Solstice Scents Monastic

Solstice Scents Monastic is a resinous rose incense created by Angela St. John. It has notes of fog, frankincense, myrrh, roses, spikenard, patchouli, peru balsam, labdanum.   Thsi is the edp, eau de parfum.  From the brand - "The initial application of Monastic is very bold and takes a few minutes to unfold as it warms on the skin. This is a medium throw fragrance with good longevity. Dries down to focus on the resins, primarily frankincense and a little dusty myrrh. This fragrance is different from our other resinous offerings such as Basilica, Scrying Smoke, Incensum and Conjure Dark. It shares parallels with all of these perfumes though. Monastic does not contain any wood notes like some of the other perfumes just mentioned. It is also only marginally sweet. It is a thick, resinous, sacred fragrance coupled with wafts of velvety rose."

Solstice Scents Monastic Perfume Reviews

Fragrantica - "I've been looking for a good church incense and this one is it for me. There's a definite dusty, powdery note that gives me the impression of a gothic cathedral that hasn't been open in many years, stuffy, old, you can still smell that incense, it's just more subdued. I get a bit of the rose too and overall the scent is more on the feminine side. I compared it side by side with Basilica and they are similar, but that one is stronger, while Monastic is more feminine. Maybe like a nunnery."

Fragrantica - "WOW just wow. This must be the hidden gem of Solstice. It is a velvety black rose laying on a cold stone alter while tendrils of fog drift across the stone floor. Church incense burns nearby in an ornamental censer. such beautiful church incense with resinous/balsam undertones. Monastic smells like an old world vampire. One of the darkest gothiest rose scents I’ve ever smelled, terrific silage too!"