Tramp

I dislike writing bad reviews. I usually just won't review it at all but was pretty disappointed with my Oof fizzyboom. I used an Oof in my bath tonight and loath though I am to admit it, I wasn't that impressed with this one. It fizzes like mad, which is fun, but has almost no scent once it hits the water. It is white so there isn't any color which is fine but what I was sad about was that mine didn't seem to have any water softening bits or the like. With some bath bombs my skin is super moisturized afterwords but not tonight. I have a couple of others to try but I won't order Oof again.

 

I feel like such a bitch for writing this

Elemental is another blend I have been living with for a year. I would say this is good for connecting to the more primal forces of nature. Dark forests tinged with the metallic bloodiness of a long ago battle.

I've had this for a year or so now and have used it aide in focused study. I'm a university student and Babylonian reminds me of the deepest corners of a dark, dusky library. Leather, parchment, dry dusty musk. Ancient.

In the bottle this smells like...not a lot. It is almost a neutral smell, even after warming up for 6 hours in my house. But on, well that is a whole nother story. I can't think of another blend that blooms so dramatically once it hits my skin. The florals come out, with a sort of pineapple undertone. The coconut is most prominent in the first 10 minutes where it added a creaminess to the florals. After a half hour or so that pineapple note goes sharp and bitter on me while the florals remain dominant

Got my Dark Delicacies blend! The label has a pic of the DD logo - Here's a pic -

 

Also I'm soo glad that this year's Smut labels look the same as last year's. They're so cute!

 

Actually the little pictures on the top of the Smut labels are different this year. All the better for collecting!

 

Does anyone have pics of any of the other new Faces of the Heroine?

I was a little skeptical of this in the bottle - it was half good - ripe, juicy, fruits/florals - and half bad - I got a lavender vibe of all things.

 

On, after about 15 minutes it is just a blend of very sweet flowers with maybe a hint of herbs. Then it bloomed into a wonderful gardenia like scent on my skin. Love the tropical florals.

Ok - you have to try it and let it go through it's mighty morphing stages. It starts out soapy on my skin, no idea why. Then it warms up to a sort of honey soapy feel, and then the fun starts. A sort of butter/coconut/honey vibe comes out after about 15 minutes and then last it settles politely and sensually into honeyed jasmine. Don't know where the jasmine note comes out but it definately isn't a jasmine essential oil, just something that somehow combines to end up smelling like jasmine. Truely lovely.

Wet: Springtime! All the lovely florals are almost tropical fruitlike - almost mangoish - all blended together. It reminds me of the Northwest Flower and Garden show. It's feburary, dark rainy Seattle, then you walk into the convention center and all the display gardens bursting with spring blooms. A riot of sweet scents that somehow all work together.

Dry: This didn't morph a lot on me, just toned the super sweet aspect down to a lovely incense floral

ok - now that I have tried everything I am going to rephotograph the Snake pit cuzz I am just that anal

 

 

ETA: there! I feel much better now! I left the smut picture since it was pretty clear already. The snakes though are much clearer - enjoy!

This is such a clear soothing mint. Very wintergreen and fresh. Wakes up your brain even as it sooths it. Great for clarity after a long day sniffing bpal. I'm feeling much more relaxed and laid back now.

Almost fell over laughing at the cheek of this blend. It is indeed sinus pain relief (a few days to late in my case, but am all better now) at any rate in the imp this is pure Vick's Vapor Rub. An eye opening menthol that made my day. Am almost looking forward to my next headcold now.

Wet: Dark juicy fruits

 

On: The red berry note hangs around for a while then the gentle amber comes out to play. There is an almost raw sugarcane note in mix that settles into a spicy vanilla. It's funny, in Snake Oil I almost don't get any vanilla at all, this level of "vanillaness" is much more to my liking. It is a cassia/cinnamon sort of vanilla spiciness and the berry has almost completely faded into the background.

Holy crap! Nothing subtle about this puppy! At first sniff I thought I was smelling cummin or curry or something but no, it was just the strongest dry cinnamon I have every smelled. I actually think it is the ginger/cinnamon combo that led me to the curry note, or maybe just yummy Thai food note.

 

The drydown the cinnamon becomes much better behaved mellowing to sweet spicy goodness. More of a bakery cinnamon rather than a candy "red hots" cinnamon. I want to lick my hand but know that would lead to very bad things

Wet: Herbal and resinous

On: Don't know how but I get a distinct grape note in this when dry. It isn't in your face by any means but it is there. Mostly though it is sweet incense and spices. This one probably reminds me most of Snake oil out of all of the Pit.

This has been one of the more elusive scents of the pit. I'm having a hard time getting a handle on it. Wet I can pick out the oakmoss - slightly earthy but almost like a sanitized version. Not as "loamy" if that makes any sense. The drydown leaves a faint salty tang with just a whisper of sweet spices. Not as much throw as some of the others (anaconda I'm looking in your general direction) and for me it would benefit from liberal slathering.

This is reminiscent of Holiday Moon. The wet, juicy green bamboo note is prominent. It is a bright clean scent with the snake oil spiciness more like a puff of smoke in the background. There is something almost lemony in the drydown. Very nice.


Update - 6 months later

So all of my precious have been quietly maturing away for the last few months and I gotta tell ya, if you have Habu and didn't like it, give the little guy another shot. It now has the best drydown of any of the Snake Pits. It still starts out all juicy sweet wood pulp but it dries down into a super spicy/yummy scent that is to die for. Serious sex factor.

Am so in love with this right now.

Wet: Crisp red apples!

Drydown: As it dries the orange/citrus comes out with just a tiny hint of sweet flowers but the apple is still king.

30 minutes: Juicy tropical flowers, apple is still there but has mostly faded and there is a warm spicy note just starting to be hinted at.

This finally settles on a juicy, mango-esque floral, with would seems like a drop of bright cherry hiding in the background. The spices come through as an almost sweet cinnamon.

Wet: Sage and spicy incense. Herbal.

Drydown: it goes in stages, the herbal/sage lasts quite a while and is very soothing. I'd have to call this one a calm scent. The sage slowly gets dusty as the leather gradually warms up. It finally settles on leather that has been sunwarmed with just a hint of the sage.

Something in here reminds me of licorice - black licorice - with an almost earthy tang at the end or maybe tree bark. It is a morpher on my skin. It is a proud, confident blend.

This was a gift with the purchase of the full Snake Pit set. No scent description is available.

I want about a gallon of this. It is almost mean to be teased with a wee little imp but I am so grateful to have it. Sexiest damn thing I have smelled - maybe my favorite ever. It is a sugary, creme brule version of Snake Oil. So fucking mean. Beth, if you are readinig this, I will come to your house and be your cabana girl for life if you would only just make this available in 5ml form. I am begging here.

So. Freaking. Good. Did I mention the sugar skull/snake oil love child aspect?

Oh my Hello amaratto yummyness!. Beautiful almond scent tinged with a taste of orange citrus. As it dries it becomes an almost honey incense scent. Sexy and delicious.

Holy shit - it is a chocolate covered snake oil

Wet: What are those chocolate flavored caramel candies called? The are all chewy and rich and dark? That is what this smells like.

Drydown: The rich creamy chocolate tones down to a more dusky, incensy chocolate when dry. There is almost a cinnamon feel to it as well. Spicy.

I won't lie to you - this is the blend I was most looking forward to out of the entire snake pit. When I first smelled it I was like "ick" it was much more masculine that I was anticipating (for the record I LOVE vetiver). I still gave it the prime testing location of my top left wrist and going on it has a heavy dusty coconut vibe - not juicy like I was hoping - but then again it does say BLACK coconut so I don't know why I was surprised. Five, ten, fifteen minutes go by and still it is a bit to bold for my taste then something wonderful happens. Maybe the vetiver just needed to get warmed up on my skin but now it is a lovely smooth coconut/vetiver mix that has just a hint of sweetness. Finally there is just a whispered suggestion of resiny goodness to round out the mix. Thank you Beth!

In the bottle: MINT!!! Lots of mint It is a clear refreshing scent.

On: Mint squared - lol - but after about 15 minutes it tones down a tiny bit and becomes more of a sensual spicy mint. When I huff my wrist I get an almost citrus/orange kick at the end. The mint seems to mellow more the longer it stays on my skin. Not sharp at all.