DCCLIV: In the bottle, it smells like KarmelKorn stores. Also a bit like Rice Krispies. On the drydown I smelled what seemed like chai spices and maybe some incense-type notes, in addition to the kind of buttery-ness of a sweet popped corn or rice scent. Lovely, autumn, foody scent.
MXXVI: In the bottle, I smell pine or cedar, and something "clean" underneath it. As it dries it becomes more of a warm vanilla mixed with a very cedar sort of smell - I could see it going to pencil shavings but it holds itself back from the brink.
They're both utterly unique and wonderful-smelling and I'm glad I didn't let the sniffs from the bottle dissuade me from trying them! They're completely not what I would get for myself, but they both win my husband's (and his best friend's!) seal of approval.
