Geek Chic: Prepare to be Boarded, Ghost Warrior
Almost three months ago, I purchased some Geek Chic Cosmetics solid perfumes and meant to review them all, but somewhere along the way completely forgot about doing this -_- And since sresla prodded me on two of the GCC blends, I decided I'd just quickly pull those out and put this up as well :)
Like the previous round, I'll be recapping my breakdown and expectations and then how they fare.
Prepare to be Boarded
Dark, earthy woods mixed with spicy cinnamon, cloves, fresh rosemary, and clad in tight leather. Tempered with fresh, juicy fig and Tahitian Vanilla with a touch of tonka bean. A robust, spicy, and manly scent. A good scent to wear while fist-fighting a grizzly bear.
Expected: Yummy vanilla and tonka! This will probably lean towards a foody male scent--are you sure you want to wear something yummy while fist-fighting a grizzly? The rosemary and leather can certainly turn the tide and not make this foody, but cinnamon? fig? vanilla? tonka? That's like a foody's heaven.
Actual: On first sniff, I'm getting woods, leather, and foody spices; also a hint of something soapy, for some reason. Right on my skin, the woods almost fade out, with the leather becoming more prominent, along with the spices. I don't know about fist-fighting a grizzly bear though; I'd call this a foody leather, and without the leather would be a typical foody/bakery scent. Much later this has become mostly a leather and creamy cinnamon buns scent.
Ghost Warrior
Cool and wet greens mixed with oakmoss and vetiver, freshly turned earth on the dry down, with a spectre of sandalwood, musks and a touch of dangerous leather. A sensual and baleful unisex scent that leans male.
Expected: I'm interested to see how the vetiver is here--I know how BPAL vetiver is like, and curious to see if this is different. I'm fairly certain this won't be a keeper scent, but it will be interesting to give it a try.
Actual: This was a bit of a surprise. Right off the bat I got wet greens and a cucumber-y fruit scent, maybe even melony; I can't really smell anything else other than that, and oakmoss, which gives this a definite masculine vibe. A soapy clean man-scent--that is, if the soap he used is a fruity sort of soap. A masculine fruity scent, if you will.
Like the previous round, I'll be recapping my breakdown and expectations and then how they fare.
Prepare to be Boarded
Dark, earthy woods mixed with spicy cinnamon, cloves, fresh rosemary, and clad in tight leather. Tempered with fresh, juicy fig and Tahitian Vanilla with a touch of tonka bean. A robust, spicy, and manly scent. A good scent to wear while fist-fighting a grizzly bear.
Expected: Yummy vanilla and tonka! This will probably lean towards a foody male scent--are you sure you want to wear something yummy while fist-fighting a grizzly? The rosemary and leather can certainly turn the tide and not make this foody, but cinnamon? fig? vanilla? tonka? That's like a foody's heaven.
Actual: On first sniff, I'm getting woods, leather, and foody spices; also a hint of something soapy, for some reason. Right on my skin, the woods almost fade out, with the leather becoming more prominent, along with the spices. I don't know about fist-fighting a grizzly bear though; I'd call this a foody leather, and without the leather would be a typical foody/bakery scent. Much later this has become mostly a leather and creamy cinnamon buns scent.
Ghost Warrior
Cool and wet greens mixed with oakmoss and vetiver, freshly turned earth on the dry down, with a spectre of sandalwood, musks and a touch of dangerous leather. A sensual and baleful unisex scent that leans male.
Expected: I'm interested to see how the vetiver is here--I know how BPAL vetiver is like, and curious to see if this is different. I'm fairly certain this won't be a keeper scent, but it will be interesting to give it a try.
Actual: This was a bit of a surprise. Right off the bat I got wet greens and a cucumber-y fruit scent, maybe even melony; I can't really smell anything else other than that, and oakmoss, which gives this a definite masculine vibe. A soapy clean man-scent--that is, if the soap he used is a fruity sort of soap. A masculine fruity scent, if you will.