To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
fierrabikss – :
Definitely get the brandy vibe, but very woodsy / cocoa coffee beans and a small blast of freshness. Really enjoying this one, no mushrooms at all for me. More of a havana rum and woods kinda vibe. The opening is great, drydown nice a bit dustier, however after a good 3 hours (though kudos for the great longevity) I do get a strong note that is a little overpowering (oudi even maybe) but I can’t complain it really does last.
hors62 – :
The woods dominate throughout. At the beginning there’s something that reminds me of herbal tinctures and brandy, the mushroom note adds to to earthy herbalness of the scent and then a bitterness kicks in when the coffee and dark chocolate shine as the alcohol fades. In the drydown there’s a hint of pepper as the scent slowly fades. A unique deep, dark fragrance.
superbigbon – :
The Crimes of Passion Collection has a very bold proposal. Sarah McCartney sets out to create such wonderful scents that you would follow the person to the end of the world just to feel them again. Inevitable Crimes of Passion is somehow a representative of the collection and its name makes me think of a title from a romantic book. The description itself also refers to this, that of a chocolate gourmand.
But just as one can not judge a book by its cover, one can not judge a perfume by its notes and description. The kind of Romance that Sarah seems to evoke here is a classic one by Jane Austen. I automatically find myself changing the name of the perfume to something like Crime and Passion to resemble the way the author named her books.
Inevitable Crimes of Passion is a gourmand, but from another era. It is as if we go back in time and have a classic oriental gourmand updated to a current, more direct and without so many adornments. It is a perfume that wears an aroma of sweet amber and cacao in a black aura of labdanum, musks, sandalwood and woods. It is a dance of conquest of the notes, something like a performance that, however restrained it may seem, reveals an erotic aura beneath the cloths. It is not a sugared gourmand, it is a bitter chocolate that must be tasted slowly so that its nuances are observed.
lezgin90 – :
The first stage of this tantalisingly named fragrance is like inhaling a big powerful grapefruit and pineapple cocktail in a sleazy Miami bar. A super- alcoholic cocktail, though – the type where you slurp down two and you’re drunk, and a third would separate the women from the girls.
After that extremely fun first stage this is pure dirty, sexy chocolate orange – like an edible body lotion you’d find in a sex shop for ‘marital use’. Glorious!
Immortal_BLG – :
This is a truly unique fragrance, I can’t think of anything else that smells quite like it. I would describe it as a woody – gourmand leaning – chypre. It has an earthiness to it from the mushroom and patchouli (contrary to the above notes, I am almost certain that it does contain patchouli) and the coffee and grapefruit draw it in a slightly gourmand direction but it is not overly sweet. Very wearable but also distinctive.
stepik – :
Its Terry Chocolate Orange with a touch of grapefruit! I don’t know about a Victorian orangery but in my imagination the German fat kid from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is sitting there tucking into a TCO with great gusto. Even as the alcohol fades its still TCO but now the coffee and woods dominate. It just gets better on me. Please dont think this is a sickly sweet fragrance because it is not. Its all perfectly balanced. Yes, I get the fungus with the coffee and wood which make the backbone of this special fragrance. I cant help thinking of TF Black Orchid which also has this sort of quality. Its a perfume of mystery. A decent sillage and moderate longevity. I think this fragrance does lean a bit more to the feminine but if you love it then go for it. I love to wear this when doing something arty like visiting the Royal Academy for an exhibition. If you want to smell delightful and totally unique then this is for you.
fukalotivanas – :
Of this fragrance, Sarah McCartney said, “I’ve deepened it with more mushroom absolute, boletus (the cep or penny bun) to give it a dark, sensual, animalic end. The start though is still Terry’s Chocolate Orange–although I didn’t put orange or chocolate in it–grapefruit, coffee and woods create that particular illusion.” Although I can’t quite pinpoint the chocolate, I do get a sweet orange vibe. I get a hint of the coffee, and the dirty tinge is there too. It’s sweet, but not overly so. I also smelled something earthy like patchouli, but it must be the mushroom (which I’m not familiar with). It’s not specifically a mushroom scent (like you would smell in a food dish), but the mushroom absolute is adding that hint of dirt to this sweet fragrance. It is fairly long-lasting on me, although it turns into a skin scent after a short while. I really like the contrasts in this fragrance, and it’s definitely FBW for me!