To your side, you hear a man’s deep whisper, “Slowly I turned… inch by inch… step by step….” A scream interrupts him, and a roar of laughter pulses through the shadowed hall. Following the commotion, you move to the next stage. A bone-thin man moves across the stage, and sits upon an overstuffed, threadbare armchair. A battered violin is propped against the chair’s side. The audience starts to dissipate, and you realize that you must have just missed his performance. Relaxing, he reclines lazily, and as the light falls on his face, you come to realize that he is truly skeletal: a thin membrane of skin covers most of his body, but in many places, bone is completely exposed. He winks at you, and chuckles at your obvious discomfiture. The sweet smoke from his cigar touches your senses, and you hear the soft clink of the ice as he swirls the bourbon in his tumbler.
“Late for the show, are ya, friend? I’ll tell you a quick one, and then you’d best skedaddle. I have better things to do than sit here and be gawked at all night.” He takes a swig from his tumbler.
“A man goes to a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist says, ‘I think you’re crazy.’ The man says, ‘I want a second opinion.’ The psychiatrist shrugs and says, ‘Alright, you’re ugly, too.’”
His attention is diverted by a scantily clad woman in the audience beside you, and he leers at her. “Hello, nurse!” he growls, and leans towards her lecherously. “How’s about you come back to my dressing room, and I show you my stamp collection?”
Bourbon, black tobacco tar, dry bone, bay rum aftershave, and sleazy cologne.
Sage Chambellan –
Initially intensely sweet almond, then oranges, now bay and bay rum comes through.
2cool4miowngood –
This scent has a pleasantly warm and spicy, yet almost clean and soapy scent on my skin. It doesn’t smell waxy or plastic-y like many perfume oils tend to smell on my skin. It reminds me of a very classy men’s cologne
Katie –
I get leather, tobacco, and a boozy sweetness. Not for me, but I bet I know a dude or two who would like it!
HeavyMetalJess –
I have quite a different review than others listed. I don’t get the cherry or the cigarette smell at all. It’s spicy rum in the beginning and beautifully aged rum in a dusty bottle after dry down. It honestly reminds me of the beach in St. Augustine, Florida and there is a lot of spookiness here. Could just as easily be named Castillo de San Marcos – the haunted fort that sits on the beach.
lowrey_a –
A delightfully bold scent with a masculine edge. Upon application, the intense notes of leather and tobacco took center stage. After about 30 minutes on the dry down, the forward leather and tobacco notes mellowed down into a deep vanilla with a hint of smoky bourbon. I did not detect anything remotely rum or spice based about this perfume as per the description. After a few hours, the leather and tobacco merge with the slight smoke and vanilla bourbon leaving a rather warm yet dominate dark vanilla smoke after glow. The perfect scent for those days when you need that extra edge of assertiveness and action-oriented confidence. Definitely a late autumn and winter scent.
Gloame –
Cherry coke and cigarettes is exactly it! It’s warm and slightly sweet smelling, but by no means foodie. The tobacco is ages, like a man who’s been smoking his whole life and never really washes the scent all out. I like it!
Unisex, warm, woody, slightly oriental.
squidhearts –
Cherry coke and sexytime and cloves cigarettes. This smells like a party. A sexy party. Did I mention how sexy this scent is?
So, more practically: opens with a blast of smoke and cherry coke or cherry booze–whichever you prefer. The smoke (veviter, presumably) burns off fast, so don’t worry about it too much if you’re not a fan. The scent melds into a sweet something clove, with the cherry becoming less distinct. It dries to a somehow very masculine clean scent–masculine, but not at all musky. Clean clean clean, but not boring squeaky clean, and not soap either. Dapper, but not dandy.
It’s masculine–but not too masculine. Sweet, but not too sweet–never cloying, always with a surprising depth and promise of kick. I don’t get any old spice at all on my skin. For context, I’m a chick and this is my everyday wear. My dude LOVES it, too–on me, I mean.
It’s a PERFECT scent for Baron Samedi. I’m totally convinced.
May it be part of the CG forever and always, aaamen.
Adam –
The primary topnote is sweet cherry, but that fades quickly into a spicy cinnamon and clove cologne – warm, rich, and dark. Anyone who likes spicy scents will love this. I highly recommend this for any man who wears Old Spice and wants to upgrade a superior cologne.
I bought a bottle this weekend at Dragon*Con after quickly running out of an imp – absolutely magnificent! Special thanks to Beth, Tom, and everyone at the BPAL booth for an awesome weekend! Looking forward to seeing you next year!