Foxcroft Fairgrounds

I was weary of blind buying this, as it would be my first purchase from Solstice Scents and I've had an -okay- experience with indie oils before. Most of the indie oils I've sampled basically smell the same, easy to pick apart and mostly composed of EOs. Botanical, pleasant, most of the time very headshop-y. Foxcroft Fairgrounds does have this mark of indie oils--it reminds me of a headshop with low lights and sweet incense burning. It is a lot more complex of a smell than what I'm used to, however, and tells a story as it unravels. It really does smell like cream soda (rootbeer-ish, sometimes) at first, then journeys into cotton candy, and fall air (smoky like late September nights as we head into Halloween). It develops all the way here and arrives at the incense stage, fruity at times while retaining some black sweetness. It is an evocative fragrance. I was afraid that this would smell something like Pink Sugar or other conventionally sweet gourmands. It does not: this is a goth witch with a sweet tooth. Absolute love. EDIT: This has very little throw but great longevity. I can still detect the incense on my skin 12 hours after applying.

This has recently become one of my favorite fall scents. When I first received it, I didn’t like it much. I thought it was too sweet and more feminine. After a long time resting and fall hit I decided to retry it and love it now. I typically do not like sweet scents but the dirt and incense are a great balance. It may still lean feminine but I still love it on me. I think it is perfect for October and Halloween season. In the opening I mostly get funnel cakes and cotton candy. Then the dirt, leaves and fall air quickly follow. The incense comes through last but it is eternal on my skin and is what really makes me love this. I don’t know what kind of incense that fortune teller is burning but I want some. This might sound bad but it reminds me of how you smell the next day after a ..ummmm.. successful... date night at the fair. Sweet, kinda dirty and a hint of ladies perfume stuck to you.

WOW! I love this House! Every single scent I received has been absolutely incredible. 100% perfection to my nose. This one is no exception. With Fox croft Fairgrounds I smell the gorgeous scent of spices and incense and sweetness rolled into one. It immediately brings me to a dream I once had where I could fly. I remember being very aware of my dream, some say Lucid dreaming. I was flying all around and I swooped down dipped my finger tip into a puddle of cold water on a black pavement just before arriving at a sort of flea market. There were caravans and ornate stands everywhere and I could, literally in my dream, smell this very scent. It was a Gypsy spiced atmosphere with gorgeous clothes and roasted spices. I will never forget that dream and this brought me immediately back to the memory of such a surreal moment in my life. This scent is complete perfection!

This was my first full bottle purchase of an Indie scent and also my first atmospheric type scent. This perfume is totally fun and a love for me. The notes that stand out the most are the cotton candy, funnel cakes, and cream soda( Fragrantica doesn't list all of the scent notes). Its super yummy. I saw someone refer to it as a grown up cotton candy scent and I totally agree!! Every time I wear it, I get told I smell spicy lol. Im assuming that the incense notes? Also it kinda reminds me of lip smackers gloss, it has this cotton candy fruitiness about it. lol It also has a dusty/dirt/ dead leaves dry down but in a good way!! lol Will be a staple in my stash!

* * * "With 30 notes" it has "plenty of layers to unfold" in this "kaleidoscope of scents at the festival" (from house's description) Love the way all of the rich ingredients in Foxcroft Fairgrounds present themselves at once yet remain distinct: cream soda, sugars, cakes, smokey incense, a pile of chopped kindling on the hearth. A cabin in the woods, funnel cakes on the griddle, a walk in the forest with fallen leaves crunching underfoot. An earthy gourmand extrait for autumn!✿ Scent family: Gourmand Incense (per designer) Longevity on me: super long-lasting

This is one of my favorite perfumes and I am elated to have a full bottle in my collection. There are definitely notes missing in the profile - make sure to read the website description because it is more accurate. I smell dead fallen leaves, incense-y smoke, cream soda, and sugary treats. SO good. I get compliments on this a lot. Not so much like "what perfume are you wearing?", but rather "something smells REALLY good." and I KNOW IT'S ME, OKAY? There's no way they are referring to anything else cos this perfume is freakin awesome.

Wow this is a really great scent, gourmand lovers should definitely give it a try. Some notes are missing and they are all listed on the Solstice Scents website. It starts out with a blast of smoke and dirt almost smelling like actual fairgrounds. It dries down to a creamy sweet scent with cotton candy, cream soda and funnel cakes, while the smokiness is still in the background. This is honestly the best cotton candy scent I've smelled.

sweet cream soda, smoky woods, and rich incense. The cotton candy adds an airy sweetness for the entire scent and the added sugar note isn’t cloying as it blends with the woods and smoke. This scent manages to be both bubbly, airy, syrupy sweet and woody, smoky, and rich. An atmospheric masterpiece!

this is my ultimate fall scent. it immediately brings me to an autumn carnival but i feel like it can be anytime of year but its so warm and sweet i love it for cooler seasons.

@ gabbi4god. I love your description. Just had to tell you. I love this perfume very much also. Reminds me of fall air and Halloween. My favorite time of year.

I'm obsessed. It's creeping through a haunted carnival in mid-October. Your hands are still sticky from cotton candy, and the woods are swallowing you whole.

It's kind of crazy how realistic the smell is compared to the notes. It smells exactly how it shows, sweet cream soda, vanilla, and a bit of spice.

smells like a halloween candle, very good!!

Purchase this a few weeks back based on the rave reviews. Hmmm. Not very sweet, intense incense and smoke notes. Where is the cotton candy? Letting it rest. I will come back for a review. Hopefully it will be better in another month. 10/2021- I literally have not been able to wear this scent as it is quite a strong incense/smoke. After over a year of sitting, yes it is sweeter, but not by much. Cotton candy? ha. um no. where? It is a fall scent, incense and smoky with a slight sweetness. Does not remind me of fair grounds or carnivals. It reminds me a witchy book shop that sells tarot cards, incense, incantations, candles, and such. 09/2022- It has been 2 years since i purchased this. It is still not very sweet or gourmand. This scent is dominated by incense and smokey notes with subtle sweetness behind. Cotton candy it is NOT. Does it remind me of fall or fair grounds? Not much. But isn't a scent for summer or spring, so I suppose fall/winter would be the best time to wear. It still smells like a witchy bookshop.

Foxcroft Fairgrounds is 50/50 sweet and earthy--a somewhat strange, yet enjoyable, combination. I envision a village in the Northeast in the late 1700's on a chilly fall evening. Everyone is dressed like the people in M. Night Shyamalan's movie The Village. You can smell the gloomy mist that hovers around the dirt roads, decaying leaves and old wooden structures. Through the darkness you can see the glow of a fall carnival up ahead with the scent of caramel apples and fresh taffy drifting in the air. There’s a lot of petrichor in this fragrance too. It's musty and damp. I enjoy this perfume and find it very wearable, almost like a vanilla-patchouli combo, except it's petrichor-caramel instead. Angela's fragrances are so whimsical and transportive! The bad news is that while I like the fragrance a lot, it gives me a bad headache every time I wear it.

I love this. The scent isn't something I would typically like. I get something that is going across as a green note, maybe the ozone note? I usually really dislike green or grassy smelling note but this perfume is the one exception. This a complicated scent. Its sweet but not to sweet with that grassy scent running through it all, then a touch of smokiness. And everything is in just the right amount. It is just amazing. Solstice Scents is my favorite oil company. I have a few & they all smell fantastic & I never have issues with longevity or silage.

I am on the fence about this one, I like it but I have to be in the right mood to wear it. It is the perfect scent for Halloween or horror movie marathons. The crisp fall air, woodsmoke, and cream soda are the most dominant notes for me. When I wear it, the scent first smells powerfully of damp earth and then morphs into the sweeter concessions of a fairground. It reminds me of going to the haunted forest near Halloween and smelling the atmosphere of fall mixing with the sweets- or movies like The Houses October Built. Very Halloweenie and nice!

When you first get this, make sure to give it at least 6 weeks or so to rest. If you try it before then, it will not develop past the "wet dirt" first note. Now that mine has been resting for over 2 months, I can finally smell it transition from the wet dirt top note, which is less photorealistic now (thankfully), to the cotton candy note with a hint of incense in the background. This does remind me of Pink Sugar, but a much more pleasant version with only the barest hint of licorice.

I really like this, i don't think i could wear it on its own i plan to layer it with Manor from her. I get decaying leaves and hay laid out across fair grounds in the summer heat, the fair goers have all dropped their caramel apples on the ground where they lay during the heat of the day and into the night intensifying their sweetness but they are starting to rot. It's gotten dark the gypsies are in tents burning incense, dancing and drinking. I think this is really cool.

What a deliciously fun scent! I get Smokey (cream soda) with hefty doses of very realistic cotton candy. This is a scent with a buttery, luxurious texture. From a distance, the smoke and cream soda are most prominent, up close it gets sweet and almost waxy. I think that’s the fall air accord. I’m sure I will be reaching for this quite a bit on cold nights.