Dragon's Musk

[jarvenpa]

Dominant, passionate, devastating. Dragon’s blood and five deep musks.

 

Gift imp from Juniperus I. (thank you!)

 

After trying and saying bad, bad things about the red musk in Spellbound, I must retract the slur. Cause, if there's red musk in this one (and there are evidently 5 musks?)...well, more power to it.

 

Slathered it on this evening.

Okay, I'm dressed in sweats, rounding up youngest kid to go to the grocery store for the exciting task of picking out stuff for dinner. I don't think I combed my hair today. Or yesterday. (it's short, I kind of shove it into place).

 

Suddenly!! OMIGOD. It's not so much the fragrance (which is lovely: sweet dragon's whatever and musk, very sweet and spicey) as the effect. Suddenly I am seriously contemplating seducing strangers. I do not walk, I sort of slither (well, in my mind) to the store. In my mind I am wearing something impossibly sexy and I am about 20 pounds lighter and probably a decade or two younger and I'm in high high high heels (and, miraculously I can walk in them. Never ever could.).

 

Oh, I feel sooooo sexy.

 

Now, it must be admitted that random strangers did not come up and whisper sweet nothings into my ears in the produce section, and no one suddenly stopped in his or her tracks overwhelmed by seductive me. And I rationally managed to buy lettuce and dog food and stuff.

 

But it's a great feeling. The scent holds pretty close to my skin, but lasts very well. Just for that rush of juicy lascivious power I think I'd better get a bigger bottle of Dragon's Musk.

Edited June 23, 2006 by jarvenpa

[MrsSoup67]

I love this scent and it loves me back. It is another dreary, gloomy, muggy day at the Jersey shore and I needed a little pick me up. This scent does it for me.

 

Wet: Warm and juicy

 

Dry: Happy and sensuous

 

 

I am definetly getting 5ml when I place my next order

[couscous]

I'm a big, big fan of dragon's blood, and there hasn't been an Ars Draconis yet that I haven't loved. I was saving Dragon's Musk for last (new additions aside), because I was convinced that I'd dislike it. I love musks more than a woman should, but I'm very particular about them. Five different musks? Sounded like a recipe for powdery disaster.

 

I'm thrilled to eat my words. Dragon's Musk smells like aged snake oil, only replacing the vanilla sweetness with resin sweetness. Musky in the extreme, with a red-type musk at the helm and other, more animalistic musks in the background. I don't think a scent has ever made me feel sexier in such a primal way. It's stunningly feral, not for the faint of heart, but pefect for someone who likes their sexuality served straight up and larger than life.

 

Lust in a bottle, going on 10ml wishlist right now.

[edenssixthday]

Dragon’s Musk is by far my favorite Ars Draconis blend so far. It simply a gorgeous dragon’s blood blend. Somehow the musk blends with the dragon’s blood to give it not just a highly musky scent, but it’s warm and slightly sweet in an animalistic way. This blend is a deep red and I would never wear it with anything that could possibly stain if the tiniest drop landed in the wrong spot. The blend has a really nice level of throw, and leaves me feeling very comforted. I think it would be a really nice evening-at-home scent, and maybe even a bedtime blend. It’s heavy and not the kind of scent one would want to wear outdoors on a beautiful spring day. The scent lasts and lasts and lasts on my skin, as most dragon’s blood scents do, but musks don’t usually last on me, so I’m just thrilled at how long this lasts. It’s gorgeous, and bottle-worthy. If I were rating this, it gets one of my very highest ratings.

[The_Merf]

In the imp: Dragon's blood. And musks.

 

Wet: Dragon's blood. And musks.

 

Drydown and wear: I wish this scent would do something on my skin. The musk is really quite feral--I don't usually feel overpowered by scents, but the rawness of the musk notes is rather striking. I think this could be really, really awesome on the right person--someone whose skin really does something beautiful with musks.

[yeahbutnobut]

Dragon's Musk

 

In the imp: mmm, a soft scent of sweet, Snake Oil/Smutty musk…

Wet on skin: gorgeous black musk with a slight tinge of dragon's blood.

Dry on skin: wow, this is really good stuff. It's surprisingly light, at first, a close-to-skin scent of sweet black musk and red musk, there's also a Smut like scent to it which must be the legendary Siberian musk I've heard so much about. I get a lighter, slightly tangy skin musk over it all. The dragon's blood just adds a red, slightly metallic scent to it all, it goes very well with all the musk notes without taking over. This is a subtle scent-but a very sexy one, I must say.

After a while: eventually all the other musk notes seem to fade a bit, and the scent I'm left with is extremely subtle. But when I sniff my wrist, I get a hint of something very much like vanilla, very reminiscent of Snake Oil or toned down Smut…I'm wondering if this is Siberian musk sweetening up? It could also be the remains of black musk. I also get a slightly tangy, translucent, very barely there, 'glowing sun warmed skin' scent which to me, is Egyptian musk. This really is a skin musk, enhanced and deepened slightly, sensual and despite its subtlety, I occasionally catch wafts of it away from my wrist-wafts of vanilla-esque musk and darker musk appearing from nowhere.

After a period of barely there, the musk is a bit more noticeable now, soft, smooth and sexy. Slightly feral and animal but in a good way-this doesn't veer into the forbidden civet territory where very few scents should tread. But it's still very subtle.

After another period of incredible subtlety, it then strengthens a touch to become a delicious, sexy and sweet dark skin musk with a hint of incense…oh yeah, this is good stuff.

Verdict: this is like the soft porn version of the very X-rated Smut…but that's no bad thing. This is much more subtle, sophisticated and gentle-not full on and hardcore. At first I get lots of deep complex musks but then the scent retreats and becomes a very barely there scent. More like a flush of scent, momentary and evanescent but beautiful. Wafts of soft, vanilla like musk with hints of flushed skin and deeper, more feral tones rumbling gently underneath. This scent pulses, it moves between periods of deep, soft but noticeable musk to times when it's almost non-existent and seems to disguise itself as the scent of my own skin, but I get hints of it that catch me by surprise. This scent is unbelievably sexy, sensual, gorgeous and a real masterpiece of the musk scents…in fact, this is my favourite Ars Draconis now. I don't know if I'll get a bottle yet because there are parts when it's a little bit too faint for me but I'm definitely keep the imp and get more some day.

Emoticon rating:

If you like this, try: Smut, Snake Oil

Edited September 28, 2006 by yeahbutnobut

[blackfelicula]

This blend balances the sweetness of dragon's blood with the earthy sensuality of musk. I am quite a fan of musk in many varieties. I think it grounds the dragon's blood enough to make the blend sing.

 

I'm seriously considering a bottle of this.

[TrailerTrashPrincess]

one of the first BPAL dragon's blood - based scents that actually works on me and doesn't smell of tylenol! it must be the musk that makes it be *okay*

 

i can't tell if this is a white musk or a black musk, though, strangely....

 

ADDED 12/12/08:

 

in sorting through my Ars Draconis imps, i realised i had a Dragon's Musk mixed in with the Dragon's Milk! so i tried it, 'cuz i knew i hadn't....

and omg, yum! its like Dragon's Milk and Smut. not bottle worthy, but i'll happily finish out this imp!

[Tess]

This has to be the most easy to understand oil name ever. What's in it? Musk! And dragon's blood!

 

In the vial - The musks are those dark ones that have a tinge of cola to my nose. And there's the ever-present floral tinge of the dragon's blood, of course.

 

Wet - Hmm, the lilac in this isn't hitting very hard yet. Joy!

 

Drying - This is the lightest dark musk I've ever run into... There is almost no throw to it, but there IS the cola and the lilac clinging to me. At least it's not overpowering my senses like it usually does.

 

Dry (30 minutes) - Well, it's dragon's blood and musk. I'm QUITE thankful that it's one without the lilac on the dry-down.

 

Overall - It delivered as promised, but with sadly little throw to its name. I think I'll have to pass on this one as it just is too dark and uninspiring for my tastes.

[lookingglass]

Mmmm, hmmmm! Like has been said: wet it is very dragon's bloody, a sweet, bright and fruity resin. Drying down, though, it sweetens up the orgy of musks and is, as I hoped, QUITE SMUTTY! Love, love, LOVE!

[Precis]

Maybe the musks are dominating this scent on my skin because I don't get an overwhelming smell of dragon's blood from this oil like some have; it isn't as fruity or sweet as dragon's blood usually is. I'm echoing the sentiment that Dragon's Musk is like a muskier Snake Oil, because that is exactly how it strikes me from application to drydown. It also smells powdery, but in a good way (again, like Snake Oil). Overall, it's unexpectedly light for a combo of dragon's blood and musk. I'm getting a medium throw on this -- it won't fill up a room like some oils and it doesn't seem to stay right next to the skin like others do. It's a keeper!

[Trish]

This makes it official - I love dragon's blood and it loves me. This makes me so very very happy.

 

On me this is very similiar to Dragon's Heart, just a little less sweet and fruity. It's wonderful rich smooth dragon's blood mixed with the equally wonderful warm musk. I agree that one of those musks is red musk, which positively sings on me. It's deep, warm, intoxicating and very sexy indeed. It lasts for hours and has very good throw - but Dragon's Heart lasts even longer and has even better throw so I'll probably get a bottle of it instead. But I do so love this too.

 

I think I need to try all the Ars Draconis blends now, I've tried three and absolutely love all of them.

[ceej]

Sweet sweet fruity-berry dragon's blood over all those warm musks. Not honey-sweet, but thick and substantial resin-sweet. Very strong at first, fading down to a bed of sensual musk.

 

I love this, as I've loved all the dragon's blood blends so far. Doesn't last a long time on me.

[gaai]

Okay it's official now........my skin amps dragon's blood like nobody's business ..... And while I like the smell of it, for most of the Ars Draconis scents that means I might as well just wear the dragon's blood SN, because after 5 minutes that's all I can smell.......

However.........my skin amps musks as well......so....*this* is the one that I'm able to wear without it being the SN and I happen to love musks as well so....

I think it has some of the same musks that are in Smut.

 

My search is over.....this is the perfect Dragon's Blood blend for me!

[Taniwha]

I've been wanting to try unadulterated musk, and this is it. At first, it's very sweet with the Dragon's Blood, but that lingers for just awhile, and then I'm left with sexy, musky goodness. Yum!

[kraken]

In the Imp: It's certainly lighter than I expected. I thought I'd be overwhelmed as soon as I opened the imp, but I have to stick my nose right down to it to get the notes. It's mostly the dragon's blood followed by the musks.

 

Initial Wet: Definitely a "dark" scent. Musk is the most prominant, resulting in a sultry scent.

 

Initial Dry: Now the dragon's blood equalizes out with the musks and adds its sweetness to the mix becoming both seductive and powerful.

 

Drier Dry: There's a tiny bit of sourness to this now. I think one of the musks doesn't like me as much as the others, but the combo is still very dark, heavy, and sexy. The sourness isn't constant and drifts in and out, becoming less noticeable as it ages.

 

As described, dragon's blood and musk. It's a strong scent on me with a good throw. It makes me want to snuggle up to someone special.

[indicolite]

Over a meet n' sniff discussion, the thesis came up that Dragon's Musk is the better version of Dragon's Heart.

 

Now, being a passionate lover of Dragon's Heart, I wanted to test that thesis for myself, so I took the first opportunity to swap for some Dragon;s Musk (thanks, NDcent!)

 

And tried Heart and Musk, one on each wrist.

 

Musk is not "better." Musk is "different."

 

It lacks the floral/fruit aspect of Heart. I can smell the muskiness coming through my favourite dragon's blood note. It creates an entirely different mood than Dragon's Heart does: I lack words precisely, but if Dragon's Heart to me was "I am beautiful, I am sexy" and Dragon's Bone was "I am calm, I am wise, things are steady" Dragon's Musk is a friendly love rather than a sexy one.

 

Whatever, no words.

 

The imp is a steady friend, although I will decide at a later date about bottles.

[Emma2403]

In the bottle: lovely musk. Lighter than most of the dragon's blood scents.

 

On my skin: wow it's blood red… I look like I'm wounded. It smells nice… it makes me think of snake charmer somehow. A less spicy snake charmer. Very nice.

 

After a couple of hours: spicey, nice… very similar to Snake Charmer in the drydown phase.

 

Verdict: my favourite dragon's blood scent for sure!

[LiberAmoris]

I'm a serious musk fiend, so Dragon's Musk was a must-try. And I have to say, this is very nice. I love the musks (yum yum yum) and the dragon's blood makes a nice companion. I think this would be great for a sexy, second-skin blend, or as a mixer with something that needs a little oomph.

[arachne]

I Dragon's Musk. It's delicious, it has throw and it's very long lasting. I really love the way the musk and the dragon's blood compliment one another. It's rich, mystical, soft and sensual. My darling husband bought me a 5ml for my birthday and I'm psyched.

[maijasu]

This starts out as dragon's blood and musk, and ends up as predominantly musk. It's sweet and sexy, and I agree that Snake Oil and Smut fans will probably appreciate this one. It turns just a little bit powdery on me, and there are quite a few musky BPALs that I like better than this one, but I need to test it on the DH before I completely write it off.

[talula_fairie]

Sniffing the imp, this made me nervous. It smelled like hair dye. Or the way your hair smells just after dying it and putting conditioner on.

 

On my skin, at first, strong musk with a tiny bit of dragon's blood.

 

The drydown smelled almost exactly like Smut.

 

I really like this scent, and suspect it will be put into regular rotation.

 

*note: I don't think it smells anything like powder -and I like the smell of powder (usually when reading reviews I see people complain about their scents turning to powder and I'm like "this is a bad thing?"). However, my husband and friend both told me -unsolicted- that this smells like baby powder on me. Eh. Whatever. I still like it.

Edited December 20, 2006 by talula_fairie

[jiggahava]

Um yes. I Dragon's Musk. When I apply it, I get a whiff of Dragon's blood, and a whole lotta sexy deep musks. It's both spicey and sweet, and very close to Mme. Moriarty without the patchouli or plum. It's so delicious and warm on my skin, my friends started calling me "sexy musk lady" after sniffing it on my wrist. This is my favorite of all the dragon's blood scents I've tried. BIG BOTTLE TIME!

[supremegoddessofall]

Pretty much what it says - very musky dragon's blood. I'm getting an almost fruity quality from the dragon's blood. Not my favorite of the Ars Draconis line, but still a nice addition.

[LadyMedb]

This is a beautiful, no-frills dragon's blood and musk blend. It is, as mentioned below, extremely sexy, and it has a subtle sweetness to it that really makes it appealing. Very sensual, very nice.