Marcus McCoy Guru Crown
Guru Deva (Sanskrit: ‘heavenly teacher’) is an all botanical perfume from Marcus McCoy of House of Orpheus, “deeply influenced by the scents of India and is conceptualized around and named after the Jovian spirit of the planet Jupiter.”
Lucifer’s Flowers My Life with The Thrill to Kill Kult (digitalized)
Stop singing. First let me tell what Guru Deva is NOT, homage to The Beatles it is not, an oud perfume it is not, and a mere hodge podge of Indian aromas it is not. Your world IS gonna change and you’re most likely to feel more stoned after you wear it than with whatever you’re currently smoking. It would be too easy to compare the house’s darker aspects to My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult (although Marcus certainly knows a thing or three about Lucifer’s Flowers), and far too simple to be accurate to assume only Goths would drift toward the underlying Arte upon which Marcus has built the line.
Guru Deva is the petrichor and offerings of India, but within you’ll also find every element perfectly poised for ritual- be that magickal or mere adornment- for in the synergy of House of Orpheus, any act is an act of devotion.Opening with saffron, and an astringent metallic, Guru Deva is instantly recognizable from any religious censor and immediately nose piquing as olfaction is pulled in every direction as the drawing of The Circle. One gets the sense there is water running, fire burning and the waves of heat lifting in optical illusion from the parched ground. Agar attar is both sweet and sandalwood, a Hindu temple or cleaner air within the sub-continent.
Marcus McCoy of House of Orpheus
Olibanum provides altar and a means of reaching the Heavenly Teacher. Infused with alchemical oil of gold*, and constructed by an initiated Nath Tantric, you may not share such philosophies, but the result is something a bit more than aesthetic. House of Orpheus is an invitation to the unseen, not only in the medium of perfume, but in the medium of mediums, themselves. These aromas are pathways, invocations and offerings to the spirits within and without. In the words of Marcus, “… to create a work of Arte that represents not just an aesthetic but the esoteric secrets of creation itself.”
Incense House of Orpheus
Guru Deva is a warming, earthy aroma which would suit anyone whether they are trying to praise the Heavenly Teacher, are drifting Across the Universe or resonate with the deep Indian terrain and it’s endlessly rising incense.
Notes: Agar Attars, Agar Wood, Olibanum, and Saffron. Exalted with the alchemical oil of Gold (made by an initiated Nath Tantric)
–Einsof, Natural Perfume Editor
(my sample was provided by House of Orpheus for review.)
House of Orpheus Still used for alchemical oils
*About the alchemical ingredients (from House of Orpheus): “We do not work with the usual ingredients within most normal perfumes, nor do we add all of the ingredients for their scent. Alchemical metallic oils- We source our metallic oils from the master alchemist at Kymia arts. Each metallic oil is alchemically transmuted into an oil and are the exalted essence of the metal not the metal itself. You will find no traces of mercury in the oil of mercury. These oils are safe and are even ingested for medicinal and spiritual purposes”.
Editor’s Note: Marcus has written two articles for ÇaFleureBon: The Art and Magick of Essence: Talismanic Perfumes and Get Your Mojo: Wear Perfume
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