Jolly Roger

[LizziesLuck]

Sea spray with an undercurrent of leather, Bay Rum, and salty, dry woods.

 

Bay Rum is iffy on me, but sometimes it's ok. The other notes are iffy too, actually, I am really not expecting this to work, but gotta try it!

 

Wet: Sun-warmed wood and sweat! Very masculine, but that's to be expected. There's a faint aquatic note under everything. I am not actually getting much of the rum, mostly woods and salt. Very manly. Could totally see a pirate smelling like this, lol.

 

Dry: Warm salty wood and sweaty skin. Not my thing! But really realistic. It smells like what I imagine being on a wooden pirate ship might smell like on a really hot day.

[unxolve]

Salt, woods, warm spices! A little bit of soap which is sad but it goes away on the dry down. A less fruity cousin of 51! I like it!

[Godspeedjoshua]

To me, this just smells like an old art box.

Pencil shavings, crayons.

It gets a little better over time, but still pretty art-boxy

 

[themeaningofV]

How the heck can an aquatic leather smell so... clean? This is a really nice, almost natural scent. Watery and unobtrusive. I don't get any rum and very little wood, but I like this a LOT.

 

edit: Ah, I see now that it's "bay rum" - that explains the touch of spice in the undercurrent! I'm giving this a full wear right now and am still really enjoying it.

Edited November 3, 2016 by vthesiren

[Cali]

Wow ok so appearantly I hadn't reviewed this yet though I have sniffed it before in the past. This is the more masculine version of calico jack. Very woodsy, almost smoke-like and strong bay rum, which... tends to go bleh on me. Too bad. Gotta love me some pirates!

Edited April 4, 2017 by Cali

[joopjoop]

Frimp! Yay!

 

Nice and piratey to start - lots of wood and salt and sea spray with a distinct undercurrent of nice-smelling man (must be the leather and rum peaking through). Good stuff. After a while the wood starts to take over, and it is a dry, almost smokey wood. It's still really nice, though. And about 3 hours after putting it on the leather makes itself known a little more and balances out the wood nicely. I like it but I think it needs a softer note in there to round things out - at least on my skin.

 

I'm keeping the imp - and will probably layer it with a coconut/lime scent so I can be a glorious beachy cliche this summer - but doubt it is bottle-worthy.

Edited April 14, 2017 by joopjoop

[lizabelle]

On me this is quite similar to Anne Bonny: it has the same wood and salt notes, plus some soft leather in the base, minus the red musk. I don't get a lot of bay rum out of this. It's mostly salty wood and well-worn leather. Definitely a unisex scent, and softer than the description sounds. If I had to choose between the two I slightly prefer Anne Bonny, but this one is great too.

[Mermaid-on-Land]

Ehhh as far as pirate scents go I prefer Anne Bonny. It had more leather and gun powder and salt soaked woods to add interest to the ocean scent. This is pretty much a salt water scent with a tiny tiny hint of wood. Maybe I get a little of the bay rum but I've never been able to smell it clearly in any scent I've tried with it, it seems to be one that vanishes on me. Either that or it's what smells cologne-like in a few of them. Oh well, it smells pleasant but too cologneish on me, and while I definitely like a few masculine-leaning scents, this one doesn't really stand out much.

[quigza]

Very much a bay rum cologne. Spicey (touch off allspice & cinnamon & nutmeg?). Smells good on my partner. Gives me a touch of a rash when I wear it tho (probably actual cassia or cinnamon in it).

[achildoftime]

Wood, salt spray, and leather. It's lightly spiced with something. It smells like dried cooking spices, but they are pretty far back that it doesn't register as foodie. It's more for adding ambiance to a scent that smells very much like a location already. It smells like being by the seaside in leather boots. I adore it!

[dementia_divine]

This is one of the imps I received in my early BPAL days. I've worn it before, but apparently have neglected to review it!

 

In the imp: The waterlogged decks of a pirate ship. Salt water and woods!

 

Wet: The sea spray and salty woods are the first notes to jump out at me, but it isn't long before the leather emerges. The leather note doesn't overtake the salty aquatic aspect of this scent, but it does take it in an even more masculine direction.

 

Dry: Soft sea spray over black leather, which is now much calmer and smoother than before, with some bay rum and salty woods lingering in the background. I prefer this phase of the scent.

 

Verdict: This one matches its name perfectly! It's technically too masculine for me to wear on its own, but I layered it with Plunder on a special day a few years ago, so I feel the need to hang on to the imp for that reason.

[fizzbangdangcharade]

I actually reviewed this on the site before I realized this place existed:

 

On me this smells exactly like I’m standing on a pier in southern Florida, staring out at the boats on the Gulf.

If I smell my wrist where I applied the oil, I get mostly the scent of the spices they use in rum (with a touch of ceder.) The scent, as it wafts up to me, smells exactly like a wooden pier. That sort of old, water logged timber that’s caked in sea (ocean) salt. The salty ocean scent is more prominent, the wood a nice undertone. It’s not until near the end of the day that any sort of leather comes through (and it’s an old sort of leather, the kind that’s seen a lot of sun and sea.)

 

Why I ended up trading this off to my roommate- I live in the Midwest. Going around smelling prominently of ocean water is a little disconcerting. It sort of clashes with the natural Midwestern nature smell that’s far removed from palm trees and white sand beaches. Don’t get me wrong, I like it. It’s just not something I personally could wear everyday.

[agirlnamedfury]

I usually love leather, wood, and boozy scents, but something about this is bitter and unappealing to me. I tried two different imps of different ages, and the (I think) newer one was somewhat better (heavy on the wood), I still think they will both go to swaps.