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Astrophysics, Lovecraft, BPAL, computers. If that 'aint a weird mix I don't know what is.
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The Snake Pit: Death Adder
Spooky: Good Enough to Eat
Schrodinger's Cat: A Pretty Kitty!
A paradoxical scent experiment! - tangerine, sugared lime, pink grapefruit, oakmoss, lavender, zdravetz, and chocolate peppermint.
No cats were mistreated during the formulation of this paradox, or in the process of creating this perfume.
First off, let me say I am a cat person. Very much a cat person. I've already named the three cats I'll have in my home when I move out.
I got this from the Lab when it was new, and I didn't like it much then (too sharp and lemony). However, I broke it out again today for my Quantum Mechanics exam, and I was delighted to find that it has aged wonderfully in the few months I've had it!
The main thing I can smell is sherbert lemons. I can only assume this is the sugared fruits coming in to play. For the first half-hour of wear, the Kitty is very nice and light and bright (never fear, citrus-haters, it's very sweet). After that, the bright, citrus top notes disappear leaving a sweet, but not tooth-achingly so, musky undertone. I can't get any lavender out of it at any stage. I guess the musky drydown is the oakmoss and chocolate.
Venom: Halp, sweaty feet!
As we all know, Venom is one of the oldest and most sought-after BPALs. It was discontinued in 2005. With that in mind...
I was frimped a sniffie of this, and I must admit that I'm glad I don't like it. All I get out of it is "feet covered in hair dye". Don't ask me where I get that from, but to me I can smell sweaty-feet-stink with the pervading chemical tang of ammonia-based hair dye. Oh well!
Aziraphale: Intelligent, Light and Heavenly
Bottle: Aaack. Alcoholic cologne.
Wet: Still alcoholic cologne.
Drydown: Weird, dusty, woody cologne.
Dry (10 mins): Slightly more interesting. I can smell cedar, sandalwood (I think) and other light, as it says, blonde woods. No "dust" as yet. I think the "cologne" scent must be the musk.
Dry (20 mins): Glad I left this, it's lovely now! Sweet, light musks and bright woods. Very sophisticated and fitting of the character. If I ever have a spare $25 I'll grab a bottle of this!
Verdict: Leave this to mellow! Smart, sophisticated and uplifting. Sit there with your gold-rimmed spectacles and browse your old books.
Rating: 4.5/5
Review
Second Order in a Week.
Eat Me: Seriously Edible!
Bottle: Nothing in particular, quite strong.
Wet: Fruity, tart berries.
Dry & Drydown: Smells similar - warm, sweet cake with slightly bitter undertones of berry. Sorry I can't be more specific - this is one of those mellow, all-purpose, warm, comforting scents, and on my chemistry, it smells divine!
Throw: Everyone I asked "Do you like this smell?" loved it. It lasted about 8 hours before vanishing.
Verdict: Warm, sweet and foody. A 6-part chord of notes rather than an octave.
Rating: A delectable 5/5!
Review
Dorian: Mr Darcy's Cup of Tea
Layering Thoughts
Crowley: Don't mess with THE MAN.
Imp: Sharp-ish, musky cologne.
Wet: Patchouli. Loooots of patchouli.
Drydown: Oh no! Sharp, alcoholic cologne, the kind that made you gag when it came in clouds out of the boys' locker room at High School.
Dry (First): Phew! Still cologne, but much creamier. Still very, very manly though.
Dry (10 mins): Crowley just screams manliness from every pore. Not something that warrants big bottle attention, but nice nonetheless.
Verdict: Don your sunglasses and drive your burning Bentley screaming through the black night.
Rating: 4/5. Would have gotten 5 if it was a little less testosterone-fuelled.
Review
Frederic: Geek-esque Manliness
Some person in authority, I don’t know who, very likely the Astronomer Royal,
Has decided that, although for such a beastly month as February, twenty-eight days as
a rule are plenty,
One year in every four his days shall be reckoned as nine and twenty.
Through some singular coincidence – I shouldn’t be surprised if it were owing to the
agency of an ill-natured fairy –
You are the victim of this clumsy arrangement, having been born in leap-year, on the
twenty-ninth of February;
And so, by a simple arithmetical process, you’ll easily discover,
That though you’ve lived twenty-one years, yet, if we go by birthdays,you’re only five
and a little bit over!
Alas, poor Frederic the Leapling! -- bound to the merry Pirates of Penzance until his twenty-first birthday.
As his birthday comes around only every four years, so does his scent!
Victorian whimsy and piratical romance: a reluctant seaman’s chypre sloshed with a mix of bay rum, patchouli, amber musk, dark woods, tea rose, and red currant.
The whole thing just screams manliness and sophistication. It is indeed quite dry, with woods and spices, and thankfully completely free of the sickening "Lynx effect" sweetness that so many masculine scents unfortunately have.
Although it is manly, it retains a touch of femininity with the spices and the hint of rose (I normally hate rose, so don't worry, fellow haters, the rose is not prominent at all!). In general it evokes the same feeling as Geek - although the scents are completely dissimilar apart from the woods, it has that same "manly but feminine" feel. I love Geek too, so this is right up my alley!
Looking at the notes, I can't smell any rum at all and I have no idea what chypre is, but the musk, woods and patchouli all make themselves known. The rose and currant show up after the drydown as quirky extras, stopping this from smelling too much like aftershave.
I absolutely adore this blend. I have the one bottle, and I may have to find another as this is just too nice to only get one of, and I bet it'll age fabulously!
Brown Jenkins: Less than Scary
The Pill and Pregnancy
Anybody want Saw-Scaled Viper?
Assortment: New Lab order, life in general
Enraged Groundhog Musk: The Perfect Foody
Tanin'iver: Why am I surprised that this doesn't work?
Red Lantern - Heady, Smooth, Sticky
I have no idea whether this is the 06 or 07 version. I think it may be the 06 as the label isn't "shiny" and it looks a little weathered.
In the bottle, this is incredibly sweet - think along the lines of the overpowering caramel of Creepy.
First on my skin, it retains this caramel-sweet whoosh, but I can detect the coconut in there too.
Drying, I get a slight "burnt sugar" smell. I hope this doesn't last.
Drying after a few minutes, the sugar has faded to the background, leaving a smooth amber-coconut scent. Very strong, so use sparingly, but going well so far!
Dry (10 mins): I'm not getting any opium, spice or delphinium out of this. It's just a smooth, slightly "sticky"-smelling scent. Definitely pleasant!