Crying of Evil
EDP · 2022
Olfactive Profile
amber · floral · leather · musky · powdery · woody
About the Fragrance
Crying of Evil is inspired by Charles Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal. Poetic project of a lifetime, the artist expresses the paradox between evil and beauty, the eternal tug-of-war between man’s desire for the absolute and his attraction to vices.
Note Pyramid
The composition
Composed by Stephane Humbert Lucas. A unisex fragrance for fall & winter.
Top notes
the opening- Pink berries
- Tuberose
- Violet
- Spices
Heart notes
the soul- Sandalwood
- Leather
- Rose
Base notes
the trail- Patchouli
- Amber
- Olibanum
- Musks
Scent Profile
The fingerprint.
Performance
Wearable in
Main accords
Signature Moodboard
The world this scent lives in.
Smoke, sweat, saddle, midnight.
Textures
- — Aged hide
- — Birch tar
- — Riding glove
- — Beeswax
- — Honeyed resin
- — Warm wool
Materials
Vegetable-tanned leather · Bridle brass · Horsehair · Labdanum · Benzoin · Brass
Atmosphere
The room
A saddler's workshop after closing — leather and oil and dust
Weather
The air
Cold dry night, 6°C
Interior Design
Old-club library
Library with worn Chesterfield, brass desk lamp, single malt
Season
fall · winter
Wears best in fall and winter.
City Match
Tangier, the medina at midnight
Also at home in New York, Buenos Aires, Vienna.
Literary Match
McCarthy — Blood Meridian
Blood Meridian — McCarthy · The Sheltering Sky — Bowles
In one line
Stéphane Humbert Lucas 777
Crying of Evil — smoke, sweat, saddle, midnight.
Imagery courtesy of Unsplash
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