Halloween is here once again and everyone who has worshipped at the shrine of perfume, Vincent Price, Tim Burton, Hammer films and Edgar Allan Poe rejoices at the opportunity to go all ghoulish and creepy; indulging a little bit of inner terror is good for the soul.
With the fun time of the year coming up soon, I have compiled an easy guide that is all treat, no trick, with various fragrance suggestions and beauty products that evoke pumpkins, ghouls, jack o'lanterns and naughty playtime. You can find it on this link on Fragrance.About.com
If you're buying gifts for late October or November occasions there is also another guide with expert quotes from perfumer Aaron Way and niche boutique owner David Pirrota which you can access on this link.
I am the "who" when you call, "Who's there?" I am the wind blowing through your hair I am the shadow on the moon at night
The end of October brings with it its own special mood and that is largely dependent on the cooling of the weather and the shortening of the day. The diminished light can be a little spooky when it's not drab. And of course spooky always brings to mind Halloween, fittingly bookended between the Autumn Equinox and the Winter Solstice. And which perfumes accompany this Halloween mood?
The following suggestions are inspired by either the traditional scents associated with the fall celebration (Jack o'lantern pumkin, apples and gingerbread cookies, licorice sticks, spices etc.) or with the autumnal landscape around.
Like This by Etat Libre d'Orange(created in collaboration with Tilda Swinton) is a natural as it includes actual notes of pumpkin (!), gingerbread spices, everlasting flower (immortelle), warm woods and the autumnal scent of damp earth.
Jesus del Poso Halloween is for those of you who want to be literal, even though the scent is a woody with powdery facets, focused on violets. Interestingly, the 1997 perfume features a bell-shaped jar eerily similar to those employed by Lutens for his Paris-exclusive scents. Spooky! :-)
Demeter's Pumpkin Pie fragrance smells of pumpkins (well, duh), sugar, cinnamon, ginger and cloves. The perfect shortcut to actually baking that pumpkin pie!
Serge Lutens Five O'Clock Au Gingembre is not as literally related to All Hallow's Eve, much as it fuses the British with the French, but the ambience it creates is perfect for this time of the year.
Lancome Magie Noireis as bewitched as you'd wish for this day of the year. A purple fruity top note over the darkest gothic imaginable falls into murky depths of oakmoss and patchouli.
BPAL Dia de Los Muertos is even named after the original Mexican celebration; the Day of the Dead. (For an inspiration on what to make in the kitchen, look at this kolyva recipe)
Ayala Moriel Autumn is a sensuous perfume of all naturals ingredients, with fruity notes that recall the harvest season. But it's the dark shade of the liquid that is so evocative of something more earthy, more primal...
Korres Jasmine, Pepper, Gaiacwood brings on all the joys of warmth and heft that suit the season. The scent is unique and mysterious enough to entice.
CB I Hate Perfume November ushers the month with the melancholy it befits it—with notes of pumpkin pie, fallen leaves and ringlets of smoke rising on the cool sky.
Which perfume are YOU bringing out from under the bed...?
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