A splash of bay rum, leather, dusty black wool, massoia bark, and opium residue.

 

My Marquis! I love him, he's my favourite character in the book, I could read a whole other book or two or three just all about him. (I had the same feeling about Silas the vampire.) (I do not have a bad boy thing.) However, after a mere decade or so of BPAL testing (has it really been that long? goodness) I am now a little bit better informed about what does not smell good on me. So I got a for-curiosity's-sake imp from my decant circle.

 

In the imp: Cologne. Uh-oh.

 

Wet: Very spicy, very sharp cologne. I'm guessing this is the bay rum. Not getting any leather, opium, wool, dust, or sweet/cocoanut from the massoia bark.

 

OUR HEROINE, hopefully: Does this smell like a beloved old leather jacket?

 

SPOUSAL OVERUNIT: Sure....

 

(wait for it, wait for it -- )

 

SPOUSAL OVERUNIT: ....if you doused it in bad cologne.

 

SIGH. As in BPAL, so in life, the Marquis and I are destined to remain forever apart, due to my weird skin chemistry. I guess my skin's amping the hell out of on note and eating at least a few others, but heck if I know what exactly.

 

Drydown: This faded FAST on me, I have no idea why. I got something that might be leather? but is also so faint it's hard to tell. It also smells very fake and chemical-y. It was just faint, yet bad.

 

Fortunately, it faded quickly....but for some of us, not quickly enough.

 

SPOUSAL OVERUNIT, a couple of hours later: Could you wash that off? It's giving me a headache. -- With the dishwashing liquid.

 

SIGH.

Source: The Marquis de Carabas