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The Smelling Principle of Vetiver Oil, Unveiled by Chemical Synthesis
Despite the advance of modern analytic techniques, the smelling principle of vetiver oil is still unknown owing to its extremely complex matrix of over 150 compounds. A concise stereoselective total synthesis proves (+)‐2‐epi‐ziza‐6(13)en‐3‐one to be the key to the quasi‐pheromone‐like aura of vetiver that magically resembles the effect of Iso E Super.
Abstract
Vetiver oil, produced on a multiton‐scale from the roots of vetiver grass, is one of the finest and most popular perfumery materials, appearing in over a third of all fragrances. It is a complex mixture of hundreds of molecules and the specific odorant, responsible for its characteristic suave and sweet transparent, woody‐ambery smell, has remained a mystery until today. Herein, we prove by an eleven‐step chemical synthesis, employing a novel asymmetric organocatalytic Mukaiyama–Michael addition, that (+)‐2‐epi‐ziza‐6(13)en‐3‐one is the active smelling principle of vetiver oil. Its olfactory evaluation reveals a remarkable odor threshold of 29 picograms per liter air, responsible for the special sensuous aura it lends to perfumes and the quasi‐pheromone‐like effect it has on perfumers and consumers alike. https://ift.tt/2IRkHyK
Hello! I'm looking for a perfume or a perfume oil that has notes of fig and vetiver. There's a candle from paddywax that I smelled at wholefoods called "wild fig and vetiver", which smelled amazing but doesn't really have a strong scent when lit. are there any indie houses that have anything with fig and vetiver? Thank you
Anyone else try making your own fragrance at MeFragrance?
I just created 3 sample sizes and ordered a master perfumer kit so I can experiment at home so I'm excited for it to arrive. Anyone else try out this service? I'm seeing some mixed receptions on quality and service but I'm willing to give it a shot for novelties sake.
Hello! I've never posted a review here, but I've been gathering hex scents for a while now, and figured why not review them! I love browsing this sub just to see peoples creative descriptions (mine are not that) and what other people like and dislike :] About me: I think i have dull senses (or maybe my skin eats perfume), because i can't seem to smell perfume after a while. If i end up with something that really lasts on me, i love it more. I like wood smells, sweet smells, some florals, incense smells, forest smells, etc. I don't really HATE anything (well, i didn't think i did..... ) Eight of these are full sizes that i mostly blind bought on description, two were free samples, and six were from ajevie. Here goes! I am going to start with my full sizes Leopardite: ( Mysore sandalwood, golden sandalwood powder, vanilla husk, chamois accord, Alaskan cedarwood, tobacco leaf, black oak, cardamom, saffron threads, miel blanc. ) For me, this is such a beautiful scent! It is woody and somewhat spicy, dry, and very comforting. When it dries it gets a twinge of sweetness that is nice, and it lasts a long time. I had some of this on my wrists still the next morning which is a huge bonus for me! All in all, i'm so glad i ended up getting this one. I was considering Santal or Santal vanilla instead (which i got as samples), and i honestly prefer this one as it has way more depth. Hygge:(stroopwafels, cardamom-infused custard, oatmeal porridge, pink peppercorn, smoked vanilla, myrrh, fir balsam. ) This is my favorite perfume from Hex, and possibly of all time. I love cardamom and warm, sweet smells. This evokes a cozy snow day, inside your house where it's warm, and your cat is sitting near you in your favorite blanket with fuzzy socks and warm tea. And you just baked something delicious. I dont think it's an atmospheric or anything, it's clearly very food smelling, but it's beautiful. It's strong for an oil too, i can smell it all day, into the next day, and everyone else will smell it too. It's sweet, spicy, has depth, and is ideal for me. I do not smell any Fir. Moon:(smoked vanilla, frankincense, Peru balsam, labdanum, amber, vetiver, Atlas cedarwood, patchouli, and night musk. ) So, i was very much looking forward to this one, and on first sniff i was almost horrified by it lol. It was sharp and almost astringent smelling. However, once it dries, i seriously love it too (that's going to get annoying to hear probably, but i love most of the scents i got.) The tree smells go so well with the smoked vanilla, and the frankincense and patchouli give it sort of a sexy smell. It's slightly sweet when it dries, but very incensey and sexy. I am not great at describing smells it turns out lol. Aziraphale:(marshmallow-topped hot cocoa, rice, wool, crêpes, leather-bound antique books, and old, wooden bookcases. ) This is going to be my least positive review, and im very sorry for that. Opening it just now to re-sniff it to jog my memory gave me in instant headache. I only smell the leather in this. Heavy, strong, overbearing leather. When i first got this i wore it and i had to shower and take off all my clothes, and showering didn't even fully get rid of the smell. It made me so nauseous. It's stuck in my computer wrist rests (it's mostly gone now). It's OVERWHELMING. i don't get any notes other than leather , other than maybe burning. If you're into that, go for this. My eyes are watering right now in a bad way. Gold Skulltulla:(golden amber, cardamom, vanilla orchid, vanilla bean, tonka, myrrh. ) Well, this has every note i love lol. This is a lighter, sweeter version of Leopardite to my nose. I love it, but i don't think i needed both. It disappears on me quickly, unfortunately. It's so beautiful, and it does have some things that make it unique however, like the slight slight floral smell. It certainly brings a brightness. I realized i will love any perfume with cardamom , vanilla, myrrh, or amber. Morphine:(steamed milk, lavender buds, honeyed apricots, chamomile tea, honey, white amber.) I love this one so much, especially for sleeping. It's sweet from the amber and honey, herbal from the chamomile and lavender, and has body from the amber. This really is a beautiful scent. If anyone is disappointed about lavender london fog getting the 86, they should try a sample of this. I might try to craft a drink that tastes like how this smells lol. I wish i had a room/linen smell of this. Moonstone:(argent ambre, night-blooming jasmine, evening air accord, lunar musk. ) I really like jasmine a lot, so of course i had to have this. It isn't particularly exciting, but it's very nice. It's very cool smelling. It is clean, fresh and a lot more "mainstream" smelling than a lot of what i normally pick. I can't wait for the weather to start warming up some, because i think i'll be wearing this very frequently. Rose Quartz:(rose bud, pink grapefruit, passionfruit, cream soda, pink bubblegum, raspberry mimosa accord, pink pepper. ) This pulls very heavy grapefruit on me, and for that i am thankful for. I love grapefruit! It reminds me of my best friend in high school. I get the rose on dry down, and perhaps some raspberry mimosa, but my rookie nose doesn't get much else. I honestly thing this perfume screams "pink". Okay, so i got two free samples (i had two orders), and they were Sucre Bleu(A veritable sweet-shop explosion: pink gumballs, Juicy Fruit gum, gummy bears, Pop Rocks, rainbow candy-coated popcorn, Skittles, caramel chews, Twinkies, marshmallow Peeps, red licorice whips, Sour Patch Kids, caramel corn, Smarties, cotton candy, waffle cone, peachy gummy rings, jawbreakers, candy corn, gummy cola bottles. ), and Red Musk(Eastern temple resins and spices, rose, pepper, sandalwood. Simultaneously clean AND sexy/dirty. ). Sucre bleu reminds me of un-vaped vape juice, the kind you get in a big squirt bottle for a mod. I don't vape anymore, but i actually really like this smell lol. It just smells like candy! slighty creamy, VERY sweet. Not sure i'd wear it much, but im not mad about getting it lol. Weirdly comforting. Red musk is kind of the opposite, it is very sexy. They were right to describe it as dirty and clean at the same time. It's so cool how that works. It smells like incense, spices and wood. I might get a big one of this. If sucre bleu is a kid going HAM in a sweet shop, then Red Musk is whatever you view as a hot person, picking out incense in a hippie shop, for a date later where they know theyre gonna be fucking. My ajevie samples were as follows: Old Scratch - blackstrap molasses, bourbon, pumpkin pie, candied ginger. This is ginger molasses on me! also smells like.. butterscotch? I do get a hint of bourbon, but i wouldn't call this boozy. more like cooked bourbon frosting. Butterbeer - sweet, golden, drippy butterscotch, rich vanilla ice cream, hot buttered rum. THIS is butterscotch lol! Very sweet and heavy. I also get the rum, but again more like a rum butterscotch sauce for the ice cream. This smells the way the melted stuff at the bottom of an ice cream bowl with hot butterscotch sauce would smell. Lavender London Fog - earl grey tea, steamed milk, vanilla, lavender simple syrup. I prefer morphine to this. It's nice, don't get me wrong, but morphine has way more body and is a little more interesting. For some reason something smells a little sour here. Blue Moon- blue musk, grapefruit, neroli, night air accord, lime peel. I haven't given this one a fair shot, because the citrus is kind of overwhelming for me. The lime in particular i guess. It isn't bad, but i am not sure i'm ready for such a bright fragrance right now. If you love citrus, this is for you. Santal- sandalwood incense, golden sandalwood, Mysore wood accord, vanilla sandalwood. I like this, It's sandalwood, what's not to like lol. It's kind of faint on me sadly, and my skin eats it quickly. Maybe better to layer with. Santal Vanille- sandalwood incense, golden sandalwood, Mysore wood accord, vanilla sandalwood, marshmallow fluff, vanilla bean extract. This is a very creamy, pretty scent. I prefer this to the Santal, because the marshmallow and vanilla bring out the sandalwood and compliment it very nicely. If i had to choose between the two, i would most certainly choose this one. However, Leaporadite was my favorite sandalwood scent from them out of the ones i got. I am glad i didn't blindly FS this one tbh. So, if you read that, thank you lol. I really like Hex scents for the most part. I will likely not buy any with leather notes however, because it seems it gives me a massive headache. If anyone has any questions let me know, lol.
Reviews of 29 of Nui Cobalt's Autumn I and II Perfumes
This review post contains a mix of samples and full size bottles that I purchased with my own money and PR samples that I was sent from Nui Cobalt. I indicate which items are PR samples with this ❇️ emoji. I was honoured that Josh from Nui Cobalt reached out to me to see if I was interested in reviewing Nui Cobalt perfumes. Since Nui Cobalt is taking down the Autumn I and Autumn II collections on February 17, 2021, I wanted to write reviews on the perfumes I have (both from PR and from my own purchases) from these collections before they’re taken down. Hopefully this helps anyone who is waiting to make a purchase with their decisions!
My Experience with Nui Cobalt
I previously heard about Nui Cobalt through IMAM but did not try Nui Cobalt until 2020. 2020 was definitely my indie exploration year! My first Nui Cobalt purchase was from their Bees Collection; I love honey in perfumes so it was a no brainer purchase for me. I ordered a sample of Liquid Luck and when my package arrived and I smelled it, I immediately went and purchased a full size of Liquid Luck. Liquid Luck continues to be my favourite perfume from Nui Cobalt. From there, Nui Cobalt has quickly become one of my favourite indie perfume houses. There’s a lot to love about Nui Cobalt:
The different collections and creativity of collections,
The intentions behind each perfume,
The no FOMO branding - collections remain up for a long time and Nui Cobalt does a lot of restocking when they can
The excellent customer service, and
Fast shipping (even as an international buyer!)
One thing I want to mention is that when Nui Cobalt reached out and asked if I wanted some samples to review as PR, they were open to the fact that I’m based in Canada. They also let me combine the PR samples with my order of Yule perfumes. My package shipped pretty quickly from Nui Cobalt but unfortunately got stuck in customs limbo for over a month. When I reached out about my package (because it seemed like it was lost at that point), Josh offered to replace the items I purchased and the PR samples. Coincidentally, the day after I got an update that my parcel had cleared customs so it didn’t end up being necessary! I ended up receiving my package until mid-January 2021. But this isn’t a typical shipping experience for me with Nui Cobalt. I ordered some samples from the Valentines 2021 collection on January 22nd and I’ve already received my order. :)
My Perfume Preferences
I prefer high longevity in my perfume; I want my perfume to at least last through a full workday. Sillage is less important to me than longevity, but I do want to be able to smell it without having to hold my wrists to my nose. I would describe myself as open to different perfume notes though I gravitate towards florals, forest scents, and certain gourmands (e.g., gingerbread, pumpkin spice lattes). I find that I amp smoke, oudh, and motor oil / grease. My experience with Nui Cobalt perfumes is that they typically have low-medium sillage (though some have higher sillage) with good wafting but not overpowering. Longevity is also usually a full work day.
Reviews
Perfumes that were provided as PR samples are indicated with a ❇️ emoji. For the PR samples, I included a short bullet point on what the perfume smelled like after <24 hour rest because I thought it may be fun to see how the fragrances changed with rest. I applied perfumes on clean non-scented skin with at least two weeks of rest (ones I purchased have more resting because I have had them longer).
Rest less than 24 hours: Perfume-y apple / apple cider smell
Bottle sniff: Smells pretty green, get a note that is fruity (apples? Blueberries?) but also has a slight astringent note
Wet on skin: Really green, fruity
Dry down: Ripe blueberries, green
Thoughts: Low sillage and low longevity (started fading 4 hours into wear). I wore this without first reading the notes so I thought it was a really green scent. I got a lot of fruit notes which I thought may be blueberries or apples but I can see now that it was the pears. Similarly, the dark green notes I got from this perfume were likely the birch tree and Angelica. I didn’t get notes that came across as deer musk accord or campfire smoke. Cauldron Cider (Notes: A warm brew of honeycrisp apples simmered for days with ginger root, black clove bud, cardamom, cassia, and star anise)
Bottle sniff: Cooked apples
Wet on skin: Smells almost like an apple gummy candy
Dry down: Definitely comes across as an apple cider scent, nicely spiced
Thoughts: Low sillage and medium longevity (began fading after 5 hours). I destashed this scent but that is because I’m not big on apple perfumes. I got a distinct candy scent when this perfume was first applied, maybe because of the sweetness in the honeycrisp apples? As the scent wore though, it is distinctly an apple cider perfume. Lovely and warm. ❇️ Daughter of the Dark Moon (Notes: Black coconut, nocturnal jasmine, tuberose, gardenia, white sandalwood, dried lavender, sheer cotton, and a trace of Tahitian vanilla)
Rest less than 24 hours: Sweet in subdued way, anise?
Bottle sniff: Well-blended, not picking up on any individual notes
Wet on skin: Sweet, almost pear-like note
Dry down: Florals began emerging so it was a sweet and gauzy white floral perfume.
Thoughts: Medium sillage and high longevity (8+ hours). This perfume is well-blended; I found it difficult to pick up on individual notes. The most prominent notes, to me, are the white florals (nocturnal jasmine, tuberose, and gardenia). The Tahitian vanilla emerges to lend a sweetness to the perfume. They are not overwhelming, instead, the other notes work to support the white florals so that the effect is like wearing a gauzy summer shawl. The white florals aren’t heady or overwhelming but drape around you. This is a good summer into fall transition scent. If you’re afraid of white florals, this may be a good perfume to try. Favorite Sweater (Notes: White oak and blonde teakwood, copal resin, crushed coriander, lamb's wool accord, a touch of creamy chai, and a spritz of green mandarin)
Bottle sniff: Cozy and musky
Wet on skin: Reads as cologne to me
Dry down: Fuzzy and cologne-y
Thoughts: Medium high sillage and high longevity (7+ hours). I did destash this perfume because it wasn’t for me. The lamb’s wood accord is definitely here and it’s unreal how much it smells like a wool sweater; it’s fuzzy and has an animalic note. The other notes combined though to smell like a cologne, and that wasn’t for me. It’s almost like you’re wearing a favourite wool sweater that was recently worn by a rugged man (to me). Ghost Cat (Notes: Cashmere, white amber, and ethereal ivory musk with blushing peony and pink peppercorn toe beans)
Bottle sniff: Ethereal ivory musk is prominent, has a bit of a cologne scent
Wet on skin: Cologne type scent
Dry down: Cologne element is gone, the pink peppercorn begins emerging
Thoughts: Medium sillage and high longevity (7+ hours). I was drawn to this perfume because “pink peppercorn toe beans” is an evocative image and the other notes sounded great. The perfume opens with the ethereal ivory musk. This scent initially reads as “cologne” to me but that element disappears as it dries down. The pink peppercorn note emerges on dry down and adds a vibrant note to a fuzzy perfume. The peony is a supporting player; it adds sweetness to the spice. The overall perfume is soft and cuddly, accented with the floral spiciness from the peony and pink peppercorn notes. Ginger Cat (Notes: Crystallized ginger and raisins baked into warm pumpkin bread with caramel drizzle, candied orange peel, homemade apricot jam and the subtlest sprinkle of cardamom)
Wet on skin: Sugary bread gourmand, smell raisins. Pretty sweet
Dry down: Warm and freshly baked pumpkin bread, sweetness from apricot jam
Thoughts: Medium sillage and high longevity (started fading after 7 hours). I have two ginger tabbies so I am a sucker for anything related to ginger cats (see also my purchase of Little Brown Rabbit). This is a warm, cozy, and soft pumpkin bread perfume. The crystallized ginger and cardamom add a slight bit of spice to the pumpkin bread but it’s not a spicy scent. This is the smell of freshly baked pumpkin bread, fresh out of the oven topped with sugary sweetness. This scent is lovely for cold fall and winter evenings. Grey Cat (Notes: Dry smoked vanilla, fluffy marshmallow creme, fresh blueberries, the gentlest touch of lavender and a warm cup of Earl Grey)
Bottle sniff: Creamy blueberries
Wet on skin: Creamy blueberries - has a hint of a ‘medicinal’ scent
Dry down: The medicinal note disappears, left with a creamy blueberry perfume
Thoughts: Medium sillage and high longevity (8+ hours). Opens as a very cozy, creamy blueberry scent. It starts off with a slight medicinal tang (likely the blueberries) but that quickly leaves and you’re left with a fluffy creamy scent, with blueberries. I don’t get a distinct “Earl Grey” scent but it likely adds to the coziness of this perfume. Lighting Storm (Notes: Petrichor and ozone, electrified metal, cold musk, bergamot, lime zest, cracked pink peppercorn, copal smoke, Indian myrrh, and teakwood)
Bottle sniff: Ozone and petrichor, a bit of the electrified metal
Wet on skin: Ozone and petrichor, a bit of the electrified metal
Dry down: As it dried down, mostly cold musk and petrichor
Thoughts: Medium sillage and low longevity (faded after 4 hours). This perfume opens with strong ozone and petrichor and it does honestly smell like electrified metal which is unreal! I will be destashing this perfume as it isn’t for me. If you’re looking for a scent that smells like the beginning of a thunderstorm in Autumn, this may be a good one to try. Starlight and Spidersilk (Notes: Slender strands of cotton flower hung with trembling dewdrops, cold crystalline musk, and tiny black vanilla beans)
Bottle sniff: Vanilla
Wet on skin: Cold vanilla - almost like a plain sugar cookie
Dry down: ? I went anosmic to this perfume for a couple of hours. Other people could smell it on me but I couldn’t. Once it “came back”, it smelled like a cold gourmand vanilla
Thoughts: Low sillage (to me) and high longevity (8+ hours). This is a really interesting vanilla perfume; it’s definitely cold but somehow still soft and cozy. I really like this note and I like that Forest has started using it in more blends. :) As I mentioned, I went anosmic to this perfume for a period of time. Other people could smell it on me but I just couldn’t. This happens to me sometimes with other vanilla dominant fragrances and I don’t know what causes it (looking at you, NAVA Bourbon Vanille) ❇️ Trembling Aspen (Notes: Sunflower petals, delicate strands of saffron, crystallized ginger, and candied kumquat)
Rest less than 24 hours: Like this one a lot, caramel-y. Birch?
Bottle sniff: Savoury gourmand scent; almost like spiced rice
Wet on skin: Savoury gourmand scent; almost like spiced rice
Dry down: Well-spiced savoury gourmand
Thoughts: Medium-high sillage and longevity (wore for 8+ hours without fading). I found this to be a well-spiced savoury gourmand - I attribute this to the saffron and crystallized ginger. I really enjoyed this scent. It was creamy, smooth, and pleasantly spicy.
Autumn Part II Collection
Au Bal Masqué (Notes: Nepalese virgin cashmere, cotton flower, vanilla spun sugar, labdanum, and the wafting memory of white funeral lilies)
Bottle sniff: Honey sweetened florals (likely the vanilla spun sugar and cotton flower)
Wet on skin: Cashmere, vanilla sugar, light florals
Dry down: Cashmere, vanilla sugar, light florals though less sweet
Thoughts: Medium sillage and medium longevity (faded by 5 hours). This is an interesting sweet floral scent; the cashmere adds a creamy dryness to the perfume which tempers the vanilla spun sugar note. The lilies are apparent but not overpowering. Really lovely! ❇️ Bad Moon Rising (Notes: Wild violets, Adirondack blueberries, star anise, blackcurrants preserved in maple sugar with clove and a touch of almond)
Rest less than 24 hours: Some type of blueberry
Bottle sniff: Adirondack blueberries - very ripe and almost has a medicinal “tang” to it
Wet on skin: The blueberries increased, along with the medicinal element, and violets became more prominent
Dry down: Blueberries and violets
Thoughts: Low sillage and low longevity (faded after 4 hours). The blueberries and violets are the most prominent notes in this perfume. It opens with a blast of realistic tart blueberries. This reads as a medicinal note to me but it’s only present when first applied. The violets make themselves known on dry down and add an element of purple to the perfume, as well as a bit of powder characteristic of violets. The maple syrup and almond emerge as the scent wears; the maple adds a hint of sugary sweetness while the almond lends a creamy element to the perfume. ❇️ Blue Moon on Samhain (Notes: Smooth driftwood glistening with sea salt, pearl gardenia, oat milk, coconut flesh, forget-me-not, neroli, and a trace of lavender)
Rest less than 24 hours: Musk
Bottle sniff: I initially had a hard time picking out any distinct notes. I smelled a deep wood scent which I initially thought may be vetiver or Palo Santo
Wet on skin: Driftwood (cold wood scent, not dry), sea salt, florals (gardenia, neroli)
Thoughts: Low sillage and low longevity (faded after 2 hours). This perfume is really well-blended, to the point that it’s difficult to pinpoint certain notes. The driftwood and sea salt create a really smooth and cold wood base; it’s not dry like cedar. I think that the other notes blended together to add to the smoothness of this fragrance. ❇️ Calico Cat (Notes: Tawny suede, pale sandalwood, toasted coconut, deep amber, and golden honey are accented with bright satsuma, and spiced tamarind)
Rest less than 24 hours: Delicate - something orange?
Bottle sniff: Musky fur, golden raisins, cinnamon
Wet on skin: Smells similar (musky fur, golden raisins, cinnamon) but also smooth and creamy
Dry down: Smells like apple pie spices, cozy and smooth with a bit of musk
Thoughts: Medium sillage and medium longevity (faded around 5.5 hours into wear). This is a cozy and comforting perfume. The tawny suede note smells like musky soft cat fur. I believe that what I was interpreting as “apple pie spices” are the golden honey, bright satsuma and spiced tamarind notes. I wouldn’t say I picked up on sandalwood or coconut as distinct notes, but I think they are supporting notes that create a cozy enveloping perfume. Crone’s Cottage (Notes: Oatmeal cookies still warm from the oven, beeswax candles on the windowsill, a warm cup of strong black tea with milk, and a generous dollop of honey)
Bottle sniff: Oatmeal raisin cookies!
Wet on skin: Oatmeal raisin cookies!
Dry down: Oatmeal raisin cookies!
Thoughts: Medium sillage and medium longevity (began fading around 5 hours into wear). This really smells like oatmeal raisin cookies that just came out of an oven. But these are premium quality oatmeal raisin cookies; the raisins are juicy golden raisins. Really delicious gourmand. Drunk Pumpkin (Notes: An oversized pumpkin punchbowl filled with hot apple cider, Caribbean dark rum, Tennessee whiskey, cinnamon sticks, ginger root and a twist of lemon)
Bottle sniff: Dark rum, apple cider, pumpkin
Wet on skin: Dark rum, spiced apple cider, pumpkin
Dry down: Dark rum, spiced apple cider, pumpkin
Thoughts: Low sillage and medium longevity (began fading 5 hours in). I destashed this because it’s more of an apple cider scent than I expected and I’m not big on apples. However, this is a nicely dark and spiced apple cider scent. The dark rum notes are more evident to me than the Tennessee whiskey. Drunk Pumpkin is a unique take on an apple cider perfume; the apple cider is well spiced and the alcohol notes don’t come across as boozy but add a depth to the perfume. Cauldron Cider differs from Drunk Pumpkin because Cauldron Cider is more sweet and lacks the same depth as Drunk Pumpkin. ❇️ Entombed (Notes: Cemetery stones enshrouded in mist, wild English lavender, blue chamomile, rain, and freshly turned earth)
Rest less than 24 hours: Lavender
Bottle sniff: Lavender and chamomile
Wet on skin: Strongly lavender and chamomile
Dry down: Sweetness began emerging as it dried down and it became a lovely soft, plush herbal scent
Thoughts: Low sillage and low longevity (began fading 3 hours in). This would be a really lovely sleeping scent because the lavender and chamomile aren’t astringent, and the other notes combine to create a lovely plush herbal scent. The cemetery stones, freshly turned earth and rain create a lovely back drop for this scent too. Exsanguinated (Notes: Mulled wine infused with blood orange, pomegranate, and cherry, smoldering dragon's blood resin, and a velvet-lined mahogany coffin strewn with red roses)
Bottle sniff: Mulled cherry wine, spices
Wet on skin: The cherry and pomegranate are prominent
Dry down: The mulled spices become apparent again on dry down, lightly spices the wine, cherries, and pomegranate
Thoughts: Low-medium sillage and high longevity (8+ hours). This is a lovely late Autumn evening scent. The mulled wine is deep and dark red; the pomegranate, cherry, and blood orange add a dark fruity element which is complemented by the dragon’s blood resin. I don’t get distinct red roses or mahogany. Really beautiful scent. There is similarly between Exsanguinated and Seduced by Spidersilk but they are more like distant cousins rather than twins. Exsanguinated is a deep warm dark fruit scent. In contrast, Seduced by Spidersilk is a lighter and more juicy perfume. Flaming Pumpkin (Notes: Woodsmoke, burnt brown sugar, two types of patchouli, fresh ginger root, and Jarrahdale pumpkin pureed with nutmeg and a spritz of blood orange)
Bottle sniff: Pumpkin is dominant
Wet on skin: The spices are dominant and almost smell like a well spiced gingerbread snap
Dry down: Pumpkin and spices
Thoughts: Medium sillage and medium longevity (started fading 4 hours into wear but still around by the 7th hour mark). I destashed this one because I have other gourmand pumpkin scents I prefer. I would describe this as a Pumpkin Spice Latte scent for people who don’t like Pumpkin Spice Lattes (also there is no coffee in here). It’s a warm and well-spiced pumpkin; very foody. Not much of a morphing scent so if you like it in the beginning you’ll like it throughout the wear. Pale as Death (Notes: Funeral lilies, datura accord, luna moths on cotton flowers, and white clover along a graveyard path)
Bottle sniff: Musk, faint powdery lilies
Wet on skin: Musk, faint powdery lilies - has an almost laundry detergent quality
Dry down: Musk, powdery lilies, a bit of sweetness comes through
Thoughts: Low-medium sillage and medium longevity (started fading 5 hours in). I prefer Au Bal Masque over Pale as Death so I will be destashing Pale as Death. This is mostly a lily scent to me; there’s something in here that comes across as laundry-esque and I’m not sure what note is giving that effect. I don’t get anything I recognize as white clover or datura accord. It’s an interesting scent but not for me. People who love laundry scents may enjoy this as it has a floral twist. ❇️ Perseids (Notes: Crisp night air, freshly cut firewood, dewy grass, flannel, rhubarb, white currant, and clove bud)
Rest less than 24 hours: Cotton, grass, something bright
Bottle sniff: Dark green - summer nighttime scent
Wet on skin: Dark green - summer nighttime scent
Dry down: As it wears, more floral sweetness comes through and I get the rhubarb and currant
Thoughts: Low sillage and medium longevity (started fading after 5.5 hours). This smells like a humid summer evening, laying on freshly mown grass. It’s truly stunning and if you enjoy grassy green scents, I recommend this one. If Nui Cobalt’s Liquid Luck is a grassy Spring / Summer day, this is the evening scent. :) Pumpkin Cupcake (Notes: Whipped white pumpkin between layers of angel food cake, marshmallow frosting, and a light dusting of allspice)
Bottle sniff: Cupcakes, a bit of pumpkin spice latte spices (definitely the allspice)
Wet on skin: Soft yellow cupcake
Dry down: Soft yellow cupcake, the allspice comes out on dry down
Thoughts: Medium sillage and low longevity (faded after 4 hours). This perfume opens as a yellow vanilla cupcake. The allspice becomes apparent during the dry down but I found it was a top note; it didn’t stick around long. I was left with a gourmand creamy cupcake. I didn’t get any distinct pumpkin notes, but I also don’t know what white pumpkin smells like. I destashed this perfume because I liked Pumpkins and Spidersilk more. Pumpkins and Spidersilk (Notes: Slender strands of cotton flower hung with trembling dewdrops, cold crystalline musk, tiny black vanilla beans, pumpkin chai, hot cinnamon rolls, nutmeg, clove, allspice, and a scant drop of honey)
Bottle sniff: The Spidersilk accord is prominent, some spices
Wet on skin: Spices and cold vanilla
Dry down: Pumpkin chai and other spices are dominant
Thoughts: Medium sillage and high longevity (8+ hours). I found that the Spidersilk accord was less prominent in this blend; the spices were dominant so this is definitely a warm perfume in comparison to Starlight and Spidersilk. However, as previously stated, I am partially anomsic to the Spidersilk accord so that may just be me. The pumpkin chai and spices in this perfume are really lovely; this is a soft and warm perfume. Scaredy Cat (Notes: Tobacco flower, nag champa, white amber, warm fur accord, Omani musk and molten caramel)
Bottle sniff: Bit of caramel
Wet on skin: Caramel, white amber and musky fur
Dry down: White amber, musky fur, maybe tobacco flower?
Thoughts: Low sillage and medium longevity (faded after 6 hours). I will be destashing this; it’s okay but not unique to my collection. The perfume opens with more sweet caramel but I found that it wasn’t actually that sweet when wearing it. The white amber and musky fur notes are the most prominent; the other notes accent the perfume. Seduced by Spidersilk (Notes: Slender strands of cotton flower hung with trembling dewdrops, cold crystalline musk, tiny black vanilla beans, cherry wine, dragon’s blood and amber resins, tupelo honey, and an irresistible blend of aphrodisiac spices: cardamom, clove, ginger root, coriander, and cassia)
Dry down: The Spidersilk note “disappears” (on me) and I’m left with a delicious mulled wine and berries scent
Thoughts: Medium sillage and extra high longevity (11+ hours). The Spidersilk accord is distinct when you smell the bottle but once applied the other notes become prominent. It is a juicy, spicy, muddled cherries and berries scent; very “dark purple” smelling. The spices fade into the background so you’re left with a sensual perfume that is akin to smelling mulled red wine, without the alcoholic scent. Really lovely scent for late Fall. ❇️ Stories & Spidersilk (Notes: Slender strands of cotton flower hung with trembling dewdrops, cold crystalline musk, tiny black vanilla beans, aging leather-bound books, pipe tobacco, and towering wooden shelves)
Rest less than 24 hours: Delicate at this time, Spidersilk, maybe paper pages
Bottle sniff: The Spidersilk accord is present, some inky notes
Wet on skin: The Spidersilk accord is present, some inky notes
Dry down: A sweet note comes in, no strong leather note until later on.
Thoughts: Medium sillage and high longevity (wore for 8+ hours). Nui Cobalt’s Spidersilk note is lovely - it’s a cold vanilla, not gourmand. I tend to go anosmic to the Spidersilk accord for a period of time (I can smell the opening and maybe 20-30 minutes after it’s dried down, but it disappears on me). This is a lovely creamy vanilla scent, from the Spidersilk note to the books, pipe tobacco, and wooden shelves. As the scent wears, the leather becomes more apparent but not in an over-powering way. Really beautiful. Wicked Pumpkin (Notes: Sandalwood musk and dark patchouli with maple sugar, peach skin, cardamom, and freshly baked pumpkin pie)
Bottle sniff: Light sandalwood, sweet
Wet on skin: Sticky syrupy sweet pumpkin with a hint of sandalwood
Dry down: Sticky syrupy sweet pumpkin with a hint of sandalwood
Thoughts: Low sillage and medium longevity (faded after 7 hours). When I first received this perfume, it smelled kind of odd and disjointed between the sweet pumpkin and sandalwood musk. However, rest really helped this perfume. It’s now a really sticky sweet dessert pumpkin with an accent of spices and sandalwood. It’s a well-blended sensual gourmand. The Widow Wore Red (Notes: A shameless concoction of spiced plum, lascivious musk, patchouli, tart cherry, sweet pipe tobacco, warm gingerbread drizzled with vanilla caramel dusted with clove, coriander, and cardamom)
Bottle sniff: Smells like baking spices - almost like cookies
Wet on skin: Spicy delicious gingerbread. The fruit notes (plum and cherry) are apparent
Dry down: Spicy gingerbread dominates over the fruit notes
Thoughts: Low sillage and medium longevity (faded after 5 hours). This scent is a bit of a morpher; it opens as a spicy gingerbread loaf but over time, the fruit notes become more apparent until eventually the gingerbread loaf is gone and you’re left with dark fruits. Really interesting perfume - I like the dichotomy between the warm gingerbread loaf and the sensual dark fruits. I’m destashing it but only because I have since tried Nui Cobalt’s Gingerbread Sanctuary and I prefer the gingerbread in that perfume. Woodsmoke & Spidersilk (Notes: Slender strands of cotton flower hung with trembling dewdrops, cold crystalline musk, tiny black vanilla beans, aged oakwood, roasted pistachio, mahogany, oud, Peru balsam, amyris, and toasted marshmallow)
Bottle sniff: Wood chips, has an almost nutty smell (must be the roasted pistachio)
Wet on skin: Wood chips, roasted pistachio, bit of oud present
Dry down: Strong woodsmoke scent. The cold vanilla aspect from Spidersilk appears during dry down
Thoughts: Medium-high sillage and medium longevity (lasted ~7 hours before beginning to fade). This opens with a warm wood scent, like wood chips. The roasted pistachio adds a delightful nuttiness to the fragrance but it was a short lived top note on me. The smoke element became dominant on dry down. The Spidersilk accord did appear and added a slight cozy cold vanilla feeling but was a supporting note for this perfume. This is a lovely fire warmth scent.
Conclusion
TL;DR: Top perfumes from Autumn I and II collections:
Penhaligon's Trade Routes Review Super Post (Inc. Halfeti, Halfeti Leather, Cairo, Agarbathi and Oud De Nil)
OK, so off the back of some really great feedback and discussion after my reviews of Penhaligon's The Tragedy of Lord George and Moschino's Toy Boy, I got a few requests for other fragrances from the Penhaligon's line. As it happens, I received Cairo yesterday, and I've just got my hands of Halfeti today. That puts five samples from their Trade Routes collection in my possession (three of which I think have actually been discontinued). Because of that, and because I think four of them are 'of a piece', I'm doing this as a 'super post'. The outlier here is Oud Di Nil, which goes on a different trip. Anyway, let's crack on, as I'm doing butter chicken tonight and it might take some prep. Perfume Background As stated above, all the perfumes listed form part of Penhaligon's Trade Routes line which launched in the mid-2010s. It's obviously had some success as they keep releasing new products as part of the line, whilst also discontinuing others. The most famous of these is undoubtedly Halfeti, which has been a hit for Penhaligon's since launching in 2015 but, much like their 'Portraits' collection, all of these fragrances follow a particular theme which is born out of Penhaligon's brand history . For the uninitiated, Penhaligon's are a British company founded in the 1860s and the image they present of themselves is strongly aligned with the well to do. This isn't a lie either - Winston Churchill was apparently an avid wearer of their 'Blenheim Bouquet', and James Bond associated himself with them in the Ian Fleming novels. It'd be fair to say, therefore, that Penhaligon's, as a brand, can be described as traditional and critics might call some of their previous fragrances stuffy and old fashioned today. Indeed, having recently sampled some of their older formulations 'Opus 1870' and 'Douro Eau De Portugal' I would agree with that assessment strongly (they really warrant their own review, perhaps lined up against Sartorial, one of Mr. P's more recent offerings). So, how do you take a company that has a famous legacy but is now perceived as past it and revamp it without losing its heritage? Easy - you pay a marketing company a lot of money (probably) to come up with a brand strategy, and then you create new modern smelling fragrances around that strategy. Nobody likes stuffy gentleman walking around in double breasted suits (I'm looking at you, Jacob Rees-Mogg), but they do like the concept of quirky British upper-class eccentricity ala Jeeves and Wooster (the 'Portraits' line), and they do respond well to themes based around Empire ('Trade Routes'). I take nothing away from the marketing people in this regard because, for all the blood us Brits charmingly spilt across the globe, there's something quite evocative about the concept of strange fragrant foreign spices arriving into London docks or of high adventure in the undiscovered orient. I do note they haven't decided to base a fragrance around my peoples' 'trade route' escapades in the Caribbean though. Can't think why. Anyway, each of these fragrances is named after something or somewhere that the Empire traded with: Halfeti - a Turkish village. Cairo - The bustling Capital of Egypt (but think 1800s Egypt, not the petrol-smog modern world). Agarbathi - Indian for incense sticks. Oud De Nil - Night boat to Cairo! dooo dooooooo dooooooooooooooooo do do do do doooooooooooooo. Actually it's thematically during the day - you've got your oud on and you're sailing down the river having a cuppa on the way to raiding an Egyptian tomb. It's not stealing, don't worry. Perfume notes Halfeti is obviously so popular that Penhaligon's don't even feel the need to tell you the notes on their website. Fragrantica goes with: Top - Cypress Leaf, Saffron, Cardamom, Artemisia (a bitter herb), Bergamot, Grapefruit. Mid - Bulgarian Rose, Nutmeg, Jasmin Base Notes - Agarwood (Oud), Leather, Cedar, Sandlewood, Amber, Tonka Bean, Vanilla, Musk. Halfeti leather sticks to the similar DNA but goes dark and amps up the leather, along with a defiant plum note. Cairo, meanwhile is listed as having some similar notes. Again we have rose (this time as a top note), saffron, vanilla (this time in the middle), cypriol oil, labdanum. The base is sandalwood, cedar and patchouli. Agarbathi, as an ingredients list, runs differently to these going with Palo Santo (a woody citrus) bergamot and pink pepper at the top, incense, milk, olibanum (frankincense) and Jasmin Sambac in the mid, and suede, balsam fir, sandal and vetiver in the base. All four of these, following the openings, are spicy/incense based, and that's why I've grouped them (although they all operate very differently). Oud Di Nil, meanwhile, is a different affair. The top notes are described as bergamot and grapefruit whilst, in the mids we have rose, jasmine, orange blossom and geranium. The bottom notes are, perhaps unsurprisingly, Agarwood (Oud), Guaiac Wood, Papyrus, Resins and Amber. Phew, that was a lot of data. Let the smelling begin. The Scents Starting with Halfeti, which I suspect at least some of you will be familiar with, I definitely get a citrus opening - it's bitter and refreshing, and there's also a clear spice element coming through. I wouldn't exactly say I'm getting a strong cardamom, as I'm smelling Halfeti against the pods I'm putting in the butter chicken later and they're not matching up, but there's definitely a warmth there tying things together. It's a good start. Following that, Halfeti actually becomes dry. It takes on a woody quality and the spices combine together to create an incense tone. In terms of the base notes, the thing that protrudes most to me is the leather, which seems to act as backdrop to the spices on top. Everything is well balanced and...my god does this thing project. I sprayed a small amount of it outside whilst having a quick walk in the cold weather, and I could swear I was getting looks from people even with that! Turning to Halfeti Leather; you know that citrus top and dry woodsy note? You can stick it son, we're going with plums. Big juicy, leathery, non-sexual innuendo-y plums. This is potent. I'm doing the review today off the card as opposed to from my skin, as this thing ran amock last time! I actually find Halfeti to be reasonably dark, but whilst they definitely share similar DNA, this thing takes it to another level. The combination of the plum note and the spike in the leather base note overthrow the delicate balance of the original. It is a beast - it's like an old leather bound book, polished dark oak furniture, and potpourri all rolled in to one. The dried incense smell gets lost a little bit here and instead you end up with something that's a bit like a moist winter pudding. Hmm. Switching up again, Cairo offers a totally different scenario. Whilst Halfeti and Halfeti leather apparently contain rose, I'm not getting much of one in either. This isn't a problem with Cairo. The rose opening on this thing is so big I physically saw them blooming in front of my eyes. It's thick, sweet, and jammy (apparently the rose has been macerated in woods/spices...I reckon some oud as well). In theory, this should be right up my street (I love rose) and yet I find myself struggling a bit. The problem is it's just so sweet on me. I suspect it's the vanilla, but this thing is giving me tooth ache just smelling it! As it settles down, it starts leaning into the incense again but, unlike Halfeti, this isn't dry. It's thick - I'm imagining being trapped in a temple with one of those gold burners hanging from the ceiling, red smoke piling out as I bathe in sugary rose water awaiting sacrifice to some half-man/half-bird god. Save me, Indy! Escaping up the river, we have Oud de Nil, which is a wholly different affair. I had no idea when I first smelt it, but this is apparently a fragrance for the gals. Smelling it again now, I guess I can just about see that, but this is unisex for me, and if you're a lady, you've got to like your oud. This starts off distinctly medicinal. I'm not saying the citrus isn't there, but the opening to me is oud of the TCP variety. As it settles in it starts to become a little soapy and floral...but also dirty, whilst also still retaining that antiseptic quality. When I first tried it I wrote it off - "Nah not for me". And yet, like a man who has been put under some terrible Pharaoh's curse, I woke up the next day wanting to smell it again and walked, arms outstretched, towards the vial. There's just something about it that's quite addictive. I can't explain it. With Halfeti or Cairo I could imagine walking down the street and getting compliments. With this thing I think people would just be confused. Heck, I think I'm confused. This is a great fragrance, but I can totally understand why they've not continued selling it as it's so unique it's not going to shift product. Finally, we round out the journey with a trip to India and Agarbathi (again, discontinued). This is another that's grown on me since I first tried it. The opening notes of pink pepper and citrus are present and correct. After that, we're back in incense town, but this time we're not as dry as Halfeti (and possibly a little more 'green'?) - think frankincense burning on sticks. I like this smell. The issue I have with it is only that it is slightly one note - you will, literally, smell like an incense stick. If that's something that appeals to you, then Agarbathi is a good shout. The Price The tight Yorkshireman looks at the price. He says "£178 for 100ml?!". He baulks. A couple of things to note, however - firstly, these are cheaper than the £204 for 75ml of the 'Portraits' line ("oh great, thanks" I hear you say) but, secondly, these all perform. Your enemies will be able to smell you coming from a mile off if you're wearing any one of them. Make no mistake, they are all high quality, modern smelling, and a pleasure to wear (personal foibles aside). Penhaligon's are a luxury brand, and the price reflects that. This being said, 100ml of any of these would last you for years. Should you blind buy any? Absolutely not. Should you try and sample them? Yes. I think all of them are unisex (excepting maybe H. Leather because it's so dark), but I have to say I don't find any of them particularly 'feminine', which is interesting, really, as they do seem to do really well with both sexes. The powerful nature of them all would cause me to avoid wearing them in hot weather but you'd be fine any other time. I don't think any of them are suitable for ultra-formal situations but for anything else, sure (just make sure if you take it to the office that your co-workers don't mind the smell!). Here's my personal dilemma. I like the original Halfeti - there's no doubt why it's popular - it's a fantastically balanced fragrance that smells high quality and has class to it. At the same time, however, my nose tells me I've smelt it before around town (is this because my local Penhaligon's pump it out?). That doesn't necessarily draw me in to buying it. Halfeti Leather, however, is far too dark for me and the massive leather note gives me a 'car sickness' feeling. Cairo, meanwhile, is hampered by its sweetness on my skin, whilst Oud De Nil is too unique to wear as a main scent. That feeling also applies to Agarbathi. Looking to the horizon, I see the silhouette of another Halfeti - Halfeti Cedar - promising boozy notes over the original's DNA. This could be perfect! Or it would be if I could sample the damn thing! I've been in contact with Penhaligon's today, but it doesn't look like I'm going to have any joy on that front until we're out of lockdown. If I do get my hands on it, I'll update accordingly. In Closing Hope this review is of interest to people! If you'd like me to review any other scents I have: Penhaligon's: Sartorial, Orange Blossom, Castile, Luna, Changing Constance, Terrible Teddy, Opus 1870, Douro Eau de Portugal Jo Malone: Blackberry and Bay Paco Rabanne: Pure XS Beauty Pie: Brazilian Lime, Fig Leaves and Tea Viktor and Rolf: Spice Bomb Swiss Arabian: Shaghaf Oud
[US/US][SELL][PERFUME] Lots of samples Alpha musk, LE Black baccara, Cocoa pink, Death & Floral, Hexennacht, LUSH, NAVA, Nui cobalt, Solstice scents, Traveling vardo and more!
Looking to sell (not looking to swap atm) some unloved indies, everything has been tested atleast once unless otherwise noted. Pet friendly smoke free home. Shipping starts at $5, paypal G&S please. I'll be shipping either Friday/Saturday at the latest. Thanks for looking! Full sizes Alpha Musk Softcore (my honey scent: loved this honey note but it’s a loud almost clover-like honey scent and then i sexified it with some cocoa, a medium charming oud and some dark woods.) 5ml FULL $13 PENDING Black Baccara Love spell (Highlights include caramelized sugar, toasted marshmallow, anise, strawberry jam, black cherry incense, candied orange, and a swirl of honey. ) 5ml FULL $14 Black Baccara Sempiternal (Aroma palette is an a fruit tinged floral. Highlights include jasmine tea, strawberry jam, vanilla bean musk, and a ghosting of clove.) 5ml FULL $14 Blood drop Said the spider to the fly ( cant find notes. Smells floral w/green gardenia and tuberose) 5ml TOL $8 Cocoa Pink Signature White (a blend of delicate shea blossoms, rice flowers, vanilla cream, sweet sugar and heliotrope with delicate undertones of amber and sandalwood.) DRAM/FULL OIL $3 PENDING Cocoa Pink Black Kittens (Black, Boo Boo Lemon Noel, a drop of Egyptian Musk) DRAM/TOL EDP $3 PENDING Death & Floral Passoniate as sin (Red musk and deep crushed roobois tea leaves, fiery red oakwood, red mandarin pulp) BNNU 5ML FULL $10 LUSH American Cream (On a first blush, you'll detect notes of warm vanilla mixed with the sweetness of fresh berries. Then comes the refreshing herbal aroma of sage and lavender. Bottoms up!) 3.3FL OZ 100ML (the BIG bottle) FULL (sprayed once) $45 NAVA Bastets ice cream: french vanilla cafe creme (French Vanilla Café Creme:French Vanilla Absolute, Italian Espresso Coffee Bean CO2, NA Coffee Bean Accord, Cream accord infused Vanilla Crystalline Cream accord, Butter accord, Caramel Accord, French Vanilla Bean Absolute, Vanilla Milk accord,Vanilla Orchid,Crystalline Absolute and Egyptian Sugar) 5ML TOL $10 PENDING Solstice scents Wardrobe (Creamy woods blend with cashmere, fur, velvet and a touch of dry woody spice) 5ML FULL IN BOX $13 PENDING SAMPLES $2 UNLESS MARKED OTHERWISE Alpha musk Dreamy (A rich dry cookie like vanilla, gentle relaxing dry peru balsam, arabian musk tahara, platinum amber white, creamy amber, this is a creamy beige soft lightly sweet ‘nude’ sweet skin musk with the tiniest hint of a sparkly musk bite.)(solids in bottoms from tahara) Alpha musk Viola! (cream soda and bourbon) Alpha musk Fresh baked bread PENDING Arcana wildcraft Murder canes (mashup of Murder Ballad Blues (wild Appalachian blackberries and sugared mountain violets with hints of dark earth and guilty secrets) and Candy Cane (wild-harvested sweet peppermint with French vanilla extract and a hint of bright white musk).) 1ml $3 Area of Effect Riften (juicy blackberry, honey mead from the Black Briar Meadery, soft amber, stealthy vetiver, earthy oakmoss, and briny dockwood from the Ratway.) Astrid Pumpkin pie spice 1ml $3 Astrid Full moon 31oct20 (Marshmallow, Aglaia, Lavender, Tuberose, Peru balsam, White lily, Oakmoss) 1ml $3 Black Baccara Goddess of light (An orange, lime, strawberry, and vanilla accord gives this blend a fresh and fizzy aura reminiscent of freshly poured cola. On the dry down, the effervescence settles into a soft and mysterious fruit and vanilla hybrid.) Bpal Belle au bois dormant (The Sleeping Beauty. A gentle, lovely scent, slightly soporific, but beautiful in its quiet repose. Plumeria and white pear, Damascus rose, tuberose, magnolia and evening dew.) Bpal Snooty Rose (Red rose, oud, plum, bergamot, and red sandalwood.) Bpal Poisoned Apple (A perfect, lovely, gleaming red apple whose sweetness masks a swirl of narcotic opium, oleander, and hemlock) Bpal Samhain (damp woods, fir needle, and black patchouli with the gentlest touches of warm pumpkin, clove, nutmeg, allspice, sweet red apple and mullein.) $1 torn label Cocoa pink Sigh (Whispers of sweet, European lavender and weeping apple blossoms cuddled in pillows of marshmallow clouds and vanilla cream)think its edp in a 2.5ml atomizer but could be oil $3 Cocoa pink Lucide dreaming (The hypnotic yet sultry notes of wormwood, white sandalwood, golden amber, pale musk and cardamom.) PENDING Cult Fragrance Hollow Jack (Smoked woods, leather, tonka bean, pumpkin spice, coffee) 1ml Death and floral Mourning in late April 1ml original dropper sample Death and floral Japanese sandalwood incense Death and floral Rose water seltzer Eliza cosmetics The conjured (Violets, narcissus, nutmeg, ambergris, nitro musk, vanilla) 1ml $1.50 Eliza cosmetics Ectoplasm (Iris, petitgrain, musk, ambrette, coriander, jasmine, honey, heliotrope) 1ml $1.50 Fantome Kensington (Vanilla, citrusy, creamy, floral. Earl Grey tea, cashmere, dark vanilla bean, smooth cedar, dried rose petals, mandarin zest, pink peppercorn, and a burst of fresh bergamot.) 3.3ml EDP $3 PENDING Haus of Gloi Covet (Warm amber, sticky aged patchouli, and thick vanilla syrup.) Haus of Gloi Odette (Clean sun dried linens, tuberose, ginger lily and white musk.) Hexennacht Gold skulltula (Golden amber, cardamon, vanilla orchid, tonka, vanilla bean, myrrh) $1.50 pending Hexennacht Inferno *(Orange pekoe tea, orange, cinnamon, ginger, clove) $1.50 Hexennacht mallow mint (marshmallow, buttercream, candy cane.) large sample 2.5ish ml $4 Hexennacht Bah humbug (sticky pine sap, slushy wet melted snow puddles, squished chocolates, broken candy canes, and countless strands of tangled holiday lights.) large sample 2.5ish ml $4 Kyse Peche au yuzu (Peach, Yuzu, Jasmine, Vanilla, Tonka Bean, everlasting summer!) 1ml PENDING NAVA Gardenia crimson (Egyptian Gardenia Essence, Crimson (Studio Limited), Orange Flower and a kiss from the moon.) $2.50 PENDING NAVA Honeysuckle crystalline (Egyptian Honeysuckle, Blue European Honeysuckle, White Japanese Honeysuckle crystal and Egyptian Vanilla (SL: Crystalline).) $2.50 PENDING NAVA Egyptian peach blossom (Egyptian Summer Peach Orchard, Egyptian Sandalwood (SL: Santalum) and Egyptian Vanilla Resin (SL: Kobalt)) $2.50 PENDING NAVA Carnival cotton candy (Spun sugar candy, candy apple, red apple skin, spun pink sugar and crystalline absolute) $2.50 Nui cobalt nefarious (Satsuma peel, wine-stained linen, beeswax candles, ylang ylang, and red amber. Wear to remain safely in the shadows when your plans require discretion.) 2ml $3 Nui cobalt Ailurophilia (The love of Cats. Egyptian musk, tonka, and dulce de leche wrapped in luxuriant cashmere, soft suede, wisps of sandalwood and copal smoke. Wear this comforting concoction to honor your feline familiars and invoke their ancient power.) 2ml $3 Nui cobalt Divine (meditative blend for elevation and illumination. Silver needle tea, lotus flower, ambergris accord, cerulean musk, blooming dogwood, and sunlit spring water. Breathe deeply of this scent before bedtime to assist in lucid dreaming and nocturnal pathworking.) 2ml $3 Nui cobalt The mentor (Ancient sandalwood, well-worn linen, olive leaf, oakmoss, Earl Grey tea, and sacred temple incense. Wear for guidance in times of confusion, and for spiritual support in times of discouragement.) 2ml $3 Nui cobalt Au bal masque (The sheer, spectral scent of elegant ghosts waltzing through the haunted halls of an abandoned palace. Nepalese virgin cashmere, cotton flower, vanilla spun sugar, labdanum, and the wafting memory of white funeral lilies. Wear this scent to attract benevolent spirits and to honor the beloved dead.) 2ml $3 Poesie County line (wild strawberries, tangles of honeysuckle in full bloom, cold lemonade, a weathered wooden swing) 1ml $3 PENDING S92 beautiful popular loved feared $3 S92 Paper moon (Soft vanilla musk, benzoin, oakmoss, trailing ivy, peach blossom, rose.) $3 PENDING Traveling vardo Nomad (richest, most elegant, buttery amber I’ve been able to lay my hands on… infused with exotic cardamom for a bit of a spicy, sultry kick. The effect is softened with peru balsam and grounded with the finest grade of aged dark patchouli, while a blend of dry exotic woods balances the whole glorious mélange on an elegant, smoky base.) Traveling vardo The valley of the kings (egyptian musk) PENDING Traveling vardo Parting the veil (Crisp night air, damp earth, faded jasmine blossoms, Hawthorn berry, with white amber and smoke from offertory incense spiraling through the cool night mist ) Traveling vardo Corvus corax (Tuberose, gardenia, and jasmine with rich, velvety smooth amber, sweet musk, and a whisper of sandalwood, oakmoss, and patchouli.) Traveling vardo A murder of crows (Deep, smoky sandalwood in an infusion of cacao absolute, golden honey, myrrh, and a whisper of the season's final peppery carnations, wrapped up in rich, earthy patchouli) Traveling vardo Calabaza en el fuego (This is a rich, elegantly sweet, gourmand scent... comprised of roasted pumpkin flesh with a delicate, and I do mean delicate, dusting of ginger and nutmeg, crunchy caramelized cinnamon pecans, and a cup of dark roast coffee for good measure. Rounded out with just a hint of amber and vanilla) Traveling vardo Artorius (Amber, oakmoss, sandalwood, cedar, Frankincense, vetiver) Traveling vardo Hatshepsut (Egyptian musk, sandalwood, oud, cedar, white floral) Traveling vardo Pagoda (Pagoda... Asian florals over a rich, seductive base of amber, vanilla, and musky temple incense notes.) PENDING ZOMG Smells Tasse de la Reine (Our take on this queenly pick-me-up: two kinds of bittersweet chocolate, ambergris, and a speck of fruity pink pepper.) ZOMG Smells Lola (Vanilla and spices doused in sticky-sweet frankincense and propped up on sky-high platform heels)
A Smattering of Random Reviews of Peach, Cold, and Gourmand Scents (Kyse, D+F, Hex, Adventuress)
Got some new samples from a Kyse order, a swap, and a blind full buy, so I figured I'd drop some thoughts! I've been looking for more peach and cold/rain scents! RIS Hexennacht MossyPeach (Peach, sun-warmed meadow, cedar, sandalwood, vetiver, tree moss, oakmoss accord) I've been dying to try this, and I got it in a recent swap (which was very well packaged and included candy and a wholesome note :)) I can see why people say it's a green peach, and I'm actually a fan of it! The whole green unripe peach skin vibe is really strong on my skin, with this hint of peach underneath that grounds it, but the whole thing disappears in 2 minutes! If anyone knows whether Hex's Parfum Extraits have better lasting power than their oils, please let me know - I really want to FS this one. Death and Floral The Peach Queen (Delicate blend of rosy golden peaches, skin musk, and white amber.) I weep, for this smells like apple, and I do not know why. Now, it's a lovely, light, refreshing apple (blossom?) scent, but I was promised peach gosh darnit. DS - in hopes that it's actually peach on someone else. Lotus Noir Snow Petal (Ozonic ice-cold air in the lung and through the nostrils tickling the trigeminal nerve, the crunching electrical charge of ice against the teeth, the clean metallic amnesia of all frozen tundra whether city or country.) This is such a genuinely disturbing alien scent that I had to scrub off in five minutes because it was weirding me out. It's... definitely ozonic but in a deep space kinda sense? It almost evokes this imagery of gray flesh, dulled electricity, and metal. I would try to describe it better, but that would require unsealing it again. DS - for the aliens living among us. The Adventuress Soap Co (I actually haven't seen this mentioned here before, but they do really nice perfumes with a travel theme - so like mountains, Tokyo, etc. and are pretty decently priced! I blind bought three bottles in a fit of sporadic impulse right at the start of my indie adventure because I thought that samples were a gimmick.) Reykjavik (Icicle and Musk: Icicle accord, cedarwood, and musk ): I love the idea of "atmospheric cold scents" (hence the encounter with Snow Petal), and Rejkjavik is a lovely, snowy perfume that somehow hits the icicle head-on, but with a lightly sweet fog over it. And, it's got perfect throw where I'll put it on my wrists and I'll catch hints of it as I'm driving or typing, but never in an overwhelming sense. FS - So glad I have a full size! The next two are DC, so I don't have the official notes, sorry! La Neige (the snow) It gives off the same cold note as Reykjavik, but this is more your-skin-but-better: like if you just took a shower and decided to stand out in the snow for a bit. DS - I'd wear this if I didn't have Reykjavik. Alpenglow (the glow of the sun seen on the mountains) A sunny, tiny bit powdery (but not candy-like) citrus. Honestly, this is a very pretty, wearable scent that isn't too sweet as well, and a gentle, uncomplicated "wake me up in the morning" perfume - I just haven't reached found myself reaching for it because I prefer florals over citrus. DS - for the campers who see sunrises rather than my green garden self. Overall, I really like this shop, and I already am planning on placing another order now that I know my preferences better! They hit that sweet spot between atmospheric and wearable. Kyse (So, right before I received this order I figured out that I am not a gourmand fan. None of these worked for me, but take my reviews with a spoonful of salt. I also didn't bother testing these on my skin, so the Kyse ones are bottle-sniffed). Gardenia Sucre(Creamy, dewy gardenia with sugared milk notes and subtle woods): Floral cookies, like sugar cookies with those edible flowers - literally teeth-achingly sweet. Pretty, but tooooo sugary edible for me. DS to a high-end dessert shop. Peche de Yuzu(Peach, Yuzu, Jasmine, Vanilla, Tonka Bean): This is like a (yellow) flesh peach that's almost over-ripe, at the sweetness level of canned peaches, but balanced out with this realistic sour note. I almost liked this one, but it was a little too one-dimensional "Yep, that's a peach" for me. DS in search of white peaches. Vanille de Cedre (Vanilla bourbon CO2, beeswax, boozy notes, amber, dried fruit, wood, tobacco): Did someone say alcoholic wood drenched with vanilla extract? Because that is what this is. DS - I do not like vanilla-centered perfumes (a very unfortunate preference of mine). Cacao Noisette (Cocoa powder, hazelnut, caramel, Tahitian vanilla, and soft snuggly musk): This was like nutty, powdery chocolate which was pleasant, but made me just want to make a milkshake instead of wear it (which I did). DS I'd rather drink it than smell like it. Macarons (Heliotrope, marzipan, hint of cherry, caramelized sugar, velvety vanilla custard, and a soft smooth myrrh): Not much here other than it's like a vanilla macaron with the crispy sugar smell you get from creme brule. DS - I'd rather buy a macaron and eat it. I would not buy from this store again because gourmands are not my cup of tea, but I wish they were because TAT and shipping was uber-quick, the prices are bonkers cheap, and I love that they do sample bottles rather than the little plastic stick samples.
[US][Sell/swap][Perfume/Body] Samples decants full Sizes from so many houses~ Alkemia, Arcana, Astrid, BPAL, Solstice, Possets, D&F, Cocoapink, Sixteen92, Nui Cobalt, Wicked Good and more!
Updated as of Monday morning- added some more PULP 4mls and Olympic Orchids sample sprays. Welcome back! 😉 You know the drill. Shipping is $4.50 but I'm offering free shipping on a few bundle deals. Also $35+ ships free. New this week are some Nui Cobalt bottles, PULP Fragrance, Sixteen92 layering notes along with Cocoapink linen spray decant leftover bottles. !~Happy to decant from most bottles in 1 or 2ml! I might be willing so sell bottles I'm decanting from, so just ask if you're interested in Queen Crossbones or whatever and we'll come up with a fair price. ×# after an item denotes the amount of decants left in the bottle! Some labels might be oil stained. Happy to take pics if you want. I'm always down for a swap, so send your lists my way! I'm constantly updating so check back often, and don't be afraid to ask any questions/ask if I have something not listed, cheers! Alkemia
A Darkness Shining in Brightness: An illuminated darkness of aged dark labdanum and spiced infused Turkish tea reflected through the golden light of aged amber 5ml $12
Ambre D'Autumn: A rich woodsmoked amber infused for thirteen lunar cycles with tobacco leaf, cinnamon vine, green bayberries, chaga, birch tar, maple sap. Rollerball $14
Halloween Alchemy 2020:Tasty delights and sugary treats, decanted into a potion sweet. A mystery feast, this Hallow's haul! Can you guess these scents of Fall? 5ml $12
Lady Luck: Combining lucky conjure ingredients with guaiac wood, vanilla musk, coriander aldehydes, mandarin, red and green peppercorns, and a whisper of Fast Luck incense. Rollerball $10
Viridis Arcanum: A dark green mystery of Turkish galbanum incense resin, Russian leather, and the fresh tips of coniferous Siberian forest greens. $14
Mystery Grab Bag! of Alkemia samples and decants of varying fills/age. 10 samples for $15
Andromeda's Curse samples $2
Sea of Trees: Hinoki wood, bamboo, black musk, cedarwood, agarwood, uncense
The Hermit: Artemisia, balsam fir, dirt, fall leaves, nag champa, sandalwood, oakmoss
Bone Mother: The scent of an ancient forest with Russian pear, hand-cured tobacco, warped wood, 20 year vintage iron-distilled patchouli, dark, Slavic musk and tea tannin. ×2 $16 Half bottle
Chocolate: single note. Arcana sample
Glittering Black: Black amber, black musk, ice-coated black metal, motor oil, smoky vetiver, and just a hint of our Glittering White (an opening of cold peppermint settles into a heart of sugar cookies, marshmallows, white chocolate, and vanilla musk). ×4 $18 bottle
Golden Musk: A clean, strong, voluptuous golden musk layering note. ×3
Jarnvid: Fir absolute, black pine needles, warm labdanum absolute, spicy cardamom, and one drop of sweet heliotrope. ×3
Marshmallows Crush!: Marshmallows with Bourbon vanilla beans, Italian bergamot, pink pepper, and French cognac absolute. ×4
Marshmallows Scatter!: Dry vanilla musk and light marshmallows are showered with pale pink sakura petals, tropical orange flowers, and Tahitian tiare blossoms. ×2
Peaches Crave Forests: Sweet woodsmoke, juniper, Douglas fir, cedar, wild peachwood, and a few drops of 10 year old patchouli.
Peaches Crave Ultraviolet: Delicate white peach with Arcana Wildcraft's Ultraviolet accord (piquant white tea, tender violets, sweet vanilla, bubble gum, and cotton candy). ×4/Remaining bottle $20
Puck: An impish, confounding blend of cotton candy, green fig, coconut milk, cannabis bud, mugwort, Indian sandalwood, Omani frankincense, brown sugar and a sprinkle of fairy dust. ×4
Romani Princess: Dark garnet grapes, burnt sugar, fir needle oil, iron-distilled patchouli, river water, dragon's blood extract, Fair Trade shea butter, coconut milk, and a swirl of amaranthine poppy seeds. ×2
Snow Witch: Ritual: A dark, mysterious mix of blackened amber resin, wild-harvested fir and spruce branches, aged iron-distilled patchouli, frankincense tears, and bitter orange nectar. ×4/$22 bottle
Astrid samples/decants decants $3.5
Fur: Wild, animalistic fur accord, blackened amber, vanilla, vetiver, oakmoss, toasted almond, Peru balsam, nagarmotha, frankincense, and oud. ×2
Hauswolf: Wood cabin accord, oud, tonka bean, frankincense, tulsi, tobacco, fig, bay leaf, glowing citrus, and star anise. ×2
Poisonous Path: Alpine strawberry, cranberry, geranium absolute, fir absolute, dark patchouli, and carrot seed. ×8
Polaris: Black rose accord, dragons blood, black plum, hard apple cider, Ceylon cinnamon, davana, and Atlas cedar.
She is Feral: Orchard wood, golden delicious apple, Anjou pear, pomegranate, oat and barley accord, vanilla, black spruce, wild Atlas cedar, red musk, Ceylon cinnamon, and rain accord. ×6
Snowglobe: Ruby pomegranate, marshmallow, shimmering pale ginger, raspberry, white tea, pink pepper, and radiant Moroccan rose. ×2
Sugared Pale Patchouli: single note. ×6
Witches Witches Spooky Bitches: Pomegranate, Moroccan rose, rosemary, dark patchouli, tobacco, vetiver, and vanilla. ×5
Wolves in the Orchard: Apple, woven basket accord, tulsi, sandalwood, dragon’s blood, patchouli, fir needle, vanilla, and plum. $2
Bath Sabbath Take all and your order ships free!
Brown Leafed Vertigo: The smell of Autumn leaves and berries, rounded out by earthy timber and fresh soil. 5.5oz Soap $5
Ex Cider: Classic Apple Cider, a base of warm apple with notes of Cinnamon, Clove and Orange zest. 2ml $3
Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab/Trading Post has moved HERE! Cocoa Pink 2.5ml oils $5
Telekinetic: Mysterious star jasmine, paperwhites, Italian bergamot, white wild rose, sensual balsam, fresh tobacco leaves, spicy pink peppercorn shocked with an ambergris accord.
Wild Hunt: Forests of oak, cedar, and juniper; mist, black soil, woodsmoke, dragon’s blood, wild dark musks.
Linen Spray Decanting leftovers!
Demogorgon: Dried autumn leaves, golden amber, bright red maple leaves, dark blackberry wine and old wood overcome with patches of moss. Half bottle $4
Monster in the Walls: Smoky, aged patchouli swirled with sweet agar wood and sparkling aldehydes. Almost full $6
No More Wishes: Lush coconut and musky ambrette seed, warmed by chypre, copal and sweet tobacco; an offering of golden honey, figs and plums before a brazier of champaca and flames of ginger; a rising sinuous thrill of black musk. Full $6
Padre: Holy incense and unholy smoke wreathe this hard-fighting, hard-drinking preacher, a little bit of good and a whole lotta bad: Frankincense, ambergris*, dark musk, patchouli, oud, smoke accord, vetiver, tobacco, chypre accord, bourbon, neroli, balsam, and sandalwood. 3/4+ full $5
Winter's Day: Outdoors on a winter day. Begins with top notes of bergamot, orange and lemon; middle notes of geranium, lily and rose; and base notes of patchouli, vetiver and tonka beans. 2/3 remaining $5
CP Other New, only sniffed.
Winter's Night: Woodsy smell of a winter’s night in the country. Blended with tangy fruits, pines and a warm, smoky scent. 6oz Shine Sweetie Moisturizing Conditioner $8
Death and Floral
Nihilistic Winter Set $7each/$20 set
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like [REDACTED]: Glidingly smooth Fresh pen ink, warm Vetiver and red leaves 4ml
Merry Christmas, Time has no Meaning: Gentle fir needles and red pine, comforting outdoor woods on a brisk December night. 4ml
‘Tis the Season to Acknowledge the Void: Black musk, black amber, pinyon pine needles, and the knowledge that times arrow marches on. Contains a very slim Profile of warm nuttiness, black coffee, and dark cocoa beans. 4ml
Santa Baby, So Pay My Student Loans off Tonight: Freshly fallen snow, peppermint hot cocoa, crushed red velvet.
5ml Rollerballs
A Hundred Times I dreamed I Was a Star: Grey pine needles and tea rose blended with light black pepper and sage. Woody and fresh, reminiscent of a chilly autumn night sky peppered with a million stars. $10
When the Shadows Burn Brighter than the Embers: Dusty desert sand under an aging afternoon sun, lavender and sweet grass wafting in the air surrounding the Smokey remnants of a recently deceased fire. Smoke and ash surround the perfumed woman, who smells of slight spice and black musk. $10
Prehnite: Black sage, california sagebrush, golden amber, dark amber, white amber, white cedar, palo santo, sweetgrass, cedar, sandalwood, Egyptian musk, frankincense, myrrh, dark patchouli, saffron, vetiver, agarwood, smoldering incense.
Thanatos: Desiccated leaves, hedgerow blossoms, charred pinyon, aged cedarwood boughs, petrified tree sap, crisp fall air, laurel, clove bud, smoke-tinged balsam, santalum, and graveyard dirt.
Waking the Witch: Patchouli, vanilla, cashmeran, oakmoss, black pepper, laurel leaf. ×2
Immortal Perfumes
Lady Day: Tonka Bean, opium, Hawaiian sandalwood, lily of the valley, white peach, gardenia. 9ml $22
MX Perfume
White Sunshine: Bergamot, Grapefruit, Geranium, Iris, Jasmine, White Musk, Civet (*animal-friendly/synthetic), Oakmoss, Patchouli, Vanilla, labdanum) $8
Nui Cobalt Samples $3
Ascended Masters Set: 14 .5ml samples, decanted by Ajevie. Tested a couple of times, but plenty of life left! More info/notes $28 (retailed $42)
Athena Glaukopis: An olive grove at twilight, black walnut, driftwood, green fig, and moringa.
Hibernate: Golden oak, a bed of hay, fertile earth, peru balsam, maple wood, and an accord of dense winter fur.
Silver Bullet: Wolf musk accord with wild white currant, chilled clary sage, dried lavender, lime leaves, and a subtle hint of almond bark infused with homegrown hyssop, lemon verbena, and white peppercorn.
Bottles
Ailurophilia: Love of Cats: Egyptian musk, tonka, and dulce de leche wrapped in luxuriant cashmere, soft suede, wisps of sandalwood and copal smoke. Full $18
Avalanche: Cold coconut water with angelica, crystallized ginger, and vanilla-poached rhubarb over hinoki wood, lemon verbena, and green tangerine zest. 3ml $12
Burgundy Velvet Merlot and molasses, sandalwood and oud, heliotrope, amber and blackcurrant with a trace of dragon's blood smoke. 1ml $4
Hekate Potina Theron: Green fig, cedar, cypress, orris root, golden hay, toasted oats, warm suede, woodland musk, and tonka. Full $16
Shadow and Spidersilk: Slender strands of cotton flower hung with trembling dewdrops, cold crystalline musk, tiny black vanilla beans, myrrh, black agarwood, tea-stained linen, tobacco, and clove. Full $18
Snowshoe Hare: Nutmeg and tonka bean nuzzle up against fluffy marshmallow, cottonflower, white suede, clove bud, cashmere, and a trace of carrot seed. Full $18
Tryptophan: Softest sandalwood, warm vanilla and clary sage are accented by precious blue chamomile and subtle French lavender. Full $18
Witching in the Graveyard: The scent of a graveyard on the first frost. 18th century Witches in heeled leather boots tread silently across brittle grass to pluck yew berries from gravestones. Before crossing back through the cold iron gates, they leave payment of silver coins and good whiskey. The mineral scent of freshly turned earth, amber musk, cocobolo wood, moss-covered oak, petrichor, vetiver, bourbon, and hay. Full $16
Olympic Orchids sample sprays $5 Blackbird: Himalayan blackberry fruit, dry grass and leaves, elemi, cedar wood and resin, woody-amber accord, fir balsam absolute, musk.
Salamanca: Hay absolute, tonka, mitti (an attar made in India by distilling the scent of clay), vetiver, immortelle absolute, African helichrysum oil, labdanum absolute, opoponax, a leather accord created especially for use in this fragrance, and yellow mimosa absolute Possets samples $3/ Take all Possets samples/decants for $50 and free shipping on your order!
Beethoven's Fifth: Lime as the top note, with bottom notes of threeambers, aged patchouli, two frankincenses, and dry pekoe tea. 5ml available $16
Capezzoli di Venere: Vanilla, spring snowfall, mixed flowers.
Courtly Love: Coconut, apricot, jasmine, vanilla.
Chocolate Incense: Sandalwood, amber, frankincense bring out the smokey tease in chocolate.
Diaphanous Dress: Deep rich Mexican vanilla with the chill aquatic of snow. Chlorophyll is in the background and a hint of the flowers it all overtakes.
Field of Reeds: Black pepper, sandalwood, two ambers, labdanum, golden musk.
Indigo: Lavender, vanilla, black pepper, coriander.
Min-Min: Three sandalwoods, leather, patchouli, rose.
Morgan Le Fay: Clove bud, vetiver, sweet musk, patchouli, rose.
Over the Rhine: Amber, molasses, musk, sandalwood, clove, black pepper.
Pippin Pie: The juiciest and most tart apples, the flakiest and most buttery pastry, heaps and heaps of sugar and a kiss of spice.
Silver Carnations
** Silver Chypre**
Taj: Jasmine, patchouli, red musk, oud, lemon zest. 5ml (Valentine's Day 2015) 5ml available $18
The Flirty She-Corpse: Italian bergamot, Georgia white peach, sambac jasmine, French oakmoss, and American cedar wood. ×2 decant
PULP Fragrance samples $3
Autumn Morning: Warm mug of hot chocolate, bowl of slightly spiced oatmeal, bouquet of carnations, and a cozy blanket on your lap. (Contains cinnamon & clove.)
4ml Rollerballs $13
Embrace: A kindly kitchen witch who invites you in from the cold, feeds you pumpkin shortbread with butter, apricot preserves, and brown sugar & then sends you safely on your way. (Non-vegan butter CO2 & contains cinnamon.)
Ensnare: Embrace's darker sister at the other end of the woods, who lures you in with the promise of maple sugar sweets then latches the door behind you. Rich dark oud, labdanum, and a line of salt at the door.
House on Widow's Hill: Brandy as plummy as Roger's accent, old oak paneling, dusty thick carpets, a thread of incense & a roaring fire in the hearth.
South Star: Sweet creamy peach, vanilla beans, liatrix, & a woody-ambrette accord, all topped off with a hint of cinnamon. (Contains cinnamon.)
Women in Dresses Running From Houses: Gooey marshmallows over a roaring bonfire, heliotrope, aged patchouli, and a whisper of anise.
Redwood Alchemy $3
Areté: White florals of lily of the valley with spicy, animalic notes and the sweetness of musk throughout.
Basilisk: A sharp grapefruit gaze that freezes the heart, then the serpent's coils unfurl into exotic florals of peony, champak and heliotrope, finishing off with fragrant sandalwood incense. Parfum
Call Girl: Tobacco, rose, musk. Oil/Parfum available
IX Cacao: Cacao, rose, leather, spice. Oil/Parfum
Loup Garou: An extreme, animalic scent with notes of cyprus, bloodthirst, amber & desiccation. Oil
Siren Song Elixirs
Black Widow's Kiss: Ripe plum, black amber, sweet resin, peony, patchouli, jasmine, cotton candy. Dram $8
Dracula: Oud wood, white musk, moss, fir, mahogany, heliotrope, violet, dark ozone, elder flower, labdanum. Dram $8
Dread Wolf: Dark chocolate, black tea, smoke, moss, dark woods. 5ml $14
Hades: Icy cold musk, black mist, narcissus flower, black amber, frankincense, myrrh, vetiver, french lavender, anise seed, labdanum, patchouli, leather. 5ml $14
Solstice Scents 1ml samples $3
Covered Bridge
Nightgown: Vanilla, White Chocolate, Tuberose & Tiare Flowers
Shadows in the Night: White Amber, Fir, Somalian Frankincense, Elemi, Bayberry, Spruce, Amber, Peppermint, A Puff Of Incense, Edge of the Night Base. Disc. Decant $5
Winter Dove
EDP samples $6 (PBM, only sprayed 1 or 2 times)
Edge of the Night (decant)
Manor Fire
Parlor Trick (decant)
Riverside Sleighride
Thornwood Thicket
Tropical Moon
5ml Rollerballs Strange South samples/decants $3
Gertrude: Holy basil, chrysanthemum accord, driftwood, frankincense, and haircloth.
Piece of Calico: Pumpkin, white chocolate, and patchouli flower.
Slipped Between His Teeth: Ambergris, white florals, cedarwood, bone metal, blackcurrant and marjoram. 5ml $10
Sucreabeille
Goth as Fuck: Rich dark resins, thick incense, beeswax candles, frankincense and myrrh. Cool stone floors and cloves, red musk and sassafras. Clary Sage and wormwood. Guiac wood and patchouli, and a whisper of black jasmine. Edp 85% of 10ml rollerball $10
Twinkle Apothecary Take both for $18
Bad B*tch: A deep, dark, earthy blend of amber, oakmoss, and patchouli, with coffee, clove, cannabis, cognac, and black pepper. 5ml Alcohol based rollerball $10
Date Night: Rose, cocoa, tonka bean, jasmine, vanilla, almond, cardamom, pink peppercorn, patchouli. 5ml Alcohol based spray $10
Wicked Good 10ml oil rollerballs $14
Get Your Kicks: Lemon peel, yuzu, ginger extracts.
I recently got through testing 25 (!) samples + bottles of Alkemia scents, and thought I'd share my notes from trying all of them out. I find the big review posts here and on other forums so so helpful for figuring out what might work for me from a new house, so why not share the love! In general I gravitate towards sweet florals and vanilla/honey-based gourmand scents, though I'm really open to most things! I don't categorically dislike many notes, but I have lotsa trouble with ouds, and usually don't love cinnamon or carnation when they're major players. Overall impressions:
I find many Alkemia scents to be quite faint to my nose, especially compared to NAVA and BPAL. They also tend to develop more over time than other oils I've tried.
On the whole I think they're the most well-blended scents I've come across in my (fairly recent) forays into the indie perfume world.
For being fairly light in throw, the ones I liked most have good staying power!
I think more than some other brands I've tried they need some time to rest.
When there's a cinnamon or anise note in a scent it seems to really dominate the rest.
Anyway! I'll post these notes in alphabetical order for my sanity. My standout faves were Smoke and Mirrors, Silken Tent, La Belle Epoque, and Ghost Fire. Book of Twilight(Cashmeran, Honey, Cedar, Incense, Saffron, Anise, Violet leaf, Vetivert, Applewood, Spiced bourbon, Coriander) Not playing too nice with my skin chemistry; I get mostly anise the whole time. Deepens a bit while it dries, but I am not a fan of anise/licorice and so this is a pass from me. Calliope(A beguiling divertissement of piquant clementine, orange blossoms, white orchid, sugared currants, tonka, and vanilla musk whirled with flirtatious teases of billowy cotton candy floss and kisses of saltwater taffy.) I get citrus and berry and a sugar note (also in Foxfire) that smells a little chemical-y to me. This is a fizzy one, and if you like Foxfire and are looking for a version that's more for day/summery, this might work nicely for you! Elixir of Aphrodite(A love spell of Persian apricots dipped in orange blossom honey swirling with a sensual enchantment of peach and plum blossoms, mimosa, white star jasmine, ambrette, guiac wood, and vanilla musk.) A love spell indeed! This is such a realistic sparkly peach-and-apricot scent for me, and it's beautiful and very 'juicy' smelling, like nectar. It dries down to a complex, well-blended, huffing-my-arm-every-five-minutes joy of a summer fragrance. Enchanted Plumcake(A wintery magic of crystalized plums and pears, ripe figs, citron peel, frosted vanilla musk, candied rose petals, lavender syrup, and brandied fruitcake.) Hrm, it seems that I am not really picking up what the gourmands are putting down! This smells really similar to The Honored Ghosts to me, even though the notes are a bit different. I'm not getting much cake, or maybe my skin chemistry just doesn't work with the cake note Alkemia uses. Enchantress(An intoxication of amaretto liqueur spiked with cinnamon and citrus peel, star jasmine, accord of Cochleanthes amazonica orchid, mandorla amara, Bourbon vanilla caramels, guaiac wood, sweet vetiver root, and sexy botanical pheromones.) Boozy! This is mainly amaretto when wet. The cinnamon comes up when it dries until it's mainly a light, pretty cinnamon scent. If vetiver frightens you I'm not getting any vetiver from this at all. Enigma(Suitable for all genders, Iso Super E is rumored to have pheromonic qualities. We find the scent delicately wild... a transparent veil morphing with pulsations of subtle musk, dry woods, faint ambergris.) Yes indeed to all of the above -- I bought a rollerball of this without testing it first, and I'm glad I did. It is a wonderful layering scent. ISO-E smells pretty distinct to me, though everyone has a different impression of it; for me it's very similar to cedar with ~something else~ making it magical and rounding it out. IMHO it's a really nice 'foundation' for floral scents. Foxfire(Ghost Fire blend of ambres blanc infused white sugar with sexy swirls of jasmine aldehydes, and night flowering nardo.) This is quite close to Ghost Fire, but there's a sweetness that's a little artificial to my nose. See my review of Calliope; I believe it's the same sugar note there. I didn't love it (however, I did love Ghost Fire!), but if you like Calliope you might love this! Didn't get much jasmine. Fume Oud a La Vanille(Crushed tonka beans, woodsmoked amber, and bourbon vanilla aged with oud wood) Alright, so, ouds of all kinds scare me. 99% of the time they don't work, I smell like a cat box, and I have to scrub them off. I feared this one, but I love vanilla, so I tried it! And happily this was really nice -- no indolic oud, hooray! It's a lovely 'masculine' vanilla. If Smoke and Mirrors was too much smoke for you but you want something in that neighborhood, this might be a nice option. Gateau d'Anniversaire (A festivity of fresh baked, delicately spiced golden cake drizzled with rosewater-strawberry glaze.) This was the biggest no for me -- it smelled like mayonnaise the first time I tried it a few days out of the mail. I've let it settle for a couple of weeks now, and the mayonnaise is thankfully gone! Now it smells a bit like cinnamon gum, but after a few hours it gets a bit waxy on me. Ghost Fire(A luminous attraction of ethereal white ambers. Hauntingly beautiful.) One of the standouts of my orders; this is just so gorgeous. I think it serves a similar purpose as Luminae -- a close to the skin, you-but-better scent. A floaty, shimmering amber veil. This also has great staying power, which I love in a subtler scent. Honored Ghosts(Earl Grey tea, Black Raspberry Creams, Rosewater-Saffron Syrup, Cinnamon Honey, White Amber, Vanilla Incense) Cinnamon dominates again! Wet this was initially the most gourmand-cakey of the gourmand scents I tried, but dry the cinnamon kinda crashed the party. It's really similar to Enchanted Plumcake for me. Didn't really get any rosewater-saffron or tea. La Belle Epoque(A glorious blend of precious florals including Jasmine Sambac, Tuberose, Iris, Rose, and Lily of the Valley blended with Plum, Apricot, Tahitian Vanilla, Blonde Amber, Bitter Almond, and Oakmoss) Another absolute standout, and the most 'perfumey' of the scents I tried! I looove this. Wet it was a little cologne-y and I was struggling to pick up much. It became one of my favorites as it dried and developed on my skin and became fresher and more feminine. It's lovely, and incredibly well-blended; if any of these notes scare you I'd recommend trying a sample anyway, because I had a hard time picking out any one note in particular. If you told me this was an exact recreation of a 1900s perfume I'd believe it! Super elegant. Les Mysteres(An opulent, resinous blend of aged frankincense, black figs, labdanum, dark amber, Russian tea, swirled with a trio of sensual musks.) This was much less dark than I expected -- it was mainly fresh figs to my nose! I liked it, but I think a sample is enough. I get little whiffs of frankincense when this is dry. Luminae(Skin-glow. A 'your skin but better' enchantment to create a sensual olfactory radiance. Softly alluring as candlelight. Luminae works in unique alchemy with feminine skin chemistry to create a fragrance that glows with creamy luminescence.) I had mixed feelings about Luminae, but if you are a beeswax lover I bet you'll love this! On me it was sweet, but kind of oddly waxy (I get the reference to candlelight for sure). It has great staying power -- it lasted for hours on me. I think Ghost Fire is my version of Luminae, though :) Madam Pearl(Fine white tea leaves, delicate bone china, a parchment letter from a mysterious stranger, a menage a trois of elegant vanillas, and a piquant pinch of aphrodisiac white pepper.) This was definitely the most atmospheric of the samples I tried! The notes hit me in the order they're listed with the exception of the pepper and the bone china, which I took as the light spiciness and cleanness that was under everything. At its core it's a lovely tea scent. New Beginnings Alchemy(Iris, Heliotrope, Lavender, Neroli, Figwood, Cloudberry, Mandarin orange peel, golden musks) This was Alkemia's January special gift bottle. It's a soft floral; I didn't get much muskiness. Old Books and Fresh Flowers(Fresh neroli orange flowers and heliotrope blossoms pressed between the delicate paper pages of a leather-bound book.) This was very very very faint on me. My initial impression was paper scented with fresh flowers, but the leather comes up a bit when it dries. It faded really fast -- I'll let this one settle for a few more weeks to see how it does. Salome(A ruthlessly sensual philter of magnolia blossoms, bitter orange, black grapes, cognac, Queen of the Night, violet leaf, Tunisian orange blossom, dark plum, bourbon vanilla, mysore sandalwood, tonka bean, haitian vetiver, cedar, and red oud.) Another incredibly well-blended floral! Where I found New Beginnings soft and La Belle Epoque rich and elegant, I'd characterize this one as a bright floral. It sweetens just a touch when dry. Sandscape(Sun warmed beach sand, Atlantic ocean breezes, the saline-aquatic scent of drying sea water on skin, and the faintest hints of tanning oil and seaweed.) I was so excited for this one, since I grew up near the beach on the Atlantic and this description is how I'd design a scent around childhood beach trips. This is definitely aquatic, and is a really wearable one. I think it's missing the expected sand/dustiness, and is a bit sharp when wet. Dry it reminds me a little of Skin So Soft. Silken Tent(Candied angelica, chrysanthemums, white flowering Nardo, clove flowers, jasmine-scented rice pudding, blonde caramel, infused with golden amber.) Wowie, is this gorgeous! I think this is a pretty common Alkemia fave, and I get it. Sometimes scents that include rice are a little too salty for me, but not so here: this is a perfectly sweet, rich, carmelized floral that is well blended with a Goldilocks-perfect throw. Will be getting a big bottle! Smoke and Mirrors (Woodsmoke and Vanilla.) I got a big bottle of this, because it was a favorite of my first sample order! It smells like you were wearing a lovely vanilla hair oil and sat around a campfire for a few hours. The smoke note is so, so incredibly accurate to how an outdoor fire smells, but the vanilla prevents it from being too-too. The Romance of Lust (Randy dirt-sexy patchouli, black vanilla, salaciously sticky honeycomb, and a darkly concupiscent amber infused with botanical pheromones.) Whoo! This is a really, really nice honey scent! The patchouli and vanilla and amber combine to make it almost chocolatey. It's super rich and has great throw, so a little goes a long way, but this feels like a scent that straddles the gourmand-perfume line nicely. The Wild Atlantic Way (Yellow Gorse, Hawthorn, Broom flowers, Bog Myrtle, Dark Moss, Oceanic Ambergris) Another one I got a bottle of after sampling! Oddly enough, I think this is closer to my childhood-ocean-memories than sandscape! This reminds me of running in the park near the bay -- it is oceanic without ever being aquatic, which I so love. It smells like damp, marshy plant life. Witching Hour (Kyphi Incense, Smokey Oud, Van Van herbs, Caramels, Aged Rum, Rose Petals, Black Vanilla) I had the weirdest experience with this one: it smelled like almost nothing to me in the bottle or on my skin when I got it. But after a few weeks of aging it woke up, though! I get a strong head shoppy waft of incense when this is wet. It lightens up a smidge when it's dry -- there's an almost soapy-sharp undertone, I'm guessing from the herbs. I never get the vanilla or caramel -- it's an herbal incense, true to its name. Ydalir(Fossilized amber, Oakmoss absolute, Siberian Black Pine, Smoked juniper tar, Balsam pine) This is dark. Like what a dark, grim, primordial Siberian forest god would smell like. It was too rich for my blood, but if you want a really moody-mood, this might be your jam.
So I ordered Vetiver Oil because I saw it being recommended so often for Depression, but when I opened it today both my partner and I reacted with immediate nausea. Is there anyway I can use it, maybe blended so it doesn’t smell as overpowering, or do I basically have to throw it out?
Four Stone & Wit reviews in which Lost Temple = Disneyland
I ordered three samples along with the Single Materials Study kit and a free sample was generously thrown in with my ordered. The TAT on my order was hella fast, ordered 1/4, it shipped 1/5, and was delivered 1/7. So fast! We Played Our Records Backwards Too Many Times Notes - black cherry, orchids, vetiver, coffee
Wet: tart cherry
Dry-ish: cherry and vetiver. Very fresh, very bright and happy
10 minutes from dry down the floral aspects start coming out, mixing with the tart cherry and vetiver.
I like this, an easy and fun fruity scent, honestly what I’ve been craving right now during the winter doldrums. I don’t get any coffee but I don’t mind. I can’t wait to layer this one with some other scents because this cherry is chef’s kiss Why Would You Make This!? Notes - watermelon, lime, bergamot, paprika, raisins, apples, Sichuan pepper. There’s an entire backstory to this scent lol
wet: watermelon with some tajin sprinkled on top
dry-ish: the balance shifts more towards the savory end but it never overtakes the watermelon completely
Okay I definitely appreciate that this is balanced really well between savory and fruity. I did a Battle of the Spice-topped Fruits between this and S92’s El Cucuy which pulls wayyyy more towards the chili and incense on me when I just wanted the mango. WWYMT!? won that battle. Doble O Nada Notes - vanilla, tobacco, lime, rum
wet: lime! Nice and zesty on a soft and quietly warm base
later: sweetens up, the vanilla and tobacco blend together, I think the rum just adds another layer of warmth + sweet. The lime is hanging around still
The lime! It’s actually present and low-key (high key) the star of this blend for me. Very similar to Solstice’s Old Havana but this seems fresh while Old Havana is a nicely aged tobacco Lost Temple Notes - birch leaves, cool air, incense
This was a free sample and omg
Right from the bottle this smells like the Indiana Jones ride in Disneyland. Like when you’re waiting outside in the area that overlooks the jungle cruise.
It smells misty and cool like you’re surrounded by plant life in the early morning or, if you’re me, it smells like waiting to get into the ride and hoping that it doesn’t break down AGAIN but honestly knowing that you would not even be really bothered if it does break down, because why break that tradition? Listen, I had an Annual Pass but cancelled it like a month before lockdown started. I miss the parks so much and was just instantly blown away by the scent memory when I opened the cap off this oil. I’m so glad to have this. Overall I really like these Stone & Wit scents. I don’t know what it is but they are so crisp and fresh. Like they all just came out of a walk-in freezer after taking their 15 minute break. Generally all of the scents I tried stayed close, not a huge throw but I can smell them when I move around. The top notes last forever (the lime ya’ll!) and I would say overall the oils have a moderate longevity but I haven’t tested them for that yet specifically. 5/5 for this go round, definitely interested in trying other things from this house!
[US][Sell/swap][Perfume/Body] Samples decants full Sizes from so many houses~ Alkemia, Arcana, Astrid, BPAL, Solstice, Possets, NAVA, D&F, Cocoapink, Wicked Good and more!
Sorry this is so long.. I might have a problem. Shipping is $4.50. I can't guarantee private messages or chats get items requested, so reply here for that sexy timestamp! !~Happy to decant from most bottles in 1 or 2ml! I might be willing so sell bottles I'm decanting from, so just ask if you're interested in Queen Crossbones or whatever and we'll come up with a fair price. ×# after an item denotes the amount of decants left in the bottle! Some labels might be oil stained. Happy to take pics if you want. I'm always down for a swap, so send your lists my way! I'm constantly updating so check back often, and don't be afraid to ask any questions/ask if I have something not listed, cheers! Alkemia
A Darkness Shining in Brightness: An illuminated darkness of aged dark labdanum and spiced infused Turkish tea reflected through the golden light of aged amber 5ml $12
Ambre D'Autumn: A rich woodsmoked amber infused for thirteen lunar cycles with tobacco leaf, cinnamon vine, green bayberries, chaga, birch tar, maple sap. Rollerball $14
Carmen 7: An indecent proposal of succulently spiced pear, exotic lychees, decadent french pralines, bourbon vanilla, and crushed almond blossoms leads to a ménage à trois of gardenia, star jasmine, and magnolia illuminated by the afterglow of a sensuously musky amber. 90% $12
Halloween Alchemy 2020:Tasty delights and sugary treats, decanted into a potion sweet. A mystery feast, this Hallow's haul! Can you guess these scents of Fall? 5ml $12
Lady Luck: Combining lucky conjure ingredients with guaiac wood, vanilla musk, coriander aldehydes, mandarin, red and green peppercorns, and a whisper of Fast Luck incense. Rollerball $10
Viridis Arcanum: A dark green mystery of Turkish galbanum incense resin, Russian leather, and the fresh tips of coniferous Siberian forest greens. $14
Mystery Grab Bag! of Alkemia samples and decants of varying fills/age. 10 samples for $15
Andromeda's Curse samples $2
Black Phillip: Pink pepper, dirt, chypre, hay bale, moss, butter, black musk, dusty wood, musk, oakmoss, incense. 5ml $10
Black Amber: A deep, resinous black amber layering note. ×2
Bone Mother: The scent of an ancient forest with Russian pear, hand-cured tobacco, warped wood, 20 year vintage iron-distilled patchouli, dark, Slavic musk and tea tannin. Half remaining $12 ×2
Chocolate: single note. Arcana sample
Glittering Black: Black amber, black musk, ice-coated black metal, motor oil, smoky vetiver, and just a hint of our Glittering White (an opening of cold peppermint settles into a heart of sugar cookies, marshmallows, white chocolate, and vanilla musk). ×5 $24 bottle
Glittering Green: Jammy fir balsam, a bit of black spruce, and our Glittering White (an opening of cold peppermint settles into a heart of sugar cookies, marshmallows, white chocolate, and vanilla musk).
Golden Musk: A clean, strong, voluptuous golden musk layering note. ×3
Jarnvid: Fir absolute, black pine needles, warm labdanum absolute, spicy cardamom, and one drop of sweet heliotrope. ×4
Kraken Canes: A mashup of The Kraken (gorgeous smoked vanilla, black vanilla, saltwater, China musk, and black musk) and Candy Cane (wild-harvested sweet peppermint with French vanilla extract and a hint of bright white musk).
Marshmallows Crush!: Marshmallows with Bourbon vanilla beans, Italian bergamot, pink pepper, and French cognac absolute. ×5
Peaches Crave Forests: Sweet woodsmoke, juniper, Douglas fir, cedar, wild peachwood, and a few drops of 10 year old patchouli. ×2
Peaches Crave Trance: Peach crème with honeyed red musk. ×3
Peaches Crave Ultraviolet: Delicate white peach with Arcana Wildcraft's Ultraviolet accord (piquant white tea, tender violets, sweet vanilla, bubble gum, and cotton candy). ×4/Remaining bottle $18
Puck: An impish, confounding blend of cotton candy, green fig, coconut milk, cannabis bud, mugwort, Indian sandalwood, Omani frankincense, brown sugar and a sprinkle of fairy dust. ×4
Romani Princess: Dark garnet grapes, burnt sugar, fir needle oil, iron-distilled patchouli, river water, dragon's blood extract, Fair Trade shea butter, coconut milk, and a swirl of amaranthine poppy seeds. ×3
Snow Witch: Moonrise: Cool, pale lunar musk, white amber, fluffy snow, Boswellia sacra, silken robes, purple iris, soft cedar, and Egyptian blue chamomile.
Snow Witch: Ritual: A dark, mysterious mix of blackened amber resin, wild-harvested fir and spruce branches, aged iron-distilled patchouli, frankincense tears, and bitter orange nectar. x5/$24 bottle
Strigoi: Black rose petals and violets with dragonsblood resin and kush. ×2
Astrid decants $3.5
PENDINGConfectioner's Sugar: single note.
Fur: Wild, animalistic fur accord, blackened amber, vanilla, vetiver, oakmoss, toasted almond, Peru balsam, nagarmotha, frankincense, and oud. ×2
Hauswolf: Wood cabin accord, oud, tonka bean, frankincense, tulsi, tobacco, fig, bay leaf, glowing citrus, and star anise. ×2
Poisonous Path: Alpine strawberry, cranberry, geranium absolute, fir absolute, dark patchouli, and carrot seed. ×8
Polyhymia: Champagne grapes, Loire grapes, peach brandy, olibanum, beeswax (not vegan), rosewood, key lime, and rock rose. $2
She is Feral: Orchard wood, golden delicious apple, Anjou pear, pomegranate, oat and barley accord, vanilla, black spruce, wild Atlas cedar, red musk, Ceylon cinnamon, and rain accord. ×7
Snowglobe: Ruby pomegranate, marshmallow, shimmering pale ginger, raspberry, white tea, pink pepper, and radiant Moroccan rose. ×2
Sugared Pale Patchouli: single note. ×6
Witches Witches Spooky Bitches: Pomegranate, Moroccan rose, rosemary, dark patchouli, tobacco, vetiver, and vanilla. ×5/ 8ml bnnu backup $24
Wolves in the Orchard: Apple, woven basket accord, tulsi, sandalwood, dragon’s blood, patchouli, fir needle, vanilla, and plum. $2
Bath Sabbath:
Brown Leafed Vertigo: The smell of Autumn leaves and berries, rounded out by earthy timber and fresh soil. 5.5oz Soap $5
Brown Leafed Vertigo: 2ml $3
Ex Cider: Classic Apple Cider, a base of warm apple with notes of Cinnamon, Clove and Orange zest. 2ml $3
November Coming Fire: The smell of a Bonfire on a cold autumn night. Hints of smoke, sweet woods and patchouli. 2ml $3
BPAL All full unless noted.
13 October 2017: Thirteen comforting, soothing notes, including three chocolates, coffee husk, molasses, smoked sugar cane, rum absolute, almond, cozy cardamom, black sage, coconut meat, red benzoin, and bourbon vanilla pod. $20
Dalliance with an Amorous Bat Demon: Honeyed patchouli, sweet benzoic, smoky labdanum and white sandalwood. $24
Ebisu Making Love as Two Octopuses Look On: Oakmoss, skin musk, and nectarine. $25
Falling Leaves Moon 2020: A cascade of fading leaves against a backdrop of grey ambergris, grassy vetiver, carrot seed, fossilized amber, green cardamom, cinnamon husk, saffron, tobacco flower, and bay laurel. $25
Faster Kittycat?: A sheer white chypre with cashmere amber, orris butter, and patchouli. $25
Midnight Bonfire: Lighting the path between worlds, the beacon at the threshold: night-blooming jasmine, smoldering maple leaves, a cluster of patchouli and blackened ti leaf, black sage, and pinewood smoke. $24
Pomegranates and Date Palm: Pomegranate, dates, and cypress infused with ketoret smoke veiled in violet, purple, and crimson. $18
Sticky Pillowcase: Smushed candy corn, rock candy dust, marshmallow gunk, strawberry goo, spun blue sugar, globs of salt water taffy, and lint. $30
Samples/decants $2 if not priced otherwise. (if you're looking for something not here, I might have it or be able to decant!)
Aglaea: Three golden ambers, bright musk, peach wine and myrtle.
Al-Shairan: Clove, peach and orange with cinnamon, patchouli and dark incense notes.
Cairo: The essence of holy Kyphi, beloved incense of the Egyptian Gods.
Centzon Totochtin: Bittersweet Mexican cocoa with rum, red wine, and a scent redolent of sacrificial blood.
Chimera: The fiery, volatile scent of cinnamon, thickened by myrrh, honeysuckle, and copal.
Debauchery: Mingled heady civet and red Egyptian musk, thickened with opium.
PENDINGDragon's Musk: Dragon’s blood and five deep musks.
Enyalios Lord of War: Patchouli, frankincense, olibanum, thyme, cocoa absolute, Peru balsam, oakmoss, and juniper.
Falling Leaves Moon: A cascade of fading leaves against a backdrop of grey ambergris, grassy vetiver, carrot seed, fossilized amber, green cardamom, cinnamon husk, saffron, tobacco flower, and bay laurel. $4
Goneril: White geranium, calla lily, cedarwood and black orchid. Disc.
Jezebel: A gloriously decadent blend of honey, roses, orange blossom and sandalwood.
Kyoto: A gentle, soothing blend of cherry blossom, white sandalwood and star anise.
Liquid Gold is in The Air: Three glittering ambers, golden oud, golden apple, saffron, and orange blossom honey with vanilla husk and gilded cedar. $4
Mictecacihuatl: Copal, precious woods, South American spices, agave nectar, cigar tobacco, and roses.
-Moonflower and Orris: A celestial dreamscape. $4
Nero: Rosemary, bay, pine and a touch of lemon. Disc.
October: Dry, cold autumn wind. A eustlebof red leaves, a touch of smoke and sap in the air. $4
Pumpkin Doob: ajevie slonk $5
Pumpkin Pie Musk ×2 $4
Red Rider: Red leather, red moss, and balsam.
Rogue: Soft, well worn black leather, hemp and rosin.
Server Gremlins
Sloth: Vetiver over black myrrh.
Squirting Cucumber: A spurt of wet, grassy greenness.
PENDINGSugar Skull 2012: A blend of five sugars, lightly dusted with candied fruits. $3
Sybaris: Bright violet with sweet clove, Mediterranean incense notes and tonka bean. ×2
Terra Caloris: Red musk flickering with hot red Amber, red pepper, scorched thyme, frankincense, green cardamom, and Ceylon cinnamon.
They Shut Me Up in Prose: Sweet bourbon vanilla, pale sandalwood, mallow flower, osmanthus, and shards of frankincense. $5
Tweedledum: Green mango, fig, patchouli and green tea.
Tzadikim Nistarim: Frankincense, olive, spikenard, hyssop and galangal.
Veritas: The essence of honesty, integrity, and veracity: frankincense, white carnation, angelica, chamomile, and heliotrope.
Vice: A deep chocolate scent with bbn black cherry and orange blossom.
BPTP Hair Gloss/Atmos Decants 3ml/$2 5ml/$4
Dead Leaves and Black Musk Bottle remainder $15
For the Love of God, Poetricia: Dried red fruits, red benzoin, poppy tar, and amontillado.
Hair Loosened and Soiled in Mid Orgies: White honey, warm musk and ambrette seed.
In The Shadow Room: Inky black pomegranate, blackcurrant, cassis, red sandalwood, ambrette seed and fossilized amber, pink peppercorn, and guiaicwood.
Midnight at Midwinter Atmosphere Spray: Terebinth pine, fir balsam, frozen sap, blackcurrant and vetiver. Atmo
My Secret Deeds: Thick darkness, black as pitch: opoponax, oily labdanum, and birch tar disrupted by a bubbling carnation chuckle. Almost full $25
So Below: Amber and black copal with black coconut, Sumatran red patchouli, green cardamom pod, and golden musk. Almost full $40
Totality: An abyss of black patchouli, tabac, burgundy pitch, smoky frankincense, and black fig surrounded by a glowing nimbus of fossilized amber. Full bottle available $45
The Shadow of it's Dress Atmosphere Spray: Black plum, black currant, opoponax, olibanum, sinuous labdanum and opium tar.
Bloodbath 10ml rollerball $6
Buried Alive: Earthy patchouli, graveyard dirt
Trick R Treat: Candy corn, sweet tarts, circus peanuts, milk chocolate and cotton candy in a plastic pumpkin pail.
Cocoa Pink 2.5ml oil samples $5
Telekinetic: Mysterious star jasmine, paperwhites, Italian bergamot, white wild rose, sensual balsam, fresh tobacco leaves, spicy pink peppercorn shocked with an ambergris accord.
Wild Hunt: Forests of oak, cedar, and juniper; mist, black soil, woodsmoke, dragon’s blood, wild dark musks.
Linen Spray Decants 3ml/$1.5 5ml/$2.5
Black Forest: The haunting fragrance of Scotch pine boughs, burning firewood and dried fall leaves married with CP’s warm sensual amber note.
Demogorgon: Dried autumn leaves, golden amber, bright red maple leaves, dark blackberry wine and old wood overcome with patches of moss
Monster in the Walls: Smoky, aged patchouli swirled with sweet agar wood and sparkling aldehydes.
No More Wishes: Lush coconut and musky ambrette seed, warmed by chypre, copal and sweet tobacco; an offering of golden honey, figs and plums before a brazier of champaca and flames of ginger; a rising sinuous thrill of black musk.
Padre: Holy incense and unholy smoke wreathe this hard-fighting, hard-drinking preacher, a little bit of good and a whole lotta bad: Frankincense, ambergris*, dark musk, patchouli, oud, smoke accord, vetiver, tobacco, chypre accord, bourbon, neroli, balsam, and sandalwood.
Pink Bonfire: The delicious aroma of Pink Sugar mingling with the sweet presence of bonfire smoke and burning leaves.
Run For Your Life: Crisp autumn air at night, damp fall leaves scattered about, blackened vanilla, woods and delicate wisps of burning leaves.
Sleigh Ride: Dashing through the snow on a wooden sleigh, passing by frozen mulberry bushes; Finally, coming to a halt at the bottom of the slope where pipe smoke lingers in the winter air.
Winter's Day: Outdoors on a winter day. Begins with top notes of bergamot, orange and lemon; middle notes of geranium, lily and rose; and base notes of patchouli, vetiver and tonka beans
CP Other New, only sniffed.
Winter's Night: Woodsy smell of a winter’s night in the country. Blended with tangy fruits, pines and a warm, smoky scent. 6oz Shine Sweetie Moisturizing Conditioner $10.50
Death and Floral Take all 5 rollerballs for $35! Or $10 each Nihilistic Winter Set
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like [REDACTED]: Glidingly smooth Fresh pen ink, warm Vetiver and red leaves 4ml
Merry Christmas, Time has no Meaning: Gentle fir needles and red pine, comforting outdoor woods on a brisk December night. 4ml
‘Tis the Season to Acknowledge the Void: Black musk, black amber, pinyon pine needles, and the knowledge that times arrow marches on. Contains a very slim Profile of warm nuttiness, black coffee, and dark cocoa beans. 4ml
Santa Baby, So Pay My Student Loans off Tonight: Freshly fallen snow, peppermint hot cocoa, crushed red velvet
A Hundred Times I dreamed I Was a Star: Grey pine needles and tea rose blended with light black pepper and sage. Woody and fresh, reminiscent of a chilly autumn night sky peppered with a million stars. 5ml rollerball $14
Thanatos: Desiccated leaves, hedgerow blossoms, charred pinyon, aged cedarwood boughs, petrified tree sap, crisp fall air, laurel, clove bud, smoke-tinged balsam, santalum, and graveyard dirt. ×2
Waking the Witch: Patchouli, vanilla, cashmeran, oakmoss, black pepper, laurel leaf. ×2
Immortal Perfumes
Lady Day: Tonka Bean, opium, Hawaiian sandalwood, lily of the valley, white peach, gardenia. 9ml $25
MX Perfume
White Sunshine: Bergamot, Grapefruit, Geranium, Iris, Jasmine, White Musk, Civet (*animal-friendly/synthetic), Oakmoss, Patchouli, Vanilla, Labdanum)
NAVA $3/ Take a NAVA for $20 and free shipping on your order!
Miss Cassandra: Bulgarian Rose, Aged Black Patchouli, Egyptian Sweet Musk, French Lavender, Soft Carnation, Amber, French Vanilla and Egyptian Myrrh
Nibiru: Tobacco Leaf, Vanilla Bean Liqueur, Kenyan Cardamom, Vanilla-infused-Patchouli, Tunisian Amber Attar, Amber Paste, Sweet Sandalwood, Copal Resin, Vetiver wood embers, Oudh resin and South African Black Frankincense Resin.
Octopoda Potion: Chocolate Cake and Almond Cake and Rum Cake accords, toffee, vanilla bean, butterscotch, toasted coconut and Santalum Sandalwood Absolute. 1-2ml in original bottle.
Pink Grapefruit Frankincense Crystalline: Pink Grapefruit Essential Oil, Crystalline, Egyptian Frankincense Resin, Ruby Red Essential Oil, Caramelized Grapefruit Skin, California White Sage and a drop of Amber Musk Absolute.
Purple Potion: Black Currant, Sandalwood, Vanilla, Nutmeg, Bourbon Vanille Absolute and Black Patchouli leaves.
Purple Vegas Vampire: White Patchouli, eNVie saphir, Kashmir Absolute, Bastet Amber, Oak Moss, Sweet Wood and dead roses
Ascended Masters Set: 14 .5ml samples, decanted by Ajevie. Tested a couple of times, but plenty of life left! More info/notes $28 (retailed $42)
Hibernate: Golden oak, a bed of hay, fertile earth, peru balsam, maple wood, and an accord of dense winter fur.
Silver Bullet: Wolf musk accord with wild white currant, chilled clary sage, dried lavender, lime leaves, and a subtle hint of almond bark infused with homegrown hyssop, lemon verbena, and white peppercorn.
Possets samples $3/ Take all Possets samples/decants for $50 and free shipping on your order!
Beethoven's Fifth: Lime as the top note, with bottom notes of threeambers, aged patchouli, two frankincenses, and dry pekoe tea. 5ml available $16
Capezzoli di Venere: Vanilla, spring snowfall, mixed flowers.
Courtly Love: Coconut, apricot, jasmine, vanilla.
Chocolate Incense: Sandalwood, amber, frankincense bring out the smokey tease in chocolate. ×2
Diaphanous Dress: Deep rich Mexican vanilla with the chill aquatic of snow. Chlorophyll is in the background and a hint of the flowers it all overtakes.
Field of Reeds: Black pepper, sandalwood, two ambers, labdanum, golden musk.
Indigo: Lavender, vanilla, black pepper, coriander.
Min-Min: Three sandalwoods, leather, patchouli, rose.
Mistress of Power: Musk, patchouli, chocolate, clove, ambergris.
Morgan Le Fay: Clove bud, vetiver, sweet musk, patchouli, rose.
Over the Rhine: Amber, molasses, musk, sandalwood, clove, black pepper.
Pippin Pie: The juiciest and most tart apples, the flakiest and most buttery pastry, heaps and heaps of sugar and a kiss of spice.
Silver Carnations
** Silver Chypre**
Taj: Jasmine, patchouli, red musk, oud, lemon zest. 5ml (Valentine's Day 2015) 5ml available $18
The Flirty She-Corpse: Italian bergamot, Georgia white peach, sambac jasmine, French oakmoss, and American cedar wood. ×2 decant
Redwood Alchemy
Basilisk: A sharp grapefruit gaze that freezes the heart, then the serpent's coils unfurl into exotic florals of peony, champak and heliotrope, finishing off with fragrant sandalwood incense. 5ml Parfum Spray $16
Samples $3
Areté: White florals of lily of the valley with spicy, animalic notes and the sweetness of musk throughout.
Loup Garou: An extreme, animalic scent with notes of cyprus, bloodthirst, amber & desiccation.
Siren Song Elixirs
Black Widow's Kiss: Ripe plum, black amber, sweet resin, peony, patchouli, jasmine, cotton candy. Dram $8
Dracula: Oud wood, white musk, moss, fir, mahogany, heliotrope, violet, dark ozone, elder flower, labdanum. Dram $8
Dread Wolf: Dark chocolate, black tea, smoke, moss, dark woods. 5ml $14
Hades: Icy cold musk, black mist, narcissus flower, black amber, frankincense, myrrh, vetiver, french lavender, anise seed, labdanum, patchouli, leather. 5ml $14
Smelly Yeti
Scarlet: Deep red Bordeaux wine with oaky overtones and a subtle and smooth leather. full size, wandcapped $10
Stereoplasm
The Velveteen Stranger: Stolen peaches, yellow marshmallow, chopped cedar, blackberry aftershave, and cigar smoke. 7ml $16
Solstice Scents 1ml samples $3
Covered Bridge
Devil's Tongue: Chypre, Brown Leather, Warm Tobacco, Woods and more.
Jack and the Devil: Pumpkin, Amber, Spices, Vanilla, Patchouli, Oakmoss.
Nightgown: Vanilla, White Chocolate, Tuberose & Tiare Flowers
Shadows in the Night: White Amber, Fir, Somalian Frankincense, Elemi, Bayberry, Spruce, Amber, Peppermint, A Puff Of Incense, Edge of the Night Base. Disc. Decant $5
Winter Dove
EDP samples $6 (PBM, only sprayed 1 or 2 times)
Edge of the Night (decant)
Manor Fire
Parlor Trick (decant)
Riverside Sleighride
Smoky Mountain Mallow
Thornwood Thicket
Tropical Moon
5ml Rollerballs
Wardrobe: Creamy woods blend with cashmere, fur, velvet and a touch of dry woody spice. $18
Strange South samples/decants $3
Dear Bones: Three musks, plum incense, amber, Indian sandalwood, and fuzzy tonka bean.
Gertrude: Holy basil, chrysanthemum accord, driftwood, frankincense, and haircloth.
Je Veux Mon Livre: Tea leaves and sage pressed between the ancient pages of a leather-bound grimoire.
Piece of Calico: Pumpkin, white chocolate, and patchouli flower.
Slipped Between His Teeth: Ambergris, white florals, cedarwood, bone metal, blackcurrant and marjoram. 5ml $10
Sucreabeille
Goth as Fuck: Rich dark resins, thick incense, beeswax candles, frankincense and myrrh. Cool stone floors and cloves, red musk and sassafras. Clary Sage and wormwood. Guiac wood and patchouli, and a whisper of black jasmine. Edp 85% of 10ml rollerball $10
Twinkle Apothecary Take both for $18
Bad B*tch: A deep, dark, earthy blend of amber, oakmoss, and patchouli, with coffee, clove, cannabis, cognac, and black pepper. 5ml Alcohol based rollerball $10
Date Night: Rose, cocoa, tonka bean, jasmine, vanilla, almond, cardamom, pink peppercorn, patchouli. 5ml Alcohol based spray $10
Wicked Good 10ml oil rollerballs $14
Get Your Kicks: Lemon peel, yuzu, ginger extracts.
[US to US][SELL/SWAP][PERFUME] Plenty of new stuff, several FSs and an EDP! Alkemia, Arcana Wildcraft, Fyrinnae, Solstice Scents, Deep Midnight, Moonalisa, and more!
Alkemia, Arcana Wildcraft, Fyrinnae, Solstice Scents, Deep Midnight, Moonalisa, NAVA, Olympic Orchids, BPAL, Stereoplasm, Firebird, Alpha Musk, Possets, and Fantome! Hey there! Selling some fullsizes here today as well as samples! Feel free to make me an offer on multiple bottles, I really would like for these to go to a good home. Feel free to ask me about any specific perfumes! I've put samples in italics so you can filter out the full sizes easier. ♦Shipping only within the US for now! The shipping fee is $4! Shipping will be completed within 2-3 business days! (Shipping this Monday all orders made before Sunday afternoon) ♦I will use recycled materials when I can for shipping. ♦Comes from a home with cats! No smoking or other animals, however. Perfumes are kept in a wooden box away from the cats. ♦Payment is taken through PayPal invoices only, so please have your PayPal email handy when I message you! ♦Will come with some free samples as supplies last! ISO: I will swap for or buy from you: Arcana Craves: Vanilla Craves Mermaid Shoals Nui Cobalt: Selkie Arcana Wildcraft: Her Crown Titania Filthy Viking Solstice Scents: Covered Bridge Foxcroft Devil’s Millhopper Sea of Gray EDP Kitchen EDP FOR SALE LIST BELOW! Alkemia: Sun Dried Laundry 5ml rollerball $9, RIS, little below top, label damaged: Stonewashed linen and clean, sun-dried cotton billowing gently on an old fashioned clothesline spattered by the first gently ozonic drops of a Maine summer rain. The Raven 5ml $14, RIS, top of label: ebony heartwood, black amber, piper nigrum, blackseed (habbatul barakah), black Bengal cardamon, black ink, nigella (black coriander), black iris, violet leaves, and leather. Alpha Musk: Wild Wild Horses 5ml $10, RIS, top of label: a blend of ethereal amber, fuzzy musk, and the sand and sea. Arcana Wildcraft: Devilish 5ml $18, RIS, nearly full: Shaking off vanilla's reputation for namby pambyness, this infernally dark and smoky fragrance comes complete with licks of fire and sulfurous wafts of brimstone. The devil really does have all the best scents. Fairy Cake 5ml $18, RIS, bottom of neck: A sprightly, pretty mix of two golden cakes, lush fig, apple peel, buttery lavender absolute, and carnation petals. Sea Wolves 5ml $18, RIS, nearly full: Smoky bergamot, algid rain, blood cedar, wolf fur accord, marine eelgrass, and a drop of Palo Santo. White Bear 5ml $18, RIS, nearly full: Bourbon vanilla ice cream, coconut husks, coconut creme, and foraged wild blackberries. Witches Stumble Home After a Crazy Night Out 1ml sample $3, direct, only sniffed: Black vanilla with blonde tobacco, juniper-infused gin, champagne, green cognac absolute, wine grapes, and cassis BPAL (Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab): Bayou 5ml $15, RIS, bottom of neck: A lazy, warm deep green scent with a thick aquatic undertone: Spanish moss, evergreen and cypress with watery blue-green notes and an eddy of hothouse flowers and swamp blooms. Chaos Theory IV: The Edge of Chaos 5ml FREE WITH PURCHASE, RIS: no notes, smells light and floral, a little green and sweet Deep Midnight Perfumes: Wildwood 9ml $18, direct, top of label: Pumpkin bread, incense and resins, acorns, dried apple and orange peels, and faint notes of a fading bonfire....an homage to all things comforting, warm, orange, and bright. Fantome Baba Yaga 1.85ml sample $3, direct, only sniffed: Black and red musk, a smoldering cauldron, cracked bone, cardamom, hanging animal skins, burning mugwort Rochester 1.85ml sample $3, direct, only sniffed: Rich earth, crisp fallen leaves, sweet tobacco, a hint of patchouli, garden tomato, and newly ripened autumn gourds. Firebird Cardamom Burnt Sugar 9ml $7, direct, little below label: Caramelized burnt sugar and spicy cardamom pods, with a hint of cocoa powder, orange peel, and tobacco in the drydown. Fyrinnae Artisan Bakery $3 1.5 ml rollerball sample, direct,only sniffed: Fluffy rich Challah with sauteed onions folded in served warm Black Squall $3 1.5 ml rollerball sample, direct,only sniffed: Cold and clean-smelling seawater, ozonic air, now and then a little olive oil from the lamps. Border Collie $3 1.5 ml rollerball sample, direct,only sniffed: Bitter orange, black pepper, and bergamot over benzoin, labdanum, and frankincense resins, with just a hint of soft amber. Cutlass & Dagger$3 1.5 ml rollerball sample, direct,only sniffed: Coastal juniper wood, sandalwood, neroli, pale amber, ho wood, polished steel, patchouli, and an air of clary sage. Dragonflies $3 1.5 ml rollerball sample, direct,only sniffed: Rice wrappers, green cabbage, coriander, sweet onion, a pinch of ginger, and glass noodles, fried until crisp Just One More $3 1.5 ml rollerball sample, direct,only sniffed: Soft drop biscuits filled with grated cheddar cheese and brushed with melted garlic butter Hagroot La Loba ½ dram $6, direct, only sniffed: Charred Woods, Moss Covered Bones, Black Tea, Warm Spices, Amber Resin Yemaya ½ dram $6, direct, only sniffed: Salty Sea Air, Driftwood, Sacred Floral Offerings Moonalisa Befana 5ml $15, direct, only sniffed: Warm crusty baked bread, doused with butter and dripping with honey and traditional spices of cinnamon and clove. NAVA (Nocturnal Alchemy Lab) Dead Can Sleep 5ml $9, RIS, slightly below label: Dark Lavender, Graveyard Dirt, Black Patchouli, Amber, Musk, Raw Chamomile, Valerian Root and a drop of Oud. Olympic Orchids Carolina 1ml sample $2, direct, only sniffed: longleaf pine, hay absolute, magnolia, kudzu flower, tea, honeysuckle, star jasmine, vanilla, tonka, and tobacco leaf. Salamanca 1ml sample $2, direct, only sniffed: hay absolute, tonka, mitti (an attar made in India by distilling the scent of clay), vetiver, immortelle absolute, African helichrysum oil, labdanum absolute, opoponax, a leather accord created especially for use in this fragrance, and yellow mimosa absolute Sonnet XVII 1ml sample $2, direct, only sniffed: orchid 17 accord, osmanthus absolute, spikenard, Bourbon vanilla, dark labdanum, oakmoss, earthy accord, vetiver, citron, white champa flower, cubeb, synthetic deer musk, ambergris tincture, musks, and mastic. Possets: Field of Reeds 5ml $16, direct, tested 1x: Sweet sandalwood and two ambers, a touch of wood for reeds, and a kiss of golden musk, black pepper married with a drop of labdanum and this conjures the eternal happy golden light in which the elect must have bathed every day. The Kiss 5ml $15, RIS, tested 1x: Tuberose, Honeysuckle, Gardenia, Sandalwood, Cedar Solstice Scents Corvin’s Smoked Apple 5ml, $14, direct, tested 1x: Applewood Smoke, Apple, Caramel, Benzoin, Guaiacwood. Island Blackstrap 5ml $14, RIS, tested 1x: Coconut, dark rum, pineapple, sugar cane, simple syrup, blackstrap molasses, caramelized sugar, oak barrels, tropical flowers, splash of sea spray, vetiver, tonka. Smokewood Apiary 5ml, $14, direct, tested 2x: Smoked Honey, Creamed Honey, Beeswax, Amber, Wooden Frames, Ginger & Vanilla. Solstice 1ml oil sample pack (all at least 75% full) $13: Pinyon Truffle, Snowmint Mallow, Corvin's Apple Fest, Amber Couer, High Noon Stereoplasm: Vitula Eligans Cow 4.5 ml $13, direct, tested 1x: Toasted praline and caramel cookies with hazelnut cashew milk.
What Does Vetiver Smell Like? The fragrance is closely related to other fragrant grasses such as lemongrass and citronella. It is a complex earthy, woody scent which has been valued for its aroma since ancient times. The scent has often been compared to the sharp smell of uncut grass on a warm day. What it smells like: Vetiver is mainly cultivated for its fragrant essential oil which is distilled from its roots that are 18 to 24 months old. Vetiver oil, which is amber brown and rather thick, is a complex oil containing over 100 identified components. The odor of vetiver oil is described as deep, sweet, woody, smoky and earthy. Like sandalwood essential oils, the odor of vetiver develops and improves with aging. Our Vetiver fragrance oil is a sophisticated mix of citrus, musk, and earthiness that creates an uplifting, soothing, and calming aroma. A year-round classic, this traditionally masculine scent has broad appeal. This fragrance is infused with natural essential oils, including elemi, fir balsam, geranium, orange, patchouli, and vetiver. It is possible to identify the oil’s origin by color and smell. Vetiver oil is known as the Oil of Tranquility in India. Vetiver oil’s pleasant scent and calming effects have made it a popular choice for use in aromatherapy. Typically, vetiver oil is used by inhaling vapors produced by heating a small amount of oil. It may also be applied topically, massaged into the skin or dropped into Vetiver oil is a popular perfumery material and appears in over a third of all fragrances. It is a complex mixture of hundreds of molecules. The specific odorant responsible for its characteristic, woody-ambery smell had remained a mystery so far. Ben List, Max-Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany, Philip Kraft, Givaudan Schweiz AG, Kemptthal, Switzerland, and But first — the smell. Vetiver Essential Oil is steam distilled from the strong, intricate root systems of the Vetiveria zizanioides, an aromatic perennial grass. The oil has a scent that can be described in many different ways, which may be the reason many people disagree on how they feel about it. Aromatic Description of Vetiver Essential Oil. When it comes to the fragrance of vetiver essential oil, it is musky and earthy but it isn’t very strong. Also, the varieties of vetiver Essential Oil will smell differently based upon the area that they are grown in. The soil used is one of the key components in determining the aromatic profile. However, no matter which variety of vetiver essential oil you happen to procure, the resulting fragrance will always be rather woodsy and sweet. The smell of vetiver essential oil is very grounding thus it is good to inhale if you want to calm your mind. It has woody and smoky fragrance since it is made using the roots of the plant thus it will remind you to forest smell in the morning. The essential oil itself will become more mature overtime. The vetiver essential oil has very thick viscosity, this is why it is better to dilute it Vetiver essential oil has a rich and earthy fragrance and is primarily used for its deeply grounding properties which promote calm, rest and a peaceful sleep. Besides its ability to calm the mind, vetiver essential oil is also used as an antiseptic, antispasmodic and to stimulate the immune and circulatory systems. Vetiver Oil is obtained from the matured roots. When these roots are in the soil, many minute microbes & bacteria present in the soil get collected around these roots & perform chemical reaction on the oil present in it.
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