Crystal Ritual

Love love love this perfume. This is my new signature. I was unsure about this one as I don't like wood or incense notes. This was so well blended. You get the floral fruity notes of jasmine strawberry and rose and then the woody and incense notes provide depth and an air of mystery but it is all very well blended. This is made for a stunning strong woman who is unafraid to speak her mind. I'm so glad I found this.

I was instantly reminded of a Lush store when first spraying. It's very pretty, smells clean and is blended really well. I'm quite fond of fruity Perfumes and this one hits the spot! 💜🔮

Crystal Ritual? Honestly this needs re-naming. This is strawberry and styrax with something floral to undercut potential candy fizz. It's the least gothic fragrance imaginable! The soapy undertow is strong, and yes it wakes you up, but the accompanying story of a young widow bringing her dead husband back to life with this scent is just hopeless. This is no zombie fragrance, and it barely evokes the sinister. If you want to give it that edge of the dark, call it Lucy's Last Promise or... no, I must stop myself, I've got hundreds of lush names for this perfume! Why not really evoke the deadly beauty in the garden at midnight, Mina mourning after her friend's funeral only to wander alone among the statues and flower beds and smell the scent her friend favoured so much, sweet and light and mischievous with something other beneath. Then Mina begins to wonder if Lucy is calling her, imagining her voice over the hedges and through the flowers, and behind it, another voice, more compelling and more... what? Just more? Something to approach or run from? Fulfilment or just another dream of roses under the moon? There, that's a story better for this pretty scent, isn't that the business? I don't even want royalties. Just send me more of this stuff. It's too cute!

The first time I smelled this I thought it was pretty, then forgot all about it. I wore it to work yesterday to give it a chance- It is a woody floral feminine smell that dries down to a lovely sugary strawberry. The girly light sister of Vampiren Veil.

Got all three of these as samplers. Couldn't agree more with AlienCowGirl. These are all just standard feminine fragrances with nothing gothic or dark about them. The lore and packaging makes you think of something more akin to BPAL's catalogue, but they're just regular rather juvenile feminine fragrances. Not even any patchouli notes! The staple of gothic fragrance. There's nothing wrong with these sorts of perfumes if they're a tenner from Bath and Body Works or Avon, and they're pleasant enough, but I was really let down from the advertising. I'm not goth or alt myself though, I just have a penchant for darker fragrances, but I keep seeing good feedback on these from goths on Facebook, so maybe I'm missing something. It feels like you're paying for the aesthetic. This one reminded me of Soap and Glory which my mum loves so I gave it to her.