Australian house profile

Criminal Elements.

Dark, instinctive, unapologetic.

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The house, in one read

Criminal Elements announces itself with a tagline — dark, instinctive, unapologetic — and then delivers on it. The catalogue is built around raw, confrontational materials: leather, resins, tobacco, oud, and oakmoss, composed by in-house perfumer Corey Newcombe.

Newcombe's range spans smoky incense structures, fruit-laced leather, and bitter-almond florals, demonstrating a consistent appetite for shadow and weight over brightness. Even the lighter constructions, like Sylphide's jasmine and grape, are anchored by benzoin and vanilla rather than allowed to float.

With releases dating from 2015 through to 2024, the house has built a small but purposeful catalogue where every fragrance reads as a deliberate provocation rather than a commercial concession.

Best for buyers who find most indie perfumery too polite — Criminal Elements is for those who want their fragrance to have an edge, a shadow, and absolutely no apology.
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If you only smell five.

  1. 01
    Queer

    Plum and apple meet leather and tobacco over a warm amber base — the house manifesto in a single bottle.

  2. 02
    Hearth

    Frankincense and olibanum give way to labdanum and honey — a deep, devotional resin that rewards patience.

  3. 03
    Ruben

    Lavender and bergamot take an unexpected turn into oud and oakmoss, with bitter almond keeping things unsettling.

  4. 04
    Sylphide

    Jasmine and concord grape grounded in benzoin and vanilla — Criminal Elements' most approachable dark floral.

  5. 05
    HANSEL

    A masculine-leaning leather soliflore described as their finest coat — dry, precise, and spice-supported.

The full range

2 fragrances from Criminal Elements.

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Hansel

Edp, 2024

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Masquerade

Edp, 2024

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Why it matters

In a market crowded with safe, skin-scent-adjacent niche releases, Criminal Elements occupies genuinely dark territory — Corey Newcombe's work sits closer to the confrontational end of the indie spectrum and offers something buyers won't easily replicate elsewhere.

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