Once around, they say. Once around on the old wooden wheel, up and up with your limbs interlocked on the smooth cedar seats, rocking treacherously, giddily, as your motley party of well-wishers squints up from below. At the center, on an upended crate, little Joshua stands loudly reading through the funnel cake haze, calling out your scrawled promises with a solemnity he could never fake on the bally.

It's almost thrilling. You're older now, yes, and you know a little something about thrills, but you also know that every once in a while this one here beside you can make your heart leap into flame like it used to so easily, so often, back in those days when you thought you were the only one who knew what you knew and loved what you loved, when you thought you were the strangest person in all of the world.

Maybe it's forever. Or maybe as the summer ends, when September's hot breath runs skittering through the dust, you'll both stand at the edge of the midway, eyes locked for an instant, and then depart in opposite directions. But for this moment at least, before the eyes of God and the Dog-faced Boy, you two are one.

Carny Wedding opens with the fried-sugar air of the carnival vendor tents, smolders with the charred wood resins of nightfires, ends in a puff of buttery sweet smoke. Some love it for the sweet, some love it for the smoke.

Suspended in fractionated coconut oil. Vegan. <3

PLEASE NOTE:

- 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 $13 option that hopefully works for the most folks. See the second listing photo for the 2023 label. :)

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 (^^^)