Paduan Killer Swarm

[donnatron]

Tonka, black licorice, amber, golden sandalwood, ginger cream, bitter clove, stinging nettle, cinnamon bark, and coconut shell.

Bottle: I totally forgot there was supposed to be black licorice in this. It is all thick, golden honey and beeswax with a touch of warm coconut husk. It smells like summer in a bottle.

Wet: Definitely getting the husk/bark aspect of this. The cinnamon is a bit stronger but it smells like the dried bark rather than straight up cinnamon oil. Very warm and sweet and a little like skin but better. It's a very dry sort of scent.

Dry: A beautiful, sun-warmed blend of vanilla, coconut, spices and creamy ginger (the note I can cross reference from Prosperity of a Country). This scent blends together beautifully and I don't really smell the distinct notes separately from each other. It's very warm and sweet but has a dry/dusty quality that makes it feel like a distinctly summery scent.

Throw: Strong.

Overall: When I smell Paduan Killer Swarm, it smells like the hottest days of summer to me. The days when it is blindingly hot, there's no breeze and the humidity index is at zero. It is a beautifully blended scent and it is highly evocative. I love wearing it in the summer because it compliments the heat wonderfully and I wear it in winter to assure myself that summer will, one day, come again. Edited July 28, 2011 by paperrose

[porcelina]

how appropriate that i'm testing this today. i just finished freaking out about my discovery that the entire wild bee population of the las vegas valley (where i'm moving in a few weeks) can be consider africanized (you know, killer bees). YIKES.

 

anyway, here goes nothing!

 

ok, killer bees, if you smell like this and promise to leave me alone, you can make a nest in my backyard. this is delicious. there's no sassafras or sarsaparilla in here, but the licorice and ginger cream notes are reminding me of the root beer with licorice that i drank at the renaissance faire last weekend. this is warm and spicy with a smooth, creamy center. YUM!

Edited August 18, 2011 by porcelina

[Pynki]

This smells like a library to me. All beeswax and spice in the bottle.

 

On the skin it settles into a beeswax candle with a slight... almost fruity and creamy quality.

 

I wear this on cold days when I am studying at the library.

[Alshneato]

Oh I was so hoping for coconut and black licorice!! On my skin this smells like tobacco!

[Innocuousmold]

Wonderful spicy goodness!

 

Paduan Killer Swarm is just a great creamy, sweet melange with kicks of clove and ginger. I don't get any strong licorice out of this, thank goodness. There is some, though, and it gives it just a bit of a root beer quality. Huzzah!

 

If Smiling Spider was too strong for you, this creamy clove blend might be the answer. This is wonderful!

[claudia6913]

This blend actually has a lot of notes I shy away from typically, along with notes I'm drawn to. So, I managed to come across and imp and color me surprised. It's actually very nice. Warm, sweet, fuzzy, a little yellow, and cozy. I'm getting a lot of the tonka, amber, sandalwood, a bit of clove and maybe a hint of the cinnamon, but I'm sure the rest is in there. I may have to hunt another imp or two down to keep around.

Edited February 25, 2013 by claudia6913

[mymymai]

ITB: Interesting. I get tonka and strong coconut as the dominant notes in the bottle. I actually like it as it is here.

 

Wet: Coconut is yelling for my attention on my skin and I only get a glimmer for the golden sandalwood and the faintest impression of licorice when I concentrate.

 

Dry: As it dries, the sandalwood becomes more assertive, the clove begins to make itself known, and a dab of the ginger cream plays gently underneath. After several hours, I just get warm coconut with a dash of ginger cream, which I enjoy.

[vanilla323]

In the bottle: light black licorice

 

Wet: black licorice with some powdery amber. Also the clove and ginger are starting come out too.

 

Drydown: This is still mostly black licorice on the drydown and ginger. It's a little stingy like a bee but the sting is all black licorice.

 

The throw was good and it lasted about 3 hours.

[LizziesLuck]

Wet: Wow, this is a really creamy, musky sort of coconut. Not really sure where that muskiness comes from, but I like it! Hints of spice. A bit of sharpness, maybe from the stinging nettle? It's a herbal sort of sharpness, sort of peppery, in a really lovely way. Wow, it really does smell just like summer. I can almost year the cicadas. I am thoroughly enjoying this.

 

 

Dry: This scent is like happiness on my arm. The notes are so incredibly well blended, I honestly can't pick any out other than the coconut, and a general warm muskiness with hints of spice that I am JUST LOVING. So happy to have this, it will be a summer favourite.

[Lucchesa]

Paduan Killer Swarm is orgasm-inducing when wet. So, so good. I couldn't remember most of the notes when I put it on; I definitely got the coconut and licorice, which is subtle but definitely there. It's also golden, like honey and amber and tonka. I was surprised by how many spices are listed in the components because I couldn't pick them out at all. This is just a cloud of sweet gorgeousness.

 

No more reviewing -- I just need to lie back and smell my wrist. I only have a tiny amount of this, which breaks my heart.

[doomsday_disco]

Paduan Killer Swarm was mostly a creamy, coconut-y scent on me infused with some tonka, amber, and a bit of nettle, which I recognize from Snakes Slithering Through Stinging Nettle. I did not get tons of anise from this, and for that, I am really grateful, as it is not a note of which I am particularly fond. I also couldn't pick out any ginger or clove. And while I don't really gravitate toward coconut scents, I found this one to be pretty nice and kept getting this lovely waft from the back of my hand.

 

This is probably one of the best creamy coconut scents I have ever tried.

[MamaMoth]

you know those days when you just walk around with that smug, I-smell-amazing feeling?  that's me today, wearing paduan killer swarm. 

 

spicy, licorice-y, creamy coconut.  dries down kind of dry, and i get some amber and sandalwood here.  the spiciness is soft and rich.  it doesn't smell like morocco, but the soft creamy spiciness evokes a similar mood. the spice has more of an edge, but it's not sharp.  i remember them being more aggressive when it was new, but it has aged to mellow perfection.

 

as it settles in for the long haul, the amber rises to the top to give it a perfume waft. it's a creamy yet dry, gently spiced amber, with a light hint of coconut and licorice. simply gorgeous. 

Edited July 13, 2022 by MamaMoth