{"product_id":"damfool-muu-extrait-de-parfum","title":"Damfool Muú (Cattle) Elixir de Parfum","description":"\u003ch5\u003eSadi’s my hometown—my real one. I hadn’t been back in over a decade. Got off that rickety black minibus from the county—five yuan, no receipt. The driver didn’t even look at me and took three steps. Just like that: village entrance.\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTop: \u003c\/strong\u003eSweet Orange, Thyme\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMiddle: \u003c\/strong\u003eSage, Aurel, Beef Tallow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBase:\u003c\/strong\u003e Castoreum, Guaiacum, Kashmir\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere it was—a yellow ox tied to a bamboo post right by the gate. Big eyes. Wet and watchful. Not chewing, not blinking much. Hard to guess its age—could’ve been ten or thirty. Looked ancient, but moved like it still remembered how to run.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI reached out. It flinched. Tried again; its head jerked sideways. Third time, I held my palm steady, slow, low. It didn’t bolt. Just stood there, breath shallow, ears twitching. I lifted my hand, sniffed. It smelled like warm hide, dried sweat, and something faintly sour—like a barn door left open after rain. Livestock. Yeah. That smell stuck to you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat night, family threw me a “welcome home” feast—Fujian style, which means lots of beef, some seafood, and zero mercy for your uric acid. Shrimp? Crab? A single prawn floated in my soup like a tiny pink apology. The rest? Thick, glossy braised beef, golden broth with star anise, and rice so oily it clung to my chopsticks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter dinner, I waddled out—full, greasy, slightly dizzy—mouth slick, elbows shiny, shirt sticking to my back. Took a wrong turn down a narrow alley, half-lit by a flickering bulb in someone’s doorway... and there he was: the same ox, led by a barefoot man in rubber sandals, walking slow, steady, into the dark. No streetlights. No moon. Just black air and that sound: clop. clop. clop. Heavy, hollow, unhurried. Like the earth itself breathing through hooves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Damfool samples are approximately 1mL in partially-filled vials.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Damfool","offers":[{"title":"30mL","offer_id":45438960828473,"sku":null,"price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Sample","offer_id":45438960861241,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0628\/1324\/1401\/files\/2026-01-31_082919_064-scaled_5662b255-036e-4565-aeea-4b7348e2e19f.jpg?v=1771607440","url":"https:\/\/stele.nyc\/products\/damfool-muu-extrait-de-parfum","provider":"Stéle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}