groovyrooby

This is such a fascinating scent! Tested twice from a decant. The first scent I get is ... green pepper? Both times - dead ringer for green pepper. Which I also got (and loved) in the Norns' Farmhouse. Starts as a sharp, green, bitter woody astringency. Dries to a nice dry, spicy wood. Maybe that's the balsam? Lingers with a smoky-bonfire-in-my-clothes smell. Very pleasant. This and DL Marshmallow & Pistachio Cream are the first 2 Dead Leaves I've tried, and I surprised myself by liking this one better!

Dead Leaves noob here. This was my first foray. I think I might love marshmallow, so this seemed like a great first try! Feels like 3 distinct scents at once - dry crackly and bitter, sweet toasty marshmallow, and nutty pistachio akin to Pink Lovebirds. Reminds me of a Wer Opfer + Hunger combination I have been concocting at home, but not as complex as all that. Overall, I think DL fans will love it, but for me, the bitter is a bit stronger and the marshmallow toastier than I would like. (I like pure confectionary sugar sweet.) Lasted a couple hours for me with the toasty marshmallow hanging on longest.

One of my first ever blind bottle purchases, and I’m really glad I did. This starts as a bracing salve kind of smell, like Barbasol shave cream in the red barber pole striped can, in a really pleasing way. Interwebz tell me this is “largely geranium and moss, and is about as old school as you can get.” I’m wondering if that’s angelica root, too? But somehow over the course of 30 minutes or so, the bracing sharp clean smell gives way to a warm glow. Dried, the smells absolutely of golden milk - not so much the milk as the turmeric: earthy sweet warm glowing. Maybe that’s the cistus? Dunno, but I love it. The final phase lasts a good long while. This feels comforting, reassuring, and gives me confidence that greater forces are at work. I meant to be testing other things, but the experience and the final result keep reeling me in to this one. *edited to mention - this reminds me a lot of Tushnamatay.