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.
Great review. Full of tragedy, compassion, and resignation - I'm with Gandix, I usually like skin scents, but if they become unwashed and greasy, I'm out. Fantastic scent description.
You analyzed Fool so subtly that everything has actually been said. Really, EVERYTHING. I find it exactly like that. A bit gross/oily with skin flakes... It was a total misjudgment when buying the sample.
A scent for the Macbeth witch's cauldron. I truly appreciate your reviews with their wonderful vivid language! Real works of art that also convey a very accurate picture of the fragrance. Thank you!
A beautifully written review filled with passion, complemented by lovely scent descriptions. This fragrance direction isn't really for me, but I eagerly followed your description (a lot of people, very fatty, skin with sugar....), great!
What a great review. I love this skin... But I also like amber and honey. But with those greasy hair strands, you're almost ruining it for me. *laughs*
Incredibly beautifully written Words that create images Writing that touches Writing to inform, to entertain Writing to captivate You've achieved all of this here
The Fool in Tarot is also interpreted as failure across the board, as stumbling at the finish line. So it's a fitting name (though it's not that bad, really). Let's forgive Abby; not everything can be amazing all the time. But what a great text!
Words that create images
Writing that touches
Writing to inform, to entertain
Writing to captivate
You've achieved all of this here
And they all sound very exciting.