Häxan

Fucking yes please Heretic! More like this will serve you well! What an absolutely bombastic swagger of a perfume! Big hits of resinous and musky undertones, with moments of bright florals, and a herbaceous middle. When it settles down, it is tinged with a little kiss of smoke. It sends a shiver down my spine and wets my winkie. I could marry it. I was shown this by the owner of Nox in York (they are only UK stockist, and they are in York, where my vessel lives!) and I bought it so fast that I nearly snapped their hand off. They definitely saw me coming and knew that I would love it. Everything about it is perfection, like when the OG Ghostbusters come back at the end of Ghostbusters Afterlife. It is tasteful, mysterious and full of class. Even the box is gorgeous. It sits proudly in my collection as one of the darkest scents I own. It is important to remember that you shouldn't be scared of the dark; it's what hides in the dark that you should be scared of. Relate that to perfume, and Haxan by Heretic is what lurks in the dark. I find the sillage to be decent; leaves a nice trail behind you, like one of The Red Arrows. The longevity could be a bit better, but the bottle is a perfect size to discreetly carry with you, so you can top up when needed. Price wise, it is fair. If you think it's overpriced, then you don't love perfumes as much as you claim to do, as you should see Haxan as a must-have in your collection. It absolutely obliterates all other Heretic perfumes. There's a lot of dross in the world of perfumery, but there is also moments of perfection. Haxan gives one of those moments. Yes. I could cry about how good it is. Forever. 10/10. Buy it. Cunt.

This is so lovely. I truly feel at peace when I wear it. It reminds me of going thrift shopping and these scented paper flowers me and my brother arrange for a loved one that’s past. This smells familiar, almost emotional. Opens super jammy, dried and smooth. Like fruit leather. I really like osmanthus (I’m thinking that’s what’s giving the jammy dried fruits smell). The rose is not overpowering and is absolutely perfect. This feels very naturally me. The amber is very antique smelling and smooth. It feels like an antique store with both modern and vintage elements. It’s so perfect I really could cry. I would call this extremely wearable but still not a safe blind buy. Brings to mind simmer pots and drying out fruits in the oven during ritual work. The texture feels like smooth leather and it’s so unique while still feeling familiar to me. Lasts a significant amount of time. I’d say closer to the 5hr mark. Doesn’t project much after 5 hrs but I think that’s adds the allure. It kinda comes and goes which for this kind of profile is even more satisfying. Almost like when you buy new clothes from an occult shop and the fabric has absorbed the herbs in the air so when you take it home it smells like the store. I feel like this is my new signature. I keep trying to give the other ones in the discovery set a chance but I’m flying through my sample of haxan and I fear I can’t live without it

Opens almost tobacco-like on my skin in the loveliest way. Kinda smokey and kinda sweet. This is a gorgeous scent and i love it. The initial spray is intense and aromatic. The dry down is much softer and sweet. I think this is wearable during the day or night and any time of year. Layering this with different scents also ups its versatility throughout the seasons

A witch in the woods just after midnight under a silver moon as she cuts roses from her garden to use in a spell. The scent of oakmoss fills the air as it has just rained. There's a sweetness to this perfume, a hint of a vanilla somewhere but the floral equals it out. It is such a beautiful, mysterious alluring scent. It stays with you long after you put it on.

this might actually be the most beautiful thing i have ever smelled. i left new orleans a few days ago and for some reason this is RIPPING me back there. there is something so juicy about this scent it's so sophisticated and witchy and SEXY!!!!!!

One of my favorites. Very witchy vibe like incense and old books. The opener is very strong and almost citrusy but smells a little sweeter and warm when it dries down. Lasts all day.

This smells like kneeling at mass, waiting for communion while they’re singing hymns, but you can’t stop looking at the priest because he’s really hot. I recommend.

Hear me out, I love the smell of my cat. This smells like my cat in the best possible way. This musky, dusty, lightly spiced smell. Absolutely a witchy scent.

totally spellbound!! the opening is a bit bitter with herbal hints, and then it transforms into something soft and creamy

I smelled this from a previous order where heretic had scented the box. It lasts all day and reminds me of old books.

An earthy, gritty, witchy vibe that is incredibly strong and original. It stands out in a crowd.

Holy shit get me this now full bottle full price #winning

Very intriguing floral amber 💕I’m quite obsessed

This one is a powerhouse—I was shocked by the longevity of this perfume, one spray easily lasts on my skin for 12+ hours, and lasts even longer on hair and clothes. I can smell it in my hair all the way through my next wash day, four days later, and I swear it’s still there on my cardigan when I take it out of the closet to wear the following week. This feels very unisex, maybe leaning slightly feminine. Upon first spray, I get the osmanthus and amber: it’s warm, somewhat leathery, dusty but in an oddly pleasant way. Silage is great, and when I step outside to leave the house it’s all I can smell. The amber and musk notes are really strong to me, but the oak moss and rose help round these out a bit. I do get the hits of fruity apricot from time to time, and as it settles further, the rose note gets a little stronger and provides a nice accent to the base notes. Overall, I felt like this was of good value for the price paid, I took advantage of their BF sale. I am a bit torn as to whether I’d repurchase it for the full price but certainly would if it were to go on sale again. The bottle is gorgeous, and I love that it’s a heavy-hitter, but I would have liked a little more floral and a little less musk as a signature scent. I love the name and what they wanted to invoke. While it is certainly a powerful scent, it’s not particularly complex or moody so I’m hesitant to label it as “witchy”; nonetheless it is very well done and worth trying out, IMO. It has sparked my interest and now several of Heretic’s perfumes are on my try list, so, I’d consider it a winner for sure.

This fragrance opens like a soft-focus floral, but with an immediate twist, the osmanthus rises first, offering that unmistakable apricot nuance. It’s not a candied or syrupy fruit tone at all; instead, it feels like the fuzzy skin of a just-ripe apricot, shaded by something earthbound and shadowed. The reason becomes clear as the rose and oakmoss unfurl beneath it. The florals don’t sweeten the composition instead they root it. The rose is more petal-depth than dewy bloom, and the oakmoss drapes everything in a quiet, forest-floor greenness that keeps the apricot impression grounded and almost atmospheric. As it settles, the perfume undergoes its most intriguing shift. The fruitiness softens but lingers like a memory, gradually wrapped in a warm, resinous glow. The dry down is where the composition fully reveals its character: smooth, slightly smoky resins bloom over the floral-earth accord, creating a kind of golden haze. It’s as if the apricot note has been lacquered in amber and woods, still present, just softened and sealed. The result is a scent that feels both natural and otherworldly. Floral but never girlish, fruity but never sweet, resinous without heaviness. A beautifully balanced, slow-burning fragrance that wears like a story told in layers. Love this fragrance.

This perfume is beautiful! And its profile is not usually what I go for. However, I do sometimes like a rose note. But usually a jammy one with a more gourmand take with a vanilla, or chocolate note. This is amazing it’s so different, it’s a story in a bottle. It’s the witches woods. It’s the leaves but also the rose petals, and the spells she’s cast and the smudge sticks, and the smell of the men she’s enchanted. It’s her linger. It’s modern but also classic. It’s a strong fragrance and if you put it to your nose it’s floral but if you put it away at arms reach it’s resinous and smooth and you can smell a coconut note but just subtly. It’s very complex, and as I say it’s not the scent profile I usually go for im a gourmand, or boozy, spicy person but this is very well done and had me at the name.

This is very unique! I’m about 48 hours into owning it and it’s already showing its shapeshifting abilities as the beautiful packaging that came with it suggests. Yesterday, it was registering as a little green and quite floral / feminine. At times I get a slightly threatening bitterness and today, I’m getting a soft fuzzy coconut and a hint of dried apricot skin and soap under your fingernails. There’s something else in there that I can’t quite place yet. It’s undeniably witchy - it’s fascinating and a little odd. Comforting but occasionally unsettling. A teeny tiny little curiosity to add to my shelf of potions.

Sitting outside in Canberra Australia eating a musk stick lolly as cars drive past. Has a dry powdery floral, a green that brightens, but unfortunately a gasoline whiff that I get from certain combinations.

intoxicating and alluring, I only smelled a sample but it's memorable and mysterious

To begin, a note from the house: "A perfume of spellwork and shadow, conjured from roots, resins, and relics, Häxan is a magical elixir of fossilized amber, velvety osmanthus, and damp oakmoss. This is not adornment, it is alchemy." To call this alchemy is generous if not outright mad. I remembered the above blurb but not the notes it described, and at first sniff I knew the story and the fragrance itself to be entirely disjoint. There is nothing "shadowy" about this perfume, and the only elixir-like quality it boasts is the (admittedly stunning) bottle. I wouldn't call the antiques that make up this perfume so much "relics" as "junk we had lying around." Ballets Rouges by Olympic Orchids uses a similar DNA to create a clearer picture that might not last quite as long but had a much easier time sustaining my interest. Ballet Rouges impressed me while Häxan disappointed me. It does not smell bad but its self-mythologies do nothing to save it; if anything, it needs saving from itself.