doomsday_disco Report post Posted September 15 A luminous cold flame: chilled bergamot, Ceylon cinnamon, white clove bud, amber, and incense smoke. Between these passionate moments there were long intervals of commonplace, of gaiety, of brooding melancholy, during which, except that I detected her eyes so full of melancholy fire, following me, at times I might have been as nothing to her. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
batling Report post Posted October 22 To my nose, this could be a cousin to Every Day is Halloween. The sandalwood in that blend hits similarly to me; resinous, woody, warm. It packs a punch. Melancholy Fire diverges with the citrus zest from the bergamot and it really pops through the heat of this fragrance. It dissipates just slightly, and as it dries down, settling on the skin, you get a rich amber incense that doesn't read as heavy or powdery. It makes me think of grubby, handmade incense cones that you burn on a charcoal disc--carefully rolled in oil of bergamot, dusted in finely ground cinnamon and clove. Or when something is so cold that it burns... You would think that this would be a prickly, fiery scent, but its not, not really. The warmth is there for ambiance, overshadowing the brightness from the citrus just slightly but not enough to snuff it out or in some cases irritate the skin. It's really balanced and just really beautiful. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OxfordComma Report post Posted November 8 I really hesitated to review this but, here we go! I gotta be honest.... this one baffles me. When I first got it, it reminded me of those little crappy erasers that are shaped like stuff? The ones that you used to get as a kid from like dentists reward treasure chests? That just me? Idk. It smelled like a rubber eraser. And it..... still kind of does. I feel like this is mostly the clove, which is a note that I don't often have good luck with, doing something weird. There's something almost.... honeyed about it? So like a sticky sweet eraser. This sounds like a crazy person review lmao. But I've had this for a few weeks now and it hasn't really changed. I might be getting a little incense smoke but I might also just be trying to convince myself it's there. I.... got nothing. I'd never be able to guess these notes blind. It does somehow conjure up the concept of frostbite or a burning cold flame. Probably better for lovers of clove.🤷♀️ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
