Darling Clandestine’s Description of the scent: The image is Yellow Cat, by my aunt Pilar Acevedo. “This particular piece was inspired by a child’s fear of an old wives’ tale.” The fragrance is Arylide, a dream painted in yellow. Angelic plumeria and about ten other elements that comprise my take on late-summer sycamore leaves.
I have had this perfume since right after the release date. So I have had a long time to test this baby out, and oh boy, do I love this smell.
The fragrance is Arylide, a dream painted in yellow. Angelic plumeria and about ten other elements that comprise my take on late-summer sycamore leaves.
Now I am not the kind of person who describes scents by scent names, like calling a rose a rose scent.
I describe them usually by what it makes me think of or remember, but I will do my best while reviewing scents to do a little mix of both.
My initial smell right out of the bottle is harsh and sharp green and floral smell. Almost like the smell of wet flowers, but sharper not as subdued a smell.
The smell on my skin wet is less green and the sharpness is pushed way back. It now has this sweet floral smell coming out with a little spice to it.
The green smell has almost dissipated as soon as it went onto my skin. Right now it reminds me of sticking my face in those multi flower bouquets at stores. The dry down on my skin has brought back the sharp greenness I first got when smelling the open bottle, but still has that flower bouquet smell underneath.
At this stage I get this tart apple like smell, but very very faint. I have not smelled this tartness in any other stage. Now just a disclaimer, most of Darling Clandestine’s scent do not last a ton of time on me, the usual wear time of most of them are around a couple hours at best. Both solids and oils. Arylide though it lasts on me forever. I can put this scent on in the morning and laying in bed at night I can still get faint whiffs of it.
To me this is absolutely amazing, but not necessary to me, but could be to some of you guys. The throw is also intense on this one compared to her other scents. So be wary if you like perfumes to cling closer to your skin This is just a little added bonus I just thought about telling you guys about are the other scents that I will wear alongside Arylide, because you know having a million indie perfumes you can’t just wear one all the time.
Good pairs:
- DC’s Boss Fight & DC’s Inked
- DC’s Halochrome & DC’s Serpentinaand
- Sixteen92’s Supercell & Sixteen92’s Eternal Return
If you have an interest in me telling you how Arylide and one of these smells like together just shoot me a comment, and I will definitely tell you all about it. Also if there is a scent you would like to know how it smells with it. Just ask, and I might already own it. Especially if it is a Darling Clandestine scent.
