Balsam
Crystal amber
Labdanum
Resins
Smoke
Woody notes
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Black Gold Without a Beginning
Your grimaces are yellowed, brittle and bland from daily use. Crusty clothing, as if played in the earth and only shaken off. Greasy streaks frame your face, soaked in bee honey, tallow, and dust. Like a frame around a picture. Only, this picture does not correspond to reality. You are tired. Tired of smiling, tired of playing. You are a fool if you think you can please everyone without losing yourself. Your soul has long been trapped in this small bizarre world and you cannot break free. You are decaying. Your shell only represents your inner self and your inner self stands for nothing. You do not deceive others, you deceive yourself.
A card in the tarot.
Your thoughts wander as you stoke the embers, delicate clouds of smoke rise quietly, only sparse. More ash, more soot than fire. You are not cold, the sun dances on your face and makes your amber eyes sparkle. Only briefly. For even they have a dull veil. Decayed, empty, meaningless. You have not been yourself for too long. For this world. When will you do something for yourself?
The golden sugar crackles in the cauldron, almost blackening, it exudes a burnt sweet aroma.
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Fool by Wild Veil is a creation from Abby's tarot series, who handcrafts her batches from natural ingredients. In Fool, she attempts to highlight the enchanting aroma of amber and labdanum, which is meant to create a dark universe together with woods, smoke, and balsam. She succeeds, at least in the solid version, in my opinion, less so.
Fool starts with a sweet, slightly greasy resin note, followed by mild hints of smoke that increase slightly over time, but soon get lost in honey and sugar. The scent feels somewhat yellowed, desolate, crumbled, which definitely arises from the strong tallow note that devours the other aromas and ends in a skewed base.
Fool thus creates a pronounced skin association, which is quite intriguing, but becomes overwhelming over time. Very much human, very much fat, skin with sugar and amber without gold.
The solid has hardly any projection and disappears after about four hours. Throughout, it remains very close to the skin.
(With special thanks to Seejungfrau)
A card in the tarot.
Your thoughts wander as you stoke the embers, delicate clouds of smoke rise quietly, only sparse. More ash, more soot than fire. You are not cold, the sun dances on your face and makes your amber eyes sparkle. Only briefly. For even they have a dull veil. Decayed, empty, meaningless. You have not been yourself for too long. For this world. When will you do something for yourself?
The golden sugar crackles in the cauldron, almost blackening, it exudes a burnt sweet aroma.
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Fool by Wild Veil is a creation from Abby's tarot series, who handcrafts her batches from natural ingredients. In Fool, she attempts to highlight the enchanting aroma of amber and labdanum, which is meant to create a dark universe together with woods, smoke, and balsam. She succeeds, at least in the solid version, in my opinion, less so.
Fool starts with a sweet, slightly greasy resin note, followed by mild hints of smoke that increase slightly over time, but soon get lost in honey and sugar. The scent feels somewhat yellowed, desolate, crumbled, which definitely arises from the strong tallow note that devours the other aromas and ends in a skewed base.
Fool thus creates a pronounced skin association, which is quite intriguing, but becomes overwhelming over time. Very much human, very much fat, skin with sugar and amber without gold.
The solid has hardly any projection and disappears after about four hours. Throughout, it remains very close to the skin.
(With special thanks to Seejungfrau)
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