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01/13/2022
ScentMagpie
10 Reviews
ScentMagpie
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Animalic oud
This is an absolute beast of an oud, a purring black panther of an oud sleeping deep in a pitch black oudy cavern.
It was a real struggle for me to appreciate this one. The first few times it felt like my nose was circling this giant, impenetrable, black lump of oud without finding a crack where I might actually smell something. I didn't like it at all. But again, I kept coming back, trying again, experimenting with different amounts and application techniques. With only a toothpick tip's worth, it becomes more approachable, more house cat than big cat.
It's very animalic on top of being very oudy. I have yet to smell anything floral or citrus in this one, but there is a sense of the vanilla, not as a foody element but as adding something a bit more friendly to the uncompromising darkness.
Sadly this one is already gone from the web store but I'm going to keep trying to befriend my sample vial.
It was a real struggle for me to appreciate this one. The first few times it felt like my nose was circling this giant, impenetrable, black lump of oud without finding a crack where I might actually smell something. I didn't like it at all. But again, I kept coming back, trying again, experimenting with different amounts and application techniques. With only a toothpick tip's worth, it becomes more approachable, more house cat than big cat.
It's very animalic on top of being very oudy. I have yet to smell anything floral or citrus in this one, but there is a sense of the vanilla, not as a foody element but as adding something a bit more friendly to the uncompromising darkness.
Sadly this one is already gone from the web store but I'm going to keep trying to befriend my sample vial.
