Behind everything crouched the brooding, festering horror of the ancient town, and of the mouldy, unhallowed garret gable where he wrote and studied and wrestled with figures and formulae when he was not tossing on the meager iron bed. His ears were growing sensitive to a preternatural and intolerable degree, and he had long ago stopped the cheap mantel clock whose ticking had come to seem like a thunder of artillery. At night the subtle stirring of the black city outside, the sinister scurrying of rats in the wormy partitions, and the creaking of hidden timbers in the centuried house, were enough to give him a sense of strident pandemonium. The darkness always teemed with unexplained sound – and yet he sometimes shook with fear lest the noises he heard should subside and allow him to hear certain other fainter noises which he suspected were lurking behind them.
He was in the changeless, legend-haunted city of Arkham, with its clustering gambrel roofs that sway and sag over attics where witches hid from the King’s men in the dark, olden years of the Province.
A shadowy, unapproachable forest of maple, birch, dogwood, cypress and pine softened by a garland of New England wildflowers: bergamot, columbine, rue anemone, blue violet, creeping phlox, bloodroot, toadflax, and pixie moss.
Hellokoi –
I really like this masculine fragrance. Bergamot and neroli give it a bright, sweet, juicy citrus sparkle and the red sandalwood and dark musk are a spicy, dark, woody cologne that’s really sensual.
tunnabora –
I find this very unisex. On me, it smells gorgeously complex, rich and sweet. On my love it smells darker and spicier; quite different. An amazing scent. I’ll be picking up a full bottle soon.
Gloame –
This is more masculine-leaning than feminine, but could definitely work unisex. It’s woody and sexy. The bergamot keeps this from going too woody and the amber rounds out the sandalwood/frankincense combo. Very nice!
Masculine, woody, spice, ancient.
Greatwhitenowhere –
Another great starter or cross over for those preferring typical “men’s” scents or colognes but are looking for something similar to what is commercially available.
The best way to describe the blend is “after shave” which is exactly what came to mind while wafting from the bottle. The scent is a little unruly and heady in the bottle but calms to a nice, slightly warm clean scent. A very masculine scent.