Sister Hildegard

The Scented Cottage Verified independent store

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The dark parts of Catholic school aren’t always what they seem, she thinks, and remembers makeshift beds in oily wooden pews, a blanket of dust shimmering through colored air as sh e waited for the church cat to find the humble offering she’d laid out. In the next room, the nuns, equal parts gentle and defiant, sung the praises of a god that would never forsake them, knowing even god wouldn’t dare. Notes Top - Blood orange, elemi, flecks of dust against stained glass Middle - Bowl of milk, sacred incense Base - Old wood, cyclamen, camphor, spikenard Show more