Carnival of Souls
Regular price $ 190.00Carnival of Souls, the newest fragrance from Marissa Zappas, contains notes of mimosa cream, violet, saffron, amber, patchouli, vanilla, incense and musk. It emanates a melancholic celebration of life (and death), and the radiant psychedelia of survival.
From Marissa Zappas
Emerging from a Cadillac plunged deep beneath the muddy tide, surfaces Mary Henry – the sole survivor of a car accident and protagonist of the 1962 b-horror movie Carnival of Souls. After the crash, Mary spontaneously moves to Utah to start over and work as a church organist. She develops the ability to become invisible and dances with ghosts in a seductive, electric dimension. Mary's journey into the underworld coincides with her insatiable curiosity for something more than a life of fear, and the film poignantly suggests that a dance with her demon is the only way through to the other side.
Notes
mimosa cream, violet, saffron, amber, patchouli, vanilla, incense and musk
Perfumer
Marissa Zappas
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What a beautiful opening to this fragrance, the initial cream and saffron notes give way to the violet and resinous amber alongside the swirls of vanilla and patchouli in such way that it feels Titania's personal fragrance at dusk.
This was a perfect olfactory representation of the movie Carnival of Souls! If you enjoy Marissa’s modern vintage style this one is beautiful & has a dark incense with a Creamy edge.
This does smell like how I imagine perfumes smelt in the 50s and early 60s. Not in an unappealing way. It smells nostalgic and captures the concept of the movie it’s named after very well. If this peaks your like it did mine as someone who both enjoyed the movie and is a fragrance fanatic, I think you should give it a try.
I hated this the first time I smelled it, but I think I just needed to get used to the scent! How Marissa got this to smell like you’re buried 6 feet under is beyond me! It dries down to such a pretty haunted floral that has just been unearthed. The only reason I didn’t give it 5/5 is because it’s not a super long lasting scent (maybe 4-5 hours MAX)