Man With Phallus Head

[gingiemay]

Smoky musk, ambergris, tonka bean, brown sandalwood, daemonorops, black currant, and honey.

Wet in the decant and on my skin, this starts out disappointingly cologne-y, with the brown sandalwood, smoky musk and ambergris taking the lead. As it dries down, the honey comes out to play a bit with the tonka bean, giving this a pleasant sweet tinge, but there's no hint of black current. Sadness.

[Victory]

Man with Phallus Head opens with honey, my favorite note. The honey then gives way to.... er, what I would imagine a man with a phallus head would smell like? Really musky, like the phallus head's been trapped in jeans all day. Like, not freshly washed. Um. I think that it's not just the smoky musk creating that impression, the ambergris and sandalwood and tonka are combining to create it. It's a sex smell without necessarily being a sexy smell. Following that, the black currant comes out. It surely does make me think of a phallus. Wow.

[voorishsign]

A gift from the amazing rawgirl75

 

This is the first Shunga I've ever got to try, and I am very curious <3

 

In the imp - I get the musk, the tonka and the honey.

 

On wet - Why hello there. This is very, very nice. I was worried about the currant but it just gives it a dry, not overly sweet fruity brightness. The honey and tonka smoothes out the musk and sandalwood. Am quite impressed so far

 

Drydown - a wonderful summer scent. This is mostly honey and musk with a little sandalwood on me now. Sunny and sexy. Perfect for days to come

[Venneh]

In the imp, I'm getting the smoky musk, ambergris, and tonka, a very interesting scent. On my skin, this is ambergris and tonka, and very reminiscent of dicks, shall we say. Hrm. We'll see what this does. Gonna give this a full skin test, cause what I'm smelling is really interesting, but I just can't decide if it's something I could swing. Ends up being a bit too dickish on the full skin test, and I don't want to walk around smelling like a dick. Just saying.

Edited July 11, 2010 by Venneh

[Truelove]

On me this smelled like a syrupy sweet baby powder - not good!

[filigree_shadow]

It's a little powdery all the way through -- wet and dry stages -- but in this one I don't mind that as much as I usually do. It's soft, musky, and very nice. I noticed a fruity scent when I first put it on (currant, I guess), but when it's dry I can't smell any kind of fruit as much as I can smell the honey. None of the notes are going weird on me -- they're all playing nicely.

 

You know, I think these penisy ones work out pretty well for me. This one, Penis Admiration, Fascinum... I tend to like them. I'm not head over heels for this scent because there's nothing hugely WOW about it, it's just very soft and musky and nice. Comfy. I like it.

[Teamama]

Forum purchase. This is delightful, seven years aged. Primarily, it's soft & musky. The honey is very faint. The musk seems to be a skin musk, I can't detect any smoke. There is a sweet hint of tonka, & subtle sandalwood. I can't find the daemonorops, or the black currant.

It's not very lasting, but it's very, very good.

 

2022 update: I used up my original, & picked up a new bottle via the Lab's Etsy. Good stuff!

Edited January 28, 2022 by Teamama
2022 edit

[LizziesLuck]

Buttery plastic. I actually think this oil has aged badly, or potentially gone off. I'm not going to review it fully, I think I will try another decant before I decide if it really smells like this, or if this one just didn't age well. Too bad! Was really looking forward to it.

[doomsday_disco]

The first note to jump out at me is the smoky musk. It is the dominant note, backed by the resins. The musk is like a slightly smoky, yet cleaner version of brown musk. I think it is the type of musk usually used to give off a 'fur' vibe. The scent gets a little smokier and resinous over time (more sandalwood than anything else) but is still predominantly musky. There touches of  ambergris and tonka, but the honey and black currant reside pretty far in the background, and I only noticed them because I knew to look for them in the notes.

 

I was really hoping the ambergris would be a main player on me, but alas, it was the musk.