Athens

[dementia_divine]

A reformulation and modernization of a true Classical Greek perfume, myrrhine: voluptuous myrrh, golden honey, red wine, and sweet flowers.

 

In the imp: Mostly wine and honey.

 

Wet: This is honey-laden red wine on me. After a few minutes, I start to get some of the myrrh, but it is in the background.

 

Dry: This remains a honeyed red wine on me. The myrrh note is a bit stronger than it was before, but it is still confined to its background role. I'm also getting the sweet flowers now, but they are also no match for the honeyed red wine.

 

Verdict: I tend to amp the Lab's red wine note, and here, it's mostly sweet honeyed red wine on me. Not bad, but the other notes just aren't doing enough to keep the red wine in check on me.

Edited March 16, 2018 by dementia_divine

[puellacaerulea]

In the frimp: Mostly heady, sticky-sweet honey, plus red wine. Not picking up any other notes yet.

Once it's on: The myrrh amps up right away and takes the scent out of cloying territory. The honey is still a dominant note, but the myrrh and wine balance it out nicely, adding a spicy/resinous depth. Good wear length, without significant morphing after the myrrh initially amps up. I like this a lot more than I thought I would on first sniff. Not totally sure I'd wear this often enough to warrant a bottle, but we'll see how fast I go through the frimp.

[Foodie]

I can't believe it's taken me this long to try Athens. I've been collecting for years but to my credit Athens has been out of stock for a lot of the time.

 

I adore wine scents. I tried my first one when I received a frottle (a frottle!!! That was soooo awesome, thank you lab!) in my Halloweenie 2012 order. It was called Tears of Lilith and it was incredibly lovely. Also, one of my very favorite BPALs is Lilith and Sekhmet. Athens has that same dark, red, deep, fruity and gorgeous wine note. It's the first thing I smell. The second is the myrrh. This is incense-wine heaven, sweeted by the honey. Reading the reviews before mine, I was surprised to see how many people described the honey as being the most prominent note. For me the wine and myrrh come first for sure.

 

Athens is beautiful and bewitching and a full bottle is in my very near future.

[Darkersolstice]

Have I not reviewed Athens yet? It's my default date night perfume when I'm out with the datemate (as opposed to the partner, with whom I'd be more likely to go for something like Incantation). It's sweet, wine-forward on me, to where the receptionist at work read it as 'fruit juice' at first. Great confidence builder, definitely a feminine sort of powerful, as compared to 'I am dragon, hear me roar'.

[mimicofmodes]

I was very excited to try Athens as the ancient Mediterranean world used to be a great interest of mine (it got me into archaeology, which then got me into museums), but unfortunately this was just overpoweringly honey-scented on me. When I was feeling it, it was like hot toast with butter and honey, but when I wasn't, it just seemed sickly-sweet. The staying power and throw were, frankly, amazing - I wish I could get that with certain others!

Edited September 2, 2018 by chocolatepot