Anime Event Exclusive: Boystyle Aristocrat
A dapper Victorian bergamot and patchouli cologne that has been softened by orris and spiced with pink peppercorn.
In bottle: well... definitely masculine, I guess? Bergamot and patchouli in a predominantly cologney base. And orris too.
Wet on skin: bergamot and patchouli; this is a nice patchouli, so if you're looking for the dirty headshoppy kind, this is not what you're looking for. I think the bergamot is keeping the patch clean. It's slightly "peppery", and has a dusty quality to it. I don't know if the dustiness is a skin chemistry thing, or if it's meant to be this way.
Dry: powdery pink pepper, dusty patchouli, and bergamot. While this is not a pink scent at all (it's a more...dark mauve/brown sort of scent), for some reason that's the first thing my nose registered once this blend is dry. Softer, but still retaining that masculine cologne-like quality. Much, much later, the masculine cologne quality is all that's left, and whoa does it stick--I've washed my hands twice since skin-testing and it's still there, faint but recognizable.
Verdict: I didn't think this would work for me, and it doesn't. I also kind of prefer a less, er, "traditional" masculine scent for a guy, although this isn't too bad.
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In bottle: well... definitely masculine, I guess? Bergamot and patchouli in a predominantly cologney base. And orris too.
Wet on skin: bergamot and patchouli; this is a nice patchouli, so if you're looking for the dirty headshoppy kind, this is not what you're looking for. I think the bergamot is keeping the patch clean. It's slightly "peppery", and has a dusty quality to it. I don't know if the dustiness is a skin chemistry thing, or if it's meant to be this way.
Dry: powdery pink pepper, dusty patchouli, and bergamot. While this is not a pink scent at all (it's a more...dark mauve/brown sort of scent), for some reason that's the first thing my nose registered once this blend is dry. Softer, but still retaining that masculine cologne-like quality. Much, much later, the masculine cologne quality is all that's left, and whoa does it stick--I've washed my hands twice since skin-testing and it's still there, faint but recognizable.
Verdict: I didn't think this would work for me, and it doesn't. I also kind of prefer a less, er, "traditional" masculine scent for a guy, although this isn't too bad.
icon by angelamaria