I Married a Vampire From Planet X
BPAL description: A blend of blood-soaked daemonorops, black amber, dark musk, glistening leather, caraway, smoky myrrh, cinnamon, and clove that is glowing with a luminescent, space-addled coating of clary sage, lemon balm, white grapefruit rind, mandarin, green melon, and white musk.
Sniffed: Rich golden oil. Spicy, smoky resins and herbs with a hint of citrus. Tons of caraway, myrrh, sage, black amber, clove and cinnamon. The musk/melon/citrus layer reminds me of 51. Very 'incensey'.
Wet: Much lighter, fresher, and more cologne-y, with loads of grapefruit, mandarin, lemon balm and musks. A fair bit of slikc leather, too, and still lots of sage. Still spicy, but distantly. I get a bit of soapy-floral dragon's blood. Kind reminds me of Faiza, but a more unisex version.
Dry: This is a strangely mesmerising scent (appropriately enough!); it's not me at all - too much spice and smoke - but I can't stop sniffing. The leather is amping, which is not good with this type of leather (plastic/chemical), and this is going more and more musky. The citrus holds really well!
Later: Amazingly, the spices do not amp on me as they nearly always do. This oil also dries very slowly, which may account in part for the minimal morphing. Maybe a little more soapy? But it mostly just feels clean.
Summary: After a few hours it does dry down to mostly spices, resins, leather and musks, and is pretty intense and masculine. Still, there's sage and citrus to lighten it a bit, and it's a very complex and intriguing scent. Incredible throw & longevity.
Sniffed: Rich golden oil. Spicy, smoky resins and herbs with a hint of citrus. Tons of caraway, myrrh, sage, black amber, clove and cinnamon. The musk/melon/citrus layer reminds me of 51. Very 'incensey'.
Wet: Much lighter, fresher, and more cologne-y, with loads of grapefruit, mandarin, lemon balm and musks. A fair bit of slikc leather, too, and still lots of sage. Still spicy, but distantly. I get a bit of soapy-floral dragon's blood. Kind reminds me of Faiza, but a more unisex version.
Dry: This is a strangely mesmerising scent (appropriately enough!); it's not me at all - too much spice and smoke - but I can't stop sniffing. The leather is amping, which is not good with this type of leather (plastic/chemical), and this is going more and more musky. The citrus holds really well!
Later: Amazingly, the spices do not amp on me as they nearly always do. This oil also dries very slowly, which may account in part for the minimal morphing. Maybe a little more soapy? But it mostly just feels clean.
Summary: After a few hours it does dry down to mostly spices, resins, leather and musks, and is pretty intense and masculine. Still, there's sage and citrus to lighten it a bit, and it's a very complex and intriguing scent. Incredible throw & longevity.