ladygwyn

This reminds me a LOT of Nuclear Winter. Nuclear Winter is one of my top 5 scents, so that's a good sign, but I was worried it might be too close. However, this may possibly be one of my new all-time favorites. It has the mints and ozone chilliness of Nuclear Winter, combined with the soft muskiness from the white musks. The white musk dry-down is my favorite aspect of Fae, another of my favorites, so I had high hopes for this scent. It starts off with the cool whispery mints, and then dries down to the musks, but still retains a bit of the mint. It's really fantastic and lovely. It *is* very similar to Nuclear Winter, but just different enough in it's own right. My only complaint is that the throw isn't as strong as it could be, at least not on my skin. I find this with Nuclear Winter too, so I just end up slathering. I also find NW has a little better throw when in my hair, so that might be a way to work around it. Of course I would have to end up loving an expensive Salon scent :/ Am definitely going to have to get a bottle of this eventually, though.

I agree with a lot of the comparisions to Smut on this one. I kind of hate Snake Oil, but I might have to give it another shot now, if it's similar. In the bottle, this smells fantastic. It reminds me of being in college and incense and ren faire and a bunch of other lovely things all rolled into one. It's exactly what walking into a fortune teller's tent should smell like. However, BPAL patchouli and I have a notorious history. I actually like the smell of patchouli, but BPAL's does something bad on me, so I was a little wary of the patchouli leaf. Once I put this on, the first thing that pops out is the red musk, which I recognize from Smut, and is lovely and dark on me. Then the patchouli comes out to play, and I got a little concerned. Eventually it mellowed out into the same smell as in the bottle, the fruits and vanilla keeping the musk and patchouli in check. I definitely like this one, and was lucky enough to get the empty bottle from the decant circle I was in, so I think I will be looking for an extra imp or two to add to it. It's a little darker scent than I wear everyday, but definitely a keeper.