Dionysia
BPAL description: Wild plum, pomegranate, raspberry, Siamese benzoin, plum blossom, patchouli, frankincense, and mahogany.
In the bottle: Deep orangey red, the colour of carnelian stone. Dark, incensey, woody with deep ripe purple fruits. Not as sweet as I expected- much woodier and almost smoky. Red musk is that you?
Wet: Even woodier and more incensey, the frankincense especially. Patchouli (rooty-dirty) and dry-deep mahogany just behind. Consequently this has a 'churchy' feel to me. I can smell a bit of benzoin, but it's overwhelmed by stronger notes. Fruits are even weaker on my skin.
Dry: The frankincense is SO strong and the patchouli has amped further and is that dark soily type I don't like. The mahogany - this is the most distinctly I've smelled it in a blend - is third strongest, and verging on cedar-dry, but has a beautiful depth - I think I do like it. The benzoin is more resiny than usual, less vanillic - and light. Hint of artificial raspberry but otherwise fruits are still GONE, and this has lost much of its sweetness.
Later: Frankincense still very strong and dry mahogany (it's become more cedar like)has amped, while everything else has faded, other than the raspberry and benzoin which are holding, and some sticky plum and pomegranate have returned. It's almost dusty at this point. The sweetness has increased a bit.
Summary: Frankincense rules with dry and dusty yet still dark mahogany just behind. Very incensey, woody and slightly dirty in overall feel with mild plastic sweetness; the fruit definitely plays second fiddle. In the second layer are rooty patchouli, syrupy plum and a bit of tart pomegranate, artificial raspberry candy, and resiny benzoin. Decent throw and lasting power.
Wow, the new CD I thought would be best failed epically (as did the runner up)..and two I thought wouldn't work did. Just goes to show I should never presume.
In the bottle: Deep orangey red, the colour of carnelian stone. Dark, incensey, woody with deep ripe purple fruits. Not as sweet as I expected- much woodier and almost smoky. Red musk is that you?
Wet: Even woodier and more incensey, the frankincense especially. Patchouli (rooty-dirty) and dry-deep mahogany just behind. Consequently this has a 'churchy' feel to me. I can smell a bit of benzoin, but it's overwhelmed by stronger notes. Fruits are even weaker on my skin.
Dry: The frankincense is SO strong and the patchouli has amped further and is that dark soily type I don't like. The mahogany - this is the most distinctly I've smelled it in a blend - is third strongest, and verging on cedar-dry, but has a beautiful depth - I think I do like it. The benzoin is more resiny than usual, less vanillic - and light. Hint of artificial raspberry but otherwise fruits are still GONE, and this has lost much of its sweetness.
Later: Frankincense still very strong and dry mahogany (it's become more cedar like)has amped, while everything else has faded, other than the raspberry and benzoin which are holding, and some sticky plum and pomegranate have returned. It's almost dusty at this point. The sweetness has increased a bit.
Summary: Frankincense rules with dry and dusty yet still dark mahogany just behind. Very incensey, woody and slightly dirty in overall feel with mild plastic sweetness; the fruit definitely plays second fiddle. In the second layer are rooty patchouli, syrupy plum and a bit of tart pomegranate, artificial raspberry candy, and resiny benzoin. Decent throw and lasting power.
Wow, the new CD I thought would be best failed epically (as did the runner up)..and two I thought wouldn't work did. Just goes to show I should never presume.