Gingerbread Snake

[Jangzonrice]

Oh dear! I'm a quarter gone!


Gingerbread and exotic Indonesian oils sugared with vanilla.

 

Wet:spicy gingerbread...vanilla. Dry: still gingerbready, with a little snake oil coming through. Wears away to a incensey vanilla. I like this and can't wait for it to aged. I think the snake oil will become more pronounced with some time. Throw is great and wear time is also nice. I have had it on for 6 hours and can smell the light spiced vanilla dry down when I move. I also like that the gingerbread is more on the spicy gingerbread side, not a sugary sweet gingerbread.

[mymymai]

ITI: Strong gingerbread note framed by Indonesian oils and granulated sugar. I'm a sucker for Snake Oil, so it stands to reason that I'd like this one as well.

 

Wet: Oh, the Indonesian oils are much stronger when applied to my skin, and I'm now getting some o the vanilla intertwined with the gingerbread. It's an enticing, alluring, foody scent so far and I'm kicking myself for not buying a bottle.

 

Dry: The Snake Oil is much more evident when dried as the Indonesian oils and sugared vanilla seem to meet the brash gingerbread note. It's a nice play together.

[Monster]

I was gifted a decant of this by a lovely forumite I slathered this as soon as it arrived.

 

Snake Oil isn't a scent I can wear since it turns to play dough on me, but SO blends such as Lilith Victoria tend to work really well. I was hoping this one wasn't too heavy on the Snake Oil…and my dreams have come true! Hooray!

 

Gingerbread Snake starts out as a strong, fresh baked gingerbread (just like Gingerbread Poppet). As it dries, the Snake Oil elements are a bit more prominent, tempering the gingerbread and smelling more of spiced cake with cinnamon standing in the foreground. The final dry down isn't much different, a fresh baked spice cake with sugary cinnamon icing. I was afraid this would be a seasonal, winter scent but this is something you could easily wear any time of year. They staying power isn't very long (about an hour) but it has a good amount of throw. I can't wait to try this in my scent locket tomorrow.

 

Overall, I'm kicking myself for not snagging a bottle when I had the chance to. I'll be on the hunt for this for sure.

[DevilsCandyCane]

I rediscovered a bottle of this recently My Gingerbread Poppet was running low, so I went for this as my next gingerbready bottle available. It's definitely more complex than Poppet - wet, it's very sharp, strong raw ginger, which settles down to a warmer, softer gingerbread with a bit of sexy snake oil underneath,

 

BUT, I'm mostly reviewing this today because I DISCOVERED A THING! ...got a bottle of Suck It that wasn't doing much for me - it dies on my skin in seconds, and alone in a locket it's just strong cherries, and not complex enough. So, I tried a blend of Gingerbread Snake and Suck It in my locket, and holy mother of fuck it's good! The cherries were too strong initially, but after about 20 minutes they died down, as did the rawness of the ginger. Now it's absolutely gorgeous, warm and rich and rounded, like cherry pie and warm gingerbread coming out of the oven simultaneously. I am in love, and so glad that both bottles are basically full!

[lucyintheSkywithDemons]

Oh my ... I had high hopes for you, Gingerbread Snake ... :/

 

I bought this last year

and I LOVED it in the bottle.

 

I only tested it once

but it was very harsh and bitter on me -

liked burned cookies and smoke.

 

So I tuked it away in my wooden BPAL cabinet

and let it age.

 

I re-tested it last week ...

still no luck

 

It was harsh and artificial,

the burned notes and something really plastic- y

that I never experienced with any other Snake Oil variety before.

 

I wear Snake Oil in the Pumpkin Patch a lot,

also plain ol' Snake Oil .. and to this day,

they have always been pure sultry goodness on me.

 

Alas ... I will let my Gingerbread Snakes go ...

off to a new and better home

[agirlnamedfury]

So I'm not the world's biggest fan of Snake Oil, but I love almost all of the gingerbread blends I've tried, so I was super excited to try this when a generous forumite sent a decant my way. It doesn't disappoint! Delicious gingerbread spiciness with extra vanilla, which just makes it more baked goods-like. Yum!

[vanilla323]

This is all gingerbread when you sniff the bottle. On the skin it starts off as strong gingerbread but on the dry down other spicy notes emerge and so does the vanilla. Makes me think of french toast a little. This is a foodie lovers Snake Oil to me and I love it. I also know it will get less powdery with age so I'm excited to see where this ends up in a few more years.

[Nyx_DevineNight]

In the bottle: Smells just as described.

Wet: The gingerbread starts off strong with the vanilla and Snake oil right behind it. It's amazing! The Snake Oil starts coming out more as it dries and the vanilla lessens.

Dry: Gingerbread and Snake Oil blended together so perfectly with a touch of vanilla in the background, just barely there. Oh my goodness this is so good.