Nebulous

Nebulous is a fabulous word. Describing a hazy, shadowed and ambiguous state of blur, mist and amorphous ambiguity. But also, the beautiful swirling star nurseries, clouds of gas and dust lights years away in interstellar space. They luminesce a dark and glittering sensuality of expectation. Famous nebulae like Omega, Orion, Cat’s Eye, Uriga and Horsehead fascinate us with ever-advancing technology allowing immensely detailed images of nebulae in all their nurturing, prismatic clouds.

Perfume is itself a nebula of odiferous emotions and sensation. The haze and billow of scent around us exalts the amorphous nature of perfume swirling to create effects and raise experiences from memory banks.

Nebulous from Boadicea the Victorious is a hypnotic dark glow of a thing, a scent of shadows, waiting for skin to bring it alive. There is enigma within the rich mood of this addictive scent, built essentially around a classic triptych of rose, oud and amber orbited by a cloud of saffron, violet and musks that flare with seductive soft powder and continues the Boadicea love affair with saffron.  

The knowledge that stars are born and die in the myriad nebulae is both extraordinary and strangely moving. Nebulous is perfectly named. It has an aura of crepuscular enigma wrapped around a smoky vortex of lush rose and luminous musks. There is an intriguing medicinal note when it is first sprayed, a blast of tinctured garden green and absinthal antiseptic. It acts like a malachite-coloured screen that is slowly pulled aside to reveal the alluring surround of nebulous materials and the way they rotate, tip and radiate.

The final fade of Nebulous is gorgeous, a last-minute flare of woody floral muskiness as roses dim and violet fades into darkness. Boadicea the Victorious have created such a distinctive composition that is magical and unexpected to wear. A perfumed star is born.