coulrophobe

On me, the King turns quite femme! But then, most things do. I bought this and the Queen of Diamonds on the LJ community, and I'll admit getting the King was a bit of an impulse-buy. I liked the aesthetic of having a matched pair. In the bottle, it smelled sharp, woodsy and quite masculine. Wet on my skin - a sharp piney/lemon scent (oh no!). But as it dried, the musk came to the forefront.. and white musk loves my chemistry. This turned into a soft, mellow musky scent - not feminine to the point of being downright girly, but definitely not masculine on me. Someone else said it reminded them of Snow White, and that's true for me as well. Less sweet, and without the buttery-coconut undertone I get from Snow White - but the little whiffs of KoD I keep catching are definitely similar. And that's a very good thing in my book.

I was hoping to get the "orange + patchouli" reaction on my skin (I'm not a huge fan of patchouli, but really liked it in other fruity blends like Imp and Depraved) - but sadly, this was all lemon and pine for me. Very cleaning-productesque, but with a very subtle underlying sweetness - something almost syrupy. It dries down to a pungent pine/cedar scent on me, which unfortunately is a bad thing. Might be nice on a guy, but not for me.