A haunted perfume for a life clawed back after a near-death experience. Walking out the door of the abandoned house where you used to live, you collapse face-first into the garden, choking on the smell of violets and your red fruit lipstick. You kiss the earth with your dirty lips, sucking life back into your soul.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
This is a scent for close, introspective spaces where the air feels heavy with memory: a room after rain, a garden gone wild, a moment when composure gives way to something more primal. It projects a bruised, intimate presence rather than a polished one.
How to wear
Best worn in cool weather or at night, with a light hand: one to two sprays are enough to let the extrait’s dense earth, violet and leather facets unfold slowly. On skin it should feel close and textured, while in air it leaves a darker, more animalic trail.
Who it’s for
For wearers drawn to unconventional, earthy compositions with violet, leather and soil tones, especially those who like perfumes that feel narrative, gothic and a little feral. It suits people who prefer texture, shadow and emotional depth over brightness.
Release year
2025
The nose
Maqueda is the chemist-turned-perfumer behind the house’s fragrances, approaching composition as an esoteric, exploratory craft. The work leans toward symbolic, atmospheric structures rather than polished prettiness, with a taste for alchemy, decomposition and memory as creative material.
Maqueda’s story
Maqueda is an independent Italian house built around mystery, experimentation and an esoteric reading of perfumery. Its scents are conceived as narrative objects, using matter, ritual and transformation to turn place and personal memory into something tactile and strange.
Labbra e Terra’s concept
Labbra e Terra was conceived as a story of return: a woman comes back to an abandoned childhood home and collapses into the garden, where violets, fruit and raw earth become symbols of survival and rebirth. The fragrance frames that moment as an alchemical passage from trauma into renewed life.
Extra info
It is a limited-edition unisex extrait de parfum released in 2025 and sold in 50 ml format. The fragrance is part of Maqueda’s concept-driven lineup and has been noted for its above-average longevity.
A haunted perfume for a life clawed back after a near-death experience. Walking out the door of the abandoned house where you used to live, you collapse face-first into the garden, choking on the smell of violets and your red fruit lipstick. You kiss the earth with your dirty lips, sucking life back into your soul.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
This is a scent for close, introspective spaces where the air feels heavy with memory: a room after rain, a garden gone wild, a moment when composure gives way to something more primal. It projects a bruised, intimate presence rather than a polished one.
How to wear
Best worn in cool weather or at night, with a light hand: one to two sprays are enough to let the extrait’s dense earth, violet and leather facets unfold slowly. On skin it should feel close and textured, while in air it leaves a darker, more animalic trail.
Who it’s for
For wearers drawn to unconventional, earthy compositions with violet, leather and soil tones, especially those who like perfumes that feel narrative, gothic and a little feral. It suits people who prefer texture, shadow and emotional depth over brightness.
Release year
2025
The nose
Maqueda is the chemist-turned-perfumer behind the house’s fragrances, approaching composition as an esoteric, exploratory craft. The work leans toward symbolic, atmospheric structures rather than polished prettiness, with a taste for alchemy, decomposition and memory as creative material.
Maqueda’s story
Maqueda is an independent Italian house built around mystery, experimentation and an esoteric reading of perfumery. Its scents are conceived as narrative objects, using matter, ritual and transformation to turn place and personal memory into something tactile and strange.
Labbra e Terra’s concept
Labbra e Terra was conceived as a story of return: a woman comes back to an abandoned childhood home and collapses into the garden, where violets, fruit and raw earth become symbols of survival and rebirth. The fragrance frames that moment as an alchemical passage from trauma into renewed life.
Extra info
It is a limited-edition unisex extrait de parfum released in 2025 and sold in 50 ml format. The fragrance is part of Maqueda’s concept-driven lineup and has been noted for its above-average longevity.