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I love this so much. Up front I get a enormous amounts of rich dark chocolate cocoa. It's sweetened a little bit by the brown sugar, and I get warm, delicious (and not bitter) coffee underneath. This is one of those scents I wish I could eat.

In the imp: The cedar and vetiver come off as rough and smoky. Like standing in front of some smoldering cedar planks. There's is a hint of tangerine sweetness underneath, but not much.

 

Wet: Still mostly charred cedar.

 

Dry: Charred cedar with little bit of fiery saffron and a tiny hit of sweet amber.

 

Overall: Too smoky and woody for me!

Starts off fairly sweet, with softness from the mallow, a touch of spicy cardamom, and a little hay. The grasses, hay, and wheat become more prominent as it dries. Light, golden, and dry. I can almost feel the dry hay it is so lifelike. The honey and amber add a warmth and natural sweetness. The mallow and cardamom add a spice and airiness that adds interest. Absolutely gorgeous and I am so happy I could find a bottle.

Heady florals, with a little spice. Musky, sweet, and little creamy. Pretty, but not quite my thing.

A nice base of salty-warm ambergris, sharpened by other aquatics and eucalyptus. The ambergris helps it from being to sharp or cold on me. I don't think this is something I would wear that often, but my guy might like it!

Almost all cedar and bay leaf on me. Just a touch of sage. The cedar is very raw and rough. The scent as a whole is savory, warm, and dry.

 

Boober definitely has that clean laundry feel going on maybe in a slightly more floral way. It's heavy on the linden note. I love clean scents and it's a favorite of mine. I've tried Enraged Bunny Musk and I prefer Boober to it.

I haven't tried Enraged Bunny Musk but I will always jump on an opportunity to sing Boober's praises. It's sweet and clean, and the linden blossom is so beautiful.

Excellent, thanks guys Will have to get me some Boober. I love linden blossom absolute so fingers crossed BPAL's linden note is similar.

 

I have now tried Enraged Bunny Musk, and while Boober is not fluffy it's sweeter than EBM on me.

In the bottle: soft florals, laundry soap but in the best way.

 

Wet: Clean florals with bit of powder.

 

Dry: Very fluffy cotton. Just a hint of powder and breeze of floral. A perfect clean scent.

I've been reading through this thread and found some great suggestions! The Grave Pig?! How have I never tried this?!!

 

I really enjoy blends that have East African Black Patchouli, and patchoulis of the darker variety. I just received a bottle of Silky Bat and I was so let down. I was hoping this would be a patchouli lovers dream, but I could only detect it mostly straight out of the bottle. It seemed really light, perfumey, and clean-ish patchouli. It left more traces of musk that earthiness on my skin, too. It's not the dirty kind I like! I think Goblin blows this one out of the water, but that's just me. If you like the patchouli+sweet (which I do).

 

I figure its time to take a look into more GC scents I'm probably missing out on because LE doesn't necessarily mean better. There are some real gems in the GC just waiting to be discovered. Looking forward to updating my wishlist and browsing more of your recs!

 

Have you tried Ask the Nearest Hippie. That would have to be one of my top patchouli recommendations.

I haven't tried Enraged Bunny Musk but I will always jump on an opportunity to sing Boober's praises. It's sweet and clean, and the linden blossom is so beautiful.

The black leather is rich, not quite pungent brand-new leather but not super soft and worn either. The combination of amber, oppoponax, and tobacco adds a rich but not heavy sweetness. I think the toabacco and leather makes it just a touchy dirty. It's dark, and pretty sexy.

Wet this was all acrid smoke. Harsh vetiver. But dry, I do get the smoky cola vibes. Very interesting, but not for me.

Been dying to try this! I get mostly white and green teas, very bright and clean. There is a little something lemony. The peony is very light. This is definitely something I would wear in the spring and summer months.

The ylang ylang sweetened by the honey is the strongest aspect to me. The honey was very strong at first, and almost threatened to take over but then settled. I get just a little patchouli and clove underneath to ground the scent. Quite sensual and heady.

In the bottle: Sharp lavender and white musk.

 

Wet: Lavender, white musk. fresh water. Clean and cold. A little sharp still.

 

Dry: The lavender has softened, and there is just a touch of clean musk. I definitely smell asphalt but it's not overwhelming. The oudh gives it more depth.

 

Overall: I am learning to love lavender again (too much generic, sharp lavender in bath products and such left a bad taste in my mouth). It was too sharp in the bottle for me but even though it does not sweeten, the sharpness is softened enough to be wearable. It reminds me of the many gray, rainy days of Seattle and can see myself wearing this a lot.

The vetiver was a little strong for me in the wet stage but dry it's a beautiful smoky/grassy base, with the other notes floating around it. The cedar is very light, the raspberry leaf stands out most after the vetiver to me. It reads more masculine to me so I don't know how often I would wear it, but I'll need to try it on my guy.

This dries down to a light grapefruit, barely sweetened by musk and the bitterness is tempered by the lavender and chamomile. I get just a touch of tart current. It's quite beautiful, and I think may be a bottle purchase!

Fizzy sweet root beer over cedar. Rugged, but not too masculine for my tastes.

Perfect sweet white cake with tart currants! The tartness keeps it from going too sweet. Definitely will need a bottle of this!

In the imp: Very fruity, and red.

 

Wet: Fruity red musk, with thin coffee. Not in a bad way, just like a light wash of coffee under the musk. There is a powdery porcelain note like zankoku_zen mentions, it smells like the powder note in Pediophobia to me.

 

Dry: mostly coffee and myrrh. Roasty and warm. The musk is so light just a touch fruity, and fragile! I don't know how to describe it exactly. It's a gently smoldering scent.

Mostly golden, bright florals. The mallow makes it a little creamy, and the honey is apparent. It's a big, bold scent but not in an aggressive way. The wild musk is interesting because it is so different from the other notes, it smells distinctly "brown" to me (I don't have much experience with actual brown musks however).

Had to try this because I love all the notes except orris.

 

In the imp: very soft tuberose, maybe made a little powdery from the orris? But I do not smell the orris distinctly. A vague warm sweetness underneath.

 

Wet: mostly black tea, soft tuberose, and ambergris. Really beautiful in this stage.

 

Dry: ambergris with orris making it flat and musty. I can catch a little tuberose trying to fix the situation, but to no avail.

 

Overall: I would still like to sniff this one someone who's skin won't turn the volume up on the orris because it should be so wonderful.

The pine is especially noticeable at first but this is a nice mix of evergreens with sweet snow. But not at all like Snow White to me (I tested them together to compare). This is definitely sweeter than I expected but I love it all the same!

2016:

 

Creamy sweet, vanilla-coconut snow. I can't tell what these flowers are, but I love them. Fluffy, sweet, and snuggly. Great throw on me!

The tobacco and vanilla are strongest on me, for a musky-sweet vanilla cloud. The cognac backs it up. A beautiful golden brown vanilla scent. I get the faintest bit of powder, not like orris or violets though, which I'm assuming is the porcelain. Absolutely gorgeous. Not at all delicate on me.