Forgive Us Our Virtues, Forgive Us 2024

[Jenjin]

 

Pale frankincense, styrax, East African black patchouli, cinnamon leaf, rosewood, and palisander.

 

Who has known all the evil before us,

Or the tyrannous secrets of time?

Though we match not the dead men that bore us

At a song, at a kiss, at a crime–

Though the heathen outface and outlive us,

And our lives and our longings are twain–

Ah, forgive us our virtues, forgive us,

Our Lady of Pain.

Edited February 17 by Jenjin

[Janis]

A soft, sweet frankincense with a mix of spicy herbs. Really well blended - I can't pick out individual notes. Patchouli and cinnamon take turns peeking around the edges, but never stealing attention from the whole. It's basically everything I'm hoping for in a frankincense scent that feels solemn, comforting, and ancient, without being church incense.

 

Settles quickly to a soft skin scent after applying, and did not morph or fade further. Very low throw - the huff is gorgeous, though.

[AEris]

Janis said it so well above. Soft, solemn, well blended. My experience is exactly the same - a gentle quiet frankincense at its core with accents gleaming, particularly the cinnamon. Incense, smooth spice, woody glowing resins, all blurred and ethereal behind a veil of silk. A lovely work of art that echoes with silence. 

[roseus]

Soft and smooth indeed! I get mostly rosewood and frankincense in the imp. On my skin I get a touch of earthiness and a bit of soft, sweet cinnamon around that gently glowing core of rosewood and frankincense. Good throw and longevity.

[OxfordComma]

Adding to the 'agreed' pile haha!

At first sniff I was like "In Templum Dei? Is that you?" but this is a little woodier in comparison, and on skin they share DNA but are cousins at best. FUOVFU dries down to a soft, woody patchouli and frankincense, gilded around the edges with a very much not red-hots cinnamon. A cuddly, personal scent. Low throw but good longevity.