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dark academia darling
A gothic still life. A Caravaggio chiaroscuro of overripe plums, brandy snifters, inkwells and fountain pens. Bibliotheque is the fine art PhD twin sister next to the avant garde concept artist one that is Pulp. She's fruity in an almost fermented way, like a splash of elderberry schnapps, but freshened with a bite of violet pastilles. I’m also getting an “antique shop” accord; a patina of dust sugaring tufted armchairs of dark chocolaty leather. And I love it. Her longevity is solid and sillage appropriately treacly. If Bibliotheque smells like a library, it’s a dark fantasy library – a Guillermo del Toro’s imagining of Beauty and the Beast. Her companion candle is just as good, too.
Mental Snapshot: a Dark Academia boarding school drama. Ivy League Hermione Granger. Carmilla and Laura meet-cute at Le Rosey. A Donna Tartt classics major love interest. Tweed overcoats, black lace petticoats, knee-high riding boots. A silver hip flask of plum wine, swigged amidst stacks of leather-bound mysteries. The plot somehow involves a talking magpie and a magic Birkin.
tl;dr: Dark Academia darling
Mental Snapshot: a Dark Academia boarding school drama. Ivy League Hermione Granger. Carmilla and Laura meet-cute at Le Rosey. A Donna Tartt classics major love interest. Tweed overcoats, black lace petticoats, knee-high riding boots. A silver hip flask of plum wine, swigged amidst stacks of leather-bound mysteries. The plot somehow involves a talking magpie and a magic Birkin.
tl;dr: Dark Academia darling