{"product_id":"bolgia-3-simony","title":"Bolgia 3 - Simony 5ml - Pink grapefruit, musked green tea and sugar.","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Price of Salvation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSome things should never be bought.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSome things should never be sold.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYet throughout history there have always been those willing to place a price upon the sacred.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the Third Bolgia of Malebolge dwell the Simoniacs—those who corrupted religious office for personal gain, buying and selling positions, blessings, influence, and spiritual authority. They transformed faith into commerce and treated the divine as a commodity to be traded.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTheir crime was not greed alone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt was corruption.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe belief that holiness itself could be purchased.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBolgia III – Simony explores the uneasy intersection of purity and profit, faith and transaction, devotion and ambition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePink grapefruit opens the fragrance with a brilliant burst of brightness. Fresh, radiant, and uplifting, it evokes the appearance of virtue—the polished exterior presented to the world. Like a magnificent cathedral façade, it is immediately impressive and seemingly beyond reproach.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMusked green tea forms the heart of the fragrance. Calm, contemplative, and refined, it suggests spiritual reflection, sacred rituals, and the pursuit of wisdom. There is a quiet dignity within the note, a sense of order and purpose that speaks to the ideals religion strives to embody.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYet woven through these noble elements is sugar.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoft, alluring, and deceptively innocent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt first it seems harmless, merely lending comfort and appeal to the composition. But gradually it begins to alter the balance. The purity of the tea becomes sweetened. The brightness of the grapefruit becomes more indulgent. What was once spiritual becomes pleasurable. What was once sacred becomes desirable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe transformation is subtle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat is what makes it dangerous.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTogether, the notes create a fragrance that feels clean, luminous, and attractive, yet carries an undercurrent of corruption. Nothing appears overtly wrong. In fact, everything appears rather pleasant. The sacred has not been rejected.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt has simply been commercialised.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBolgia III – Simony is a fragrance of temptation, compromise, and misplaced priorities. It explores the moment when spiritual ideals become subordinate to worldly gain and reminds us that corruption rarely begins with evil intentions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt begins with justification.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNotes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePink grapefruit, musked green tea and sugar.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The sacred loses its value the moment it acquires a price.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wild Hybrid","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49152660996324,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/5272\/6500\/files\/Bolgia3.jpg?v=1781411064","url":"https:\/\/wild-hybrid.com.au\/products\/bolgia-3-simony","provider":"Wild Hybrid","version":"1.0","type":"link"}