Crying Of Evil

Crying of Evil continues my descent through the house of Stéphane Humbert Lucas, leaning fully into darkness, tension, and provocation. This is a fragrance that feels deliberately confrontational, built around spice, shadowed florals, animalic leather, and resinous depth that never aims to comfort. There is a sense of unease woven into its structure, where beauty and menace exist side by side, creating something that feels emotional rather than decorative. Crying of Evil carries a reputation for being intense, dramatic, and unapologetically niche, the kind of scent that challenges both the wearer and the space around them. Let’s step into the wearing experience and see how this darker impulse begins to cry out once it’s let loose onto skin.

Really hard to imagine anyone not liking this gem. After reading some of these prior reviews I'm quickly reminded how sensitive ones perception of "a good fragrance" can actually be & why I NEVER base my decision to buy a fragrance off the opinion of a complete stranger. This fragrance is absolutely gorgeous from start to finish. Opens up with a slight fruity smokey suede with a perfect touch of spice... followed with a hint of this rich amber & a hint of musky florals. Really hard to describe such a gem but definitely get your snot locker on this bad boy & you can thank me later!

SHL somehow manages to make mostly synthetic creations sexy. His perfumes always has a definate personality, and CoE is no exception. This fragrance is a dominant leather fragrance. It has the familliar pairing of violet to texturize the leather as well as a slight rose component. The fruity berries and tuberose open up like a long distant relative of Poison, then the core of leather and oilbanum asserts itself. Its not smoky. The oilbanums texture is almost a gritty woody, green element. Sandalwood adds a light powdery creaminess to smooth down edges.

Ah Crying of Evil, this one gave me mixed feelings. To begin this review I would like to say that for the first 10-15mins there's an animalic and smokey leather accord that dominate the fragrance along with the violet, its not as harsh as some animalic leathers I've experienced in other fragrances but I wish it were tamer / less prominent which it indeed does become less prominent after that 10-15min mark, where it takes a bit more of a back-seat to the floral aspects but remains a big part of this composition even so.

Dark and Mysterious. This is my first entry into Stephane Humbert Lucas, admittedly the bottles are what drew me in. Initially God of Fire popped up on my radar due to the hype and me being a fan of fruity ouds but this one seems like the next best choice. I really like it, it's very dark and gothic to me bit still sweet and pleasant enough. A very soft leather that I think is pretty unisex. Not sure how else to describe this one other than being a very soft dark scent that I find very enjoyable.