Loa offers in tribute in its untouched splendor Green Chartreuse VSOP, whose complexity mirrors the mystique of the woman who, it is believed, spent her last days in the Alpine region where 130 herbs, plants, and flowers are gathered in Spring to make this legendary liqueur.
Accoutrements to the experience, presented on a papyrus of her gospel, are rose petals, special chocolate laced with turmeric and ginger from Vosges' Katrina Markoff, and Mediterranean almonds, symbolizing, respectively, the Divine Feminine, passion, and resurrection.
Mary Magdalene has been tasked by mannish history to take on multiple, seemingly conflicting roles portraying her as everything from the loose haired girl with the alabaster jar to the unsung leader of the apostles. She is a living paradox - all versions of herself embodied as one - no less and no more indomitable, mysterious, and awe-inspiring than any woman today.