Product Description
Our fragrance samples are available for purchase online only. No samples will be available in store at Merz Apothecary.
Would you love to try Mala? Try a sample for a fraction of the cost of a full bottle!
Our samples are either packaged by the perfume house, or hand-poured here at Smallflower and presented in a spray vial. Each vial is filled to a variable volume to reflect the concentration of the fragrance being sampled.
About the Fragrance:
Inspired by flower garlands threaded for rituals commemorating life, love and death in New Delhi, with swirls of temple incense, saffron and henna. Deep, sacred, dark and sensuous.
“When I returned to New York, I missed my old [New Delhi] haunts and scents of the little Gold Leaf cigarettes I smoked, tea, spices, garlands of rose, carnation and marigold dangling from the wedding shops, so I recreated that place in this perfume, Mala, as in, a garland of flowers, beads, and stories; in Spanish, a bad woman. I use a single drop of scent of a loose woman°—choya nakh oil—to fix the perfume, so it lingers.”
—Tanaïs, “Mala,” In Sensorium: Notes for My People
°medieval Indian double entendre for roasted seashell oil, perhaps because of the long fingernail like shape of this mollusk.
Fragrance Notes:
Top: Clary Sage, Saffron, Rose Essence
Middle: Coriander, Rose Maroc, Marigold Attar, Carnation Essence, Cardamom
Base: Tagetes Absolute, Nag Champa Incense Accord, Sandalwood, Choya Nakh (Roasted Seashell), Tobacco Absolute
Same Day pickup for curbside orders containing samples is not available.
Shipped orders containing samples will be picked and processed in 1-3 business days.
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Last 1 days of price history
| Date | Low Price | High Price | Average Price | Vendors |
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| May 11, 2026 | $9.00 | $9.00 | $9.00 | 1 |
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Description
Our fragrance samples are available for purchase online only. No samples will be available in store at Merz Apothecary. Would you love to try Mala? Try a sample for a fraction of the cost of a full bottle! Our samples are either packaged by the perfume house, or hand-poured here at Smallflower and presented in a spray vial. Each vial is filled to a variable volume to reflect the concentration of the fragrance being sampled. About the Fragrance: Inspired by flower garlands threaded for rituals commemorating life, love and death in New Delhi, with swirls of temple incense, saffron and henna. Deep, sacred, dark and sensuous. “When I returned to New York, I missed my old [New Delhi] haunts and scents of the little Gold Leaf cigarettes I smoked, tea, spices, garlands of rose, carnation and marigold dangling from the wedding shops, so I recreated that place in this perfume, Mala, as in, a garland of flowers, beads, and stories; in Spanish, a bad woman. I use a single drop of scent of a loose woman°—choya nakh oil—to fix the perfume, so it lingers.” —Tanaïs, “Mala,” In Sensorium: Notes for My People °medieval Indian double entendre for roasted seashell oil, perhaps because of the long fingernail like shape of this mollusk. Fragrance Notes: Top: Clary Sage, Saffron, Rose Essence Middle: Coriander, Rose Maroc, Marigold Attar, Carnation Essence, Cardamom Base: Tagetes Absolute, Nag Champa Incense Accord, Sandalwood, Choya Nakh (Roasted Seashell), Tobacco Absolute Same Day pickup for curbside orders containing samples is not available. Shipped orders containing samples will be picked and processed in 1-3 business days.
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| Vendor | Price | Stock | Last Updated | Action |
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Smallflower Best Price | $9.00 | Out of Stock | 5/11/2026 | View Product → |
Available Sizes & Variants (1)
| Variant | Size | Price | Status | Stores | Buy |
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1 ml | 1 ml | $9.00 | Out of Stock | 1 store | — |
