in the bottle: Thickly sweet with a green undertone. The sweetness reminds me of root beer.

on wet: Still sweet and thick. Mostly just sweet. The green note has disappeared.

drydown: Still sweet. A touch of powderiness.

one hour later: I really want to wash this off. There's a heady sensation that makes me think of walking into a too warm, enclosed space where there's a lot of greenery, like an orchid hothouse. I'm not saying it smells like orchids, just that I get a sensation of a scent that might be enjoyable if smelled faintly blowing on a breeze, but which is too much, almost claustrophobic, on. Makes me want to throw open the windows.

end of day: Didn't make it to the end of the day. Washed off.

compared to official description: I don't know what rooty smells like, unless you're referring to spices; though I did get a sense of rootbeerishness, so maybe there's a sassafras-like element here. Woody? I'm sure there's an element of that here, but it doesn't stand out. Mostly I get a powdery sweetish green. Heated, heady, thick.

notes: This had throw on me, in the worst possible way. Take that with a grain of salt: If it were a scent I enjoyed, I might not mind the throw so much (though I don't like throw in general).

Lagniappe. Definitely not one I would have thought of choosing myself. The dice didn't roll so well on this one.

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