Ethereal Darkness

[luna65]

 

Scent: Dried fruits rolled in cocoa powder.

 

CHOCOLATE/COCOA ~ Lightens emotions, evokes feelings of love.

PUMPKIN ~ Fertility, plenty, abundance, prosperity. Male sexual stimulant.

CURRANT ~ Aids success in love affairs, and a magical representation of blood.

FIG ~ Wisdom, fertility, love, luck, protection, aids restful sleep, divination. Feminine sexuality.

MUSK ~ Self confidence and strength, sexual attractant, heightens passions and arousal.

ALLSPICE ~ Luck, health, prosperity, money.

[pheroserenade]

Has anyone tried this and can review it yet? I have it and have tried it every day for the last few days, but I'm a bit puzzled by it. It's lovely in the vial. I get a lot of the powdery cocoa and pumpkin while it's wet. I'm getting the fig and maybe a bit of the currant as well, but I'm not too sure. The dry down leaves a light cocoa and spice scent. This lighter scent lasts for hours on me. But every other day I put this on, it goes completely wonky on my skin. Also, if I reapply it in the same spot. I think it might be the pumpkin mixed with the cocoa and musk for me. Or maybe I'm just noticing another layer each time I apply it. I want so badly for this to work and would love both a fb and spray, but my skin chemistry won't let me be great.

I'm not sure how much a scent will age in the vial, as opposed to the glass bottle, but I'll put this away and try again in a couple weeks. Hopefully I'll still have a chance to purchase a fb.

[raydee8_love]

I’m getting a chocolate-ty wine really nice but too sexy for the office 

[LexiJo]

This one reminds me a LOT of Cougar Panther. I think it is the (on me)  WHAM...CURRANT!  Currant takes over totally on my skin.  I am not a fan, and although I adore the label, this is the one I enjoy the least of the Weenies this year. I will put it away for a while and want to try again. I also want to compare this side by side with Cougar Panther.

[pheroserenade]

@LexiJo hmmm you got me thinking. Maybe its the combo of chocolate and currant that's going wonky me. I didn't even consider it could be the currant before. It turns to baby poo on my skin. I love it in the vial though. I'm hoping aging will make this wearable for me, but we'll see. You win some, lose some. I'm learning a lot in the process.

[luna65]

This does remind me somewhat of Love at First Bite.  The cocoa powder does not read sweet on me at all, it just has a particular quality.  There's an interesting contrast between powderyness and a sort of "wet" intensity of the fruit notes.  The musk is also doing something but I'm not sure it works with my chemistry.

[tink333]

I got a trial of this because of the label. I love this label so much! 

I'll be honest, I only got trial because I was skeptical of this because I don't always love pumpkin scents and musks can sometimes go all wonky with my skin chemistry. 

I am so pleasantly surprised by this! I love it! 

When I first applied it, the cocoa was the most prevalent note with an undercurrent of musk. It quickly morphed and the current and fig became a bit stronger because it became a bit brighter. 

Now it's this soft well blended musk scent. Everything is blended so well together. To me, it's fancy, like a rich lady perfume, but with this undercurrent base that's darker because of the cocoa and pumpkin. It reminds me a lot of another older LP perfume that I cannot for the life of me remember the name. It was a fig musk type of perfume and I LOVED IT. The description said something about smelling like the fur coat area of a department store. (I only ever had a sample of it.) To me, it is similar to that, but with a dark edge. I love this! I'll be needing a FB of this one too. 

 

 

[luna65]

You're thinking of the original version of Luxurious.

[tink333]

On 11/23/2024 at 11:19 PM, luna65 said:

You're thinking of the original version of Luxurious.

Yes! Thank you, Luna. I could not remember that at all. 

[Onyx]

Your exchange @luna65 and @tink333 in this thread has me picking up a trial of both Luxurious and Ethereal Darkness 🦇. Even though the original Luxurious is no longer available and I wasn't interested in this one initially, I'm really curious now.