Death Cap

[dancingchair]

A lethal poison bundled up in a dainty, innocent little package that was oft times found in ancient witches’ flying ointments and astral projection balms. A warm, soft, ruddy scent, earthy and mild.

 

It's a nice blend of sweet, freshly turned earth and patchouli. The patchouli isn't overwhelming to me like it can be sometimes. It's dirty, but quite wearable.

Edited January 14, 2022 by dancingchair

[bellumed]

A gentle garden scent. Soil without any of the associated "dirtiness." On drydown it becomes a creamy, almost salty skin scent.

[MamaMoth]

ok , the ones with no listed notes drive me a little crazy.  i should just sit back and enjoy the experience, but my nose wants to deconstruct it, so i worry at it! 

 

my guesses, from most sure to least:

amber

coconut husk

something vanillic but not quite vanilla - benzoin? 

soft woods, but not cedar.  - sandalwood? 

brown musk

vetiver

 

anyway, it's pretty great!  soft, sweet, earthy, a little powdery, a little woodsy.  right in my wheelhouse.  

[MolyH]

The first thing I thought when I first put this on is, "This smells like a raw, dirt-covered potato." As time goes on, wafts of sweet incense joins the notes, but the raw, starchy, dirt-covered potato remains the main note. I'm super intrigued by a potato scent. It's definitely its own niche. But I'm not sure what would be the appropriate occasion to wear this.

[Tungerine]

Death cap is earthy and mild, but not warm or ruddy. There's something almost aquatic that turns it cool and damp, and there's coconut. I definitely get the sunscreen/lotion impression people have mentioned. Actually, it reminds me of a shampoo I bought once. It's not the realistic kind of damp earth that's in Yorick or Nosferatu, it's more perfumey. There's just a hint of warm dirty muskiness lurking behind the lotion, and I wish there was more. It's like Brown Jenkin, if Brown Jenkin had been shampooed. It's quite nice, but not what I'd hoped for.