Mad Tea Party
The Dodgson Collection.
Scents inspired by the madness of Alice’s sojourns to Wonderland.
PERFUME OIL BLENDS
Presented in an amber apothecary glass vial.
$6.25 – $25.00
A gentlemen’s lavender-citron cologne unhinged by the feral pungence of black musk and a paroxysm of pennyroyal.
Mad Tea Party
The Dodgson Collection.
Scents inspired by the madness of Alice’s sojourns to Wonderland.
PERFUME OIL BLENDS
Presented in an amber apothecary glass vial.
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You hear a clatter on the ground behind you, and a small bleached bone smacks against your foot. Cloaked in shadows between the tents, three men crouch playing knucklebones. Distress clouds the face of one of the men, while another bursts into a wicked smile and the last one sighs in relief. Scooping up his winnings and shaking his head, the victor makes a soft ‘tsk’ noise as he reaches towards the loser’s chest, positioning his hand over the man’s heart. Pressing forward, his hand moves through cloth, flesh, muscle, and bone to extract the beating organ. Tossing the heart onto the ground, he says to you, “Mind handing me those bones, buddy? I’ve got a game to run here.”
Black musk, bay rum, lime fougere, orange blossom water, gin, and tobacco.
“Women are defined from the outside, in terms of how they seem to men, rather than from the inside, as thinking, feeling subjects. They are not fellow people, not even a different or worse variety of person, but simply the opposite of men, and hence, the opposite of human.
Which leads to the question of how you can have sex with something that isn’t human. In many myths, heterosexuality is portrayed as a kind of legalized bestiality, and attractive women are alluring, predatory, half-human monsters: fairy wives, snake-women, others whose beauty is a thin veneer over their dangerous and alien psyches.”
A sebaceous, slick reptilian perfume: green and black vegetal musks, kelp, sea salt, blackened opoponax, violet leaf, Siamese red benzoin, davana, squid ink, and ambergris accord.
The overwhelming agony of passion crystallized into a singularly dark and magnetic blend: bittersweet neroli, black patchouli and black musk, gilded by apple, bergamot, blood red rose, teak, and vanilla.
suntannedcactus147 –
This one is amazing! I was worried it would be too minty, but the perfume wizardry at BPAL has managed to tame the sharpness of the listed notes into something musical. It’s rare to find a “light” masculine smell, I think, especially not one that is as effortlessly elegant as this one. I’m definitely buying a full size!!
Maureen –
Words cannot express how much I love this perfume, or how hard it is to pin down. I’ve been sniffing it over and over again for most of the day (see above: I love it to an embarrassing degree) and each time it’s smelled a little different. One minute it’s all crisp mintiness with just a warm hint of lavender and some powdery undertone, the next the musk comes through and something almost peppery surfaces along with it… Mint is perhaps the strongest note, however, often with the citron or lavender peeking out behind it. It’s a scent I want to describe as ‘warmly seductive’ and ‘cheerfully unhinged’ at the same time. The moment I’ve finished the imp, I’m snagging a bottle of this.
An additional note – I’m a nonbinary individual, and this hit a perfect grey area for me that’s not flowery-feminine but not over-the-top masculine either. I think it could work for any gender as long as you like something bright and dark and a little wild.
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I recently received a frimp of this. On me, this is an interesting blend, herbal and almost minty but not quite. Unisex but tending towards masculine. Probably would sit well with those who prefer citrus and perhaps something slightly aquatic.
Ajila –
In the bottle – Lavender and mint
Wet on me – The mint/pennyroyal becomes more pronounced
Dry on me – A cool sexy skin musk with a slightly darker undertone
Overall – I’m not really a fan of black musk or cologne so this was an unexpected winner for me. Cool and sophisticated; masculine, but subtly so