Dark Tales

Dark Tales Inspired by History, Crafted with Story. Modern Alchemy in Every Bottle.

05/09/2026

One of…. Let us know if you know/saw more Dark Tales dupes 😈 We’re tracking most of them, but easily could have missed new pop-ups. 👀
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🇺🇸 DEAR U.S. CUSTOMERS, 🇺🇸WE’RE FINALLY BACK.After a long pause, Dark Tales is once again available in the United States...
28/08/2026

🇺🇸 DEAR U.S. CUSTOMERS, 🇺🇸

WE’RE FINALLY BACK.

After a long pause, Dark Tales is once again available in the United States through our wonderful U.S. retail partners, Polysnifferous (Jamie and Noah) and Stéle (Stéle).

This means you can once again discover and order a selection of Dark Tales and Villaniflōr perfumes directly within the USA.

Polysnifferous is now carrying Dark Tales updated stateside, making it much easier to return to old favorites, discover something new, or finally try the fragrances that have been waiting on your wishlist.

Their selection will continue to grow, including upcoming Halloween and Christmas limited editions, with more releases joining the collection throughout the year.

And there is more coming to New York.

Our new retail partner Stéle has curated a selection of Dark Tales and Villaniflōr perfumes that will soon be available to discover in person at their two boutiques in New York — NoLita and Williamsburg.

The collection is currently being prepared for Stéle and will be available in September.

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DARK TALES HAS RETURNED TO THE USA.

Shop the collection now through Polysnifferous:

https://polysnifferous.com

And keep an eye on Stéle for our upcoming New York arrival:

https://stele.nyc

We are incredibly happy to be back, and even happier knowing that our fragrances can once again find their way to you.

Thank you for waiting for us!

With love from Sweden,
Dark Tales Team

Returning this autumn with a bang… 💀 Can you guess it? 😈In the meantime, here's a sneak peek from our artist umar setiaw...
22/08/2026

Returning this autumn with a bang… 💀 Can you guess it? 😈
In the meantime, here's a sneak peek from our artist umar setiawan, work in progress.
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An accidental little piece of witchcraft, captured by Ana Elisa ✨But then again… are there really accidents? 🌙🧹Let’s tal...
22/08/2026

An accidental little piece of witchcraft, captured by Ana Elisa ✨
But then again… are there really accidents? 🌙🧹

Let’s talk about batch differences in natural perfumery, or in perfumes built with a high percentage of natural materials.

It’s no secret that our perfumes are largely botanical in composition, usually around 70-100% natural materials depending on the scent: essential oils, absolutes, CO₂ extracts, concretes, waxes, resins and more. Aroma molecules are used mostly for toning, shading, improving structure, or creating notes that simply don’t exist as natural perfumery materials.

So why can the same perfume smell slightly different from one batch to another? Aren’t we following exactly the same formula every time?

We are. The formula stays the same. The materials don’t.

Synthetic aroma molecules can usually be produced with a very high level of consistency. Naturals are another story entirely.

Think of w**e, coffee, tea or even fruit. The same grape variety grown in the same region can taste slightly different from one harvest to the next. Botanical perfumery materials behave in much the same way.

The scent of an essential oil or absolute can be influenced by countless tiny variables: the region where the plant was grown, weather during the season, rainfall, temperature, soil, the exact moment of harvesting, the condition of the plants, extraction methods, processing techniques and even subtle differences between productions from the same supplier.

Sometimes these variations are barely perceptible. Sometimes a certain facet becomes a little greener, darker, sweeter, smokier or more floral.

And that is part of the beauty of working with nature. Nature does not manufacture identical copies of itself. Each harvest carries a little fingerprint of the place and moment it came from, and occasionally that fingerprint becomes visible in the finished perfume.

There is another important factor too: maturation.

A freshly blended perfume is still finding its balance. During the first weeks and months, materials continue integrating, sharper edges soften, heavier notes settle into the structure and the composition becomes increasingly cohesive. In our experience, a new batch can continue shifting noticeably for up to around three months, and subtler evolution may continue far beyond that.

This means that a sample poured from a batch blended several months ago, or even a year ago, may smell somewhat different beside a bottle from a freshly matured batch, despite being made from exactly the same formula.

We like to think of perfume a little like w**e: it is alive in the bottle, and time is one of its ingredients.

So when you notice tiny differences between batches of a natural-heavy perfume, you are not necessarily experiencing inconsistency. Sometimes you are simply smelling the nature of the materials themselves.

A little unpredictability. A little individuality.

And perhaps… a little accidental witchcraft. ✨

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After disappearing into the shadows, THE WITCHES parfum is finally back in stock.Herbal, strange and unapologetically wi...
19/08/2026

After disappearing into the shadows, THE WITCHES parfum is finally back in stock.

Herbal, strange and unapologetically witchy, this limited edition is built around black liquorice, wrapped in ripe black cherry and blackberry, shadowed florals, incense and smoky woods.

Fresh, spicy and tart at first.

Then darker.

Then something you probably shouldn’t have summoned...

Red Mandarin · Black Cherry · Blackberry · Black Liquorice
Clove · Dark Rose · Blue Chamomile · Wild Flowers · Frangipani Rosewood · Guaiacwood · Incense · Roasted Seashells

Extrait de Parfum · 30 ml
Unisex

The ritual may begin again...
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EU SHIPPING UPDATE 💔After navigating the new PPWR and EPR requirements, we have made a temporary decision regarding our ...
16/08/2026

EU SHIPPING UPDATE 💔

After navigating the new PPWR and EPR requirements, we have made a temporary decision regarding our EU markets.

MARKETS WE KEEP OPEN:
Sweden, Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland and Spain.

MARKETS WE WILL CLOSE FROM 23 AUGUST:
Belgium, Bulgaria*, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Romania**, Slovakia and Slovenia.

*We have an upcoming retail partner in Bulgaria - BOTESTO - where a selected range of Dark Tales perfumes will soon become available.

**Our customers in Romania can still find a selected range of perfumes through our retail partner MEUS Art Perfumery Meus Art Perfumery | Bucharest.

WHY UNTIL OCTOBER?
EU discussions regarding EPR requirements are still ongoing, with another major discussion expected in October. Depending on the outcome, the rules may be clarified or softened, or remain as they are. This will determine whether we can reopen these markets.

Because our decision came rather late, we are giving customers in affected countries ONE FINAL WEEK TO ORDER.
🖤 Shipping remains open until 23 August.

As enforcement for independent brands appears to have shifted from an immediate fine toward an initial warning, we have decided to give you this extra week at our own risk.

We know how chaotic and sudden this situation has been, and we did not want to close these markets overnight without giving you one final opportunity to order your favourites.

Yours,
Arina Franzén & Dark Tales Team
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Please read the slides 💔We don’t have the final list of countries where we will manage to keep direct shipping, and wher...
09/08/2026

Please read the slides 💔
We don’t have the final list of countries where we will manage to keep direct shipping, and where not. This will take quite some time to figure out all registrations, and see if we can comply to the local requirements. So we don’t have the exact answers yet. These PPWR and EPR and a mandatory authorized representative are a total mess on top of it.
But we will do our best to fight through this labyrinth and be full-scale back on the horse, one way or another.
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This one is a return of the fragrance that we did all the way back in 2019. Then in 2022 it was renamed to something mor...
08/08/2026

This one is a return of the fragrance that we did all the way back in 2019. Then in 2022 it was renamed to something more elegant, and now we release it upgraded under its original name. Can anyone guess it? 😈 Putting out on the line this autumn.
Illustration by umar setiawan
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Something’s brewing. ✨ Work in progress by our fantastic artist umar setiawan. Guess the notes… 😈—
30/07/2026

Something’s brewing. ✨ Work in progress by our fantastic artist umar setiawan. Guess the notes… 😈
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16/07/2026

Stockholm, we’re here 🇸🇪🤩
Find our perfumes at at Bondegatan 7.
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