On the stone floor of the barn, it’s always dark as a crypt and smells of ages. Once you’ve slid the rusty bolt from the clasp and barred yourselves in, it’s eleven steps to the ladder and a knee up to the first rung. There are six rungs, six dusty rungs worn smooth by boots and bustles and denim and a hundred long-dead lovers of a hundred long-dead hired hands. Then flat above your head there’s the hatch, a wide board on a hinge, an eight-inch plank lever you spin on a nail, and as the door drops the sun comes spattering onto your face like living honey. Two hot hands, a boost, and you’re in the hay, golden light spilling through the slats. A waft of mowed clover, of marigolds, of swallow-song. Two hot hands, a boost, and you’re on the rope, and the rope is the color of the hay, and you’re dropping from the highest bale with a flaxen knot as your seat. Groping, laughing, grasping, with the straw scratching sweetly at your back. This is how you learned to take a tumble.

Loves, it's been SEVEN YEARS since I brought back Cloudswing, a bright, crisp, golden-green scent with notes of warm hay and wood and vanilla and mowed clover and marigolds and sweet woods and intense lemongrass.

Suspended in fractionated coconut oil. Vegan. <3

PLEASE NOTE:

- Turnaround time for new releases is about 2 - 3 weeks.

- I am offering ONLY 10-mL roll-on bottles at this time. I know that lots of folks don’t have the budget for a larger 15-mL bottle, and I don’t have the capacity to crank out Bitsies right now, so I settled on a mid-priced option that hopefully works for the most folks.

SAFETY STUFF: Many DarlingClandestine fragrances are made with botanical ingredients, including essential oils and absolutes. That does not mean that this fragrance is intended to be “therapeutic” in any way—it is only intended to smell nice. It is also not intended for anyone who is pregnant or nursing. Talk to your physician if you have questions about using essential oils. Please don’t ask me what your body’s gonna do about stuff. Bodies are fickle, man.

MORE SAFETY STUFF: Do not apply this perfume to sensitive parts, privy parts, or broken skin. Do not put it on your face. Do not use it if you’ve got sensitivities or allergies to any of the ingredients, including nuts or “nut” oils. If irritation occurs, stop using it. Do not leave perfume unsupervised with children or pets. Don’t let your pets lick you while you’re wearing the perfume. Do not throw the bottles at your little sister. Do not let your baby chuck them. His arms are longer than you think.

Thank you for looking! <3 (^^^)