deepquietvoice

This is *much* more lilac-forward than the other recent lilac blends (Vigil for the Harvest Suitors, Second Sight) by the lab I've tried. A cool floral lilac is the dominant note from the word go. I could smell the orris root as a slightly vegetal base when I first put it on, but it's hidden behind the lilac and the powdery amber in the dry stage. This is simple and pleasant - not a ton of notes, not a big morpher. The combination of florals and powdery amber give this a pretty classic women's perfume feel. I imagine someone who doesn't mind that or loves lilac would really enjoy this; however, this is not a scent for me.

As a fella on the hunt for masculine scents myself, I can concur that Pyramid of Skulls (dry sandalwood with tobacco, from last fall's halloween release, still available from the lab) is definitively masculine, probably the most so out of any lab scent I've tried. Otherwise I'm still trying out some of the scents recommended here.

Sampling out of a (very aged) imp: On the wand and wet on the skin, this is a piney, sharp, evergreen-needles scent with a dirt patchouli undertone. As it dries down on skin, it warms and grows a more expansively fragrant. I'd like to someday sample a fresher imp and see how it compares; it's nice.

This might be a really good scent for a honey-lover, or for someone searching for a more unique, honey-forward scent. It is almost entirely a warm, lovely, rich honey. Not a charred honey, or a fresh honey, but a cooked one - it smells like you've been cooking honey on your stove and it's turned caramelized and thick. Despite that description, it's not particularly foodie. Just pure toasted honey. For me this one is a blast of wet burnt honey when I put it on wet. The wet silliage feels pretty huge - it's hard NOT to get a whiff of it constantly. Into the drydown this remains mostly honey, becoming a little more complex, with a less aggressive throw. It develops a caramelized quality which is I think the lactonic milk note coming out a little more. The ambrette seed might be subtly here inflecting the other notes, but it's not really identifiable on its own. After several hours, the sweet honey develops almost a cherry edge, very slightly. The perfume as a whole is also gradually dryer - a little more powdery honey-warm-sweetness with a hint of milky skin. Nonetheless, it's a consistent honey scent. Any other notes I've mentioned are really just inflections within the honey show. Unfortunately, I love milky and musky scents, so I was really hoping the milk and ambrette seeds would be dominant, with honey as a secondary player. I may put this one away to age for a while and hope it becomes a little more balanced between the three over time.