Where are the Dead

[doomsday_disco]

WHERE ARE THE DEAD? or, SPIRITUALISM EXPLAINED

Containing well authenticated and selected reports of all the different phases of modern spirit phenomena, from table-turning to the visible materialisation of the faces and forms of the departed, and the photographing of spirits ; proving by undeniable facts that those we mourn as

DEAD ARE STILL ALIVE,

and can communicate with us ; and that Spiritualism is sanctioned by Scripture, and consistent with science and common sense ; with specimens of intensely interesting communications received touching death, the future life, and the experiences of the departed. Also extracts from the literature of Spiritualism, advice to investigators, list of books, addresses of mediums, and all useful information.

 

The Spiritualist, June 19, 1874

 

An unsettling dance of ethereal murmurs, with ghostly wormwood drifting through the husky warmth of cardamom — a whisper in a shadowed corridor. Hazy lavender and velvety orris cast an otherworldly glow in the darkened corners.

[VioletChaos]

This scent is...bizarre. I don't know WHAT I'm picking up on but this perfume gives me very similar unsettling vibes that I get from Laura, another scent that deals in the afterlife, though in a very different way. It morphed dramatically and continuously for about 20 minutes after application. I was getting random occurrences, like fresh cucumber (?!?) and other things that had nothing whatsoever to do with the listed notes. 
 It reminded me, during this stage, of stuff that's not unpleasant, but that I don't necessarily want to smell like, like herbal shampoos from the 80's, for example. But every time I would be ready to write it off as a failed experiment, it would shift again- always dramatically- so that I kept questioning what was happening.

When it did, finally settle down, it became another of the complex, stand-outs from this crop of Spirits. I still get none of the primary notes except maybe -MAYBE- a hint of orris. But even *that* is questionable, as it smells like no prior orris scent I've tried. 

But it keeps me coming back for more. 

As with other Evening With The Spirits fragrances, the scent has something intensely ephemeral and translucent about it: it's not heavy on the skin, it snaps clean when any type of categorization tries to get too close. It's otherworldly, though not in a "distant planet" way, but rather exactly as intended: the Other World to which we all must go, sooner or later, and what such a World- and its inhabitants- might smell like.

Very low throw, delicate, vaguely floral but n a funerary capacity and also vaguely scented with death, not in an earthy way but rather how we encounter the freshly deceased when we pay final respects.

I will DEFINITELY wear this the next time I visit departed loved ones. ❤️ 

[OxfordComma]

Ok, glad it's not just me! I have no idea what this smells like lmao I can definitely agree on cucumber or cucumber-adjacent vibes. Maybe something along the lines of a foggy-misty-ozone note... and well to be honest it doesn't really last long enough on me to get much more than that. Seemed like the only thing I picked up was the "otherworldly glow". Very low throw and longevity was quite short. I can't say I could pick out any of the listed notes, which was really pretty disappointing tbh, as the notes list sounded right up my alley. Womp womp. 

Edited December 29, 2024 by OxfordComma

[lithie]

I really like this one! It is not what I expected at all, but I’m not getting cucumber like the others. I do get a brightness - almost a gentle citrus?? I think it’s the wormwood. It does have a really neat ethereal and otherworldliness to it. Basically, it somehow turns into more than the sum of its parts. 

[LavenderCoffee]

Oh yeah this is delightfully spooky! It definitely smells like wormwood-lavender-orris to me (I'm not picking up on much cardamom personally), but the combined effect is kinda like ...a haunted lotus, if that makes any sense? Wonderfully weird and pretty.