You can smell the funnel cakes, and hot sun on the asphalt, the petting zoo, the plastic bag the cotton candy is in, the oil and grease of the cheap carnival rides, the trees hanging low and heavy in the humidity and the fresh cut grass. The smell of summer. There are few things that say "carnival" more than the scent of freshly spun cotton candy and funnel cake bubbling in the deep fryer. The bright lights and whizzing, whirling rides are beckoning. The sounds and smells are seductive sirens of the season. The midway is filled with scents from animals and vehicles and the mechanical smells generated by the rides. But, perhaps the favorite range of aromas is from the food prepared on cookers, fryers, and griddles and offered by vendors ready to tempt the taste buds of lovers of fair food. Moments after walking through the gates, fair-goers can hear young and old alike as they catch a whiff of their favorite delicacies and start talking about their favorite fair food.
You will receive a 1/2ml sample (1ml sample vial filled half full) of each of the fragrances in this sampler:
- Black Baccara Carnival of Ghosts Perfume Oil - Ancient spirits host a twilight carnival infusing this blend with wistful scenes of dancing candles set inside jack-o-lanterns, playful tricks and delightful treats. From freshly turned soil, a simmering cauldron of potions emerges as a breeze carrying the essence of crisp apples, sarsaparilla candies and the aroma of popcorn. A peculiar, earthy and very moody atmospheric gourmand, this blend is grounded in benzoin, agarwood and a subtlest trace of patchouli. On the drydown, you'll experience anise, pumpkin, apple, caramel and a hint of popcorn swiftly emerging from the depths of rich soil. This fragrance is an entire autumn carnival in a bottle. Aroma palette is dark, earthy and gourmand. Highlights include freshly carved pumpkin, Macintosh apples, aged patchouli, carnival popcorn, vintage sarsaparilla, flickering candles and tendrils of smoke from a witch's cauldron.
- Calypso’s Cottage Wicked Woods Perfume – The scent of a carnival set up next to spooky woods. With notes of caramel, cotton candy, spiced apple and dried leaves.
- Cirque Sensorium Rain Soaked Midway EDP - Brings to life the scent of strolling through a pouring rainstorm on a muddy carnival midway. It opens with the vibrant aroma of sweet orange and pouring rain blended with the earthy notes of mud and wet moss. Ozone adds a fresh, airy quality, while cyclamen introduces a delicate floral touch. The fragrance deepens with rich patchouli, amber and woodsy oakmoss, capturing the nostalgic and invigorating essence of a rain-drenched fairground.
- Cult Fragrance Terror on the Midway Perfume Oil - Cult Fragrance x The Cannibal Carnival Presents: Terror on the Midway, a custom fragrance created by Imp Addams. The midway of any carnival is where those that aren't careful can get lost. Perhaps all those shady carnies have something to do with the recent disappearances... It is a nostalgic fragrance ready to be enjoyed anytime of the year -- sweet carnival treats and inescapable midnight air. A gourmand blend of fresh popcorn, funnel cake, neon cotton candy, caramel apples, a gentle wafting of smoked wood and tilled earth.
- Ghoulish Goods Cursed Carnival Perfume Oil - A nostalgic blend of cotton candy, vanilla ice cream, night air and clown musk. Thoughtfully crafted to bring to life the experience of being at a carnival surrounded by lively aromas of sweet cotton candy and ice cream. Deepened by the heavy summer night's air, bringing chills to the skin as you wander surrounded by musk clowns, funhouse mirrors and wailing screams in all directions.
- Little & Grim Test Your Strength Perfume Oil - The best thing about the fair is the food. Change my mind. With notes of tempting sweet dough, vanilla bean, a bit of cinnamon, frankincense, benzoin, Texas cedarwood and warm musk.
- Lovesick Witchery Lament of the Midway Perfume Oil - The carnival has packed up and moved to the next nowhere town. The midway sits desolate. Whispers of motor oil stain the cement parking lot. A stray cat lapping up spilled cherry slush on a patch of dead grass nearby to where the tilt-a-whirl once sat. No children laughing, no shrieks of excitement, only wads of shewed bubblegum spit out on the dirty ground. The glittering lights are gone, the fairway music silenced. A smattering of black licorice strings, crushed into the earth by countless shoes, harken back to a time of childhood revelry. A few corn husks are scattered from abandoned harvest decorations. A sweet, earthy, haunting fragrance with notes of spilled cherry slush, bubblegum, black licorice, hay, dead grass, motor oil, cement and corn husks.
- Lunar Life Apothecary Palm Reader Perfume Oil - You answer a dare from your giggling and taunting group of friends and enter the dark and musty tent of the Palm Reader, who you can barely see through the smoke of incense and magic that is thick in the air. They offer you an anise candy and give you a palm reading that is uncanny, accurate and life changing. With top notes of anise and candies; middle notes of incense, sandalwood and a trunk full of magic potions; and base notes of buttered popcorn, kettle corn and candied pralines.
- Sixteen92 Shadow Show Parfum - Originally released as part of the original General Catalogue in 2014, Shadow Show was removed from the permanent lineup in late 2019 due to seasonal component availability. It is one of Sixteen92's most requested reissues. As part of the August 2025 Legacy Collection, Shadow Show was inspired by Ray Bradbury's fascinating "Something Wicked This Way Comes" and Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show. It is a gourmand, fruity, smoky, metallic and dark fragrance with notes of kettle corn, spun sugar, apple, machine oil, rusty metal and dirt.
- Vampress Heart Freakshow Fumes Perfume Oil - Freakshow Fumes is inspired by a twisted metal carnival filled with chaos and freaks. Picture yourself sitting front row as vintage cars driven by twisted metal clowns roar past. The air becomes thick with the intoxicating scent of gasoline and oil, mingling with the earthy essence of demolition derby dirt and vintage clown car leather. Dare to experience this dark spooky fragrance, where every whiff of Freakshow Fumes holds a new clown-themed perfume thrill! Vegan and cruelty free.
