The Obsidian Widow

So that's the Obsidian Widow, I though when I found the picture. She too came as a free imp with the Marquis de Carabas and her picture was not with the review. The Obsidian Widow then, is a mechanical Black Widow spider. The lab writes:

Tinkling tiny feet scuttle across a massive oak desk, navigating through a flurry of papers and a maze of discarded books, wires, and bolts. Glistening green venom beads at its chelicerae, and a ruby hourglass flashes from the creature's underbelly as it begins to weave.

Pinot noir, dark myrrh, red sandalwood, black patchouli, night-blooming jasmine, and attar of rose.

Although I doubt if the black widow's venom is green, when searching for information about this spider unknown in Europe I found that indeed the western black widow (Latrodectus hesperus) has a red hourglass shaped spot on her belly. Black Widow Link.


The scent is a surprisingly warm and comforting scent, not at all what one would expect after a description mentioning green venom beads at chelicerae. At first it is a little sharp, but it soon rounds off to a warm and slightly sweet scent in which I can smell both the rose and the night-blooming jasmine. The part that smells sweet reminds me of the lubricating oil the mechanical spider must have in her joints. And then, perhaps, there is still some sharpness, like green venom drops, beneath the smooth warm scent.
But no, as time passes, the scent only grows warmer and the smell that reminded me of lubricating oil now seems more like the natural oil in the wool of a sheep, with a waft of night-blooming jasmine.

Black Widow from this blog.