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Dark Circus by Amorphous Perfume
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Amorphous PerfumeUnited States

Dark Circus

Eau de ParfumSpray

Sizes and where to buy

SizeVolumePriceAvailability
Perfume Oil 12ml Glass Wand Bottle12 ml$60In stock
Perfume Oil 10ml rollerball bottle10 ml$49In stock
Perfume Oil 5ml apothecary bottle5 ml$29In stock
Eau De ParfumNot stated$165In stock

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Aroma palette is earthy, woody, ozonic, and gourmand. Highlights include autumn leaves, plastic Halloween masks, clown makeup, old circus tent canvas, barn hay, aged iron, and crushed popcorn.

Dark Circus is the result of the artists desire to compose the darkest circus themed fragrance on the market. It’s a walk through a long-abandoned carnival at the edge of autumn. The scent begins with the brittle rustle of fallen leaves and the faint snap of cold air as night settles in. Crushed popcorn lingers in the dust, barely sweet beneath the weight of decay and decomposition.

On the drydown, an unusual note of aged plastic creeps in, like the brittle surface of forgotten Halloween masks. The powdery smear of clown makeup follows, waxy and unsettling.

The heart of the scent is the circus itself. The heavy canvas of the old tent smells like dirt, mildew, and years of smoke curling into the seams. There’s a dry whisper of barn hay, not bright and golden but faded and trampled by animals that have long moved on. A cool, dirty metallic breath of oxidized iron appears briefly. Even as the deeper notes settle in, the popcorn remains, light and strange, a stubborn trace of sweetness against the dreary and ominous backdrop

This perfume doesn’t just evoke a place. It puts you there. Unsettling, hyperreal, and extremely bleak and unsettling, Dark Circus captures the moment the sun goes down and the ghosts come forward.

50ml Eau de Parfum presented in an elegant glass bottle with fine mist sprayer.

Please note that EDPs can only ship within the United States and must ship via ground due to alcohol content.

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