Wandering Eye

[Seajewel]

A heart-rending, grief-clenched perfume of blackcurrant, carrot seed, rose otto, immortelle, salt musk, violet leaf absolute, and lemon peel.

[ghoulnextdoor]

First off, get a gander at that label art! Showcasing what I have come to think of as The Eyes of Becky Munich, as this artist’s eerie ocular renderings are truly things of eldritch beauty. And though I was not familiar with the particular sonnet that this fragrance was inspired by, there is no denying that the scent overall encapsulates the mournful lyricism that I associate with Edna St. Vincent Millay. For me, this is more a whispery, poetic feeling with an exquisitely elegiac quality–somewhere between gothic melodrama and tragic Victorian fairy poetry– than it is an actual smell that I can pinpoint …but envision this: a handful of sweet, dried chamomile brewed in a teacup of tears and pebbled with precious stones gathered from a reliquary; left as a graveside offering on a day when the sky is sullen, and the light is bruised and the descent of evening fog, milky, opaque, thick as wool, concludes the silent ceremony.

[samanare]

Unfortunately this was pretty soapy on me. Fancy soap, but this was not the scent for me. The salt musk is the strongest, making the scent aquatic at its base. I get the citrus of the lemon peel and the florals end up being more of a pale white floral musk on me. Overall, a salty aquatic with a glow of lemon and floral musk.