This sampler features aquatic/sea/ocean cryptid fragrances. Cryptids are mainly an animal whose existence or survival is disputed or unsubstantiated, such as Yeti and Bigfoot. It is a creature that is found in stories and that some people believe exists or say that have seen but has never been proven to exist. Some of these alleged creatures have origins spanning to that of antiquity, with their presence believed to have been recorded in myth and legend, while others are thought to have taken new evolutionary paths and evolved from previously existing creatures into new variations. Cryptozoology is the study of cryptids.
You will receive a 1/2ml sample (1ml sample vial filled half full) of each of the fragrances in this sampler.
- Aether Arts Perfume Scylla Voile de Parfum - Scylla was once a beautiful nymph but was changed into a terrifying monster after arousing the jealously of Circe. Being jealous of her rival, Circe gave Glaucus a poison rather than a love philter. When Glaucus gave the philter to Scylla, she metamorphosed into a horrible monster with twelve feet and six heads on long snaky necks, each head having a triple row of shark-like teeth, while her loins were girdled by the heads of baying dogs. From her lair in a cave, she devoured whatever ventured within reach, including six of Odysseus’s companions. Scylla’s scent is a warmly animalic, salty oud, embraced by an ocean. Her animal nature is always apparent as is the briny depths that crash against her shoreline cave. A brief, whiff of umami speaks to meat of her diet—sea creatures and sailors (when she can snatch them up from passing vessels). Wood notes and musk reference the many ships that have sunk to a watery grave in an effort to avoid Scylla’s gnashing teeth. This is not a "pretty" perfume, it's a bold statement of strong marine notes, animalic notes, and oud. If you love salty, ocean smells and oud or want to smell something utterly unique and original, this scent is for you. With top notes of ocean accord (salt, seaweed, Choya Nahk and marine notes) middle notes of sea monster accord (animalic notes and oud notes); and base notes of splintered ships accord (wood notes and musk notes).
- Cherry Ka's Trunk Harpy Perfume Oil - The scent of a one-sided battle at sea, with blood splashing into the water, a ship up in smoke, abandoned swords and dashing feathers. With notes of sea salt, sea spray, smoke, oak and spruce.
- Deep Midnight Perfumes Nessie Perfume Oil - "’Tis a fine, cool, crisp day in the highlands as the mist settles over the Loch. One might sense the faintest ripple in the water, a change in the sound the insects make and the general hush that comes over the nearby forest. Slowly she rises, a great leviathan in her own right, her scales shining in the semi-clouded sun.” Imagine the highlands of Scotland and the gorgeous, mysterious Loch Ness and all that may arise from her depths. Nessie is comprised of main notes of deep dark waters, highland heather, green aquatics, forest greens, wormwood, mist and the faint and clean scent of a mysterious animal from the depths.
- Obscura Hortus Creature From the Black Lagoon Perfume Oil - “Creature from a million years ago!... every man his mortal enemy... and a woman’s beauty his prey!” Here in the murky waters of the black lagoon lives something only spoken of in ancient Amazon legend— half man, half fish— a creature who waits for the perfect moment to catch and send you to a watery grave! This fragrance is quite fresh and aquatic, yet still retains its mystery. Damp earth, green tea, and sea kelp float just on the surface and mingle with hints of honeysuckle, ylang-ylang, and ambergris.
- Ruby and Fable Kelpie in the Green Water Perfume Oil - In the dark wooded swamp, something large and menacing drifts beneath the lily-covered water. There’s a citrusy and tea-like note in the air, almost inviting, but as the kelpie raises its head and encourages you closer, you’ll find moss entwined in its mane, and a maw full of teeth awaiting you.
- Venus Invictus Siren EDP - An intoxicating blend of narcotic florals and aquatic musk. With top notes of blue tansy and yarrow; middle notes of lemon myrtle, jasmine and rose; and base notes of oceanic musk and seaweed.
