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10/05/2022
Mlleghoul
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An impossible Atlantean arboretum
Sapincense Fougoudative from Woudacieux is, I will freely admit, a perfume I bought solely for the creepy-ass naked winged homunculi gracing the luridly gothic fairytale bottle. I did not read a single review, although I have since learned that opinions are divisive. I believe the fragrance is built around elements of oud and fig and spruce, and while I do initially smell something like the crisp, wintry evergreen woody crush of coniferous needles and bittersweet balsamic resins, it conjures for me visions of the oddly aquatic as well. Not like a sunny day on a tropical shore with waves crashing and sand in your hair, though–more like the deep sea twilight zone of the ocean floor, where not a glimmer of sunlight reaches an impossible Atlantean arboretum. Pale trees crusted with coral and kelp and blue algae, home to spider crabs and angler fish, and whose limbs rustle strangely in the currents, whispering maritime murmurs heard only by dreamers and poets. I am not sure what people hate about this scent, other than there are definitely no figs. Maybe much like other tempting fruits they were so sweet and cold and delicious that they were stolen straight from the icebox by one of those poets before they even made it into the perfume.
