As Dark Things Are Meant to be Loved 2015

As Dark Things Are Meant to be Loved by Alkemia
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7.6 / 10 18 Ratings
A popular perfume by Alkemia for women, released in 2015. The scent is gourmand-resinous. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Gourmand
Resinous
Sweet
Oriental
Leathery

Fragrance Notes

LabdanumLabdanum CoffeeCoffee BakhoorBakhoor Black amberBlack amber BreuzinhoBreuzinho CoconutCoconut OpiumOpium OudOud Tonka beanTonka bean PatchouliPatchouli Russian leatherRussian leather Temple incenseTemple incense TobaccoTobacco Lapsang Souchong teaLapsang Souchong tea
Ratings
Scent
7.618 Ratings
Longevity
7.812 Ratings
Sillage
6.513 Ratings
Bottle
4.715 Ratings
Submitted by ExUser, last update on 03/13/2025.

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1 in-depth fragrance description
6
Bottle
6
Sillage
8
Longevity
8
Scent
Shaking

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Very helpful Review 8  
Fragrances as a guideline ? Pfff, who needs it...
Sometimes in life, expectations and actual reality are very different diverge.

I don't want to say anything, but let your gaze linger for a moment on the fragrances...take the words: Lapsang-Souchong tea, Russian leather, oud, black amber, patchouli, breuzinho, bakhoor, labdanum, TEMPLE CHRISTMAS very deeply into your consciousness !

What do you think the scent will give you ?

Right, the smoke will drive the PIPI into your eyes,
"Vi Et Armis", on the other hand, is a joke, for a cosy "cuddle evening" with your girlfriend.
You put on "Cardinal" to "make love"
Well...........*NOPE*
If the scent had been called "Dip chocolate cookies in warm tea with honey and orange and lemon in the sauna area", then....... "sigh* well..... then I would have known what I was getting.

But the saying: "What you see is what you get" has never been so far removed from any perfume as it is from this one!

So what do you get ?
A gourmand bomb of the very first order with "orange blossoms", somewhere a slight smoky note has "hidden" itself (but not a normal smoky note, it is somehow like the smell in a sauna land in the relaxation room).......where it comes from is a mystery to me *wink*

The durability is extremely good ( 10 hours + )
The Sillage, on the other hand, is "pleasantly" at one meter without filling rooms.
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ScentNebulaScentNebula 15 days ago
6
Sillage
7
Longevity
8.5
Scent
Strong coffee with a boozy fruit cake. Rich and yes, dark in a gourmand sort of way.
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L1ghtBlueL1ghtBlue 1 month ago
5
Bottle
3
Sillage
6
Longevity
9.5
Scent
On me it starts very dark and incense-y but dries down to include those nice sweet notes. A signature for me.
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FinalgirlFinalgirl 4 months ago
Santa Claus’ hot evil twin drinking a Dr. Pepper in an opium den.
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CoffinjumperCoffinjumper 6 months ago
Unfortunately soapy at first, but there's a nice caramel, coconut, tea that wafts beneath it and eventually the soap fades
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