Baneberry
BPAL description: A poisonous fruit-bearing member of the buttercup family. The scent, like the plant, is dark green, herbal, and plump with bulging black fruit.
In the bottle: Almost piney-green plants (balsam? green tea?) and juicy purple berries. Wild and fresh and sweet, and strangely, rather soapy.
Wet: Much sweeter and heavier on the fruit, but still rather piney. Thankfully, that scary soapy note is light. It's very fresh and woodsy on the whole; foresty. The green note is sort of like yew, or maybe cypress. Evergreen, but not your standard pine.
Dry: The berries here are tart yet juicy and also sort of herbal...they remind me of both blackberries and huckleberries, especially the latter, yet are distinct from both. The piney green note is softer now, and this is a wee bit soapier.
Later: Piney note softer, soapy note stronger, but the delightful berries are staying very true...they really do remind me of huckleberries quite a lot. Sweet but not too sweet. The bulging ripeness but not overripe imagery fits perfectly. I think the soapy note is some floral - tuberose? Moonflower? Those are classic soapy florals for me.
Summary: I adore the berries in this. Any lover of more unique dark berry scents that are tart, juicy, mildly sweet and herbal should try this. I also really dig the fresh piney note, and I don't like most evergreen notes, but this is woodsy-herbal and deep yet not sharp. Unfortunately, the soapy floral note, while it never overwhelms entirely, is a constant unpleasant thorn. Great throw and lasting power.
If I didn't have April Fool, I'd consider a bottle of this. It's really unique and I think both sexes could pull it off. It's a very wild and natural scent.
In the bottle: Almost piney-green plants (balsam? green tea?) and juicy purple berries. Wild and fresh and sweet, and strangely, rather soapy.
Wet: Much sweeter and heavier on the fruit, but still rather piney. Thankfully, that scary soapy note is light. It's very fresh and woodsy on the whole; foresty. The green note is sort of like yew, or maybe cypress. Evergreen, but not your standard pine.
Dry: The berries here are tart yet juicy and also sort of herbal...they remind me of both blackberries and huckleberries, especially the latter, yet are distinct from both. The piney green note is softer now, and this is a wee bit soapier.
Later: Piney note softer, soapy note stronger, but the delightful berries are staying very true...they really do remind me of huckleberries quite a lot. Sweet but not too sweet. The bulging ripeness but not overripe imagery fits perfectly. I think the soapy note is some floral - tuberose? Moonflower? Those are classic soapy florals for me.
Summary: I adore the berries in this. Any lover of more unique dark berry scents that are tart, juicy, mildly sweet and herbal should try this. I also really dig the fresh piney note, and I don't like most evergreen notes, but this is woodsy-herbal and deep yet not sharp. Unfortunately, the soapy floral note, while it never overwhelms entirely, is a constant unpleasant thorn. Great throw and lasting power.
If I didn't have April Fool, I'd consider a bottle of this. It's really unique and I think both sexes could pull it off. It's a very wild and natural scent.