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BROOKLYN 1988 ✨ LIMITED EDITION
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BROOKLYN 1988
Daring. Gritty. Unforgettable.
💛 The Story
In 1988, Manhattan was still pretending to be the center of the universe, but Brooklyn—that was where the soul lived. It was gritty and alive and a little bit dangerous in all the right ways.
It was 1988. I was nineteen and living in Manhattan, going to NYU, full of opinions and oversized hoop earrings. I had this burning desire to get a tattoo—not to prove anything, but because something inside me wanted to mark a moment. To claim something.
But tattoos were illegal in Manhattan back then.
That made it all the more enticing, of course.
I’d heard about a guy named Huggy Bear who tattooed out of his apartment in Brooklyn, so one evening I boarded the A train to make that dream a reality.
Not the curated Brooklyn of coffee shops and artisanal donuts. No. This was graffiti-tagged walls, burning trash cans in winter, and the low hum of something real beneath the surface.
His apartment was dim and velvet-draped, smelling of incense, metal, and something floral I couldn’t quite name at the time. Perhaps it was the Sandalwood incense playing with the cigarette smoke wafting through the air. Perhaps it was the raw fear oozing out of my pores. Perhaps it was the perfume of the heavily tattooed woman sitting on the sofa next to me. We shall never know.
I laid down on his table, heart pounding. The buzzing started. I closed my eyes. And in that moment, I felt like I was crossing a threshold—into independence, into rebellion, into womanhood. Something permanent was happening—not just on my skin, but in my story.
Brooklyn 1988 is that moment in a bottle.
It’s not just about scent—it’s about memory. Boldness. The electricity of doing something a little wild and never forgetting how that made you feel.
THE NOTES
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Amber Blanc – creamy, golden, luminous warmth against bare skin
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Orris Root – powdery elegance with a secret edge
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Santal – soft sandalwood grounding everything in slow-burning sensuality
- Leather - just a touch - rich, worn, unapologetic—like the jacket you stole from your first heartbreak
HOW TO WEAR
Everywhere and anywhere.
Or when you're home alone, dancing in your underwear to music that makes you feel alive..
This one doesn’t ask for permission. It owns the room.
THE FEELING
Brooklyn 1988 is a time capsule—
for the version of you that’s gutsy, glamorous, unapologetic.
It’s warm. Sexy. Badass. A little punk. A little poetry. All attitude.
Wear it when:
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You’re rewriting your rules
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You want your presence to linger like a song
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You’re calling back your edge
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You’re the main character, and you know it
RITUAL MOMENT
Apply to your pulse points and whisper fiercely...
“I am not here to behave. I’m here to become.”
LIMITED EDITION
Each bottle of Brooklyn 1988 is handcrafted in small batches in Seattle. Inspired by nostalgia, made for your next chapter.
Available in a 5ml pocket roller or a 0.5ml sample vial. You can order the limited edition sample set here!
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