2 Blooddrop Dances of Vice Reviews--
Both the Blooddrop Dances of Vice scents came with special silver screwtop lids which add a pretty, old world elegance to the bottles as a whole. They're perfectly in line with the labels themselves, which are actually quite complimentary when side-by-side, and have just the right amount of delicate scrollwork to compliment the text.
***The Imminent Seduction of Miss Violet Featherbox to Impropriety:
Created especially for Dances of Vice by Blooddrop Clothing & Fineries
[...] Miss Featherbox's fragrance is her downward spiral from grace, hope and innocence to depravity, drinking and distraction. Vanilla blossom, Arabian musk, white lotus absolute, rose damask absolute, jasmine sambac absolute, white cognac absolute and cocoa absolute.
In the bottle, it's a warm, sweet liqueur laced with chocolate, vanilla, and sin. I love the way it smells, and it's another that I want to knock back and drink (as bad an idea as that'd be).
On first application, the cognac takes a backseat to a very light blend of musk and lotus that carries an almost green edge to it. As it starts to settle, the in-bottle sweetness rises again, although the greenness remains as an undernote. On drydown, it's a very lovely soft fragrance with a nice bite of liqueur amongst some really wonderful florals. It's quite a complex scent, and definitely fits in with the Dances of Vice theme. This is most certainly the fragrance of innocence defiled in the most elegant way possible.
Fascinatingly, the green edge is mostly evident in close-quarters sniffing, but when one moves away from the site of application, the scent left in the air is very close to the in-the-bottle fragrance. It has an excellent length of wear, which I am starting to associate with all of Blooddrop's scents, and the throw is enough so that people standing close to you should be able to smell it, but it will not announce your entrance into a room (which seems fitting). It's very much a slow, seductive slide into sin, and I'm loving every moment of it.
***The Devilish Rapscallion of Heartsbury Heights:
Created especially for Dances of Vice by Blooddrop Clothing & Fineries
[...] The fragrance of the Devilish Rogue of Heartsburty Heights is complex like his behavior with a combination of well-to-do and decadent ingredients. Blue musk, rosewood, white cognac absolute, black pepper, labdanum absolute, vetiver, spruce, bergamot and gurjum balsam.
The Devilish Rapscallion has a wonderful, spicy bite in the bottle; it's a charming tease, speaking of what lies in wait within the fragrance. I can smell the labdanum and pepper most strongly with a hint of spruce underneath.
On application, the musk and pepper come to the fore alongside the evergreen notes. The pepper is detectable for a moment or two before fading away. As it dries, the spruce fades as well, leading to a richer, deeper "woody" scent, speaking of dark libraries with floor-to-ceiling shelving and deep, soft chairs you could sink right into. It matures into a pleasant, rich, musky wood with the faintest hint of pepper. This scent is almost as complex as Miss Featherbox, and acts as an extremely complimentary fragrance. Everything about it speaks of a thin veneer of gentility overtop darker, more dangerous desires.
The throw and length of wear are comparable to the other Dances of Vice -- a soft, quiet fragrance that slowly edges into one's consciousness the nearer you get to the wearer, and one that lingers long after.
You know, I purchased The Devilish Rapscallion with the intent of handing it off to a male relative (and because I'm a bit of a completest, so I couldn't have one DoV and not the other), but I don't think it's going to leave my hands. Granted, I might have him test it out himself, but I think I'm going to have to keep it. While it is quite a masculine scent, it's also unique and distinctive enough for a woman to pull off without people asking if she's accidentally splashed on her gentleman's cologne. I'm quite fond of it, and it's a great alternative when you want a rich, complex scent that isn't sweet.
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Crossposted to salonblooddrop.
***The Imminent Seduction of Miss Violet Featherbox to Impropriety:
Created especially for Dances of Vice by Blooddrop Clothing & Fineries
[...] Miss Featherbox's fragrance is her downward spiral from grace, hope and innocence to depravity, drinking and distraction. Vanilla blossom, Arabian musk, white lotus absolute, rose damask absolute, jasmine sambac absolute, white cognac absolute and cocoa absolute.
In the bottle, it's a warm, sweet liqueur laced with chocolate, vanilla, and sin. I love the way it smells, and it's another that I want to knock back and drink (as bad an idea as that'd be).
On first application, the cognac takes a backseat to a very light blend of musk and lotus that carries an almost green edge to it. As it starts to settle, the in-bottle sweetness rises again, although the greenness remains as an undernote. On drydown, it's a very lovely soft fragrance with a nice bite of liqueur amongst some really wonderful florals. It's quite a complex scent, and definitely fits in with the Dances of Vice theme. This is most certainly the fragrance of innocence defiled in the most elegant way possible.
Fascinatingly, the green edge is mostly evident in close-quarters sniffing, but when one moves away from the site of application, the scent left in the air is very close to the in-the-bottle fragrance. It has an excellent length of wear, which I am starting to associate with all of Blooddrop's scents, and the throw is enough so that people standing close to you should be able to smell it, but it will not announce your entrance into a room (which seems fitting). It's very much a slow, seductive slide into sin, and I'm loving every moment of it.
***The Devilish Rapscallion of Heartsbury Heights:
Created especially for Dances of Vice by Blooddrop Clothing & Fineries
[...] The fragrance of the Devilish Rogue of Heartsburty Heights is complex like his behavior with a combination of well-to-do and decadent ingredients. Blue musk, rosewood, white cognac absolute, black pepper, labdanum absolute, vetiver, spruce, bergamot and gurjum balsam.
The Devilish Rapscallion has a wonderful, spicy bite in the bottle; it's a charming tease, speaking of what lies in wait within the fragrance. I can smell the labdanum and pepper most strongly with a hint of spruce underneath.
On application, the musk and pepper come to the fore alongside the evergreen notes. The pepper is detectable for a moment or two before fading away. As it dries, the spruce fades as well, leading to a richer, deeper "woody" scent, speaking of dark libraries with floor-to-ceiling shelving and deep, soft chairs you could sink right into. It matures into a pleasant, rich, musky wood with the faintest hint of pepper. This scent is almost as complex as Miss Featherbox, and acts as an extremely complimentary fragrance. Everything about it speaks of a thin veneer of gentility overtop darker, more dangerous desires.
The throw and length of wear are comparable to the other Dances of Vice -- a soft, quiet fragrance that slowly edges into one's consciousness the nearer you get to the wearer, and one that lingers long after.
You know, I purchased The Devilish Rapscallion with the intent of handing it off to a male relative (and because I'm a bit of a completest, so I couldn't have one DoV and not the other), but I don't think it's going to leave my hands. Granted, I might have him test it out himself, but I think I'm going to have to keep it. While it is quite a masculine scent, it's also unique and distinctive enough for a woman to pull off without people asking if she's accidentally splashed on her gentleman's cologne. I'm quite fond of it, and it's a great alternative when you want a rich, complex scent that isn't sweet.
***
Crossposted to salonblooddrop.