Nui Cobalt is about to release their Fae Folk and Other Worldly Beings collection at the end of June 2026, so I am brushing off my Mothman sample I bought in a swap on Reddit to try it out. I sniffed it in the tube when I got it a few months ago but hadn’t tried it on my skin yet. It doesn’t smell at all like what I expected from the notes and name. I am probably the biggest fan of Mothman out there so I mostly got the sample for that reason. 

Notes: Virginia bluebells, Eastern redbud, crabapple blossom, moonflower, and silver lichen

Looking again at the notes, I get why the sample smells the way it does. These are all wildflowers (save for the lichen that will most likely be part of the base). I don’t know what any of them smell like in nature but I imagine they all come together in this perfume to make a floral scent. This perfume smells similar on my skin to the smell in the bottle. It is a strong, unique, floral scent. I can’t say it smells like lilacs or gardenias or roses, just something totally different to me. If this perfume was a color, it would be light blue, but not in an aquatic sense. It is a very pretty and traditionally feminine scent. There is a hint of wateryness and a slight musk that temper it but predominantly, it is soft (white? blue?) flowers. I would say this is closer to a mainstream perfume than most other indie perfumes I’ve tried but I usually get more atmospheric and weird scents. It smells really nice though! 

Nui Cobalt always puts intention behind their blends which is really cool. Here is the one for Mothman:

An eerie, nocturnal accord for foresight and divination through dreams. Anoint pendulums, tarot cards, runes, or your pillow for clarity of precognition.

I can see how this would be a nice scent to wear to bed as it is soothing. It is almost like clean laundry adjacent scent. It does read as nocturnal but not in a dark way.