Lethran

In bottle: (Note bene, my sample size is very small, being a sniffie from a trade). It is softly spicy over sweet resins. It is bright and delicate. It is very slightly cinnamon roll, without going all the way over to foody. It feels like a very summer afternoon in my mother’s kitchen with the light pouring in the wall of windows and dough rising in the sun. I am having a hard time identifying the resins though they are familiar, and there is a metallic edge to it, through I’m not remembering which one makes that smell. (I know it’s not iron or silver, which are heavily represented in my collection. Gold, maybe?) Anyway think, warm, shiny, spicy. Wet: slightly weird on my skin. I’m loving the metallic and resins, which really blossom on my skin. The cinnamon and clove dominant spices are comparatively softer, but work beautifully with the warmth of the resins and the metallic sparkle. This is subtle, with not a lot of throw, but quietly dazzling. Dry: the resins plus clove go a touch plastic, but in a surprisingly attractive way, like a Barbie head just out of the package. It wears liong, though remains soft. It really does end up mostly clove plus incense. It remains deeply alluring. I’m rather sorry I hadn’t a larger sample for slathering.

In Bottle: Unaccountably wonderful in the bottle. I love the spices with the cacao. The lager turns out to be a pleasant grainy note rather than nasty beer on skin as I was worried it might be. The gourds are crisp and go surprisingly well with both spices and cacao. Wet: Eve better on my skin, the dominant spices and cacao are rich and wicked, the grain and gourds are soft and well blended. I’d call the spices cinnamon dominant, with a mix of pumpkin pie spices, likely a little clove and nutmeg. Basically, this is very Mexican hot chocolate, which is fine by me. Dry: Mostly cinnamon with a touch of grain.

In Bottle: Unaccountably wonderful in the bottle. I love the spices with the cacao. The lager turns out to be a pleasant grainy note rather than nasty beer on skin as I was worried it might be. The gourds are crisp and go surprisingly well with both spices and cacao. Wet: Eve better on my skin, the dominant spices and cacao are rich and wicked, the grain and gourds are soft and well blended. I’d call the spices cinnamon dominant, with a mix of pumpkin pie spices, likely a little clove and nutmeg. Basically, this is very Mexican hot chocolate, which is fine by me. Dry: Mostly cinnamon with a touch of grain.

In Bottle: Unaccountably wonderful in the bottle. I love the spices with the cacao. The lager turns out to be a pleasant grainy note rather than nasty beer on skin as I was worried it might be. The gourds are crisp and go surprisingly well with both spices and cacao. Wet: Eve better on my skin, the dominant spices and cacao are rich and wicked, the grain and gourds are soft and well blended. I’d call the spices cinnamon dominant, with a mix of pumpkin pie spices, likely a little clove and nutmeg. Basically, this is very Mexican hot chocolate, which is fine by me. Dry: Mostly cinnamon with a touch of grain.

In Bottle: Unaccountably wonderful in the bottle. I love the spices with the cacao. The lager turns out to be a pleasant grainy note rather than nasty beer on skin as I was worried it might be. The gourds are crisp and go surprisingly well with both spices and cacao. Wet: Eve better on my skin, the dominant spices and cacao are rich and wicked, the grain and gourds are soft and well blended. I’d call the spices cinnamon dominant, with a mix of pumpkin pie spices, likely a little clove and nutmeg. Basically, this is very Mexican hot chocolate, which is fine by me. Dry: Mostly cinnamon with a touch of grain.

In Bottle: Unaccountably wonderful in the bottle. I love the spices with the cacao. The lager turns out to be a pleasant grainy note rather than nasty beer on skin as I was worried it might be. The gourds are crisp and go surprisingly well with both spices and cacao. Wet: Eve better on my skin, the dominant spices and cacao are rich and wicked, the grain and gourds are soft and well blended. I’d call the spices cinnamon dominant, with a mix of pumpkin pie spices, likely a little clove and nutmeg. Basically, this is very Mexican hot chocolate, which is fine by me. Dry: Mostly cinnamon with a touch of grain.

In Bottle: Unaccountably wonderful in the bottle. I love the spices with the cacao. The lager turns out to be a pleasant grainy note rather than nasty beer on skin as I was worried it might be. The gourds are crisp and go surprisingly well with both spices and cacao. Wet: Eve better on my skin, the dominant spices and cacao are rich and wicked, the grain and gourds are soft and well blended. I’d call the spices cinnamon dominant, with a mix of pumpkin pie spices, likely a little clove and nutmeg. Basically, this is very Mexican hot chocolate, which is fine by me. Dry: Mostly cinnamon with a touch of grain.

In Bottle: Unaccountably wonderful in the bottle. I love the spices with the cacao. The lager turns out to be a pleasant grainy note rather than nasty beer on skin as I was worried it might be. The gourds are crisp and go surprisingly well with both spices and cacao. Wet: Eve better on my skin, the dominant spices and cacao are rich and wicked, the grain and gourds are soft and well blended. I’d call the spices cinnamon dominant, with a mix of pumpkin pie spices, likely a little clove and nutmeg. Basically, this is very Mexican hot chocolate, which is fine by me. Dry: Mostly cinnamon with a touch of grain.

In Bottle: Unaccountably wonderful in the bottle. I love the spices with the cacao. The lager turns out to be a pleasant grainy note rather than nasty beer on skin as I was worried it might be. The gourds are crisp and go surprisingly well with both spices and cacao. Wet: Eve better on my skin, the dominant spices and cacao are rich and wicked, the grain and gourds are soft and well blended. I’d call the spices cinnamon dominant, with a mix of pumpkin pie spices, likely a little clove and nutmeg. Basically, this is very Mexican hot chocolate, which is fine by me. Dry: Mostly cinnamon with a touch of grain.

In bottle: Yep, buttered popcorn. It may be a touch rancid. Wet: Salty buttered popcorn. Not rancid on the skin, luckily. I am not sure I want to smell like a movie theater, though it certainly smells really good. As it warms, the corn actually comes out further, which gets really interesting with the butter, which gets more natural and less accordlike in scent. Dry: A bit scorched on the dry down. I’m not sure if I want to go around smelling like this, but I’m not sorry I got to sample it.

In Bottle: Unaccountably wonderful in the bottle. I love the spices with the cacao. The lager turns out to be a pleasant grainy note rather than nasty beer on skin as I was worried it might be. The gourds are crisp and go surprisingly well with both spices and cacao. Wet: Eve better on my skin, the dominant spices and cacao are rich and wicked, the grain and gourds are soft and well blended. I’d call the spices cinnamon dominant, with a mix of pumpkin pie spices, likely a little clove and nutmeg. Basically, this is very Mexican hot chocolate, which is fine by me. Dry: Mostly cinnamon with a touch of grain.

In bottle: Mostly pale, delicate flowers, with a kiss of benzoin for body, a flash of green moss, a touch of musk for sexiness, and a faint whiff of ozone. Wet: stronger on the skin and quite lovely. The Moonflower is rich and glorious, with the iris a strong second. The jasmine and musk are understated, adding a touch of sensuality to an otherwise ethereal blend. The moss is gentle and well blended, a green cushion on which to display the jewels that are the flowers. The ozone is more accent than a separate scent to give extra

EVIL Smouldering opium tar, tobacco absolute, green tea, black plum, kush, ambergris accord, ambrette seed, and costus root. In bottle: Thickly sexy. Opium, ambrette, tobacco, ambergris, and kush combine to make a richly sexual dominant scent. Of these, the kush is comparatively soft. Both the costus and the plum are understated and more accents than scents on their own account. The green tea ties everything together beautifully. Wet: More plum on the skin as it moves to the strongest rant, just under the opium and ambergris. I’d put green tea and tobacco as strong thirds with the rest in support. It’s lovely and a dangerous sort of sexy. Dry: Oh my God! This is gorgeous on the dry down, with a spicy incense sort of feel to it. Opium, tobacco, and kush have the most staying power it turns out, with ambrette, ambergris, and costus maintaining a noticeable presence.

In bottle: It’s definitely volcanic. In order of strongest to weakest: Ashy, parched amber and dragon’s blood dominant with the fruits next and a touch of floral. The volcanic elements are disconcerting with the bright luscness of the fruit. No skin test for several elements.

In bottle: Wow, that’s a lot of champagne. It’s got some citrus too, so maybe champagne and oranges? It certainly smells like celebration, effervescent, sparkly, upbeat, and sunny. It’s lovely, but my skin it terrible with champagne notes, so I’m not skin testing.

In bottle: Mostly dragon’s blood with the orris giving it a violet root depth. The woods are a soft support. No skin test due to orris.

March Hare.

Makes sense, I got rares and discontinueds in my inquisition and in an BTP order with limited edition bath oil.

I wanted to thank you all. The Erebos is mostly lavender and vanilla, and so works. I still wish they did a Somnium tie in line of Atmosphere sprays, but I can work with this..

Is there a lavender dominant atmosphere spray? I have a huge library of regular oils, but i don't know atmosphere sprays that well

I recently got a frimp of this too, it seems it's discontinued. http://www.bpal.org/.../3022-midnight/ Did you order something very limited release? I've noticed they've been tossing discontinued and rares in with things like that.

Yep, that’s bourbon vanilla. The rosehip and primrose oil are discernible to the nose, along with a touch of apricot. If I didn’t know better, I’d thing there was a touch of anise in the bourbon vanilla. This reminds me of the humbug inquisition oil from several years ago. Yum.

Strongly lavender dominant. Actually it’s mostly lavender. Vanilla a weak second. The cedar is gentle, but interesting with the other notes. The other flowers make a complex and gentle setting to show off the lavender. I don’t like rose much, but here it plays well with the other notes instead of overwhelming them. I’d call the hyacinth and what I’m guessing is cyclamen as the strongest of the background florals. The melon is very soft, but adds a juiciness and a touch of extra brightness to the blend. This is gorgeous and I’m glad I was talked into it.

In bottle: chocolate dominant with labdanum as strong support. The dragon’s blood gives a fruity resiny sort of feel to it. The peppers are strong and sharp. The myrrh is soft and well blended, functioning as a sort of glue to all the strong personalities that make up the blend. The clove is understated, but pretty. I am liking the way the chocolate, labdanum, and Daemonorops are working together. Wet: Chocolate, labdanum, and Daemonorop dominant. It’s dancing at the edge of something that would be too much, but staying on the side of lovely strong. I’m really loving the way the cloves and peppers give this teeth. The myrrh is still working it’s magic quietly in the background. Dry: Surprisingly pink. Daemonorops dominant with lots of labdanum and touches of myrrh and spice. It’s much lighter and more upbeat than I thought at first.

In bottle: Oooo! This is so up my ally. The rich dark leather softy presides over a masculine blend in which musk, pine, copal, and saffron form a strong second rank. I am fascinated by the way the copal and saffron make a lighter counterpoint for the darker leather/pine/ musk combination. Patchouli is providing an earthy sort of grounding. The clove, sage, oakmoss add edge and complexity. This is complex and beautifully balanced, and does suggest a bard moving quietly through the forest. Wet: Leather dominant still, with pitch a strong second. The copal and saffron start out third strongest, but rise to being strongly dominant, pushing the leather and pitch down to second. Talk about fast morphing. O.o the other elements are now serving as a lovely and complex background to show off the four strongest notes. It’s not what I expected at all, but fascinating in it’s own right. Ten minutes later, I’m wondering if this might be a touch too much copal and saffron for my taste, but it’s a small quibble. Dry: Heaven. Spicy, musky, leather with lovely hints of pine and incense. Sexy and glorious.