Lucchesa

If you love Malediction, go to the Malediction reviews here, see who else loves it, and check their profiles to see what other scents they enjoy. There's a vetiver thread in BPAL chatter that might have some good suggestions.

Seconding some of Sprout's that I've tried:

Titus Andronicus
Tzadikim Nistarim

Fenris Wolf

Satyr

Troll

Loup Garou

Iago

Others I've tried that you might consider:

Czernobog

Nero

Lear, Magus -- both on the dry side, woody

El Dorado

Smokestack--terrible on me but my friend Theresa loves it

I haven't tried Sloth but it might be in your wheelhouse -- vetiver & myrrh. The fewer notes, the easier it is to pick out what does & doesn't work.

Look through the American Gods descriptions -- things like Black Hats, Glass Eye or Mr. Wednesday might work, and lots of others, most of them things I would never ever try (Techincal Boy...) Then look for decants on the forums sales or swaps pages so you can try things out before making a big investment. Decant circles (under swaps) are a great way to try new releases. There are LOTS of non-sweet options, though. Good luck!

I recently was lucky enough to acquire a bottle of Bogle, and it works really well on me. It is a perfect blend for the transition between summer and autumn. Testing blind I was thinking there was plum in the mix (probably the redcurrant) and bergamot (king mandarin) and maybe almond; I would not have guessed vetiver at all. The ginger is more like the spice rack kind than the screechy raw variant, the vanilla and pumpkin act as rich grounding notes, and it all works together beautifully.

Bogle makes me think of having a picnic in the Napa Valley on a gorgeous crisp fall day when all the grapevines have turned brilliant reds and yellows. Low throw and wear length, but I am perfectly happy to reapply.

Wet, Nemesis is sharp, astringent cypress and ginger, with some dry patchouli in the background. Dry, it is a completely different animal, patchouli and dry roses combining on my skin to give the effect of rosewood. I never got the sweetness of fig or tonka, and I have no idea what cyclamen smells like. In its dry state, it lasts quite a while without morphing further. Very nice but I don't much care for the opening blast.

Golden amber, golden musk, well-behaved cedar and rich saffron -- I love it. Of course I do, because it's discontinued. I only get a quiet citrusy feel from the cubeba, nothing like the blast of lemon in Crib Girls, which I tried this morning. This is beautifully blended, long-lasting, cozy and warm, a perfect everyday autumn blend. I'm going to find me a bottle.

Not sure what year my imp is (bought on forums).

I love pipe smoke. It is one of my favorite smells, period, and while I'm glad people are no longer subjecting themselves to mouth cancers, I really really miss the fragrance of a good pipe. So I was thrilled to get to try a decant of Herr Drosselmeyer. Sweet soft pipe smoke, soft leather, woods -- it was so beautiful it made me cry because I could BARELY SMELL IT. I had to get my wrist right up against my nose to smell anything at all, as if I had applied it five hours ago, not five seconds ago. The same thing happened with Hellfire, another pipe smoke blend -- it barely showed up on me. I don't know if my skin chemistry is sucking it into a black hole or if I'm somehow scentblind to the Lab's pipe smoke note, but it's hugely disappointing. Herr D lasted for quite a while at exactly that very low level it started out with. I hope other people can smell this one because it's fantastic.

Crib Girls reminds me a great deal of Haus of Gloi Beguiled, which was frimped to me and is the only OCYL I ever wear. Beguiled is lemon cake with pink peppercorn and cardamom, and as everyone says, Crib Girls goes on in a great blast of lemoniness, despite the lack of citrus in the notes. The honey is not nearly as prominent as I expected; I guess it's the cubeb which is the major player (need to look for this in some other blends!) with the cardamom keeping things interesting. It's cheerful and yummy and gone in two hours.

I tried Aunt Caroline's Joy Mojo a couple of days ago and think I need a bottle. It was bright sugared strawberry to my nose, with a bit of a citrusy feel as it dried down, and it made me feel cheerful every time I sniffed my wrist. Not a lot of throw but that means I can wear it to work and anywhere else and have an instant mood boost close at hand.

I grabbed this at random from the box of untested imps under my bed this morning, and it was a perfect choice. If you like to use grapefruit shower products to wake up in the morning, definitely try Night-Gaunt. It has a zesty grapefruit and kumquat blast on initial application (I'm not sure I can pick out yuzu but I think it belongs with the sharp, sour citrus, not the sweet varieties). Aizen-Myoo went into cleanser territory on me (I often have trouble with the citrus/tea combo), but this one does not. It's a nice refreshing kick in the pants in the morning, and after an hour and a half it has faded a lot and the florals have become more prominent. But citrus blends never last long for me, so this wear length is about average.

I retested this today because I was surprised by how much I liked it the first time, and I wanted to see if that lasted. Sure enough, I still like it. Wet it's the lab dirt note with flowers and greenery, and as it dries down I get some of the incense along with what I think are roses and jasmine, and it's all beautiful and a little dark and mysterious but not as melancholy as Zombi, which I could only really imagine wearing to a funeral. This one would be good on a dreary day when curled up with a gothic novel.

This is a morpher. Wet, it’s that marzipan cherry almond note I’m very fond of. But it’s dries down to rose, a slightly incensey rose, which isn’t working on me.

Red musk-o-rama!

Caramel, honey and spice

are quite far from here.

Like Gin, I got almost no blackberry from Incessant Torture. It was all strong lavender at first, but an hour later the lavender is almost totally gone as well, leaving a faint dusty patchouli with a dry herbal edge, presumably myrtle and olive leaf. So Incessant Torture is not at all incessant on me; my skin chemistry gobbles it right up.

Oh, patchouli! With

juniper and myrrh you play

gently and kindly.

Upright evergreens

give way to realistic

rose. Rome, I'm in love!

For daytime wear while

sipping cappuccino on

Via Veneto.

I was not at all familiar with papyrus as a scent, and it smelled not aquatic to me (which on my skin = soapy) but bright and definitely reedy, and almost had a hint of lemongrass about it (or is there a little lemon peel in the frosting? That's how I make it...). The beautiful soft myrrh began to bloom as it dried, and only dry did I get the vanilla frosting beginning to emerge. What I assume was the papyrus did not last as long as the myrrh and vanilla. It's lovely, all in all, gentle and springlike, with low throw and relatively short wear length, which is typical for me.

ETA: I'm retesting this as someone is selling a bottle, and it has lasted all day this time.

In the imp and fresh on my skin, The Balcony reminded me instantly of Blood Kiss. Vetiver is rarely good on me, and Blood Kiss is one of the exceptions to that rule. The other shared note is honey, and Blood Kiss has wine where The Balcony has bourbon. But on my skin the vetiver vibe from both is very similar, and predictably it's the strongest note. It's only been on about half an hour so I may have to edit with wear length, but I think it will be sexy and long-lasting on me. However, since Blood Kiss is GC (though OOS at the moment), I probably don't need to chase down more of this rare blend.

Lear is all cedar

drowning out the bay and sage

as if mansplaining.

Why do I torture myself this way? Serving Tea after Coitus is beautiful. On my skin the almost citrusy green tea is the most prominent note, blending with the plum and honey. And within an hour, like every other green tea blend, it's gone, with just the afterglow of ambergris lingering on my skin. Sigh.

So, I put this on my left elbow today, with three other scents on wrists and other elbow, and an hour or so later walked to the post office. And let me preface this by saying that I almost never get throw with anything I like. Oh, big bad vetiver might pitch all over the place, but amber, vanilla and carnation? Never. The clerk on the other side of the counter said, as she weighed my package, "Oh, you smell good! What are you wearing?" And my heart did a little dance of joy. It was definitely Startled Toad; the shunga on my other elbow had already faded as green tea scents always do on me, and Hades and Hedylogos may have been supporting players, but another five hours later I can still smell the coconutty goodness of Startled Toad in the crook of my elbow.

This is the first coconut scent I have loved. It Sifts from Leaden Sieves was too dry, the Pearls too faint, but this is lovely. Lemongrass can be shrill on me but it is positively gentle here, just suggesting a citrus note. This is a sweet patchouli and weaves together beautifully with the amber, carnation and vanilla. And it has throw! I am excited about finding a bottle. And then I'll get the label art! (I had to look it up after you all were raving about it.)

This was a Lab frimp, not on my radar screen at all. And if I had read the reviews, I probably would have avoided it because everyone says gingerbread and the Lab's baked goods note is terrible on me. I knew it was supposed to be Lovecraftian incense, so I was surprised when the imp smelled foodie. Wet on my skin, I was getting lemony hazelnut. After a bit I got the ginger cookie, but not that pastry note that so hates my skin, and now, a couple hours later, I can finally perceive the incense wafting over the ginger. Fascinating and really nice. I'm not sure I need a bottle, but I may replace the imp when I use it up.

I was really excited about this -- the notes sounded perfect. And they are -- Aristocratic Couple is gorgeous. But really, really quiet. Even just after application, I have to get my nose really close to my wrist to smell it, and the cardamom is ghostly faint. I guess the aristocracy is just out of my league and I'm going to have to stick with Grand Guignol for my boozy apricot pleasure!

With the pumpkin and beeswax, Bunraku Theatre feels more like a Weenie than a Shunga. This is pumpkin without the usual pie spices, though, wandering through a hay maze on a crystal clear autumn day with that chunky golden light you get when the sun is near the horizon. It's lovely, though the tobacco is amping a tiny bit more than I would like, which on the plus side gives it longer wear length and a bit of throw.

Calliope is screechingly herbal on me. Verbena has a habit of taking over, and combined with the lavender, mint and really loud thyme, the herbs drown out the softer scents on my skin. I don't get any almond and very little bergamot. I'll pass this imp on.

Mmm, foodie. Tested blind, I was thinking caramel and hot buttered rum. So the coconut was unobtrusive on me -- with my skin chemistry, if you hated coconut, you'd be fine with this. Now three plus hours later I can tell there's coconut since I'm looking for it, but it's still faint. The tobacco is one of those lovely warm golden chewy tobaccos, not one of the tobaccos I amp to an unpleasant degree, and it plays a supporting role here. Elegba is comforting but also kind of sexy. I like it!

This is one of those quiet, warm, radiant desert spice scents I love so much, that give you the feeling of traversing the Sahara on camelback... Musk instead of myrrh here -- I love skin musk! The honey isn't overpowering, and the cinnamon, ginger and cloves are spicy but not foodie, more like coming across a caravan of spice traders among the sand dunes than making pumpkin pie. No throw; this one lies close to the skin but it lasts quite a while. Very nice.