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Illamasqua Freak Scarab ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 6 November 2013 19 Comments

Illamasqua Freak Scarab

British beauty brand Illamasqua has launched Freak Scarab, a new unisex fragrance. Freak Scarab is a flanker to 2011’s Freak…

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Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2012, part 11

Posted by Robin on 14 June 2012 20 Comments

More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US.

Illamasqua Freak Extrait De Parfum

From Illamasqua, a limited edition Parfum version of their Freak fragrance: “British beauty brand Illamasqua is launching the limited edition Freak Extrait De Parfum today. Presented in a gold bottle, the fragrance contains top notes of black davana, opium flower and belladonna, heart notes of poison hemlock, datura and queen of the night blossom, while the basenotes include frankincense, oud and myrrh.” £75 for 75 ml Extrait De Parfum…

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Illamasqua Freak ~ fragrance review

Posted by Jessica on 27 November 2011 41 Comments

Illamasqua Freak advert

Illamasqua, a London-based cosmetics brand founded in 2008, has adopted the phrase “Make-up for your alter ego” as its slogan; as the Illamasqua website explains, “Illamasqua is for the bolder person hiding inside all of us. It is an act and an attitude. A symbol of tolerance. A celebration of idiosyncrasies.” Illamasqua’s cosmetics are boldly colored and densely formulated, almost like theatrical makeup for everyday use, and they have humorously subversive names. I was originally curious about the line because it drew on visual-cultural influences like 1920s Berlin, not to mention the fact that one of its art directors is David Vanian, former lead singer of The Damned.

Now, three years later, we are presented with Freak, Illamasqua’s first fragrance. It is “a concoction of dangerously unconventional flowers brought together to celebrate the night,” with a composition of black davana, opium flower, belladonna, poison hemlock, datura, queen of the night blossom, frankincense, oud, and myrrh. (The description on the Illamsaqua website also mentions a “burnt orange bloom base.”) I originally read this list of notes with great interest and then I enjoyed watching the Freak video (even if the voiceover reminded me somewhat of the Princess Andromeda’s recitation of the suitors’ riddle in the original Clash of the Titans).

So, how does Freak smell? Disclosure: I have never smelled an actual opium flower (poppy) or queen of the night (night-blooming cereus), I’ve only read that davana has a fruity, rum-like scent, and I’m familiar with hemlock primarily from Ormonde Jayne Ormonde Woman, so I can’t assess the accuracy of these notes in Freak. On me, this composition opens with a chilly bite…

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I am bottled midnight

Posted by Robin on 27 October 2011 14 Comments

A short video in support of the new Illamasqua Freak.

Illamasqua Freak ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 27 September 2011 40 Comments

Illamasqua Freak

British beauty brand Illamasqua will launch their debut fragrance, Freak, in October…

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