Scenty things
Mar. 30th, 2014 06:58 pm This weekend I acquired some nice scents from ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
recessional and have gleefully trying them. Only three so far but I figured I would join the ranks of perfume documentation, as much for my future reference as anything else.
Scent #1: Honey Tobacco (Arcana) - I LOVE this. Love it so much that I ignored my nice bag of new smells and just wore this for several days. It's probably one of the simpler scents I own, but very comforting and exactly what it says on the tin. Would be interesting to see what it does as a layering note, I think, but it's very nice just on its own.
Scent #2: Spicy Patchouli (unknown): This apparently originated from a small shop below a yoga studio in my hometown. I may have to go investigate further. When first applied what I mostly get from this is just the spice part of it, but it dies down fairly quickly. I couldn't place what the scent that replaced it was for the longest time, only that it made me really really happy and reminded me of my aunt. I have now. It's moose hide. Not leather. Very specifically, moose hide that has been tanned and worked until it is beautifully supple, the kind of spicy smokiness that curls in the lungs and throat. Very familiar, very nostalgic, and very very loved.
Scent #3: Reign in Hell (Arcana) - This one actually has a write-up! It is "Rich cocoa absolute, black tea, cassia cinnamon, blonde tobacco absolute, apricot, patchouli, and vanilla oleoresin." This was actually acquired fromtaennyn in the fall of 2011 and then accidentally lost in moving chaos, only to be rediscovered in a dusty box yesterday. I love it as much now as I did then. The initial note on me is overwhelmingly the cocoa, but as it dies down the notes of the tea, cinnamon, and hints of patchouli start coming through. This also gets bonus points for making Boy bury his nose in my neck and demand to know why I smelled so good. So! WIN.
recessional and have gleefully trying them. Only three so far but I figured I would join the ranks of perfume documentation, as much for my future reference as anything else.Scent #1: Honey Tobacco (Arcana) - I LOVE this. Love it so much that I ignored my nice bag of new smells and just wore this for several days. It's probably one of the simpler scents I own, but very comforting and exactly what it says on the tin. Would be interesting to see what it does as a layering note, I think, but it's very nice just on its own.
Scent #2: Spicy Patchouli (unknown): This apparently originated from a small shop below a yoga studio in my hometown. I may have to go investigate further. When first applied what I mostly get from this is just the spice part of it, but it dies down fairly quickly. I couldn't place what the scent that replaced it was for the longest time, only that it made me really really happy and reminded me of my aunt. I have now. It's moose hide. Not leather. Very specifically, moose hide that has been tanned and worked until it is beautifully supple, the kind of spicy smokiness that curls in the lungs and throat. Very familiar, very nostalgic, and very very loved.
Scent #3: Reign in Hell (Arcana) - This one actually has a write-up! It is "Rich cocoa absolute, black tea, cassia cinnamon, blonde tobacco absolute, apricot, patchouli, and vanilla oleoresin." This was actually acquired from
taennyn in the fall of 2011 and then accidentally lost in moving chaos, only to be rediscovered in a dusty box yesterday. I love it as much now as I did then. The initial note on me is overwhelmingly the cocoa, but as it dies down the notes of the tea, cinnamon, and hints of patchouli start coming through. This also gets bonus points for making Boy bury his nose in my neck and demand to know why I smelled so good. So! WIN. 
