Alkemia Perfumes alkemia.etsy.com/ -This next fragrance has quickly found a special place in my secret dark little heart as this perfume is just a sinful patchwork that pulls me into depths of shadowy niches of imagination and doesn't let me go. It is no surprise that this was the one fragrance I finished the entire sample vial (thank you so much Alkemia for allowing samples) in only a few days and even with a full sized bottle this will probably also be the first perfume I will need to reorder shortly because even as I am typing this review I'm just slathering myself with it (oh excuse me I'm not slathering, I'm using the justification in my head that "I'm testing it properly"). I have been continually reaching for this as the weather outside my windows mirrors my favorite type of novel. It's positively wicked, complex, transporting and too good to not share and deserves a special TREASURED/FEATURED label. Brava Alkemia! CAVEAU DES INNOCENTS- Listed Notes: (Labdanum, Vanilla Incense, Tobacco, Coffee, Rum Soaked Pears, Caramel) Combined Thoughts: I’m still experimenting with what I think I like and this I LOVE and want to live in the bottle! CAVEAU DES INNOCENTS is a sinful transporting delight that I want to return to again and again. It beckons with a clever aroma patchwork that I didn’t even know existed (or thought would work together) and calls to my side that loves gloom and alluring mystery but also unexpectedly reaches out and drags me down to unfamiliar levels of imagination with a fiendish seductive quality that I can’t (or want) to escape. The pear and yet almost salty caramel with vanilla are very dominant on me and the intoxicating coffee that comes out with the anise, tabac and incense make this fragrance wicked and just marvelous. I feel truly unique when I wear this and this is my ideal fragrance for the end of summer well into the colder months. What I was hoping for: This was another curious browsing within Alkemia's diverse library of perfumes (there is a fragrance for everyone to be found there). Reading the notes the Vanilla and Coffee along with soaked Pears and Caramel call out to me the most, hoping this is something I could wear for fall (never can have enough different scents for my favorite season). The description is also too much to ignore as well- a debauched underground club in 1905 Paris; here I come. In the vial: This is so complex and unlike anything I have ever encountered, this is an evilly brilliant masterpiece! *many minutes later of me just smelling the vial and saying YES! as well as fighting the urge to dump it on my head or buying 50 no a 105 full sized bottles or demanding a clawfoot tub of it made so I could bathe in it, I came back to my senses and tried to focus on the individual notes* I get the CARAMEL and a pressing of soaked PEARS and a spilling of the best dark COFFEE I have ever smelled. There is also a sweeping bow of STAR ANISE that I'm falling for in first time of my life. I should have tried this sooner! Applied: Welcome to CAVEAU DES INNOCENTS! If this was what the underground hub of elicit desires and wicked intentions smelled like: I WOULDN'T EVER WANT TO LEAVE OR SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY AGAIN! *fighting the urge again to bathe in this* The caramel and coffee with pear really stand out on me and the anise pulls me deeper into this gloom filled amazing place. This is perfect for the end of summer well into fall and winter. As it dries the coffee and anise with warm caramel dipped pears comes out the most and I even smell the uncleaned spattered wood that is listed in the description. This is the ultimate transporting scent and completely unique. Exactly what I have been searching for. Words that come to mind: enrapturing gloom, unique mystery, end of summer to spring, wickedly marvelous and fiendish in every perfect way alkemia.etsy.com Comments are closed.
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