Darling, Darling

[doomsday_disco]

Sugared pear and wild violets with orris butter, coconut milk, white musk, and vanilla silk.

 

“How romantic you are, Carmilla,” I said. “Whenever you tell me your story, it will be made up chiefly of some one great romance.”

She kissed me silently.

“I am sure, Carmilla, you have been in love; that there is, at this moment, an affair of the heart going on.”

“I have been in love with no one, and never shall,” she whispered, “unless it should be with you.”

How beautiful she looked in the moonlight!

Shy and strange was the look with which she quickly hid her face in my neck and hair, with tumultuous sighs, that seemed almost to sob, and pressed in mine a hand that trembled.

Her soft cheek was glowing against mine. “Darling, darling,” she murmured, “I live in you; and you would die for me, I love you so.”

[VioletChaos]

In the bottle, the sugar, the juicy pear and the vanilla silk are all coming on strong.

This Carmilla scent, like the other one I picked up, proves to be a real chameleon when actually applied. That's not in a bad way. But for me, with my skin chemistry, everything that was present at first sniff then completely evaporates after full dry-down. What remains is like a sexy cousin of Obatala, minus the water note and replace the shea butter with orris butter. The melange reminds me of a scent I was gifted about 20 years ago from a stranger who passed me on the street smelling amazing and when I asked him what he was wearing, he took a bottle from his pocket and tossed it to me and walked away. That scent became known as the Magic Musk and now I feel like it's just come back into my life through mysterious back-door means.  

If I had any complaint -and it's a small one- it's that I had been hoping for a showing of those violets, which, probably unsurprisingly, are my favorite floral scent. However, this scent is a sexy, musky masterpiece just the same. ❤️ 

[ghoulnextdoor]

Darling, Darling opens with a creamy, candied tartness that swoons into a misty moody, melancholic violet - a fevered vision nestled in the heart of a midnight reverie.This is a sugar-frosted  bloom with a nocturnal appetite - powdery yet sharp, a strange, romantic sweetness on which one feeds exclusively and voraciously. A velvety richness mingles with a subtle lactonic note, providing a silky backdrop that amplifies the scent's confectionery nature. A diaphanous veil of clean musk intertwines with gossamer-light vanilla, forming an ethereal shroud of tender menance, clinging to trembling skin.

Edited October 7 by ghoulnextdoor

[LavenderCoffee]

The sugared pear is most present on application, then fades into the blend, so while it no longer smells appetizing to a human past this point, I imagine the resulting slinky-sweet skin scent would be quite delectable to a vampire getting all up in your neck and hair. The violets are soft but persistent through the creamy haze at close range. 

[samanare]

The sugared pear and violet dominate on me, combining to make what to me reads as sweet-sour bubblegum. The other notes come out more with time, but the very sugared pear and violet combo stay in front.

[Vaudenilla]

I’m so into this! Glorious bubble gum smothered in vanilla cream and pear reduction! I do get a little sunscreen from the orris butter and coconut milk- but that’s a huge plus for me weirdly. I adore this. Something in it is reading lotus-esque, which reminds me both of the original glowing vulva and of Glitter (ooh deep cuts). My mom absolutely adores both Glitter and this perfume, and every time I wear it (3 times so far lol!) she comments on it or asks what I’m wearing. I think I will have to gift her a bottle! I get a long wear time out of this, but it’s pretty close to skin for me. I’m a huge fan! 

 

Wear time: 8 ish hours

Sillage: Close to skin