Mel: Solid Perfume Olfactory Digression
Regular price $ 150.00Mel is a 100% natural solid perfume created by Ernesto Collado for Bravanariz in Catalonia, Spain. This limited edition fragrance is made using organic beeswax from hives installed by Ernesto's regional Bee Brave project, a non-profit focused on restoring native plants essential to the area's local bee population.
The scent itself is derived from an all-natural blend of the beeswax with essential oils from the region's plentiful honey plants, which also serve as food for our environmental heroes. Soft and balsamic, delicately aromatic on skin — wear it alone or layer to add a delicious warmth and sweetness to your favorite perfumes.
Essential oil blend: immortelle, chamomile, linden, rockrose, neroli, Spanish lavender, rosemary, thyme, tonka bean
Limited edition, only 300 bottles available worldwide.
Olfactory Digressions is a limited edition series from Bravanariz: "A digression is a literary form that departs from the central story. Hence, an eccentric form. In my career as an artistic creator, it has always been a form of resistance. Single thought is more comfortable but is enormously simplistic. The digressions assume and celebrate complexity, producing richness and nuance... Our Olfactory Digressions take the olfactory experience further, going off the beaten track to have more references and promote a richer, more varied and intense olfactory culture."
Fulfillment & Shipping
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First-time orders $125+ and all orders $200+ will be shipped with signature confirmation to ensure safe delivery. Customers may request "no signature confirmation" in the Order Note section of the Shopping Cart page, at their own risk. If the item is stolen after tracked delivery, the order cannot be refunded or replaced.
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| Order type | Shipping Method | Cost |
| Sample-only Orders (including Sample Sets) | USPS Ground Advantage* | $5 |
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Standard Shipping (anything other than full perfume bottles) |
USPS Priority Mail* | $10 |
| 3-Day Shipping | UPS 3-Day Service |
Variable |
*Ship times vary. All products ship from California, shipments can take up to 5 business days to the East Coast.
Returns
We do not accept returns of perfumes, simply because perfumes can't be resold once they've been opened and used. We encourage you to order samples before purchasing full bottles of perfume. And here's the good news — with every sample purchased, we'll send you a coupon code that allows you to redeem the cost of the sample and sample shipping if you buy a full bottle of the fragrance you tried (in other words, you get $10 off).
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Sample Orders
Samples are designed to help you evaluate scents you might want to later purchase as a full bottle. You may order one sample per fragrance, up to 15 total in a single order. Samples are non-refundable.
For sample orders, please check your packing slip for a special code that will allow you to redeem the price of samples and sample shipping when purchase full bottles of the scents you sample ($10 off full bottles).
Complimentary Samples
We provide complimentary samples with $75+ full bottle purchases. You may request up to 3 samples with any qualifying order. Please use the Order Note section on the Shopping Cart overlay to let us know which complimentary samples you would like. We'll try to provide the scents you've requested, but substitutions may occur if items are out of stock.