Whee! I love Tombstone with an unholy passion. As I'm sure I've mentioned somewhere else, it was the first scent I knew I had to order as I browsed BPAL for the first time. I love cemeteries, I graverub, and I've always been fascinated by gravestones (although I do realize that the "Tombstone" refers to the Old West town, but, hell, sometimes love is blind ), so I figured this would be the perfect choice. It is!
I can understand how this might smell masculine on some ladies, but my body chemistry has always been erratic - Alice, which was in fact the first Imp I ever tried, smelled rancid on me and I couldn't wait to wash it off - and on me, Tombstone makes me think of vanilla beans stored inside a cedar chest on a drowsy summer's day. (Though, interestingly enough, when I sniffed directly from the bottle I thought: Jesus, this really does smell like a gravestone! It had that slighly wet, earthy, lichen-affixed-to-rough-stone composition I know so well. Elizabeth, I tip my hat to you). I smell warm and a trifle foody, though not in a synthetic way, and the foodiness is tempered by the musk. This does not strike me as a terribly complex scent (certainly nothing along the lines of Old New Orleans, which I'm currently wearing and which keeps changing in the 4 hours I've had it on), but is grounded and somewhat earthy without being base or heavy in any way.
I wouldn't let the name or the negative reviews scare you off Tombstone. I can easily see how this is a works/doesn't work scent with little in between, but if it works, it WORKS. My friends love it, I love it, and in all probability it's going to become my signature scent (once I've found a BPAL floral I really like for special occasions, and a third scent for man-snaring activities - Chimera, perhaps? - I'll be all set). Try swapping if you're not sure, because in my opinion it's well worth the 'skin-test.' Cannot reccommend this enough.
