Gelt-Smeared Dreidel

[Ashmedai]

[No additional description given.]

This needs a good shaking before application because there are small globules of what appears to be cocoa floating in a rather thick, viscous oil. It's been years since I've sniffed the LE "Gelt", but I'm immediately reminded of it - that and wood, I think mainly cedar on application. The cocoa is just a wisp in the background, and I smell a mix of golden amber, cedar and maybe sandalwood. This is reminding me a lot of "Aureus" at this stage. By dry-down, there's some vanilla joining the mix, and a good deal of it. And a hint of dried fruit and baked goods (Fig Newtons came to mind), but it really is so barely-there I'm not sure I'm not just imagining it. Overall it's a warm, golden cedar and amber blend with vanilla and a bit of cocoa and rich pastry.

 

 

[crimescenecleanup]

In the bottle, this has many visible cocoa blobs.

 

It smells strongly of chocolate.

 

Tested, on skin or test paper, it is rich melted chocolate bar over the most lovely combination of woods. There may be a hint of cedar.

 

The result is very smooth and comforting.

 

Vanilla comes out on the drydown in a big way, almost overpowering the other notes, almost going plasticy, but not quite. The wood tempers it a lot.

[Little Bird]

Soft, warm, baby powdery amber and sandalwood with the slightly woody, sweet cocoa absolute. It's kind of a Hershey syrup and powdery woods scent. I didn't try this year's Gelt, but this blend reminds me of previous year's Gelt. Too powdery for me. This lasts for about 4 hours, but has almost no throw on me. Cocoa absolute seems to cling close to my skin.

[JazzieCazzie]

Bought a few imps worth in a decant circle because I'm a big fan of the old iterations of Gelt, BPAL cocoa, and dreidels.

 

In the imp: The cocoa and amber of gelt, a slight whiff of the wood shavings and also, as a previous reviewer noted, something ineffably fruity.

 

Applied to wrist and in crook of arm (scents tend to smell slightly different on the totally dry skin and the parts that perspire a little so I like to test drive in both).

 

WET: Strong cocoa throw first ... sniffing my wrist I get the Gelt with wood shavings, and sniffing the crook of my arm I'm getting something a little more "golden" and round, for lack of a better way to describe it.

 

DRYDOWN: This ends up a little more "un-cocoa" than Gelt did on me, with the wood shavings more predominant in the crook of my arm. The wood way outlasts the cocoa but I happen to love wood shavings so it works for me.

 

A very definitely gender-neutral scent.

[zankoku_zen]

Chocolate and cedar. I get a very chocolatey blend, with wood notes underneath. It's actually a masculine milk chocolate blends. Good throw and wear length.

[Soupy Twist]

Just what it says on the tin. Cocoa with mostly cedar and a few amber undertones.

[Lucchesa]

There are definitely cocoa globules suspended in my bottle. I wanted to try this because I saw it described somewhere as like Golden Priapus with cocoa, and I love Golden Priapus. This is definitely cedar as opposed to the pine of GP, but it's a gorgeous, well-behaving cedar, which is a comfort note for me and blends beautifully with the chocolate and hint of vanilla. Unisex and not at all foody. I like this a great deal.