Brand: Darling Clandestine
Scent Description: This very bold, very warm, VERY spicy sweet holiday fragrance debuted in 2010, and that version will never return. Then there was a Big Top Train 2011 (warm, cherry-woody) and a Big Top Train 2013 (sweet resins, a brisk dusting of snow, sugared lemon). In 2015 I unveiled the “Culmination Blend,” which pulled the best aspects of the earlier iterations into one final story.
Citrus cotton candy! Predominantly orange with a twist of lemon, very slightly spiced, and what must be a sweet almond note that carries itself like cake or cherry cotton candy. It’s sweet and fluffy and makes me hungry. There’s some deeper notes going on in there forming a smooth base, but I couldn’t tell you what it is for the life of me.