Brand: Darling Clandestine
Scent Description: In an interview on Working with Monolids, I mentioned “Bicep of the Parrot #42” as a fake example of a designer fragrance. Now it’s totally real. I kept picturing a green jungle bird in a mosaic of a fountain filled with copper pennies. I dunno, man, that’s just what I pictured, okay? So I went for the metallic overtone of copper, splashing water, high breezes, and an elaborate concoction of sun-baked jungle plants and flowers. So there you have it—description wins over “notes” this time again.
I’ve never been in an actual jungle, but this smells almost exactly like the winter gardens in Auckland, glass, steel and concrete hothouses full of tropical greenery and bubbling water. After a bit it fades into softer green and kind of floral.