THE WISE ONES
In Sweden, de Kloka are the wise ones - the white witches and folk healers who have always been intimate with the earth, its mysteries, and its gifts.
In Berkeley, California, on the territory of Xučyun, the ancestral and unceded land of the Chochenyo Ohlone, the successors of the historic and sovereign Verona Band of Alameda County, Jackie Brenner weaves magic with a collection of sensual and spiritual practices under the name de Kloka.
The wise ones have always understood that scent could be deeply transformative, spiritually evocative, and tied deeply to memory. The ritual of anointing with aromatics can be used today to connect to that ancient wisdom and invoke magic and wonder in your daily life. With Jackie’s occult tools, she can help guide your senses toward alignment with your innate divinity.
Gift cards
the gift of good scents & starry skies
A digital gift card applicable to all de Kloka offerings.
“And there are those who have little and give it all.
These are the believers in life and the bounty of life, and their coffer is never empty.”
Khalil Gibran - On Giving From The Prophet (Knopf, 1923). This poem is in the public domain.
JACKIE BRENNER
PERFUMER, Astrologer, eclectic witch
Jackie began her blending practice in the world of mixology after graduating with a degree in fine art from the San Francisco Art Institute. She garnered acclaim around the world with original, award-winning cocktails. It was the chance purchase of a perfumer’s memoir from a small bookstore in Paris in 2012 that changed the trajectory of her career towards the ancient art of perfumery. Jackie found that the languages of mixology and perfumery were not-so-distant cousins, and her knack for creating delicious cocktails translated well into perfume making. She has studied with master natural perfumer, Mandy Aftel since 2013.
In 2022, after a spiritual awakening on the sacred grounds of Esalen Institute, Jackie began studying the esoteric gnostic practices of tarot and astrology. She has mentored with psychic medium Brenda Rose and is currently studying at Austin Coppock’s renowned astrology school, the Fundamentals of Astrology. Her astrological studies include courses with Drew Levanti, Danny Larkin, J.M. Hamade, Jason Holley, and Gray Crawford. She is now braiding perfume-making into a spiritual practice and offering astrology and tarot readings as well as bespoke perfume blends inspired by astrological natal chart analysis.
In 2023, her perfume collaboration with Death & Co., Los Angeles, was nominated for an Institute for Art & Olfaction Award.
Each perfume is hand-blended and bottled with care by Jackie in Northern California.
de Kloka x the cosmos
bespoke natural perfume inspired by your astrological natal chart
Pursuit
batch 002 - A necromantic co-creation with Womb House Books based on the birth chart of Sylvia PLath
eau de parfum | 15 ml
head - bitter orange, black pepper, fresh ginger, Indonesian sandalwood
heart - orange flower absolute, ylang ylang fine, jasmine sambac, aged beeswax
base - labdanum, Haitian vetiver, royal frankincense, Buddha wood, Africa stone
“There is a panther stalks me down:
One day I'll have my death of him;
His greed has set the woods aflame,
He prowls more lordly than the sun.”
excerpt from Pursuit by Sylvia Plath
SUPER NATURAL
SUN GOLD
batch 002 - 45 x 30 ml bottles
eau de parfum - 20 %
head - pink grapefruit, yuzu, yakusugi wood, juniper berry
heart - tomato, petitgrain, osmanthus, orange leaf
base - mitti attar, incense, balsam, cedar
Sparkling sunshine drying spring rain in a secret, verdant garden
Citrus trees in bloom
Warm skin brushed against ripe, wild tomato plants
HANDMADE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
OAXACA
BATCH 002 - 20 x 30 ml Bottles
Working together with Asis CortÉs of Mezcal Dixeebe to support the people and culture of Oaxaca
EAU DE PARFUM - 20%
head - blood cedarwood, palo santo fruit, galangal, saffron, mezcal arroqueño
heart - beeswax, jasmine grandiflorum, tuberose cocoa, allspice
base - rectified pine tar, tobacco, labdanum, tonka bean, Peru balsam, benzoin resin
Sacred spices tossed into a midnight bonfire
Sticky night-blooming jasmine and tuberose, fragrant and narcotic
Lush river valleys wind their way through high desert mountains, ancient mystery, magic, and mezcal
Botanical Perfume
perfume alchemy
Botanical perfume is made from completely natural ingredients. The aromatic essences are derived from plant and animal materials, not synthesized from petroleum products. The perfumes of de Kloka are hand-blended from essential oils, Co2 extractions, absolutes, concretes, tinctures, natural isolates and compounded natural isolates from around the world.
Botanical perfume is intimate and ethereal, it wears close to the body and invites reapplication. This is perfume for people who thought they didn’t like perfume or are often overwhelmed by commercial fragrances that are made with synthetic ingredients.
Alchemy is an ancient philosophical, spiritual, and material pursuit of the transfiguration of material. It is the precursor practice to modern day chemistry and speaks to humanity’s desire to affect and transform the material world.
Perfume alchemy is the creation of perfume with spiritual intention. It centers on the idea of blending disparate scents to create something altogether new, something that is resonant and evocative.
