doomsday_disco Report post Posted February 24 Spring’s first lilac branches dunked in 3-year aged Snake Oil. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
patina Report post Posted March 10 (edited) In the bottle I can smell a pollen rich floral mingling with the snake oil. Already this is a beautiful spring scent. I imagine this will make a lot of people happy. On, the lilac comes out strong and the SO is making it even louder. I'd compare it to the world's most amped up spring floral drier sheets, except the lilac is way better than that. The closest comparison I can make is Cottonmouth, but they're not that close. Verdict so far: lovely but my skin amps it and turns it into something nearly medicinal. Edited March 11 by patina Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OxfordComma Report post Posted March 18 Dear God this is so pretty. I knew I was gonna love it, being an unrepentant hoe for lilac, but holy crapola is it good. It does remind me of Cottonmouth! Like Cottonmouth but stuffed with big glorious lilacs. It has that same kind of smoothness. Between this and L'Homme Fut Solitaire BPAL has been killing it with the lilac scents this year. Stunning. I'll be thinking very hard about a backup. Great throw! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VioletChaos Report post Posted March 21 I love the Lab's lilac note, but it's also very much its own, singular thing, and so I wasn't sure what to expect in how it would play with Snake Oil. But I needn't have feared. In the bottle and through to initial drydown, the two elements blend and support each other without much in the way of morphing. I am a little shocked and how well-balanced this is through the whole application process, actually, because florals can be quite high-pitched and SO is very deep, but there's something symbiotic about this blend where the strength is greater than the individual components. It's *so* well-blended, that I almost immediately cannot pull apart the individual notes, which is its own special pleasure for me and my (overly?) discerning nose. In all, the scent could be a good gateway for both those that sometimes find florals too intense or Snake Oil too intense, as the notes help tamp each other down. It has a solidly medium throw, so test lightly before you see how much you'll amp it. I am very enthused about this scent and it's only a matter of just how many extra bottles I'll need! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
