Inspired by the deadly grace of the viper so exquisitely represented on the bottle, Mortal Skin is a meditation on danger, passion and hypnotic obsession that straddles eastern and western perfumery as only Stephane Humbert Lucas can do. Mortal Skin opens with tantalizing mystery, as a cooling, otherworldly ink accord meets sweet, sticky blackberry and resinous rockrose, at once captivating and threatening, familiar and alien. In the heart, the snake rears back to strike, warm opoponax and myrrh washing over us along aromatic and sweet florals and wisps of spice, hypnotizing in their sway. And once we've realized the power contained within, the resinous base of labdanum, styrax and birch, it's far too late to escape- Mortal Skin has us completely in its grip. Beguiling and seductive, this is a fragrance not to be missed.

Mortal Skin Fragrance Notes

Blackberry, Ink, Rockrose, Opoponax, Iris, Davana, Myrrh, Cardamom, Ambergris, Storax, Sandalwood, Labdanum, Civet, Atlas Cedarwood, Birch, Musk

Mortal Skin Sizes Available:

50ml

$230

0.7ml sample $5

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Here's what other people are saying about Mortal Skin...

I am not enough woman to wear this perfume. It is bewitching! It smells like how I would imagine Bette Porter from The L Word smelling: strong, powerful, confident, alluring. Absolutely enigmatic but not for me!

By Willow - Educator from Durham on 10/24/2024

A bewitching beauty from the master of modern Oriental perfumes. This mysterious and evocative perfume designed to evoke the feel of a viper begins with a mote of leather and blackberry which dries down to reveal notes of ink, styrax, opoponax, cardamom, iris, sandalwood, myrrh, cedar, birch, ambergris, and civet. This is not an easy perfume and needs an adventurous and open mind to appreciate the interplay of dark animalic and some lighter woodsy/spicy notes. The feeling created is right on - a mysterious, slithery, viper nestled among the forest vines. The bottle with its beautiful embossed viper with crystals for its eyes is also a work of art. Stunning and definitely not for the faint hearted.

By Rajesh Balkrishnan - Professor and Perfumer from Charlottesville on 1/22/2019

"Where's my serpent of old Nile?"—This is how Mark Anthony called Cleopatra, and also how I called this perfume. One of the kind. Best of the bests. I'll buy a full size sooner or later.

By Nefer - Student from Pittsburgh on 2/18/2018

Enigmatic, lithe, familiar yet new. Ancient ingredients and a sweet blackberry ink weave its tale. Soft in its delivery and expertly blended. Sexy in a sleek, mysterious way.

By SuzanneS - Author from Phoenix on 5/24/2017

Mortal Skin is an absolutely beautiful scent and difficult to actually describe besides the above notes. It is unlike anything else I have (and believe me I have a lot of perfumes). The bottle is also very gorgeous and befitting of the fantastic perfume inside.

By Filomena - Paralegal from Baltimore on 4/12/2017

In case you cannot get hold of Guet-Apens/Attrappe-Coeur/No. 68/Vol de Nuit Evasion/Royal Extrait you might want to give Mortal Skin a try. Even though its opening reminds me of Etat Libre d'Orange's Tom of Finland, the drydown in my opinion very much resembles Mathilde Laurent's creation. Anyway, this is a lovely woody oriental scent, but a bit stricter than Guet-Apens.

By Petra on 8/4/2015

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Stephane Humbert Lucas 777

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Mortal Skin

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