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the cassia is a sharp cinnamon. as sqwook mentioned, it does remind me a bit of the cinnamon note in chimera (my standard BPAL I love wearing and my hubby loves on me), but it's much sharper - more "red hots" candy and raging cinnamon stick.

after an hour or so the honey comes out and the cassia tones down, making it a really lovely spice

but I'll stick with Chimera.

 

the scent itself has a medium throw on my skin, and no burn. if you're curious about a cassia-heavy scent, it's a good one to try, but it's really for those who love them some cinnamon.

 

*edit - hours later it's amping honey like crazy! cassia is mostly gone

I've not been first before. Hopefully, it is still helpful to some

I'm a leather lover, and I like to try every scent that contains it. However, I really don't get any leather from this.

It goes on very strong Floral (lily), white, biting, and clean (probably the mix of frankincense and eucalyptus). This does not work well for me, and while I like what the scent settles into, I'm probably won't keep it because the initial smell is abrasive to me.
Eventually (an hour or so later) the throw softens -- the initial bite settles and I get a little less floral and a little more wood and tonka...and this continues till the initial floral and white notes are basically gone. This second stage lasts all day and is very pleasant and soft. I guess it could be described as somewhat leathery, but if I wasn't looking for the leather I probably wouldn't think that.

I'm really glad I tried it on my skin as it softened to something that I would not have guessed from smelling the bottle.

don't let the in bottle scent stop you from trying it. i the bottle is very smoky dirty patchouli and vetiver, but there is more to this scent.

 

I'm a leather lover, and I don't get any leather here

 

it goes on strong vetiver and clove. The Patchouli quickly joins them

As it dries it it turns a bit "sweet" - mostly the cistus (woody/herby/lemony) / rockrose and *maybe* a hint of rum

 

settles as a light (low throw) mostly cistus scent

at first (wet) I got lots of incense, a hint of blood, and something lemony/woody

pretty quicky on drydown it turned somewhat soapy with a woody bite

citronella

 

um..what?

 

yup, smells like I just sprayed mosquito repelant on myself

dragon's blood first

then very incense-heavy and some clove

overall, much more dark and heavy that I was expecting.

very biting and green. comes off more plant-green and musk. there is a very nice vanilla sandalwood, but *sniff* mostly a very biting, almost acrid green.

the vanilla sandalwood does come out more after 30-60 minutes, but still has a bite.

 

reading the above reviews....I should note that I LOVE Jareth and really like Paladin. This doesn't remind me of either in the slightest.

*heavy sigh* NO leather

no fir

no cedar or smoke or cedar smoke

very clean

almost fruity

almost soapy

very sheer and light

.....

OMG I am so glad I got a tester of this (now I need to hunt down a bottle or partial).

Goes on strong sarsaparilla but quickly shifts to wonderful sweet and soft honeyed leather, the vanilla and patch are subtly underneath the leather.

I love it because it's sweet without being foody and provides a soft, pretty leather for me (normally I like heavier leather notes).

wow! this hits hard and strong with a very cinnamon spice. It's very black and red and very dry woody. it settles to cinnamon and something kind of woody, kind of black. I think it's the frankincense. it's a bit too much cinnamon spice with not enough to balance it out

ink heavy! and I agree with those above - cucumber/melon

I get a beautiful leather too but underneath and not in every sniff mostly it's the cucumber melon then the ink

I confused and a bit sad the leather isn't more dominant, but it is an interesting blend - just not right for me

quick sniff of good notes - I thought this was going to be a winner.....then immediately turns to an almost soapy version of the notes (like a smokey soapy mix) and it hangs very light/close to skin.

on me this is soft - not a strong throw

 

I get cherry, then a sugary/apricot leather? maybe some pepper/vetiver? but mainly it's a soft cherry and leather that's really the best of both -- neither being too strong and the cherry not being too syrupy

 

unfortunately this creates a BURNING sensation on my skin :@&*$!:

*sigh* starts great - an initial wiff of cinnamon that fades to a background spice, overall smooth, soft, warm...no note stands out

 

then, within an hour, cloys

I can't pinpoint the culprit note or notes, but turns a bit sickly. *sniffs again* (sour leather maybe?) If I sniff through that I think I still pick up a few good notes, but I shall be swapping this for something that loves my chemistry more.

Very sweet. Lots of cherry and leather at first. But it's a nice sweet cherry, not syrupy. I get some tonka too

as it wears the cherry dies down some and it turns more suede and vanilla with a hint of cherry leather, stays sweet

I plan on trying it again before making up my mind. I wish there was less cherry, but I kinda like the sweet

WOW very cypruss - very x-masy! there is cinnamon and incense

NO leather

 

after a bit, it turns a bit "dryer sheet" on me and loses the cinnamon

the mix of tonka and dragon's blood turns sickly sweet (sort of a cherry-almond-db) amid pencil shavings that are very blackened

 

to top it off, it turns soapy on me *sigh*

this is definitely one for the vetiver lovers! and wow is it gorgeous! I definitely need more

 

in the imp: vetiver dominant with a muddled mix of the other notes. hard to pick them out distinctly except maybe the currant

 

on my skin: vetiver with a touch of fruity current and the musk and amber come out much more! and I can pick out the patch but it fades to the bottom of the mix. At first, I don't get any carnation that I can tell, but then it wraps itself around the vetiver like they were meant to be together.

In the imp: heavy cacao and clove, then vanilla-amber, current, maybe red musk. No patch. No leather.

 

wet: very nice, current and cacao mostly, layered over musk, amber and tobacco

 

dry: a musky fruity scent? really, I can't pick out any particular notes after it's been on a few minutes. but it smells nice I guess? It's also fading away in general, so it's hard to pick it up. If it didn't fade away from what it smells like wet it would be wonderful, and the first cacao scent to really work on me..but it just doesn't have the staying power that I like

 

sadly, no leather ever shows up

first impression: Vicks vapor rub- ALMOST (some BPAL nails that note imo)

also almost xmas pine but not exactly

it really smells like something I would expect in a xmas candle lol only a touch more medicine-y

 

yeah, not a keeper for me.

red musk wrapped in the fougere

initially there's a sharp herbal note. that settles pretty quickly to have less sharpness/bite but is still there

mandarine comes out a bit more after it's been on for a few minutes and any hints of the fougere dies down

 

a very nice blend..I wish it had a bit less herbs and a bit more lavender

wow! very apple. very crisp sweet apple

champaca and tobacco strong, but not as strong as the apple note

it's also very "white" and floral - too clean and fresh for me

 

*edit

though it didn't work for me, I left it on. After several minutes (less than 30 I think?), the apple dies down, the tobacco and champaca, vanilla, and honey come out more. also starts to cloy, so still not for me.

oudh and the leaves ..and "brown"...almost spice...not really leather

*few minutes later* yup - definitely more "foody" than "leathery"

no lavender unless it's just a slight tinge to it

 

it's not what I expected, but it's not bad. I don't normally do foodie scents (hoggle being the exception...which shares 2 notes with this)

very soft, but not faint

at arms's length this just smells soapy on me (and from past experience that's more a 'my body chemistry' thing than something particular to the blend) - almost a detergent lol

but up close, with a long sniff, I can pick out a nice mix of the first four notes it's a nice blend, but no leather

but I only got a 1/2 imp because I anticipated it would be more "white" than "leather"

 

like others have said, this is almost a pretty spring scent, but depending on the throw per person it could be a nice snuggly winter scent

sadly this turns soapy with my skin chemistry, but even in the imp it's more aftershave than leather

i get some berry, some incense, and some moss