Crow Moon: Black Currant and Black Violet

[doomsday_disco]

Black Currant and Black Violet.

[Akurarei]

Crow Moon 2025 Duet: Black Currant & Black Violet

 

This is a rich, velvety and very dark scent - perfect for midnight masquerades with a cold winter's rain.

The Black Violet is more prominent to me than the Black Currant, which is lurking in the shadows of the floral - adding just a touch of juicy aura.

It's delightfully close to the skin and not too overpowering.

 

I applied just a tiny dot's worth from the plastic nib on top of the bottle's lid to one wrist, then smooshed my wrists together and rubbed my neck under my ears with the scented wrists.

[VioletChaos]

I am a violet collector (which I'm betting you could guess from my handle) and I made sure to snag this before it vanished forever. I don't know what to expect, but I've got my fingers crossed.

In the bottle: A lovely dark violet. Velvety and deep. Mmmmm. So far, so good.

Wet on skin: the black currant starts to come through, very fresh, actually, like a not-quite-ripe bit of tart fruit still growing. I'm digging the interplay thus far.

Dry down: I didn't get the actual Crow Moon from the update to which this scent is attached, because fig and I frequently don't get along. But I feel like I get to enjoy the spirit of that Lunacy through this accompanying Duet. Now completely dry and melding with my chemistry, this scent is a sweet little gothy addition to my collection for sure. The currant and violet have combined to make something dark but delicate, clearly a thing that can be layered with other scents to bring an air of courtly grace, certainly, but which can be worn on its own as a daytime scent, which I will be doing for sure. When I *do* layer it, I anticipate mixing it with earthy-rich scents like Graveyard Dirt or Penny Dreadful, to add a little more complexity and drama to the proceedings. 🦇