Flesh of My Flesh

[zankoku_zen]

Blood of my blood: a deep crimson musk threaded with mesmerizing Tunisian amber, voluptuous champaca blossom, vanilla absolute, labdanum, bitter almond, and black orchid.

[Little Bird]

Reminds me of several department store perfumes from Dior and Versace, like it could be nestled in between Dior Poison and Versace Crystal Noir.  The almond is a sweet, grainy note and the vanilla is not very sweet, but it is present, and mostly this just has a very baby powdery amber and clean floral feel.  I usually enjoy black orchid, but this has more of a generic, hazy, clean, nondescript white floral smell.  Powdery, clean white floral that is barely sweetened with vanilla and almond.  I don't care for how powdery this turns on me.

[zmulls]

I tried it today finally, and I love it in the bottle and on my skin -- musks are generally a good bet for me, with the vanilla and almond.   But ambers invariably fade so it had a very short shelf life on me.

[Laurel the Woodfairy]

I hate the word "flesh" (*shudder*), but I had to have this based on the notes. Wet, it's strong and reminds me a little of Snake Charmer crossed with Smut--a heavy vanilla-musk. However, on drydown it really morphs, becoming a soft almond with a slight "edge" to it. Not a foody almond, more like an almond flower, if that makes sense? I like it in both stages, but not as much as I love O.G. Snake Charmer.

[patina]

Notes unseen, my first thought was "red musk and sheet cake." Something here is strongly (and appropriately) reminding me of Eat Me. I know that there's labdanum and amber here and I can sort of smell them but mostly my brain is just going "sheet cake." Also lots of red musk. Did I mention red musk?

 

This smells absolutely delicious, but potentially cloying. But also delicious.

 

Edit: on the drydown I get champaca and orchid but this is still strongly sweet. I am getting the faint sourness I usually get from champaca but it's not a scent ruiner so far.

 

Edit Edit: After some time reapplying I have no idea why I initially got cake, but this still reminds me of red currant

Edited November 30, 2019 by patina

[Casablanca]

A heavily musky, perfumey orchid blends into golden champaca, creamy vanilla, almond, and amber. 

 

I'm so into the golden side of this: champaca, vanilla, almond, and amber. The red musk orchid is not my friend, though.

[zankoku_zen]

Compared to Come Sister, this is a much more feral bloody orchid. This is red musk, orchid, and vanilla. It's red, bloody, voluptuous. If Come Sister is sheer white, this is a dangerous red. Medium throw and wear length.

[donkehpoo]

Wet: The bitter almond is coming out swinging, but (for once), it's working for me! Mixed with the musk, amber, vanilla, and orchid.. it's working. This is beautiful so far!

 

Dry: OOOO yes. The wet stage was like smelling everything individually, and the dry down is after everything was thrown into a blender together. There seems to be a bit more vanilla on the dry down, as well. So.. bitter almond, some musk and amber, orchid, and a gaggle of vanilla.

 

Yes. Big bottle is happening. Thank you for FINALLY working on my skin, bitter almond!

[RoseThornAndOak]

This is my favorite of the OOTD blends, and up there with Madame Moriarty for being a favorite of the red musk blends. It starts out with red musk and slightly powdery florals, then dries down to a lovely floral vanilla amber w/ red musk running through it. Just Hell yes.

 

Edit: Wore again today, the final drydown this time reminds me a bit more of the lace blends. 

 

Edit: I actually enjoy this better than Madame Moriarty. It doesn't have the troublesome black currant note. Exquisite.

Edited April 5, 2020 by RoseThornAndOak