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When we think of Halloween most of us in the USA have memories of trick-or-treating, dressing up in costumes and hoping that we would get sweet treats like Reese’s peanut butter cups (and not the unwelcome Necco Wafers or candy corn). Michelyn was allergic to chocolate, cinnamon and nuts until she was 12, which might explain why she loves perfumes with these ingredients. Halloween is also creepy; what’s Halloween without a good haunting by ghosts and witches after dark? Our Halloween fragrances are gourmand, oud and spicy scents which suit the season as the nights grow longer. No tricks here all treats -Michelyn and Steven

Steven Gavrielatos of Redolessence and Michelyn Camen, Editor-in-Chief of CaFleureBon co-curated a Top 10 Halloween Fragrances. We give you Part 1.

Nasomatto Fantomas (Alessandro Gualtieri) is an explosion of tropical fruits with melon resting in the middle of the exotic basket. The darker elements of the scent are revealed almost immediately as wafts of smoke enshroud the fruity aroma. A rubber accord establishes a peculiar aroma that conveys a darkness that is apt for this spooky time of the year. With a name like Fantomas, it’s evident that the cloud of this fragrance will follow you like an apparition out to haunt! -Steven

Parfums de Marly Oriana (Nathalie Lorson and Hamid Merati-Kashan): Whipped Chantilly cream and puffs of marshmallow float above mandarin and bergamot at the top. The heart of Oriana is based on rich, red candied fruits which add a tangy, sparkling, joyful note and soft musk adds depth. Oriana gives new meaning to “nose candy” and is a real treat (no tricks)-Michelyn

Tom Ford’s Noir de Noir (Harry Fremont and Jacques Cavallier): Noir de Noir. Black of Black. One of Steven and Michelyn’s favorite Halloween fragrances is the ultimate chocolate-like patchouli perfume on the market. While many patchouli-chocolate-rose fragrances tend to be dry, herbal, and even bitter, with notes of rose, saffron, and truffle, Tom Ford Noir de Noir is darkly sweet, chocolaty, and flavorful. -Michelyn

StrangeLove NYC deadofnight (Christophe Laudamiel):  Sustainable oud is used in every Strangelove NYC perfume and each is composed by multi award-winning perfumer extraordinaire, and provocateur Christophe Laudamiel. The brand launched in 2014 at Harrods’ Salon de Parfums with one pure perfume oil- deadofnight. This animalic oud is for those who like their ouds, well, oudy. The signature ingredient is used generously in its composition. With a perfect for Halloween name deadofnight is a potent potion of real oud from Borneo, Damask rose, violet leaves, vanilla balsam, and other natural ingredients as well as unusual synthetics, such as paradisone and wolf wood (used in MUGLER Aura for reference and has a dry woody like vibe).  – Michelyn

 Etat Libre D’Orange Like This (Mathilde Bijaoui): How do you celebrate Halloween? Like This. Originally created for Tilda Swinton, Etat Libre D’Orange Like This is as fascinating as the Oscar award winning Scottish actress known for her androgynous appearance and ginger hair. The name is based on a quote by the Sufi poet Rumi (if anyone wants to know what “spirit” is, Or what “God’s fragrance” means, Lean your head toward him or her. Keep your face there close. -Like This. -Rumi

Her collaboration with Founder and Creative Director Etienne de Swardt and perfumer Mathilde Bijaoui won the 2011 Fragrance Foundation Award and is composed with ingredients that Swinton loved. Like This has a bright burst of ginger up top, accompanied by pumpkin (really), vetiver and maple syrup-like immortelle in the base. While Tilda Swinton’s name is no longer on the bottle, she is there in spirit. Like This takes the number one spot on our  Top Ten Halloween Fragrances, Part 1- Michelyn

Steven  Gavrielatos, Video Editor reviews Top 10 Halloween Fragrances: Part 1

CON USA: thanks to Perfumology and in the EU and UK mille merci to Etat Libre D’Orange there is 100 ml of Etat Libre D’Orange Like This for one registered CaFleureBon reader and Redolessence subscriber. Only one winner will be selected.

USA, EU, UK: Thanks to Strangelove NYC we have an incredibly generous international draw for15 ml of Strangelove NYC deadofnight for one registered CaFleureBon reader

USA and Canada:  Many thanks to Parfums de Marly for a 75 ml  bottle of Oriana for a registered CaFleureBon reader and Redolessence subscriber

Thanks to each of the above three brands, TOM FORD, NASOMATTO ARE NOT INCLUDED we have a reader’s choice ONLY for one of the three ABOVE to a registered ÇaFleureBon reader and Redolessence subscriber. YOU MUST REGISTER  and leave a comment on this site with your choice should you win, what you thought of BOTH MICHELYN’S WRITTEN AND STEVEN’S VIDEO REVIEWS of the best  Halloween fragrances (part 1) and where you live. COUNTRY RESTRICTIONS APPLY.  Do you have a favorite memory of Halloween? Draw closes 10/16/2022 and the winner will be announced within 14 days after that.

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