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Perfumes for Väsen Part 2 - A collab with Somniatrix Scent and Veronica Parfumica

As the shadows of autumn grow with each day and the veil between the mortal world and the supernatural world grows thinner, I was inspired to pair my passion for perfume with my home country's folklore and its creatures called Väsen. This was an honor to create together with Veronica at @veroonicq whose creative lens captured the Väsen mood beautifully!

There are so many stories of nordic Väsen to tell, so we made a part 2!

As an archivist who once worked at a folklore archive and transcribed stories of different väsen myself at the beginning of my career, I've included excerpts from the archive of the Institute of Language and Folklore in Sweden. Let's delve into the stories of väsen...

All the art in this post is the work of the masterful artist Johan Egerkrans @johan_egerkrans_illustrator , from the books “Nordiska Väsen” / “Vaesen RPG”. Publisher: Fria Ligan / Free League Publishing @freeleaguepublishing

Altra - Stone Cold Heart A scent carved from nature’s stone cold heart. A shadow of dark greenery lines the damp maw of the mountain’s chambers. @altraprofuture

Night Flyer - Olympic Orchids A perfume that perfectly embodies cave life. You have the whole habitat, and the fear of not disturbing it. @olympic_orchids_perfume

"The Ore-Maiden (Malmjungfrun / Gruvrå) - she be the one who sets out lights by the mines. But mind ye, miss, there was that Brita-Kajsa over in Löcka... There were two fields, Lilla Nyberge and Stora Nyberge, aye, the old mines. And she swore that lanterns hung between the pines all the way between those very pits.

Aye, ’twas the Ore-Maiden herself keeping them lit. And Brita-Kajsa, she said: ’Sure as I live, those mines shall be worked again one day in time.’ Aye, she would show herself to them every now and again."

Archival source: Uppsala Landsmålsarkiv (Now Dialekt- och folkminnesarkivet i Uppsala), Sweden. Accession number ULMA 9092, page 1.

All the art in this post is the work of the masterful artist Johan Egerkrans @johan_egerkrans_illustrator , from the books “Nordiska Väsen” / “Vaesen RPG”. Publisher: Fria Ligan / Free League

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