poissonrogue

I received a decant of Hesiod's back when it first came out and loved it. Bought 3 bottles and received around the same time as you and it smells nothing like it. Just sharp alcohol. Haven't poured mine out to see if they're cloudy, but I'm pretty bummed out as well.

Unspeakably Evil Temple smells almost exactly like In His Hands All Thy Cruelties Thrive to me.

A wild, passion-inflamed skin musk with black pine pitch, brown leather, black clove, copal, white sage, oakmoss, patchouli, and saffron. In the Forest is by far my favorite scent from BPAL. In the bottle, it smells of mostly of leather. The leather in this is soft, warm, and worn, not at all chemical or shiny. It also has a faint resinous smell that translates to something like molasses, but without the cloying sweetness. It's a very well blended scent, and except for the leather it is impossible for me to pick out individual notes. On my skin this stays fairly true to the bottle scent, with the leather dying down a bit and the resins coming out a bit more as time goes on. Eventually it does get a bit powdery thanks to the resins, but not in an old lady sort of way. I can definitely smell this on my skin the next morning and on my jacket for days afterwords if I wear this, so it is seriously long lasting. At the same time, it wears quite close to the body- there's not a whole lot of throw to this one. This one of only a few scents on me that manages to last the whole day without suffocating those around me. All in all, definitely a 5/5.

In the bottle this smells very much like bergamont and pine, there's an almost menthol quality to it. On my skin the citrus fades slightly and the pine comes out a bit more. Eventually the black amber makes an appearance, but it's subtle. Unfortunately I don't really get any leather or cedar. Just tangy citrus-pine. This one lasts quite long on my skin (still there 8 hours later) and pretty much stays true to it's scent from the bottle. It doesn't really morph at all on me. I tend to favor masculine scents and this is the first scent I've tried that I felt was too masculine for me. All in all, it's not for me.

This is one strong scent. In the bottle it smells like cassia and cinnamon spiced blackstrap molasses. Or maybe a really strong cinnamon roll, without the butter. It's dry enough to avoid smelling overtly baked goodsy but not as dry as say Plunder. Honestly, this scent is stomach turningly strong on me for the first hour or so. Not as in it has too strong a throw-just that it is a very straight, in your face scent. After an hour or so it becomes much more mellow with just a hint of the snake oil coming out to balance things out. Wear is pretty average for me, around 4ish hours (I have dry skin so scent tends to wear off on me quickly). I quite like this scent after the initial burst of spice. It's just too much at the beginning- and I'm someone who really likes spices. I'll be keeping this one for a while to see if it grows on me.