Diabolus
PERFUME OIL BLENDS
Presented in an amber apothecary vial.
$6.25 – $25.00
They call me Troll;
Gnawer of the Moon,
Giant of the Gale-blasts,
Curse of the rain-hall,
Companion of the Sibyl,
Nightroaming hag,
Swallower of the loaf of heaven.
What is a Troll but that?
A lurching, hateful, bitter scent. This is a gruesome blend of ghastly greens and blacks: vetiver, pine pitch, troll musk, black basil, clove smoke, and scorched cumin.
Diabolus
PERFUME OIL BLENDS
Presented in an amber apothecary vial.
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Kitsune-Tsuki are malevolent Japanese spirits, akin to western werebeasts: women are possessed by the spirits of foxes, who compel them to perform acts of wickedness and mischief. Asian plum, orchid, daffodil, jasmine and white musk.
Vast talons, foul with human flesh, there grew
In place of hands, and features livid blue
Glar’d in her visage; while the obscene waist
Warm skins of human victims close embraced.
The blue faced hag of the British Hills. She lives in the Dane Hills, Leicestershire, in a cave called Black Annis’ Bower Close, which she dug out of rock with her own iron-strong claws. Dozens of huge cats prowl the Bower with her, and it is guarded by a great pollarded oak in which she hides so that she may catch lambs and small children to eat. She carries her victims back to her cave, where she flays them alive before devouring them. She drapes their skins on her guardian oak to dry. Her skirt is fashioned from the skins of her prey, and her bed is a high-piled bed of their bones.
Black Annis’ perfume is a mixture of damp cave lichen and oak leaf with a hint of vetiver, civet and anise.
From livid skies that, without end,
As stormy as your future roll,
What thoughts into your empty soul
(Answer me, libertine!) descend?
– Insatiable yet for all
That turns on darkness, doom, or dice,
I’ll not, like Ovid, mourn my fall,
Chased from the Latin paradise.
Skies, torn like seacoasts by the storm!
In you I see my pride take form,
And the huge clouds that rush in streams
Are the black hearses of my dreams,
And your red rays reflect the hell,
In which my heart is pleased to dwell.
The perfume of a hellbound soul, gleefully lost to iniquity: blood musk, golden honey, thick black wine, champagne grapes, tobacco flower, plum blossom, tonka bean, oakmoss, carnation, benzoin, opoponax, and sugar cane.
Dark children conceived from the union of Fallen Angels and the Daughters of Men. According to lore, the angel Shemhazai led a group of his angels to earth to instruct mankind in the ways of piety and righteousness. After a time, the angels became prey to earthly desires and began to lust after the daughters of man, and thus they fell. They instructed their mortal mates in the arts of conjuration, summoning, necromancy and other magickal arts. The fruits of their union are the Nephilim: possessed of superhuman strength, cunning, and infinite capacity, and hunger for, sin. Venerated as heroes by some, vilified by most, the Nephilim eventually annihilated one another in a cataclysmic civil war instigated by the angel Gabriel as punishment for their transgressions.
Holy frankincense and hyssop in union with earthy fig, defiled by black patchouli and vetiver, with a chaotic infusion of lavender, cardamom, tamarind, rosemary, oakmoss and cypress.
BellaLugosi –
Made me smile when opening the imp: A herbal foresty scent but sweet like caramel! I would subscribe to the festive feel of this. It does not evolve much away from the initial sniff on my skin, but that is no flaw for me. It’s still complex enough to keep things interesting. Drying down it has a bit of musky note. It’s not too strong on the nose, no pine-fest, what I appreciate, but also has not a very long staying power on me. Still, will test this some more, it’s a phenominally unique composition!
Sidney –
I bought this perfume a while back, and to this day it is my absolute favorite scent. It smells sweet without being obnoxious, smokey/woodsy and has a nice undertone of spice. It reminds me of winter and it is a rich tone while still being soft once on the skin.
Sabrina –
OMG OMG OMG
Sorry, had to get that out. I saw this listed on the conifer imp set but decided to order it alone. I did not have high hopes but have been completely blown away. It’s amazing and rich and smokey. I smell like burning wood in a fireplace during Christmas! Why I adore smelling like this- I don’t know! Does it bother me- HELL NO, I smell GOOD!!!! This is one of my favorites from now on. Thank you!
kattenbecka –
My holy grail smoke scent! This makes me smell like a burning forest, and I LOVE it!
artimisia –
So here’s what I smell when I sniff my arm. First is incense. During Advent in the Catholic Church, the priest will walk up and down with an incense…pot (sorry, couldn’t think of the word). And that smell is definitely in there. Secondly, I smell dark, resinous pine trees. Third, there’s woodsmoke. And fourth…something spicy and Christmasy. I’m not sure which ingredient it is, but it smells like a Christmas wreathe. Or Yankee Candle at Christmastime. I wish I could explain it better, but I can’t figure out what it is.
Anyway, as you can guess, I’m getting an Autumn/Winter vibe from this one. Sort of a Season’s Greetings feel, with a side order of solemnity and religion. For me, it’s more unisex, not masculine. But it is very strong, with the incense and smoke being the biggest takeaways…on me anyway. My skin tends to amplify dark notes and swallow green ones, so the pine might be stronger on others. I think it’s a scent I will definitely wear from time to time, especially during the the October through December range.
Don’t be put off from what it smells like in the bottle. In my frimp it smelled AWFUL, and I thought, “what a waste of a free sample”. Then I tried it on and discovered that I really liked it.
It’s getting four stars instead of five only because it IS such a heavy, strong scent. Definitely a “once in awhile” scent and not an “all the time” one.
Hellokoi –
Smoky vetiver and wood ash with a bit of a sharp, menthol laden pine. So sharp and smoky that it makes my eyes water. Turns a bit sweeter in the drydown, with the clove and cumin, but the sweet spice ends up reminding me of beef jerky, oddly.
Troll is like a pine forest in the midst of burning down. It’s a smoky, sharp, rather fascinating pine blend. I sniff this and can practically see the limbs of pine trees, sticky with sap and smoldering flames. It’s one of those scents that I can appreciate and am glad to have tried, but I could never actually pull off wearing this.
ravenwood –
My skin turns everything extremely sweet and powdery, so this actually dries down to a nice spicy, somewhat incense-y scent on me. The vetiver makes it “stick” for a while, too, which is a bonus; most scents without vetivert disappear into my skin in an hour or two. This lasts a good six before fading. So far, this one is my favorite, with Czernobog as a close second.
VetchVespers –
Troll, IMO, is definitely a male scent. In the bottle, it is acrid, with an oaky, alcoholically smell that makes me think of whiskey. It actually makes my eyes burn when I sniff deeply.
On the skin though, it quickly starts to settle down. I get the cumin notes, with a soft pine and a slight bitterness that I think must come from the basil. Eventually, on me, the vetiver starts to seep in, kind of blending and giving the sent some warmth. It stayed more cuminy on my husband. Over all, it’s a very pleasant, comfortable, unusual woodsy scent. More of a lumberjack husband who comes home to roughhouse with the kids and bring you hot cocoa than a Don Juan or dapper gentleman cologne.
My one grievance is that it doesn’t seem to last very long, but if you like woodsy scents, I’d definitely check it out.