Ofrenda
Ofrenda awakens and nourishes the family altar dedicated to lost loved ones and those who wrote the lines of ancestral stories. To be used in work involving ancestors and the dead, remembering and restoring, and honoring the sun as it begins its descent toward the Underworld.
Notes: bergamot, lime, mezcal, cempasuchil (Mexican marigold), cocaloxochitl (red frangipani), tubecarose, chile ancho, cardamom, corn silk, cacao, vanilla†, candle wax, ambrette
†synthetic reconstitution of an endangered species or animal ingredient
Created by San Francisco-based perfumer, Mauricio Garcia.
Fulfillment & Shipping
We provide free shipping for USPS orders $75+.
Ministry of Scent offers shipping to the United States through USPS Ground Advantage and UPS. We process and ship orders within 1-4 days, major holidays excluded. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at orders@ministryofscent.com
We do not ship on Sundays; Sundays are not included in our shipping window.
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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.
We cannot file claims or be held responsible for orders that have been designated as "delivered" by UPS or USPS (and/or signed for by recipient). We can file claims for orders that have be designated as "lost in transit" by UPS or USPS.
| Order type | Shipping Method |
Cost |
| Sample-only Orders (including Sample Sets) | USPS Ground Advantage* | $5 |
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Standard Shipping (orders under $75) |
USPS Ground Advantage* or UPS Ground (depending on destination) | $10 |
| Free Shipping (orders $75 and over) |
USPS Ground Advantage* or UPS Ground (depending on destination) |
$0 |
| 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).
Please contact orders@ministryofscent.com if you have a question or issue related to your order or shipping.
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.
I have so much love and appreciation for this perfume. Thank you, Mauricio!
Ofrenda invokes a sense of awe and wonderment for me. It's got this fresh, but deep and magical earthiness in a way no other perfume that I have tried has ever matched. It's otherworldly, ethereal. It's more full of life than anything else I can think of, it reminds me of all there is left to explore and experience in life. Completely stunning everytime I wear it. I had to have a full bottle, as well as another Herbcraft masterpiece, Memoria. Just wow on these two. I'm always sampling so many fragrances, I have a ridiculous amount of samples I'm rotating thru, but tonight I needed some Ofrenda in my life, and I'm just basking in whatever sorcery Mauricio Garcia cooked up for this brew, and I am off somewhere like a fairy in a forest. I don't know if it would be everyone's cup of tea, but also I don't know how anyone couldn't appreciate it. There's nothing artificial seeming about it, but yet it's on a different playing field than essential oil blends, and nothing like mainstream or any other niche brand I've tried. I'd love to know how Mauricio does what he does, if you need an apprentice, sign me up!
I wanted so terribly to like this. The notes and the mythology behind this fragrance all speak to me! However, the sample of Ofrenda a received did not agree with my nose at all. If I could sum up my dislike of it in one sentence: It smells like a doctors office. There is just this one deeply offputting note, it smells medicinal and bitter and musty like antiseptic spray. This fragrance would be so wonderful without that note, once it's dissipated I get something very nice- slightly sweet, earthy with the faintest whiff spice.
Oh, I want to like this 😭