Roogna

haha, now that patina said "cowboy themed" I smell it ...if the cowboy was wearing too much cologne

the cologne is spiced and goes on too strong for me. There's brown leather underneath. These two mingle more as the day goes on and the cologne settles down some. 

Very masc

I had to try it despite not believing it would work on me....

and...straight to drier sheets / vintage decorative soap with that floral

edit - turns baby powdery after a few hours

TOO STRONG

holy cow

just a test on my skin and it's way too much. I must amp it

hot honey is a punch in the face, and smells rather sour with the pineapple 

okay somebody else needs to weigh in on this... 😆

in the decant and WET it's a smoky camphor

and then very quickly it DRIES into nothing but sugary candy

the morph gives a brief moment of camphor and sugar, but it settles into a surprisingly sugar sweet note on my skin

what? 😅

the question is, can I slather it on and survive the camphor stage in order to get the reward?

I will preface this by saying that I had to wash it off after a few minutes, as I was having a reaction to it (throat irrigation and coughing) that lasted a few more hours after washing it off. That's a rare thing with BPAL and me, but it happens.

Initial impression: scorched, biting, almost fir-like (pitch?) and almost cloying. Yes, there's leather underneath. Sweet cloud of incense and labdanum rolls in, enveloping it all. 

medium+ throw

very nice pumpkin - salted (as one would caramel), which isn't bad, but edges it towards sweeter and foodier than I typically wear

medium+ throw, good wear length

as it wears the paper note comes out, turning things a bit yellowed

sweet fig

low throw

unsure on vetiver...more soapy than vetiver, especially over time

wow super sweet like fruit stripe gum with that hint of powderiness that comes with stick gum

great fruit choice

very summery

goes on sour. I've had a few suede/leathers be sour, and that's the only thing that makes sense, but it could be something else since I get leather separately on drydown
Then the leather note comes into it's own AS leather. It's a yellow-brown suede/leather

low throw. doesn't last too long on my skin.

I also get the Dead Leaves note when first sprayed, and it's not a note I'm a fan of. It does seem to fade and let the leather and pumpkin ride high, but then it all disappears

Wow. that is some strong brandy. The brandy alone has a heady throw. Think like Vicks powerful, but smells like brandy. 

As it dries it turns more mossy and woodsy, with the brandy underneath keeping it kinda sweet

I tried this for the leather, of which is understated

there's some sweet brandy

I can't wear anything "rose", as my skin amps it to headache levels; I was hopeful here, since this was on my hair, but no. Rose is absolutely the dominant note. Not headache levels (thankfully), but not a scent I'm fond of through association.

brandy and rosewater strong, maybe some leather, but not enough for a leather lover

I'm not sure what velvet is supposed to smell like

very orange chemical (not real orange, but also not "cleaner"). turns to powdery incense with hint of orange

BLACK SESAME! wow. that is STRONG. heavy-handed, even

maybe some clove?

almost has a sour note underneath

no leather 

just a whooooooole bunch of sesame for hours. practically a single note

I tested a tiny bit on my wrist, but it goes a long way

sleepy lavender, sweet fig, and a touch of cedar. The fig is....weird. As it wears, less lavender and fig, cedar is very soft, throw lessens.

pink pepper is sweet AND peppery, the clove is underneath, adding umph to the peppery, as it dries it almost has a campfire wood smell

very clean but also reminds me of massage oil ish? Gets more clean quickly, very "white" with a slight incense-earthiness and a smooth vanilla

very very faint low thro. It was very hard for me to smell while wet. As it dries, I do smell it better, but it's still low throw.

Purple-y, sweet, maybe musky on drydown. It's hard to pick anything out. 

green, watery... plant water, hint of "perfume". Yes, do get "spa" from this

but it's way to green for me. I'm glad my LMT doesn't smell like this, but I expect it's an improvement for an orc lol

dead leaves note gives way to Black pepper, possibly charred wood, turns plasticy with clove

This is so good! 

I don't do "foody" scents and I'm seriously contemplating whether I need at least a partial bottle of this. 

fruity without being able to name that fruit, cardamom injects that warmth and soft spice, and creampuff. It is what it says it is. Very balanced. Not too sweet. Not too "foodie". Yet still sweet and delicious-smelling. The mystery fruit maintains being the top note, but it's so well supported, it's like really juicy fresh fruit plopped on top of that creampuff

Oooooooh. I am so happy this works for me.

if you normally think DBR is a bit too sweet or whatever, don't let that scare you off here. It is actually leathery DBR without being one of the Lab's "leather" notes (most of which I adore). And the acid, ozone, and smoke are amazingly wearable. It's surprisingly light with a medium throw.

I need multiple bottles stat. 

sour almost-oud scent that I think is the red musk, some clove that's quickly overpowered, maaaaybe something a little floral, but I had to try washing it off within a few minutes....and I can still smell it hours later (just not as strong thankfully). Interestingly, at this point hours later, the red musk actually smells nice, though there's still a hint of something sour. 

I had to look up copaiba balsam (Sweet, almost honeyed, balsamic, peppery) and hornbeam is a type of tree that goes by other names

This goes on fresh and green, with copaiba balsam giving it a woody spice, a little soil if I sniff carefully enough. As it dries, it settles to more soil and grass, but neither very heavy. OVer a few hours it goes from med to low throw, and gets more balsam-spice, and possibly amber, but I'm not as sure on that note. It's a nice, neutral scent that I think I'll try later in a scent locket

I did not get any florals (spring blossoms), which I'm not complaining about. 

tested on my skin

immediately super strong throw, but settles in a minute (test first lol)

oudh very dominant. So dominant I don't smell anything else. maaaaybe some sweet ale

glad I just tested a tiny bit