Dark Queen 50ml

For the third ÇaFleureBon birthday fragrance, founder and editor-in-chief Michelyn Camen suggested that we move away from our Alice in Wonderland theme into modern urban fantasy: vampire killers, shapeshifters and time-delaying beasts in human form. “No,” we said, but she still talked us into it.

Our Dark Queen is a sleek wildcat which has been grazing at a berry farm. The aroma of a furry animal, but a very well-groomed one, which only shows its claws if it absolutely has to. Untamed beasts are not for us. 

Its base is a traditional amber – the colour of our imaginary wild cat’s eyes – with the lyrical sensuality of styrax and labdanum. In this scent, you’ll find dark and fruity hints of oudh, with a stirring of red fruits, tonka, plum and apricot. Our animal may look as if it’s been out hunting, but the red stains on its furry nose are just raspberry juice.

• Perfume Dialect: Fruity Oudh
• Top Notes: Bergamot, Tonka, Raspberry
• Heart Notes: Oudh, Blackcurrant, Plum
• Base Notes: Styrax, Labdanum, Musk

Ingredients: Alcohol, Parfum, Limonene, Coumarin, Linalool

Dark Queen is suitable for vegans. 

"This is wonderful, woody, animalic, sexy, sultry, warm and dark. There is this dry woody vibe, slightly incense-esque, yet not church-like. More of a carnally raw, intrinsically animalic, spiritual incense. Woods from the jungle or the deep forest. Sarah does evoke the scent of wild animals, I don't want you to think dirty, dunglike oud animalic, but a leathery animalic. Wafts of musk and tonka tone it down, nay, compliment it. There is a slight fruity aspect to this, again, not powerful, not sugary. This is not fruit juice or drippy, luscious fruit. Picture notes of fresh fruit, still on the branch, just ever-so-slightly beaconing you with their scents. Absolutely marvellous." - wakefieldscentguy

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