One Note At A Time: Cue the creepy piano music because it's GoOsEbUmPs/Halloween 2021 Sixteen924/2/2022
Sweet nostalgia is like the ultimate treat for us Cancer Suns so when I saw Sixteen92's first teaser for this collection I knew it would be coming home and I would be digging out an old loved friend (and even found a BookIt certificate I was using as a bookmark; I wonder if I can still cash it in?). Yes, I know I'm showing my age but there is something about this time of the year and the way indie artists capture a little lost part of yourself that you are dying to reconnect with that gets me every time. So without further ado, it's GoOsEbUmPsss.... Monster Blood (Plastic Candy Pails, Damp Concrete, Licorice Whips, Mounds of Sticky Marshmallow, Smouldering Firewood) Can we first appreciate the dead-on artwork for the notecard for this collection and the clever listed notes that promises one unique story with a twist of seasonal whimsy? Still years after stepping into the indie realm I continue to be blown away as indie perfumers are able to bottle this beautiful element and the very reaches of the imagination. Saying that I shouldn't be shocked how accurate the '80s-'90s candy pail scent is right down to the powdery plastic but I sure am and get instant goosebumps (HA!). That nostalgic aroma melds so well with the rained over concrete, liquorice and Sixteen92's infamous marshmallow accord. In a way, Monster Blood reminds me of The Sisters: Mary and could be a sibling scent with both having a hidden sandalwood heart surrounded by Halloween candy, Monster Blood seems however to be more of an atmospheric versus a homage to a playful but sinister personality. I can easily envision a simpler time filled with colourful Lisa Frank stickers, erasers shaped like foodstuffs and little me skipping down to the scholastic book fair with a pumpkin pail swinging on my arm ready to spend a whopping $10 and feeling like I am on top of the world and life couldn't get any better or more fragrant. One Day At Horrorland (Dark Bromine Water, Clattering Wooden Boats, Misty Dry Ice, Mossy Rocks, Muffled Din from the Midway, A Distant Screeeeeam) Oh, the mid-90's so many regretful events and haunting images occurred like a Dracula Jeff Goldblum in a video game...yes that happened and you are welcome if you go look it up or relive it in all its marvellous awkwardness. When comparing which version of Horrorland One Day At Horrorland lands me in, it's the zany and at times cringey video game (Goosebumps: Escape from Horrorland) as this is a realistic underwater cave with bouncing wooden coffin boats and a menacing though dashing vampire after you (don't look at me that way it was another time and those of us in the Pluto in Scorpio generation were already swooning over Louis from Interview with a Vampire; it was the start of the end, haha). If you missed those confusing years, you may recognize the distinct cold bromine water and dry ice effect from different rides at Disney World or Universal Studios. It's pretty impressive and great for sleep and even l layering with different oils for an added entertaining surprise. Welcome to Camp Nightmare (Campfire S'mores, Overgrown Brambles, Cold Autumn Air, Toasted Pumpkin, Earthy Musks) Mmhm so I don't know if it's the brambles or earthy musks but Welcome to Camp Nightmare takes me to a not so child-friendly place as I can't but think of a storyline of someone sneaking off with a summer crush after enjoying sticky smores and having a bit of fun unawares a masked killer is watching from behind the thick pine branches and swirling campfire smoke. There is something masculine and scandalous in this oil I certainly wasn't expecting and I think we have crossed into the Fear Street series versus Goosebumps with Welcome to Camp Nightmare, haha. Sixteen92 Comments are closed.
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