Ectoplasm

Received a free oil dabber sample of this in my last order and I'm very glad because it's not something I would have picked out myself based on the notes alone, but it has quickly grown on me and I now have a full size bottle on the way! Fantôme is becoming one of my favourite indie houses because of how multifaceted yet well-blended their scents are, and this one is a standout. It's definitely marshmallow, but not of the sticky, sugary sweet, cloying kind that I tend to steer well away from. It's a 'hollow' sort of marshmallow, its pale ghostly aura cloaked over a decidedly non-sweet central base of dry myrrh and some vague dark green plant. Ectoplasm is such a fitting name in this sense. I picture white fog creeping over dark grasses and settling over smooth stone statues in a churchyard on a cool night. Yet it's not kitschy or Halloween-y, but elegant and refined, like how wearing a dark velvet slip feels. It's very different from everything else in my collection while still being approachable and likeable, and I really enjoy how this wears on skin. The oil has intimate to moderate sillage, with the initial scent remaining fully present and linear for the first 3-4 hours before the top marshmallow note starts to subside, fading to just the remnants of the underlying myrrh by hour 6-8. I find myself reapplying every few hours just to experience that uniquely beautiful opening all over again; it's definitely addictive in that sense! I've not tried the spray version, but I'm more than happy with how the oil performs so far. An unusual and unexpected personal win from Fantôme.

THE ONLY MARSHMALLOW THAT EXISTS IN MY HEART 🤍 I’ve finally been able to try three Fantome samples and am so impressed by their quality! This scent is so unique, I can’t think of anything similar I’ve tried! This is an astonishingly realistic marshmallow, it somehow smells like it has a soft, gooey, powdery texture, like the residue on your fingers after digging in a bag of marshmallows and the way a melted marshmallow stretches and is all squishy. What makes it so intriguing is the green accord! It smells like crushing stems or grass between your fingers and the residue it leaves behind, or creeping vines overtaking marble walls. Silky sugar and a translucent sweet powdery musk. It’s a delicious gourmand but also light and airy, but in a spectral way. It’s this lovely pale green in a way I’ve never smelled in a fragrance before that is so natural it takes me back to childhood memories playing in the grass. The best way I can describe this scent is that it SMELLS like the word “gossamer” I swear scents do not last on me but I’m starting to think oils are the way for me, or maybe it’s just the incredible work this house does. Either way, I want to try them all ASAP!!

Gooey marshmallow. Reminds me of a ghost-themed marshmallow scented hand sanitizer I had from b&bw about ten years ago. There is also a sweet starchy vegetable note under all the sweet. Like fresh corn. Harvest festival corn maze trick or treat nostalgia type scent. Kind of addicted to it.

This is the perfume that finally got me onto gourmand scents. The musk and amber notes ground the marshmallow and spun sugar. Reminiscent of a pillowcase full of Halloween candy. I got this in a roller, which is perhaps why it doesn't last so long on me.

I love this one. It smells perfobalanced between that gooey sweetness, and the dampness of dirt and petrichor. Like a rainstorm that's just put ruined your campfire marshmallow. It's great to sleep with as its soothing and not aggressive on your nose.