Reviews & a recommendation request!

[owlectomy]

Patch NYC - Serpent

Solid perfume.

Manufacturer's description:
Petit grain, hay absolute and geranium blended together into a scent as vivid and crisp as a lush garden.

Petit grain, the internet tells me, is from the bark and twigs of bitter orange. I don't get anything citrusy out of this -- I get hay, for sure, and a light dry bitter twiggy note, and geranium. Maybe this is just because of the name 'serpent,' but it makes me think of the field trips I used to go on with my class where we would often find little garter snakes in the grass - it's hay rides and unkempt meadow, dry and sunny, but with enough bitterness in there to give it a little bite. I really like this!

TokyoMilk Dark - Arsenic

Hand creme, but also available as eau de parfum.

Manufacturer's description:
Absinthe, vanilla salt, cut greens, crushed fennel

A bitter, green, medicinal smell, like a disreputable apothecary. There's a note of wet greens, of greens that have just started to rot. I love it. I want to smell like this all the time. (It's also really great as a hand creme.)

Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab - Croquet

Manufacturer's description:
Pink lime, pink grapefruit, white nectarine, wild rose, sage, woody patchouli, bergamot, and ornery hedgehog musk.

Free imp - I would never have chosen for myself a scent with such a cacophonous barrage of notes! But this is great. The patchouli, sage, and musk give the citrus a little earthiness and keep it from being monotonously sweet citrus. It's a bright-spring-day kind of smell.

Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab - The Forest Reverie

Manufacturer's description:
A sunlit ancient forest, dotted with wild roses, grape vine, and queenly lilies, clothed in swirls of opium smoke.

Huh. I thought that I had tried this and liked it, but this go-round all I'm getting is the opium smoke, and it's just murky. My room is not particularly climate-controlled, so I'm not sure if this went off over the summer or that's just how it is.

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Finally, I would be very happy for some recommendations! I've tried very little perfume outside of BPAL but I'm open to just about anything. I tend not to like strong florals (except for jasmine), strong leather and tobacco notes, and I think there's something around clove or cumin that I have a problem with. I'm especially interested in herbaceous and woody notes, perhaps something similar to the wet green note in Arsenic.

Comments

[lunabee34]

I wish I had something to recommend but I am just starting out. I'll let you know if I find anything you might like when my imps arrive.