Carnaval Diabolique: Xanthe, the Weeping Clown
Guava, orange peel, white pepper, spun sugar and apple blossom.
In bottle: woo, sweet and sugary fruits! This is definitely sweet, but not cloying, or foody, or boozy. Very prettily fruity apples and oranges and guavas--the apples and guavas are very well blended, sometimes I think it's a guava and sometimes I think it's an apple.
Wet on skin: basically the same as the bottle smell, but a bit muskier, with a few touches of candy-sweetness. Sometimes it also feels like a slightly powdery, dusty version of the bottle smell--but it smells great. Sweet, fruity, and now a bit more on the foody side than before--probable the pepper is making it feel a bit like gum.
Dry: spicy-sweet apples. Musky, and it's both dark and light at the same time--well, what do you expect, it's a weeping clown. It's probably nearer to a summer scent than anything, but it's not too high on that spectrum, I can easily see wearing this whatever season.
Verdict: absolutely lovely scent, I'm glad that this worked for me! (After all, I bought a bottle...lol.) It's possible the fresh version may be different, but as it is, this is a beautiful blend.
In bottle: woo, sweet and sugary fruits! This is definitely sweet, but not cloying, or foody, or boozy. Very prettily fruity apples and oranges and guavas--the apples and guavas are very well blended, sometimes I think it's a guava and sometimes I think it's an apple.
Wet on skin: basically the same as the bottle smell, but a bit muskier, with a few touches of candy-sweetness. Sometimes it also feels like a slightly powdery, dusty version of the bottle smell--but it smells great. Sweet, fruity, and now a bit more on the foody side than before--probable the pepper is making it feel a bit like gum.
Dry: spicy-sweet apples. Musky, and it's both dark and light at the same time--well, what do you expect, it's a weeping clown. It's probably nearer to a summer scent than anything, but it's not too high on that spectrum, I can easily see wearing this whatever season.
Verdict: absolutely lovely scent, I'm glad that this worked for me! (After all, I bought a bottle...lol.) It's possible the fresh version may be different, but as it is, this is a beautiful blend.