In collaboration with the Edward Gorey Charitable Trust, this home fragrance is an indulgence for the tastefully unhinged. The West Wing evokes the scent of abandoned corridors: damp plaster, dust-softened wood, and pale light filtering through shuttered windows.

SCENT NOTES: Orris Root, Indole, Splintered Timber, Antique Vetiver, Musk
SMELLS LIKE: An atmosphere of elegant ruin and the residue of flowers left too long in their vase.

FRAGRANCE STORY

An Atmosphere of Elegant Ruin

At the far end of the estate, the air has learned to wait. The West Wing evokes the scent of abandoned rooms and lone-sealed corridors: cold stone, damp plaster, dust-softened wood, and flowers left too long in their vases, collapsing into sweet rot. 

Pale light filters through shuttered windows, stirring mineral air and the faint residue of incense, candle soot, and fabric that remembers being touched. Nothing moves, yet nothing feels entirely empty.

A room spray for forgotten spaces, lingering presences, and those who find comfort in beautiful decay.

HERETIC X GOREY

In 2025, Heretic inaugurated a new and slightly ill-advised tradition by translating the peculiar genius of Edward Gorey into scent. Gorey's world, exquisitely drawn, wryly sinister, and curiously elegant, is an enchanting realm of mischief and magic. A series of room sprays appeared quietly without fanfare, evoking abandoned corridors, ill mannered weather, questionable refreshments and social occasions best remembered imprecisely. These fragrances were not designed to brighten a room. They were meant to occupy it. To linger. To suggest that something had occurred though no one seemed inclined to discuss it.

This year the collection continues with new Gorey inspired room sprays, extending the atmospheric narrative into additional seasons and scenarios. These home fragrances further refine the collection’s preoccupation with polite unease, sunlit events with unfortunate undertones, domestic spaces behaving suspiciously, and environments that feel faintly over-prepared for disaster.

Each fragrance is conceived as a setting rather than a scent, narrative-driven and resolutely unconcerned with conventional notions of comfort. Together they deepen the Gorey world Heretic has begun to assemble, a place where nothing is overtly wrong yet nothing feels entirely safe. These are atmospheres for those who prefer their spaces expressive, their seasons peculiar, and their pleasures tinged with uncertainty.

HOW TO USE

To awaken the atmosphere:

1. Enter the space with purpose, or at least a vague sense of curiosity.

2. Hold the bottle upright and aim toward the middle of the room, where the atmosphere seems most emotionally complicated.

3. Spritz generously into the air, avoiding chandeliers, houseplants, and brooding relatives.

4. Wait as the scent unfurls like a polite specter; charming, mysterious, and just possibly up to something.

5. Breathe deeply. Sigh theatrically. Works wonders on musty corners and awkward silences.