Carnaval Diabolique - The Snake Pit: Boomslang (aged)
Snake Oil with cocoa, teakwood, and rice milk.
In bottle: first off, I slowly made circles in the air with the bottle in my hand to have the oils mix together, as I've read in places that sometimes the oils can separate. When I opened the bottle, I saw dark flakes in the neck where I presume the oil got into as I did my circling--which I have also read in some cases. I just thought it was interesting to note that ;) Anyway, to continue-- in the bottle, I mostly get cocoa. Not chocolate--but cocoa. Not foody to my nose. I'm also getting the snake oil. So it really is basically cocoa in snake oil.
Wet on skin: hmm, this is actually lighter on my skin than in the bottle--by that, I mean, not as heavy and not that incense-y. I can small the snake oil, but it's in the background; it feels like single-note cocoa right now. It's slightly foodier, and somewhat sweeter, but I still wouldn't call this a foody scent. It's also...slightly powdery. This does not bode well.
Dry: noooooo. Powder, and lots of it. My Snake Oil review talks about oily powder, and while this is not "oily powder", it's all powder still. At least it doesn't make me want to hurl. If I get to ignore the powder, I'm getting the cocoa, the teak, and maaaaaybe a bit of the rice milk. But...yeah. Powder. Sob.
Verdict: I think that kind of settles it--because of Snake Oil turning into powder for me (I really wish I knew exactly what that was), I'm willing to be ALL blends with an element of Snake Oil will turn into this ghastly powder. Oh well, can't really do anything about it, I guess. :(
In bottle: first off, I slowly made circles in the air with the bottle in my hand to have the oils mix together, as I've read in places that sometimes the oils can separate. When I opened the bottle, I saw dark flakes in the neck where I presume the oil got into as I did my circling--which I have also read in some cases. I just thought it was interesting to note that ;) Anyway, to continue-- in the bottle, I mostly get cocoa. Not chocolate--but cocoa. Not foody to my nose. I'm also getting the snake oil. So it really is basically cocoa in snake oil.
Wet on skin: hmm, this is actually lighter on my skin than in the bottle--by that, I mean, not as heavy and not that incense-y. I can small the snake oil, but it's in the background; it feels like single-note cocoa right now. It's slightly foodier, and somewhat sweeter, but I still wouldn't call this a foody scent. It's also...slightly powdery. This does not bode well.
Dry: noooooo. Powder, and lots of it. My Snake Oil review talks about oily powder, and while this is not "oily powder", it's all powder still. At least it doesn't make me want to hurl. If I get to ignore the powder, I'm getting the cocoa, the teak, and maaaaaybe a bit of the rice milk. But...yeah. Powder. Sob.
Verdict: I think that kind of settles it--because of Snake Oil turning into powder for me (I really wish I knew exactly what that was), I'm willing to be ALL blends with an element of Snake Oil will turn into this ghastly powder. Oh well, can't really do anything about it, I guess. :(