Upon the next stage, a primitive cage has been erected. It is made of heavy, dark sticks bound with strips of deep brown leather. The stage is as dark as pitch, and from the shadows, you hear soft hissing, spitting, and an ominous chorus of weird rattling sounds. You approach with some trepidation, and peer between the bars. Your attention is seized by writhing forms on the straw bottom of the cage. As your eyes adjust to the gloom, you realize that the floor is seething with serpents, dark and colorful, languid and large, swift and small. You hear a sultry chuckle, and you see bright, unblinking emerald eyes staring at you from the corner of the cage. A woman crawls through the snakes, her scaled body as sinuous and lissome as the creatures that share her home. She reaches towards you languorously with her sharp-clawed hands and sighs.
A sensual blend of twisting, exotic, serpentine oils: black amber, oakmoss, green sandalwood, bergamot, jasmine sambac, gardenia, orange pulp, black cardamom, vanilla, blackberry, black musk, blackened vanilla husk, white honey, ti leaf, and ginger.
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