28 community ratings

Witching Hour

Name: Witching Hour
Brand: Dark Tales

Perfumer: Arina P. Franzén

2024UnisexModern

Votes lean masculine

8.0/ 10

Community score
28 ratings

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Dark Tales Witching Hour is a smoky, sweet unisex scent that most voters place in fall and winter evenings.

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Skunky's take: Sleeps by day, goes out at night; very skunk of it.

How does it perform?

From 26 community ratings, all out of 10.

Longevity

7.5 /10

Holds up through the day and fades gently toward evening.

Sillage

6.8 /10

Leaves a light trail and stays polite in a crowd.

Bottle

7.9 /10

Sits nicely on a shelf.

Value for money

6.7 /10

The price makes you think, so a small size is a smart start.

Blind buy risk

Low risk

89% of votes are positive and opinions barely differ.

Notes

They open one after another, from the first spray into the evening.

Top notesfirst 15 minutes

Smoke

Coffee bean

Cocoa

Heart notesfirst few hours

Fermented mate

Nagarmotha Tonka bean

Base noteswhat stays into the evening

Black spruce

Fir balsam Cypress

Powder

Oakmoss

Accords

From most dominant to most subtle.

Sweet
Gourmand
Spicy
Woody
Powdery
Resinous
Earthy
Smoky

What does Witching Hour smell like?

Longevity is rated good and sillage moderate, so it stays with the wearer without filling a room. It leans towards leisure and evening wear, with night outings close behind. Votes split between masculine and feminine, which puts it somewhere in between.

It opens with smoke, coffee bean and cocoa, a gourmand edge with some bite. The heart holds fermented mate, nagarmotha and tonka bean, and the base settles into black spruce, fir balsam, cypress, powder and oakmoss: woody, resinous and earthy. The sweetness softens the smoke, and a powdery feel runs through to the end.