Roogna

I have enjoyed maraschino cherries in a few of the Lab's blends, so I was hoping this would be another win, and it is.

maraschino cherries and a bite of sugary lime-like fluorescence

a nice soft black licorice. the best anise/licorice I've tried from the lab - not too foodie or overpowering

As it wears, I get more gray and dusty and mouse-y, almost with a hint of popcorn, 

the licorice is still there, but subdued

low throw pancakes (vaguely batter foodie) with cardamom (spice) and light mint and anise, get more mint the longer I sniff. Nice and interesting but short lived and low. I really wish this had better staying power on my skin, as it's not too foodie, but it's different and interesting. 

huh, I open the decant get a lovely brown leather and something that's almost but not quite Vicks. maybe minty? mothballs? I am unable to place this scent, but it is the dominant scent on my skin, which wears like a cloud

sniffing my wrist up close I get sour leather and clover. It mellows some as it wears and even turns a bit dusty/powdery, but I do not notice it without the close sniff. 

cherry cola, a little flat

no leather

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