Batty Hunger

[zankoku_zen]

Black narcissus, orange blossoms, vanilla bourbon, red leather, and red musk.

[Tamarinda]

In the Bottle: Slightly floral orange creamsicle.

 

Wet: NARCISSUS. A dash of orange blossom.

 

Dry: Ok, it's back to orange creamsicle but orange blossom instead of orange fruit. The narcissus has calmed down and is coasting on top of the creamsicle note. There's something under there that I can only guess is the red leather since it has a fabric type feel. It's more apparent on my left arm than my right. I'm not really catching the red musk, which is fine since I tend to amp red musk to high heaven.

 

This is damned beautiful and I expect it to age gloriously. I got this bottle in a swap and it landed two days ago so for me, this is just a "trying it on" review rather than one for my notes. I will update in about two weeks, which is when I do my "srs bizness" testing. I'll compare it to Hunger at that point.

[quantquill]

Batty Hunger is driving me batty. What component in the perfume can do this? Maybe the leather? In the bottle, I get fruity sweetness with an ozone undertone.  On my skin it's slightly sweet laughing gas with an undertone of melon.   

 

I've tried it a couple times. Maybe it's skin chemistry, or maybe it needs to age? Back in the box to age and see if it changes. Will update if it changes.  

 

EDITED 7/11/24: Okay, it's starting to morph a bit. Now it's less laughing gas, no melon, a bit of sweetness but it's still leather-strong. Sadly, leather notes never smell good on me. I think Batty Hunger will smell very different on someone else and I want them to have the chance to find out.

Edited July 12 by quantquill
Updated my review