The Serpent in the Opium Poppies

[doomsday_disco]

Snake Oil, opium tar, indigo poppy petals, plum cognac, and a dribble of laudanum.

[patina]

New snake oil blends are weird at first and this is no exception. Immediately after putting this on I smelled something faintly fruity, a bit like strawberry candy. Maybe the plum cognac and snake oil's possible red musk? I do smell a watery poppy as well.

 

I know from experience the Snake Oil will get stronger after some aging. It's pretty shy right now. If I wasn't so eager to do some testing and reviewing I would wait because I can't really imagine what this will age into. A darker opium and a more realized Snake? Watch this space.

[VioletChaos]

Of the three new Luper floral-themed Snake Oils, this was the one I was least sure about, because I have the least experience with the opium and poppy notes. However, I was pretty quickly won over.

In the bottle and at first application, the opium and poppy dominate, so much so that I would not even peg this a Snake blend if I was sniffing it blind. Once the scent has a chance to warm up and bloom, those notes continue to be at the forefront, but even with only a day of rest, the Snake Oil is there to lend a depth that keeps this scent from just being a nice floral and the sexiness is undeniable.

I tested all three of these as I mentioned before, and this one fades fastest, which I think is about those floral notes but also I concur with patina's comments about how Snake Oil needs its own time to deepen and become its full self (for reference, when I wear pure SO, it's a vintage from 2006, so that should tell you something).

In All, a medium throw, at least for now, and a high-class perfume-finish. I will retest this in a week and again in a month, but I am likely going to need a backup!