[Dark Alice]

Frankincense, myrrh, leather, ti leaf, saint wood, benzoin, and labdanum absolute.

If you love frankincense and myrrh GO GET THIS!!!!!

Wet: Light frankincense and myrrh with the barest hints of leather.

Drydown:The frankincense and myrrh blend beautifully to make a wonderful kickass leathery badass scent. I love it!

[zankoku_zen]

Frankincense and myrrh, hint of leather and wood on the drydown.

Sweet resins, with enough of an edge. There's something very solemn about this blend. Like someone serious that hates violence but won't shy away from doing what needs to be done.

[calivianya]

Wet: My first impression is that it reminds me of An Altar to Cold, Rigid, Dreadful Death! That first sniff is heavy on the frankincense and woods.
10 minutes: It's like An Altar, but it's so much more. It's starting to smell almost exactly like Cathedral on me.
Dry: No, wait, even more is making an appearance. It's Cathedral with leather. It's a dominatrix in leather at the altar on the day of a funeral delivering a eulogy. I agree that it's a very solemn blend. It's really good, but I have so many scents that are similar to this one that I don't know if this is worth keeping.

This post has been edited by calivianya: 28 April 2012 - 12:31 AM

[brilliantcat]

It smells heavenly in the imp and to my great delight, also smells heavenly on me. Dark and incensey with the barest touch of ti leaf and a slap of leather to round it out. OM NOM NOM.

[Kashi]

In the bottle: Francincense, myrrh and something sweet and resinous that reminds me of vanilla - I think it's the benzoin.
On my skin: The myrrh immediately comes out to play in a very aggressive way, accompanied by the benzoin and francincense. The benzoin quickly takes over though and dominates the entire scent, sweetening it. I never get a whiff of the leather and I have no idea what ti leaf and saint wood smell like.
Drydown: I agree with the solemn votes. It is a solemn scent that reminds me of Church, since it dries down as sweet (benzoin), resinous and slightly smoky to me with a whiff of myrrh.

This post has been edited by Kashi: 14 May 2012 - 05:01 PM

[Little Bird]

I agree that this smells a lot like Cathedral. It's like the sweet resins and light woodiness of Cathedral with a bit of smoky leather added in.
It's nice enough, but too similar to a lot of resin blends that I already own to warrant a full bottle purchase for me.

This post has been edited by Little Bird: 22 May 2012 - 01:43 PM

[thatbrownelf]

The Magdalena is pretty much frankincense and myrrh on me--all resins, all the time. Honestly if I didn't know the other notes were in there, I'd think this was nothing but frankincense and myrrh. I like those notes, but they give me a headache if they're by themselves. I'll check back in a few months to see if age brings out the other notes more, but for now I'll keep it just as a resins reference scent.

[stellamaris]

Well this is a big yes. It's not as rich to me as Penitence, my new true love, it's somehow lighter.
I bet some aging would be good for this lady, but she's very excellent young too.

[whitsunweddings]

In the imp: Weirdly like licorice?
Wet: Frankincense and myrrh, leather, a bit musky.
Dry: It's powdery and reminiscent of ambergris. Not a fan.

[Caper]

I love this one.

It is my go-to scent when I don't want to fit into any category (woodsy, foody, sweet, incense, citrus) because it just seems like an expensive, sophisticated, grown-up scent.

I actually get tea, even though I know that ti leaf is different, and frankincense and myrrh.