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Predominantly black pepper and smoky vetiver on the wet phase and initial drydown. The tobacco is present as a base, but to this nose the result is a smoldering cigarette. While interesting in concept, this isn't something I wish to smell on my body as fragrance. Interestingly, it does convey a sensation of buzzing in an olfactory sense; it's like television static-slithering, aggressive, malevolent and smoky. About 90 minutes into the experience, I get a waft of delectable black vanilla combined with toothy tobacco. This is exquisite and tempts me to buy at least a partial for aging purposes. In conclusion I cannot overcome my aversion to the smoking cigarettes association. Maybe because as a child I was exposed to second hand smoke and was averse! This is sad because as single notes this should work for me in theory but alas the cigarette is repelling. The tobacco vanilla phase is gorgeous but never merges with the slithery and smoky partnership of vetiver and pepper. If this ages to have the sweet vanilla tobacco scent ast the forefront I will hate myself for not having a bottle but that phase just doesn't last and isn't worth the angry, cacophonous buzz on the road to drydown. Agree with the reviewer who says this would be killer as an atmo spray!

This really combines quite a few elements very well. Nonfoody vanilla, dry woody sandalwood, mellow green resinous balsam, with a hint of smoke and cedar. Frankincense is well balanced and slightly lemony but the other notes keep it in check. I can pick out all the elements but none clash or overpower. The vanilla is predominant but its a great blanket supporting and sweetening the whole. Of course I love this, its all resin, wood and vanilla and I'm all about that bass. In total its woody, sweet, vanilla sandalwood with a hint of green sap, smoke, and cedar chips. The drydown is mostly vanilla sandalwood. Yeah, I blind purchased a bottle but what I did not anticipate is needing a back up.

No dust detected, this was mainly wood and resin for me. I've no frame of reference for what olive wood smells like, but the wood note here is aces. I would have predicted that the blood accord in this would have been amped by my unique and frustrating at times chemistry but it's very subtle. There's a hint of leather, I'm guessing a resin. It isn't overwhelming dragon blood like I thought. Also, this is not dusty, dry or musty either. Acacia evidently per fragrantia database is mimosa. I think I can distinguish that, but more so it lightens and mellows the juniper, which I love even if it can be sharp and spikey. Here, it's very sweet and evergreen. All in all I am pleasantly surprised to like this decant. I'll retest to be certain but this could become a bottle purchase. I love juniper and it's the star here with a lovely wood support of I'm guessing olive wood, and the acacia floral, with a hint of DBR and whatever is the clay notes. It's a mellow, sweet, woody resin with hints of blood, leather, stone, and ghostly floral. I love the complexity here. Little throw but it lasts and doesn't morph very much after the early drydown.

Not sure if its the green sandalwood or the balsam that it steering this into slightly too green and loud on me. I love sandalwood however I think my skin chemistry sometimes doesn't do it justice. Initially this is a soft mint and vanilla. To my displeasure, the drydown gets progressively stronger and greener. It becomes a sharp and nose prickling note that evokes men's cologne. Ultimately this is too masculine for me to wear, and I usually love leather, wood, metal, citrus or fougere. Matcha was absent for me. I've retested three times, hoping for different results. I'm disappointed because I anticipated a more foody, perhaps lacey scent with the sandalwood and vanilla combo. Never judge a blend by it's notes is my take home lesson here. I'm hoping aging well mellow it out, but my expectations are pessimistic.

No cherry here. I'm compelled to add that I had just a drop in my sniffie to skin test. I wish I had a full decant because this was surprisingly good. I may need to hunt down a bottle. Initially it was high pitched like department store, alcohol based perfume then it became a lovely, sweet resin that was cuddly and soft. The cherry note came off as moisture but not syrup or juice, just mildly sweet and wet. I suspect the labdanum gave it the high note at first. I cannot pick out patchouli or sandalwood as they blend to make a resin that is greater than the sum of the two. The drydown is almost musky. The patch is more woody than dirty or floral, which can be any of those three on me. I would describe the whole as a nonfoody but sweet and slightly woody resin. It hugs pretty close to the skin and lasted about six hours, which is impressive since I only had a drop to test!

Perhaps Lysander?

I'll fish for suggestions too. My top scents: Half Elf v 5 Bakeneko Fenris Wolf Tamamo no mae OLLA Ava Notes I like include most florals except rose, most woods, red or blue musks, tea, stone fruit like apricot or cherry, vanilla, honey, resins and patchouli Notes that ruin the blend are rose! although I keep trying, melon, cucumber, white musk, ozone, cumin, allspice (but I usually like cardamom and cinnamon), galbanum (unfortunately)

Tombstone: Golden Priapus, Deathcap, Antikythera mechanism, Aureus, the Lion, Bastet, Lear, Scales of DeprivationHermia: Some Strangeness in the Proportion (has sandalwood though) (sorry no GC recs that aren't floral), long shot suggestion= Jailbait, Black Pearl Dana O'Shee: Mouse's Long and Sad Tale, O, Cockaigne, Lyonesse, La Petit Mort, Sed Non Satiata

Perhaps Persephone? Mostly rose with a little pom. Seems cool and pink to me. Not soapy or sharp. Chuparosa seems like a sweet pink rose to me too. Other roses to try, it seems you are looking for soft, pink and cool, Dawn Maiden, Seraphim, La Belle au Bois Dormant, The Reeper and the Flowers, Victoria.

Perversion is my favorite on your list. I'd recommend Hellfire though if the tobacco note is what you're after. If you are willing to hunt some limited edition bottles down, try Bachelor's Dog and Hearth, I've seen both for sale here on the forum in the Sales sections.

I tried Fairy Bites and the osmanthus is quite prominent. Or, my skin amps it. Not as foody as I expected.

Lacus oblivionis. Ungh. My new love.

If you want to hunt down rares, Oborot and Carpathian Mountains are my top forest scents. Not that they are easy to find. In the general catalog, Antikythera Mechanism is woody, Tombstone is exquisite, Black Forest seems an obvious one to try, Odin and Antony are worth a shot.

Jersey Devil Yggdrasil Lear Loup Garou <---- my fave

LA Petite Mort smells similar to me. Maybe Dana O'Shee.

Tombstone?Old Scratch? Belle Epoque? Forgot to mention Crowley, Mr. Ibis, Bow & Crown of Conquest, Mouse Circus, Mouse's Long and Sad Tail, and Kubla Khan

Tombstone? Old Scratch? Belle Epoque?

I find 2, 5, and 7 from Mad Tea Party to be similar to Rose Red and easier to acquire. It has a faint (on me anyway) grass note and juicy, rose smells red and freshly bloomed rose to my nose. I have picky skin when it comes to rose and this is one of the few that works. I haven't tried Red Rose from Marchen.

If you can get a decant of Bigger critters, you may like it better than Flying Fox. I swears.

Yes! And, the Bittersweet Chocolate BO. Tarantula fascinator smells nothing like Boomslang to me. Its straight up tobacco with benzoin drydown. No chocolate.

I am happy to report that Sanctus has prominent osmanthus note! I see the love for it and my skin loves it. I don't think it can be anything else, lily and frankincense don't smell this way. I must find more osmanthus!!!

I *may* have a "slight" obsession with finding the perfect vanilla. As it turns out, I like leather and patchouli, so your list is about half of mine

Black Pearl Hellcat Belle Epoque Obatala Cockaigne Mouse Long and Sad Tale Dorian Bon Vivant Velvet Sweets to the Sweet Aglaea Hell's Belle Led Bijoux Tamora Titania Mr. Nancy Gobo Belle Vinu Victoria (Stardust) Morgause Detestable Putrescence Euphrosyne Opuhi Brown Jenkins Sprinkle cake Cake smash Sticky pillowcase Boo Candy corn covered candy apple Perilous parlor Half elf v4 Bigger Critter Love's philosophy Sugar Cookie Wildcards: Lyonesse Hollywood Babylon Embalming fluid Desire Night Gaunt Akuma Oleander Honey Tokyo Stomp Marquis deMertuil Braving the Ice Sugar Skull

It could be that I received a decant from an unshaken or unrolled bottle or it could be my skin amps the holy heck out of all rose, (so please take my review with a grain of salt) but this is single note rose on me. Granted it is the lovely, not quite lemony but almost pure red rose I get from Whip, but I was anticipating some frankincense at least. I'll retest to be sure and try to get a different decant but I am sad this lacked complexity on my skin. Granted, my skin ate the leather in Whip and amped the rose there too, so that is something to consider. YMMV of course. I'll edit if aging my decant helps but I am blaming my rose amping skin chemistry for this experiment gone wrong. I wanted to love this because the label is adorbs. I would have thunk to smell some honey or frankincense. I'm considering a bottle for layering purposes as is as it is quite difficult for me to find a rose that doesn't evoke soap association, granny tendencies or become sour on me. In essence, it may be that the notes are so well blended it is just a perfect rose from wet to dry down on me, with modest sillage (throw).

Lurid comes to my mind...