Polished resilience.

Universal Flowering Mona Eau de Parfum

$165.00
Size: 50 mL

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About
Featuring luminous hues and a metallic sheen, fragrant vapors and a shimmering veil, vivid red tones and sleek leather, evoking the feeling of crossing over into a world of polished resilience and ancient echoes.

Key Notes: Warm Stone, Cassis, Burnt Sugar, Red Amber, Vetiver, Musk

Inspired by MONA and Claudia Dey's novel: DAUGHTER, this fragrance captures the penetrating insight and wicked wit of Dey's storytelling. Daughter is an ambitious, fiery exploration of the inner desires and motivations that push us to become, to innovate, and to break away.

The Brand

Universal Flowering is created by perfumer Courtney Rafuse.

Courtneys perfumes are a romantic extension of her memories - past and future.
They engage in dialogue with the liminal and the erotic, and are often formulated through a lens of synesthesia.

​Known for collaborating with visual artists, fashion designers, and writers, her work has been featured and profiled in Nylon, Airmail, The Toronto Star, BBC Radio, & more.

Universal Flowering’s most recent perfume, “Seduction Theory” was released in May 2024 - a jasmine-centric perfume inspired by projection, fantasy, and the abandoned theory of Sigmund Freud.

Courtney is also co-founder of Gumamina, a side-project created with her friend and fellow perfumer, Marissa Zappas. Gumamina launched in December 2023.