Epomophorus Monstrosus

[Lucchesa]

Black patchouli, tonka bean, mahogany bark, gurjum balsam, and decadent cacao absolute surrounded by two dark, feral musks and sweet sarsaparilla.

 

Mmm, dark chocolate cologne. Now there is a man I need in my life. This trends masculine and is very sexy. The cocoa doesn't dominate for long, but that wet phase is killer. An hour later, it's a rich blend of sweet dark patch and musk and woods with just a hint of chocolate and sarsparilla. It's down to a skin scent now, but I keep sniffing my wrist and fantasizing about meeting someone who smells like this. At a lecture, or a bookstore coffeeshop, but you know he goes hiking at night to look at the stars. So, anyway, I like.

[mei]

Surprise frottle from the lab, yay!

Cherry tootsie pops was exactly what I thought when I applied it wet, but like with bitter chocolate and inside out - chocolate first, then some dark cherry candy lurking underneath. The dark chocolate and sarsaparilla work beautifully with the earthy, woody notes to smell less like candy you'd hand out at a birthday party and more like candy you'd give to the older kids chaperoning their siblings for trick-or-treat.

 

But after a while l just smell like a clumsy kid who spilled Sarsi (the drink) on herself... where'd my yummy dark tootsie pops go?

[LavenderCoffee]

I gotta make sure I'm constantly re-evaluating my scent note preferences to account for how the notes play off each other, because I would have been nervous about buying this one today. Balsam and dark musks would have given me pause even tho patch and cacao and sarsaparilla are all favs. I didn't hesitate when I snagged it off Etsy in 2020 and for that I am grateful!

 

In the bottle and freshly applied, this bat is all rich dark cacao. As it wears, the patchouli and mahogany and musk come forward to join in. I don't get a distinct sarsaparilla note, but it feels like that and the tonka are providing a bit of soft fuzz around the deep darkness of this bat. It is definitely not a sweet scent, but I find it quite comforting. 

[doomsday_disco]

I get the cacao, musk, patch, and a bit of sarsaparilla from this at first, but it quickly becomes more about the musk and patch, which are pretty dank. The mahogany comes out over time and adds a bit of a sharp woodiness to that dank combo. The sarsaparilla hasn't completely disappeared, but I really have to go looking for it in the background because the musk in particular is just so strong on me.

 

I was really hoping for more root beer-y goodness from this one! Alas. This is too dank for me.