The King of the White Cloth, King of the Orishas, the First Among Equals. He is the King of Power, and his weapon is wisdom. He is the essence of honored maturity, wisdom through age and experience, purity of intention, virtue, humility, tolerance, judicious use of power, the knowledge of what is truly right and wrong, the moral code, and the obligation to do what is right. Obatala is the Creator God, who first fashioned mankind from clay; thus, he is also the first sculptor and potter. The human head itself is Obatala’s creation, and it is through it that he grants us the ability to discern genuine morality as opposed to oppressive, mistaken and arrogant self-righteousness. His is not the falsehood of societal boundaries, His Truth is the understanding of one’s own character and the obligations that we all have to our world, our Gods, and one another. He is the Benevolent Judge, calm and lucid, and he governs rational deliberation. His color is white, as His spirit is free from any soil or stain, and His energy radiates sanctified purity, great wisdom, happiness and internal peace. He is associated with cloth, as that was one of His gifts to mankind. The aspects of Obatala are symbolized by the chameleon, boa constrictor, elephant, gorilla, and snail. Obatala is the Lord of Laughter, for it is through wisdom that one may see the joy in life, and through laughter we are able to see the follies of mankind not with cynicism and derision, but with humor, compassion and understanding. Obatala’s Laughter helps soothe the pain of life’s rigors, and takes the sting out of the harshest of life’s lessons. Obatala’s ofrenda is soft, white and pure: milk, coconut meat, shea butter and cool, refreshing water.
Lunashayde –
I love a good lilac scent and have waited a long time for this to come back. Wet on me all i at first smell is lettuce, oakmoss , lilac and gardenia. When it starts to dry, the floral stays and the coconut and white chocolate come in to play. On me it doesn’t have a big “throw” after a while, but becomes a more intimate close to the skin scent. Like you catch whiffs of it at random moments and are like “mmmm” I must say that this on me is a surprisingly fresh scent, very start of spring kind of scent. I love it.
flushedwithglee –
At first, I mostly get the smell of wood, but it morphs into white chocolate and coconut once on the skin. As it dries, the chocolate mellows out and some soft floral notes start peeking through. The coconut grounds the scent and gives it both a rich background and sweetness, while the white chocolate and floral notes mingle into a subtle and lovely fragrance. This isn’t an in-your-face kind of oil, but more an intimate, comforting oil. It makes me think of hugs and coziness and romance and nature. It’s really quite a lovely scent. :>
karen –
I wondered how the hell white chocolate, lilac, coconut and lettuce would go together. I think I just bought it out of curiosity. Well, Dear Reader, this fragrance is gorgeous, simply gorgeous. You smell the lettuce! And that is a good thing! Right out of the bottle, the lettuce and white chocolate notes are strong, but it then develops on my skin into a lovely light floral. Not real long lasting, a bit fragile, like Spring. On the other hand, my mom noticed it and commented favorably, and my mom is quite blunt if she doesn’t like something I’m wearing, Love You Mom!!
Witold –
Review by my wife:
The Last Unicorn is definitely my favourite scent. I expected much of it, because The Last Unicorn is my childhood most loved novel, and it really is everything my imagination was hoping for! This scent is sweet, creamy, very pleasing.
Directly from the bottle I smell white chocolate, coconut and maybe some sandalwood.
Wet on the skin the chocolate is dominant. Sweet but not foody.
Dry on the skin the chocolate isn’t distinguishable any more and florals are more noticeable. But it all blends perfectly together into a floral, sweet, magical scent.
I love it and recommend it to everyone who’d like to feel like in a fairy tale!
jessecake –
The scent reminds me of freshly cut and stacked wood, upturned earth after digging a garden, and the slightest hint of flowers in a neighbor’s yard. I have been holding onto it hoping that some of the other scents will peek out, but so far that hasn’t happened. I will continue aging the bottle, but might end up selling or swapping it out.
Luca Turin –
You might think that the first scent you notice would be lilac, but I never smelled lilac either in the bottle or at the dry down. The first scent is a creamy white chocolate with subtle, undefinable floral notes, coconut and sandalwood. Although this is a “girly” scent, it is complex and etherial and after a few minutes it turns into something both subtle and lovely. The scent lasts a long time on the skin but doesn’t have much throw. It would be great for more intimate situations.