An enigmatic being, seen by locals in the late 1990s wandering the Swiss woodlands of Maules, dressed in a camouflage cape and a vintage gas mask. No one knew if they were woman or man, or even human, but this 6’3” creature was always observed picking and smelling flowers. When the cryptid disappeared forever after ten years of sightings, Le Matin reported that the mask and the cape were found in the forest, along with a note signed “Fantôme de Maules”.
This olfactory tribute summons the forest that was the stranger’s haven: green leaves, galbanum, lavender, oakmoss and vetiver. A scent that’s part barbershop, part woodland escape. Who was this “ghost”, anyway? We will never know, because they don’t want us to. The modern world is alight with information and the shadows are shrinking. So here’s one for perfume lovers who don’t feel it necessary to explain themselves.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
This is the scent of someone moving quietly through a cool, shaded place with purpose, not performance: a crisp green presence, a little old-school, a little strange, with the clean discipline of lavender and the damp depth of woods underfoot. It suits close encounters where intrigue matters more than polish.
How to wear
Best in mild to cool weather, where its green facets stay vivid and its vetiver and mossy woods can breathe. Apply lightly to let the barbershop freshness and forest dryness unfold without becoming sharp; a couple of sprays is enough for a clear, elegant trail that sits close to the skin before widening in air.
Who it’s for
For wearers who like green chypres, herbal freshness and a slightly retro barbershop feel, but want those elements filtered through something more conceptual and woodland-dark. It will appeal to people drawn to crisp, unusual compositions with character, structure and a touch of mystery.
Release year
2015
The nose
Fantome de Maules was created collaboratively by Stora Skuggan’s five founders rather than by a single named perfumer. The house describes this as a shared, design-led process, a kind of “nose in unison” approach that suits the fragrance’s conceptual, tightly composed style. That collective method is central to Stora Skuggan’s identity: the brand treats perfume as an interdisciplinary object, balancing structure, atmosphere and narrative. In Fantome de Maules, that translates into a green, chypre-leaning composition that feels carefully built rather than merely decorative, with the founders’ design background visible in the clarity of the idea and the precision of the execution.
Collaborators
The fragrance was developed by Stora Skuggan’s founding team of five multidisciplinary creatives, who shaped the concept, formula and presentation together. Their role was not simply to commission a perfume but to build it in-house as a collective work, from the scent itself to the visual and narrative world around it.
Stora Skuggan’s story
Stora Skuggan approaches perfumery as conceptual storytelling, using scent, image and myth to create small-batch fragrances with a distinctly Scandinavian sense of restraint. The house favors unusual ideas, careful construction and a balance of natural and synthetic materials, treating perfume as an object of imagination rather than a conventional luxury accessory.
Fantome de Maules (The Ghost of Maules)’s concept
Fantome de Maules was the debut fragrance from Stora Skuggan, released in 2015 and inspired by a local Swiss legend about a cloaked, masked figure seen wandering the woods of Maules and stopping to smell flowers. The perfume turns that eerie folklore into a green, forested composition that feels like a memory of the place where the story lives.
Extra info
Fantome de Maules was Stora Skuggan’s debut fragrance and helped establish the house’s signature blend of folklore, design and scent. Its name refers to the alleged “ghost” of Maules, a Swiss woodland figure whose story gives the perfume its eerie, playful atmosphere.
An enigmatic being, seen by locals in the late 1990s wandering the Swiss woodlands of Maules, dressed in a camouflage cape and a vintage gas mask. No one knew if they were woman or man, or even human, but this 6’3” creature was always observed picking and smelling flowers. When the cryptid disappeared forever after ten years of sightings, Le Matin reported that the mask and the cape were found in the forest, along with a note signed “Fantôme de Maules”.
This olfactory tribute summons the forest that was the stranger’s haven: green leaves, galbanum, lavender, oakmoss and vetiver. A scent that’s part barbershop, part woodland escape. Who was this “ghost”, anyway? We will never know, because they don’t want us to. The modern world is alight with information and the shadows are shrinking. So here’s one for perfume lovers who don’t feel it necessary to explain themselves.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
This is the scent of someone moving quietly through a cool, shaded place with purpose, not performance: a crisp green presence, a little old-school, a little strange, with the clean discipline of lavender and the damp depth of woods underfoot. It suits close encounters where intrigue matters more than polish.
How to wear
Best in mild to cool weather, where its green facets stay vivid and its vetiver and mossy woods can breathe. Apply lightly to let the barbershop freshness and forest dryness unfold without becoming sharp; a couple of sprays is enough for a clear, elegant trail that sits close to the skin before widening in air.
Who it’s for
For wearers who like green chypres, herbal freshness and a slightly retro barbershop feel, but want those elements filtered through something more conceptual and woodland-dark. It will appeal to people drawn to crisp, unusual compositions with character, structure and a touch of mystery.
Release year
2015
The nose
Fantome de Maules was created collaboratively by Stora Skuggan’s five founders rather than by a single named perfumer. The house describes this as a shared, design-led process, a kind of “nose in unison” approach that suits the fragrance’s conceptual, tightly composed style. That collective method is central to Stora Skuggan’s identity: the brand treats perfume as an interdisciplinary object, balancing structure, atmosphere and narrative. In Fantome de Maules, that translates into a green, chypre-leaning composition that feels carefully built rather than merely decorative, with the founders’ design background visible in the clarity of the idea and the precision of the execution.
Collaborators
The fragrance was developed by Stora Skuggan’s founding team of five multidisciplinary creatives, who shaped the concept, formula and presentation together. Their role was not simply to commission a perfume but to build it in-house as a collective work, from the scent itself to the visual and narrative world around it.
Stora Skuggan’s story
Stora Skuggan approaches perfumery as conceptual storytelling, using scent, image and myth to create small-batch fragrances with a distinctly Scandinavian sense of restraint. The house favors unusual ideas, careful construction and a balance of natural and synthetic materials, treating perfume as an object of imagination rather than a conventional luxury accessory.
Fantome de Maules (The Ghost of Maules)’s concept
Fantome de Maules was the debut fragrance from Stora Skuggan, released in 2015 and inspired by a local Swiss legend about a cloaked, masked figure seen wandering the woods of Maules and stopping to smell flowers. The perfume turns that eerie folklore into a green, forested composition that feels like a memory of the place where the story lives.
Extra info
Fantome de Maules was Stora Skuggan’s debut fragrance and helped establish the house’s signature blend of folklore, design and scent. Its name refers to the alleged “ghost” of Maules, a Swiss woodland figure whose story gives the perfume its eerie, playful atmosphere.