morphine

Wild-card scent I had to order based on the name/description. In the imp it's sharp, a little wild and foresty. Juniper mostly, I think. It seems serious, like somewhere you're probably not supposed to be. On my skin... oi. Wet it's all moldy roses on top with a undercurrent of the juniper and perhaps just a smattering of dirt - I think that might be the other thing I'm smelling. It's incredibly evocative of the name - a lonely grave out on the outskirts of the graveyard with ill-tended flowers resting upon it. As it dries there's a few minutes where the floral gets distracted and lets the greenery play, but it's a short stage. Which is a shame, because I found myself actually liking the juniper. Patchouli appears not to have shown up, but that's cool with me. After 30 minutes the worst of the 'moldy' aspect of the floral has receded and it's mostly just old roses with a faint hit of dark green and brown underneath - you have to dig for the grave now, the flowers are scattered all over. Fascinating as a olfactory creation (and ever-popular for the WTF factor amongst my non-BPAL friends) but not something I'd wear. Better than average throw on my skin.

Frimped, yay! Little bit sweet in the imp, very warm and vaguely incense-y. Wet, it smells familiar but not particularly distinct. It's well blended and my nose isn't separating out anything aside from Dragon's Blood? No sharp edges or surprises, this feels like somewhere I've been before. As it dries down something else comes forward and sweetens it a little bit more and the resins and assorted other notes I can't identify round it out with a generally warm, incense-y, and sienna-orange tinted smell. I think there's a kick of some floral here, perhaps that's the sweetening effect? It's definitely not a sugary/foody sort of sweet. I could see this working on either sex. It doesn't inspire strong feelings in me, but it was lovely to get a chance to test how a more resin-y oil. I can see the title working for it - I would classify it as a quiet, warm, and stalwart sort of scent.