Leaf Spirits

[Jenjin]

The cost of protection proved to be more than any one person could pay. 

Smoky vetiver, flaming sparks of black pepper, clove, and nutmeg, charred wood, and dark amber.

Edited September 16 by Jenjin

[marared]

I got this a week ago and it was so powerful in the bottle I couldn't even try it on, I had to put it in a drawer to calm down a little. It's still pretty loud even now. Many of the Dead Leaves scents mention a bell pepper scent, which I had never personally smelled. This is not a Dead Leaves scent, but sniffing the bottle, it's almost all bell pepper. Once I convinced my nose to get past that impression, I mostly smell the black pepper and charred wood, and just a little bit of the vetiver and amber.

 

On my skin, it changes dramatically. The wood is now at the forefront and no bell pepper, but it's a little weird. Peppery wood, but there's still a slightly vegetal zing to it and I don't like that. I let it sit for about ten minutes and that vegetal zing has faded, thankfully, and it has now morphed into smoky, scorched vetiver with an undercurrent of wood and amber. I have not been able to pick out the clove and nutmeg at all, the vetiver, pepper, and wood are so strong that they're just overwhelmed.

 

This is not a gentle scent at all. The throw is not quite as intense as it was in the bottle when I first got it, but people are gonna smell you coming.

[RoseThornAndOak]

I agree, this is strong. At first all I get is green pepper. On the skin, the green pepper mostly recedes but is still present, and a sharp, alcohol, conventional perfume note that never plays well on my skin emerges. I believe it's the amber. Under that though, I am getting some nice subtle spice and wood notes.

 

I think on the right skin, this would be a spiced woods commercial amber with DL supporting. Like a haunted perfume counter that has been overtaken by the forest, or if Sephora released a Sleepy Hollow fragrance. 

[Elspethdixon]

The listed notes don’t mention dead leaves accord, but either it’s an unlisted note or the listed notes are the dead leaf accord (plus clove), because in the wet stage this is aaalllll dead leaves.

 

Once on my skin, the clove note takes over. I was expecting a much smokier charred-wood/bonfire scent, but Leaf Spirits is instead a strong masculine clove scent (it reminds me a little bit of Aerodynamic Junk minus the leather and plus dead leaves) with an undertone of dry wood and peppery dead leaf accord. Tom Ford could bottle and sell this in a black square bottle and call it like “Autumn Woods” or something. That’s how manly a clove scent this is.

 

It’s also got some serious staying power. These Leaf Spirits have stamina and stay around for hours and hours - a manly clove skin scent was still clinging to my skin at bedtime.