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Heretic

Cactus Abduction

  • Vegan
  • Organic
  • Cruelty Free

50ML / 1.7FL OZ - EAU DE PARFUM

In our

Green & HerbalWoody

Smells like

GrapefruitBitter OrangeCarrot SeedCedarPlaiGreen PepperGeranium AbsolutePrickly PearVetiverPatchouliBenzoinAloewood

$165

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In stock at the shop on Grand Avenue — choose pickup at checkout, or come smell it in person.

565 Grand Ave, Carlsbad, CA 92008

Tue–Sat 11am–6pm · Sun 11am–4pm

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The Story

Get abducted by night-blooming cactus flowers that will hypnotize you with a succulent scent of crisp citrus, juicy prickly pear, verdant geranium, smoky vetiver, and benzoin.

Cactus Abduction is a fever dream inspired by psychedelic summer nights. Curious succulent stems, prolific pads and bizarre scaly branches reach to the sun God, basking in the scorching heat. We have been abducted by the genus Cactaceae or cactus, a family comprising 127 genera with some 1750 known species. Not usually celebrated for their fragrance, we have drawn inspiration from the mysterious night-blooming Cereus, an alien flower pollinated by bats that exudes a spicy, green and addicting aroma into the inky midnight sky.

Cactus Abduction opens with bright citrus notes paired with the crisp green snap of carrot seed, cedar and galbanum. A verdant heart chord of geranium absolute, spicy green pepper and juicy prickly pear dries into the verdant and mineralic notes of aloewood, vetiver, hints of patchouli and elegant Siam benzoin.

TOP
grapefruit, bitter orange, carrot seed, cedar, plai
HEART
green pepper, geranium absolute, prickly pear
BASE
vetiver, patchouli, benzoin, aloewood

The House

Douglas Little — perfumer and founder of Heretic — makes the provocative side of clean perfumery. The fragrances are naturals-forward, raw and sensual, and built to feel like the unpolished version of the plant they came from rather than its varnish. Every batch is handcrafted in small runs in Heretic's Los Angeles studio and blended with non-GMO sugarcane alcohol.

The Perfumer

Douglas Little