Inquisitor is a dark resinous amber blend base with leather, beeswax, benzoin, frankincense, Palo Santo, smoke and fire. It opens with a whip of black leather, amber, fire and Palo Santo. Give it a few minutes as the sting of leather recedes and hot melted beeswax and benzoin emerges and sweetens the deep resins and amber. A sweet tendril of woodsmoke curls around the frankincense. The body heat seems to ignite a fizzy effervescence in the perfume as well. The dry down is a sweet, dry, dusty amber with the beeswax and benzoin still present and a bit of smoke. Inquisitor contains nominal amounts of myrrh, vetiver, patchouli, sandalwood, oud and rosewood as supporting notes but the aforementioned listed notes are the key players. It is a vegan fragrance. It is an eau de parfum, edp.
Created by Angela St. John as part of a collection of fragrances based on the fictional town of Foxcroft, Maine.
SOLSTICE SCENTS INQUISITOR REVIEWS
Fragrantica: "This is smoky, but also has a feel of coldness to me—like burnt paper in a stone fire pit, if that makes sense at all. Will definitely be getting the full size for the hubby."
Fragrantica: "Intense leather, smoke, incense, and palo santo. The 'medieval dungeon' description is perfect, the beeswax fade is lovely. Like the first reviewer says, I also find this to be a comforting scent--like the warmth of an old leather jacket that's been out in the sun all day, that you put on late at night when the summer heat finally breaks. Not really wearable for me...no clue where I'd wear it. But it's sexy and delicious!"
Fragrantica: "Opens with a powerful note of urinal freshener puck that smacks one upside the head but lasts only a moment, leaving behind a weird "stereo" effect of notes that feel very separate: a refined, airy palo santo that projects, a middle note of patchouli but without the sharpness, and underneath, what smells to me like a clean, masculine musk close to the skin, though I know there is not supposed to be any musk in this. The perfumer's description calls this a "sinister" amber, but I actually find that it smells comforting, like being held and protected... though perhaps, by an S&M dude. But he's older... and rich, probably... and his dungeon is super comfy."
Fragrantica: "Inquisitor is an extremely powerful fragrance that is reminiscent of a medieval dungeon. It opens with an realistic fire note. Over time, the incense, leather, and resins become more prominent. It becomes sweeter after sitting on the skin for a few hours and fades away to a beeswax scent."
Fragrantica: "Opens warm, sweet, almost medicinal, and I’m distinctly smelling aniseed and artemisia which is odd, as neither of these are listed. There’s raw wild honey on their heels, which quickly blossoms to dominate the scent, with a flicker of incense notes bringing up the rear. About 20 minutes in, a soft leather and a tendril of chimney smoke join the composition, and the frankincense and labdanum become more prominent, but the lovely, realistic honey continues to hold center stage. Within a couple of hours, on my skin this is mostly a beautiful dark, raw, smoky honey with a lick of labdanum and a hint of amber. Far from the fire and brimstone of his youth, our inquisitor has retired to a quiet hamlet and taken up beekeeping and tending a little garden of herbs. Maybe he struggles with some demons from his old occupation, lives here on the quiet, tries to do good in small ways these days. I wouldn’t even be surprised if he’s befriended the local witch (there is a witch’s cottage near Foxcroft, after all)."
Reddit: "A heavy, deep, dark, leather and sandalwood scent. There's no sweetness in this, it's kinda sexy but would probably read as masculine if you are used to mainstream fragrance."
