What was I thinking? I hate patchouli. I don’t think I like vetiver much, either. I can’t smell the cinnamon. This fragrance is just downright weird, and not in a good way. The blood note, however, is very intriguing—maybe I should try another dragon’s blood blend.
A few weeks later…What was I thinking??!!! This is fabulous! It smells wild and weird in the bottle, then strange and compelling on my skin…I can’t stop sniffing it; it is completely unfamiliar and totally gorgeous. At first sniff, it's all blood and old pennies. Then suddenly it's dramatically different: warm, lush, spicy, but still with the wild notes lurking behind that. After a few hours, it softens even further. In a wistful mood, I find that it reminds me of a certain decadently creamy rice pudding with cinnamon I used to love. In another mood, it strikes me as purely sexual, like warm, bare skin and a lover's soft exhalations between kisses.
If I had just gone by the reviews on the forum, I wouldn’t have chosen this. If I had gone by the smell in the imp, I wouldn’t have liked it. Guess I learned my lesson! This has become my all-time favorite perfume. I wear it when I have a work deadline and need to be energized. I wear it when I want to seduce the hell out of my partner. I wear it when I want something enveloping and comforting. How can one fragrance suit so many moods?
I think I would die without this. Plus, it's fun to tell people I'm wearing Bloodlust.
