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Rainy days are made even better by getting a Darling Clandestine order 😊

Falchion is a dirty, dusty, musky chocolate, and an old favorite.

Vardogr is perfect for goblins & gremlins & gollems & all manner of swamp beast. 13/10 genders. Also an old favorite.

Serpentina is new to me, but is a scent I've longed to try for ages. Fresh out the bottle it is FRESH & TEA, and I'm excited to play with it.

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Liber Officiorum Spirituum - Sixteen92 review

Originally released as part of Sihaya & Co.’s glorious Sisterhood of The Witch autumn box, Liber Officiorum Spirituum was also recently resurrected on limited release to raise money for Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. Liber Officiorum Spirituum is an evocative atmospheric perfume inspired by an ancient grimoire, which manages to capture the scent of sorcery.

Liber starts out with soft, delicate resins, which are rich in their sweetness but don’t come across as an overpowering incense-like note. This element of the fragrance is somehow reminiscent of the resins in Kuro Lolita, but reads a bit deeper and sweeter, without the delicate ‘fogginess’ which accompanies Kuro Lolita. (A favourite of mine, Kuro Lolita was also recently resurrected for hurricane aid.) Others have described Liber as caramel-like, and I can understand where that comes from - there’s a dark sweetness here, though overall the perfume doesn’t lean gourmand. Likewise, any incense qualities are not at all overt - though the things they evoke are similar, it’s a different beast to something like Arcana’s Holy Terror.. After around 10 minutes, something light and papery is just detectable as a top note. It’s difficult to describe, but it lends some levity to those rich resins.

About an hour into the drydown, the soft leather note comes out to play, and it plays very nicely with the remaining sweetness. The leather is softer and lighter than in something like Salem, so no risk of bitterness or hospital smell here. It’s very realistic. There’s something just a little bit smoky in there, too - not enough to dominate, but enough to make this perfume smell mysterious, sophisticated, and a tiny bit cologne-y when mixed with the leather. Very evocative. It really does conjure the feel of a study filled with ancient tomes, the smoke from burning candles still in the air and a lingering smell of ritual resins. In my mind, Liber is the perfect Halloween scent - though I have found myself wearing it year-round!

I would describe the throw of Liber Officiorum Spirituum as low to moderate. In my mind, this is perfect for a ‘darker’ perfume (even for one as delicate as this), but those seeking a more powerful witchy scent may prefer something like Holy Terror, or even Solstice Scents’ Conjure Dark. Personally, I found that the throw was ideal for daily wear. Longevity was around 5 hours, with the perfume drying down to ‘skin scent’ at hour 2-3.

Notes: Ancient parchment, leather bindings, smoldering resins, frankincense tears, ritual candles, black fire, soot, steel, dust and smoke.

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Inked - Darling Clandestine review

Evonne of Darling Clandestine has a reputation for creating ‘odd’ and unique scents, and Inked is the perfect example. Clean, rainy, and a little spicy, this is one of the more unusual perfumes in my collection. Inked is a gorgeous skin scent with a sultry, unisex feel.

Straight out of the vial, I can tell that this is going to be an addictive scent. I love slightly masculine perfumes, and this is a sultry aquatic without an overbearing musky or dry feel that can come with copious amounts of Iso E Super. I can smell something spiced in the bottle, but that isn’t apparent on my skin - not yet. It has a very clean feel, and to begin with it reads on my skin as almost minty or herbal, like eucalyptus wood but much softer. There’s a little bit of petrichor that seems to peek out, which might be the leather, but it’s not like any leather note I’ve ever smelled. Inked is a difficult perfume to describe, but the overall impression is definitely blue, rainy and clean. I’ve seen a lot of people describe this as ‘my skin but better’, and I can understand why.

Around an hour into the weartime, this morphs a little and I start to get some sweet spices over a base of dry woods. The ‘clean’ impression is still there, but the ozonic, rainy feel has been replaced by soft spices, reminiscent of men’s cologne lingering on a worn shirt. I think the spiced feel must represent the wine, since it almost is like mulled wine, but it really isn’t boozy, heady or berry-like as I expected. It still feels a little sultry, but it’s subtle enough for daytime wear. Certain spiced aquatics - such as Solstice Scents’ Tenebrous Mist, and Arcana’s The Kraken - immediately turn powdery on my skin, but fortunately this doesn’t occur with Inked, which feels a little softer and smoother.

The throw is ideal for me - it remains within my personal space, and I get wafts of the scent every now and then when I move around. Inked gives me a few hours of wear. I would like more, but in my experience, this isn’t too unusual for perfume oils.

I already love Inked, and the smooth, clean feel has me hooked. However, I’m aware that Darling Clandestine have historically had some issues with their turnaround time, and the business has switched to a pre-order only model where only two perfumes are available at any given time. This is unfortunate for international customers, who benefit from being able to order multiple items at a time to save on shipping, and as yet I haven’t seen any evidence of improved TAT. As a result, I’m sticking to sourcing Darling Clandestine perfumes from the indiemakeupandmore Sunday Swaps. Nonetheless, I would still recommend Inked to anyone looking for something a little different.

Notes: A sting of sea salt and leather, splashes of communion wine, the essence of raw skin. Inked is one of my favorite little sex machines.

Though, weirdly, I find it almost fits the Monstre Delicat description better: Clean, spicy, rainy, moody, wonderful. Sweet blackened fig, rain water, spiced wood. The nostalgic longing for storms. It’s a haunting watercolor “blue” scent.

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Perfume review: Satyr

I have actually used up both of my samples of this - a testament to how much I enjoy this perfume - thus I will be reviewing Haus of Gloi’s Satyr from memory. This not-quite-gourmand showcases a beautiful vanilla, but true to its description, it has a few fiendish tricks up its sleeve.

^ Deceptively simple.

Satyr may appear to be a simplistic scent, but I experience a little more complexity than the limited notes list implies. On initial application, this is a slightly tart orange with a creamy vanilla backdrop. Many reviews of this perfume have compared it to a creamsicle, but I don’t think that’s perfectly accurate. I get something a little more earthy and grounding that rounds out the scent and stops it from straying into pure gourmand territory. No dirt or leaf notes are to be seen, but the ‘earthy’ impression does conjure a very specific image of a warm autumn day. This is still a sweet perfume, but it isn’t as saccharine or candy-like as one might expect. Instead, this is a warm, creamy and comforting perfume with a generous dollop of vanilla that lingers for many hours after application. I believe that the ‘blackened’ vanilla listed in the notes is what prevents this from becoming too sweet or cloying. The marshmallowy, enveloping softness of the ensuing drydown is very relaxing and it’s one of my favourite things about this fragrance. Satyr’s throw is average and I find it to last 6-8 hours, the first three or four of which best showcase the orange. After that, it becomes a blackened vanilla which sits a little closer to the skin.

^ Eating a creamsicle on a warm autumn day. We don’t have creamsicles here in England, so I’ll just have to imagine this one.

Although it isn’t listed in the notes, I spoke to someone who dislikes Satyr and based on their dislike of other perfumes from the Haus, they suspect that a patchouli note might be at play. This seems to make sense with the slight earthiness accompanying the orange and vanilla, although as someone who isn’t fond of overt patchouli, it is not something I am able to individually pick out. If you’re very sensitive to this note, however, it may well be worth instead trying the seasonal Blood Orange Marshmallow also on offer from the Haus. Likewise, if you enjoy orange and vanilla perfumes, you may also enjoy The Un-Red (Cocoa Pink), Lucrezia Borgia (Deconstructing Eden), Sherbat (NAVA) or the more refreshing Slayer, The (Smelly Yeti). There is certainly no dearth of fragrances containing these notes, which perhaps attests to just how well they pair.

Satyr is available as part of Haus of Gloi’s general collection, available from their site here. As an aside, I've seen it assumed that Haus of Gloi is best for simpler perfumes, body products and gourmands, but I’ve had great luck with their more complex and atmospheric scents. I do think that Satyr would work excellently in a whipped soap, however.

Notes: Absolutely fiendish creature! And quite frolicsome: Italian blood orange drizzled with blackened vanilla.

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[blendingbeauty]

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