"There are many ways that fashionable people approach fall style. Some play the layering game and stack woolen trenches over cashmere sweaters and asymmetrical satin slips, while others keep it classic with a dependable pair of jeans and a tweed jacket—though, everyone switches things into a moodier gear when it comes to autumnal perfume. There are more Pinterest-level fall aesthetics than we can count, but the one that swirls in our minds like falling leaves is this edgy, academia-inspired “core” that has a nearly direct translation from fashion to fragrance...

While it’s impossible to bottle your favorite book, my fellow editors and I found 13 dark academia–inspired perfumes that have bewitched us body and soul.

Vyrao: Witchy Woo
Key notes: Moroccan orris absolute, black pepper, frankincense

Staying with the gothic theme is this spellbinding blue-violet number from Vyrao, a holistic perfumery known for its energetically charged elixirs. Witchy Woo is meant to expand creativity and inspire courage—its bone-deep notes of Moroccan orris, black pepper, and frankincense smell something of wax-dripping candelabras and Persian rug–draped floors. Its intense scent is designed to open the mind and dive into paper worlds; in short, it's perfect for a gloomy day spent tucked into a book."

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