Her Story

Harley Claes is a Filipino poet, perfume maker, musician and novelist. She also dabbles in other arts such as collaging and more. She is the founder of Angelical Ravings Press and a nominee of the Pushcart Prize.  She runs The Fragrance Temple and is a columnist at Cough Syrup Magazine. Her work is oftentimes anachronistic, mystical, philosophical and holy erotic. Graduating, she received an all arts education. Early on she began to explore blending fragrances and as a result 'The Fragrance Temple' was born, a collection of perfumes, bath teas and scrubs she began to sell. You can find her books on Amazon, and Goodreads. While her work has been featured in FLAPPERHOUSE, Terse Journal, Anti-Heroin Chic Mag, Rose Quartz Journal and Scum Gentry Arts, Vessel Press, Persephone's Daughters, Aromatica Poetica, The Opiate, Wilde Boy Literature, Danse Macabre, Mookychick, Moonchild Magazine, Rag Queen Periodical, Expat Press, and FLAPPERHOUSE, Cough Syrup Magazine, Spill Yr Guts Zine, Subrosa Zine and The Opiate's print issue's. You can find links to some of them below.