The Creation of Lilith

[zankoku_zen]

I took this photo of Lilith a few days ago. I told her that it looks like her and Pickle are reenacting Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam, and I show her a pic. She asks what’s going on in it, so I explain the image, and she says… “Well, that’s friggin sexist. It’s stupid to say that boys were created first and to make a whole painting about it. Plus there’s no girls in the photo, and not everyone has boy or girl parts. It’s sexist, and I hate it.”

That was a much, much stronger reaction than I expected, but good on you, kid. Burn the patriarchy down.

And Elohim created Adam in His Image, in the Image of God He created him; male and female He created them. The first woman, created with Adam, in all her darkness and all her light: sweet black pomegranate, French lavender, oakmoss, ti leaf, bakhoor oudh incense, and black fig.

Lavender, oakmoss, and oudh incense. This smells sort of aquatic incensey. Good throw and wear length.

[mandragora369]

I'm no fan of lavender or figs. Both are no main players in the creation of Lilith. I don't get any fig at all.

 

In the imp I get more lavender than on my skin. It has quite a strong throw.

The scent reminds me of laundry detergent. Could be the sweetened lavender. There's definitely a incense note to it.

[Upstart Crow]

I can never say no to pomegranate--even if I was so burned by the oudh in one of 2017's dead leaves blends that I've all but sworn it off. But there's no poo-poo smell in this gorgeous scent! I'm just getting pomegranate, lavender, and a little sweet, ripe fig--but mostly pom and lavender. If I shove my nose against my wrist, I think I get a hint of the oakmoss. Just lovely. I'll need another bottle.

[follis]

I received a sniffie of this. Sweet, not so much lavender as I thought, fig is prominent too. 

[bambi]

In the imp, this was largely tart pomegranate, oakmoss, and oudh. On my skin, the oakmoss took off, and the lavender came out, giving me a very masculine-leaning unisex herbal smell that was nice. The oudh started to kick in again, pushing this into a quite masculine, earthy scent with a hint of tart pomegranate in the background. This smells like it would make an amazing candle or room scent, but the oudh is too strong on my skin, unfortunately.