Brand: Arcana
Scent Description: French vanilla, white amber, sugared vanilla beans, caramel, lady finger cookies, opium, strawberry creme, and the faintest whiff of tobacco.
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Brand: Arcana
Scent Description: French vanilla, white amber, sugared vanilla beans, caramel, lady finger cookies, opium, strawberry creme, and the faintest whiff of tobacco.
Two Finger Ballet plus strawberries. Very rich, boozy, intense, smokey vanilla with a hit of burnt brown sugar and crispy brown sugar, the idea of something caramelised, brown and sticky, and jammy, sticky, long-stewed preserved strawberries. The strawberry here is the opposite of fresh and fruity and is dense, sticky and mostly sugar. Something makes me think of pastry or pie-crust. It’s very cold-weather, sweet and unapologetic, so not the most serious or polished of scents, but for what it is, and what is it is with unapologetic gusto, it’s very nice.
Blind, it definitely reminded me of TFB. I get strawberry up front, with creme, opium, amber, and a little bit of sugar and nonspecific tobacco to round it out. It’s not too sweet or gourmand. I like it a lot.
Caramel vanilla and strawberry, similar to Two Finger Ballet