Death By Vanity Parfum

Tudor beauty came at a price. The era's coveted porcelain skin and crimson lips were achieved with cosmetics so toxic they poisoned their wearers over time — a daily ritual where 'beauty is pain' was no metaphor.

Many famous Tudor lives were claimed by poisonous beauty regimes—Kitty Fisher, Maria Gunning, and even Queen Elizabeth I were victims of the fabled 'Venetian Ceruse,' a finishing powder made from white lead. Boasting total purity in the face of competitors' inferior products, which were thought to be bulked up with chalk, it seems "less poisonous" wasn't on trend at the time. This fragrance is a nod to those who lost their lives in pursuit of an alabaster glow befitting a true period bombshell.

A white powder accord built from natural heliotropin and old-school nitromusks sits over a vintage-inspired chypre base, with natural linalool drawn from bois de rose, green oakmoss, and an aged civet tincture rounding it out.

Rivendare fragrances are filled by net weight and bottles may not appear completely full.

Rivendare is an artisanal perfume house originating from the outback of Australia, crafting fragrances with rare, hard-to-find raw materials and authentic animalics.