Disappointing Pencil

[IgnisCerebrum]

The only way you will be disappointed in this pencil is if you hoped it didn't actually smell like a pencil!
The cedar comes through clearly, and I swear I smell the rubber eraser as well. My skin chemistry doesn't change those notes one bit. Single note simplicity here!

[kscha2017]

Open bottle. Laugh with delight. This is a liquefied, old school lead pencil from my childhood. I have always loved their smell. I just didn't realize it until now. I agree with the first reviewer that the scent of the eraser is there. For me, it was a warm scent, more like the eraser bits left on the paper. This is the "sleeper hit" of this Weenie season.

[theshapeshifter]

I had hoped to be first to review this one, but third is cool too!

 

Honestly, this was the Halloween scent I was most excited for - partly because I literally burst out laughing when I first saw the name in the update. As soon as my package arrived today, I had to try it.

 

In the bottle: It really IS a pencil! Cedar shavings and a waft of eraser.

 

On skin: Pure cedar shavings at first. After a little while, I swear a hint of graphite comes in - it's like the contents of a pencil sharpener. Nostalgic and delightful.

 

After a couple of hours: Warm cedar, and just a hint of vanilla-type sweetness wafting through. Modest throw, not overpowering.

 

 

A really nice, friendly scent. Definitely 'pencil', but not disappointing in the least!

[savage_rose]

Wood, pencil shavings, a little graphite...for all the weird kids who used to smell the pencil sharpener as a kid, the perfect scent! Perfect

[Dark Alice]

Pencil Shavings, Wood, burning eraser from when you rubbed the eraser to fast as a kid and it got hot...but it smells just like it...and graphite. This is one of the most provocative scents I have ever tried. So glad to get an imp.

[annemathematics]

i know that the joke with cedar as a perfume note is that it can sometimes make a perfume go to pencil shavings.

this scent does seem to feature cedar, and it does evoke a pencil, but strangely and funnily enough, it's not doing the "pencil shaving" thing.

 

beautiful cedar wood cologne with something dark, rich and spicey. this is beautiful, and I'm treasuring my decant.

[zankoku_zen]

Cedar wood, pencil shavings, graphite. And yes, this smells like a #2 pencil. So not so much a perfume, but an awesome scent experience.

 

On the other hand, if you ever were to dress up in a pencil costume, this would make it super realistic.

[Little Bird]

Always reminds me of Olympic Orchid's Woodcut, but less natural and not as good or complex (though I do still enjoy Disappointing Pencil). I collect the stranger sounding single note blends, so this was a keeper for me. I don't know if it really smells like a pencil to me, but it has a rich, dry wood (yet it smells creamy and soft as well, like a wood that would be easy to carve) and almost a caramelized sweetness to it. I love cedar and this is cedar without cedar's natural spiciness. Somewhere between good cedar and good sandalwood.

I don't know if I'm making any sense, but I like this and think that it's a very good wood fragrance.

[doomsday_disco]

Disappointing Pencil is mostly about the cedar on me. It's a bold cedar, with touches of eraser and graphite. But it doesn't smell bad by any means... I've tried a lot of scents that sadly wound up smelling like a pencil and/or its eraser remnants on me in a bad way (looking at you, oh so many Possets scents), and this isn't pencil-like in an unpleasant way. It's actually a pretty nice cedar. It could be fun layered with something like a root beer scent to get like, a root beer scented pencil vibe, but of course, we already have Tombstone with its sassafras and cedar (and its gorgeous vanilla).

 

Disappointing Pencil is not so disappointing after all.  

[batsy]

In the bottle: wet cedar!

 

Wet: cedar and graphite? It smells more like a cedar block used in a closet to combat moths then a pencil. This is not a bad thing. I don't quite get the eraser note others have gotten.

 

Dry down: Basically the same, not much throw. There's a sweetness to it that I didn't expect.

 

Verdict: Probably going to keep it because it's a SN and the novelty of it.