Oracle

Somewhere in the Tuscan hills, a fire is lit before any question is asked.

Sage and juniper smolder first, sharp and green, until Tuscan cypress resin catches and thickens the air with something older than words. Italian lemon cuts through the haze like sunlight breaking through smoke, bright and fleeting. Beneath it, incense from Oman rises slow and resinous, the kind burned in temples long before it reached a bottle. Cade smoke lingers last, dark and charred with woodsmoke, clinging to stone and skin alike. What remains is not incense for its own sake but a small private rite: something to light when a day needs clearing, when a room needs to feel sacred again, if only for a few minutes.

Extra Virgo's fragrances are formulated by H.H. Alex Postiglione, Prince Ne Min Gy of Limbin, grandson of Princess Yadana Nat Mai, Goddess of the Nine Jewels and heir to the last king of Burma. Postiglione was born in Florence and studied art history there, and spent a life cultivating a passion for plants and anthropology. All of the house's fragrances are made at the Castle of Montecucchi in Florence, chief among the family sanctuaries around the world where materials are grown and sourced.

Each one runs between seventy and eighty percent natural material, ages at least three months before blending, and cures another month before it is bottled by hand. The signature flacon is Italian crystal under a black Carrara marble cap. Continuing the family legacy passed on by Princess Yadana Nat Mai, Postiglione is involved with humanitarian and environmental projects aiding Myanmar, its natural biosphere and its people.