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In the bottle: The chocolate scent quickly rises to the top, with undertones of something sensual. Makes me think of what chocolate body paint made by Willy Wonka might smell like. Good, but a bit daunting to actually wear as a cologne. Freshly applied: No hint of chocolate, only the overpowering aroma of a bag of gummi bears. The sort of over-the-top sugar coating only a manga full of bishonen could produce. At this point, I was regretting the decision to buy the oil. On the dry down: Patience is a virtue, and that's important for this oil. It's only after a few minutes that the real beauty of this oil comes into play. During that brief period of about five minutes, the wearer smells like a walking piece of chocolate dipped in the best pheromones money can buy. Wow, I was even considering having sex with myself at this point. I felt like a bishonen and it was great. After drying: Just a pleasant sweetness that definately has a hint of androgyny. Not the most masculine scent, but that's not what I wanted. I wanted to try feeling like a bishy for a day. Overall score: 8 out of 10, the unabashed sweetness at the onset made me a little embarassed to own it, but generally worth it in the end.

Burial: In the bottle: The sharp and unyielding scent of a coniferous forest closing in around you. You can feel their harsh needles tearing at my flesh as you stumble half-blinded by their relentless assault. As it dries: The primordial and nightmarish forest open into a clearing, the bowyer of some woodland spirit, no doubt. The relief at first is so great that you do not notice the dryad whispering soft and sensuous promises into your ear. The voice of the woods calls you into her sweet embrace. For a year and a day you mingle with the love of the land, needles once biting are now feather soft fingers that caress you in passing. You think, perhaps, that such bliss will never end. Once dried: You are aroused by the call of an owl in the distance. A tranquil moonlight lake beckons, and you go to wash away the dirt of your journey. You are left wondering, like Bottom in a Midsummer Night's dream, if the fading scent of your fleeting faerie lover is nothing more than your imagination. Yet, you yearn for that passionate dance once more. As a water-based body spray: Skip all the romance and go right to the afterglow. There is none of the intoxication, but there is still a cool and refreshing scent that wipes away the heat and sweat of the day. A love letter from the waiting woman in the woods. Overall Impression: In the bottle, and even in the first few moments on your skin, this blend is harsh and unpleasant, heavy with the scent of evergreen mixed with teatree. However, once the initial shock wears off, you truly can enjoy the mystical pleasures of the earth. At the end of the day, you still have a cool, though unidentifiable, scent that clings to you.