Sandalwood Extraction, White Egyptian Musk, Snow Vanilla, Cabernet Wine Accord, Moonstone, Iris and Magnolia Wood.
NA Resurgence: NAVAliday Velvets ~
FULL - Resurgence: Amber Velvet - none available ~ Our velvet* blend with decadent NAVA Amber 23, Amber Resin Absolute, a drop of Ozy Amber Absolute. A scent told by a Victorian ghost sitting in his amber velvet chair as a blue velvet curtain moves in the wind from the open window. * NAVAliday Velvet: Using one of our favorite perfumes, Eternal Ankh and focusing the attention on subtlety, we started fresh and wove our way into a plume of velvet cavalcade. Victorian velvet ghost-like Jasmine, vespers of Vanilla bean, soporific musk all weave the scent of Eternal Ankh Vanilla Absolute (note not the other components of Eternal Ankh, only the vanilla that makes E Ankh what it is), only the haunting notes and then by adding specific blend techniques the main caricature personifies each of the velvets. Dusty, sensual and haunted.
FULL - Resurgence: Blue Velvet - none available ~ Our velvet* blend with Blueberry Essence, Blue Vanilla NAVA Accord and Blue Sandalwood. A scent told by a Victorian ghost sitting in his amber velvet chair as a blue velvet curtain moves in the wind from the open window. * NAVAliday Velvet: Using one of our favorite perfumes, Eternal Ankh and focusing the attention on subtlety, we started fresh and wove our way into a plume of velvet cavalcade. Victorian velvet ghost-like Jasmine, vespers of Vanilla bean, soporific musk all weave the scent of Eternal Ankh Vanilla Absolute (note not the other components of Eternal Ankh, only the vanilla that makes E Ankh what it is), only the haunting notes and then by adding specific blend techniques the main caricature personifies each of the velvets. Dusty, sensual and haunted.
NA Resurgence: Victorian Holiday Collection ~
FULL - Resurgence: Victorian Apple Butter Crystal - none available ~ Hand picked red apples, skin used for the essence of apple in this blend. English sugar, English Caramel Butter, Toffee Pudding, freshly dusted with shavings of Nutmeg and bathed in Vanilla Cream Musk and a heavy hand of Studio Limited Crystal Absolute (Vanilla Musk).
FULL - Resurgence: Victorian Buttered Rum Santalum White - none available ~ Delicious Victorian hot Buttered Rum accord using Bourbon Vanilla, Brown Sugar blended into Vanilla Benzoin, Vanilla Resin en-robed in a heavy hand of our SL Santalum White Absolute (Egyptian White Sandalwood of Alexandria) a kiss of zest from an English Orange.
FULL - Resurgence: Victorian Candy Cane Crystalline - none available ~ Red and white striped candy cane created with the essence of pure Peppermint bark, Vanilla Cream, Vanilla Dust, a touch of Strawberry seed and a heavy hand of SL Crystalline Vanilla Absolute (Egyptian Vanilla Orchid stigma Resin).
FULL - Resurgence: Victorian Eggnog Santalum - none available ~ Delicious spices of the season in a creamy base of warm and sweet Sandalwood, spices of Nutmeg, White Cinnamon and Clove all hand blended into a decadent heavy handed blending of our SL Santalum Absolute (Sandalwood).
Pricing info:
$4.50 per The Limited Edition Tomb decants
$4.95 per Horus Haven #3, Anniversary Studio Limited decants
$5.20 per the Holiday Nocturne Alchemy Studio Limited decants
$5.40 per the Resin Nocturne Alchemy Studio Limited decants
$5.60 per the Resin VApothecary Studio Limited decants
$13.00 per any Resurgence half-bottles
$11.00 to $15.00 per LE or SL Half-Bottle depending upon collection
+ $3.60 for domestic shipping via First Class with delivery confirmation.
International shipping to be determined by weight, country, & Postal Code plus $1 for handling.
+ PayPal fees (I’ll use the salecalc calculator & will include them in your totals) **Internationals - PayPal will charge International fees even if you use a US address.**
And I’m always willing to add half or full bottles to your order, just ask. (20 cents additional shipping for each bottle after the first.) Sorry, but only full bottles from the Permanent Collections. Half-bottles will come in a 5 ml bottle (from the same company NAVA Studio uses) but I can not guarantee that it will be their original bottles.
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