Doc Crowley

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Leathery patchouli and vanilla? Clove? It's a strange combination of masculine musk and foody gingerbread smell. I keep sniffing my skin trying to figure out if I like it or not and I still can't decide.

Surprisingly enough, they've managed to make a perfume that smells just like a cat. BPAL has captured that musky and subtle sweetness that the fur of a well-groomed housecat who's just been lying in a sunbeam has to it, in a slightly more idealized form of course that would make such an odor wearable as perfume. Beth must be a cat lover.

Crowley is one of my favorite book characters ever, and I love him so much that I've stolen his name as my own nickname, and the blend itself has all my favorite notes. No way you could go wrong here. I didn't even bother with an imp and bought the full-size bottle right away and I don't regret it. Now, I don't have the strong sexual reaction that some people had to this scent 😂 but I can understand where they're coming from. It's a very heavy and spicy scent to me and I'd describe it as a more masculine version of Vixen, with similarities to Snake Oil but not nearly as sweet. In the bottle I think of the interior of Crowley's Bentley, with immaculately glossy black leather seats and perhaps an air freshener dangling above the windshield-- good ol' new car smell, with a hot infernal twist. On my skin it softens to a very warm and spicy cologne smell since my skin likes to eat up any of the crisper notes and just throw off musk. My verdict? Awesome.

I wasn't sold on this one at first-- upon first whiff my initial impression was a cleaning product like Lysol with an overpoweringly strong citrus topnote, and it disappointed me a little bit, especially being Korean and a lover of all things vulpine. However, I recently was able to purchase a white tea and ginger fragrance oil blend from a wholesaler at a fraction of the price that smelled completely identical to my Kumiho imp both in the vial/bottle and on my skin (I won't say whether or not one of them was imitating the other's idea, I'll give that third party the benefit of the doubt since according to previous posters Bath & Bodyworks has done the same thing). I decided to try again and slathered it on more thickly than I usually do with BPAL oils and let it soak into my inner wrist and found that the scent was better able to unfold in its full complexity when I had more to work with. At first, it starts off VERY clean, sharp, and soapy but thankfully less like bathroom cleaner and dries down to a very feminine and professional floral perfume that almost smells like an alcohol-based spray and then fading away just enough for the more sassy and animalistic ginger base note to be detectable. It reminds me of the Korean story of the fox sister, starting off with what seems like a beautiful and feminine mature woman who carries herself with grace and dignity and over time the facade crumbles revealing her true beastly side, a wild furry fox with razor-sharp white teeth that glint in the light like knives and yellow eyes with slitted pupils. Overall, it's fitting and I could see myself wearing this to something like a job interview or formal event.