Rane.

Have an imp of this. It is very watery, green with florals floating on top so gently. Close to Zombi in it's greeny leafy goodness. I get impressions of drifting on a raft down a lush swamp.

Received as a swap. Smells like an evil spiked car. Or a sweet but tough scent. Really enjoy it! All I get is berries & leather. My son keeps sniffing me. Lol

Received as a decant. Wow! It's an explosion, like the title suggests. Very strong, femme, & exudes power. I'm mostly getting dragon's blood right now, but when I first put it on I smelled the earth note, patchouli, & oud. I'm smelling ginger & pink peppercorn as the last faint notes leftover.

Glad to have received a decant of this. It's really interesting. Very smokey, but the rest of the choir plays out slowly. The fruits, clove, tobacco, & opium is a dynamic combination. This scent smells like what I imagine an old veil would smell like.

Received as a decant in an imp. Very grateful! The earthy note smells like dank patchouli, but the other notes are on top. I really enjoy how the earth note keeps popping up out of the copal, myrrh, flowers. I'll have to seek out a bottle now. Lol

Received as a swap. Smells so good! The hay & almond are a bomb combo. Super fragrant. The cream & toasted sandalwood with the almond give this a candy smell too. & the mimosa is in there singing shyly, but wow. I get faint hints of Coyote & La Petite Mort. The creaminess is creating the skin musk note. Has incredible throw & length. This bottle is one of the top 3 Shungas I absolutely would buy/swap for again & again if I came across it.

Bought back in 2019. I could have sworn fig was in this one. The jasmine absolute & snow magnolia gives it a sweet, slippery, wet impression. Though it is a floral, I really couldn't tell! The Terebinth resin gives it a nice clean, air quality. I've made body lotion out of this one before. Would highly suggest!

Received as an imp. Bright, fruity & citrus, sweet, faint woods. Mouth watering. I need a full bottle!

The first imp I received was in 2018. I thought it smelled like off or burnt baked cookies. I received another imp recently with an order, & this smells herbal, & bright. I want to say there is lemongrass or lemon verbena in this. Something is lighting this up.

Received as an imp. I love how this smells like rained on dirt in the imp & upon application. When it dries out tho it becomes a light, yet fragrant floral. Total switch. Like from soil, to seed, to bloom. Has a chewiness to it too. Would buy a bottle.

Received as an imp. I don't have much to say about this, except it's definitely a manly scent. I'm picking up on the honey & wood. The bay rum is very gentle in this.

Received as an imp years ago. The oil is black almost. Thick, syrupy. Deep, deep smell. Musky, resinous, mysterious, with a bit of bright relief drizzled on there from the bergamot. I am left with an incense smell. Would definitely buy a bottle.

Received as an imp. So much in this going on I cannot pin out a single note. But I get masculine, I get the frankincense & possibly oakmoss. Will need to buy a bottle to study more. 💕

Received as an imp. Sweet violet with some grounded earthy patchouli, the cleanliness of Spanish moss, & fruity with red currant. I need a bottle of this.

Received as an imp. A hint tart. I smell the rummy cassis & prune, but the ginger stands out most. Interesting, slightly nose tickling smell.

2019 edition. Sugary, sweet coconut with a deep musky skin-like fragrance from the ambergris accord, deepened more by ambrette seed. The champaca blends so well I can barely pick it out, but it is there being shy. This scent is sensuality, warm skin, like a perfume I'd smell on someone from a forgotten era.

Another lovely I forgot to review! Had since 2018. It has a gritty texture to the oil when I put it on. One hit & POW! Cypress & birch, engulfed in musk & a hint of black tobacco to hold it all together. The tobacco is faint, but a nice note to get at the end of every sniff. Overall, it is a tree smell. Like way up high in the fragrant trees with branches brushing against my skin. The picture is fitting too for this scent.

Received as an imp. Smells fancy. I don't want to stop inhaling when I sniff it. I get the strawberries & cherries intermingling with the vanilla & musk. The heliotrope is faint, but a star in this show. This is a knock-out. Sexy, seductive, slightly fruity, mysterious vanilla & musk. Yum.

Received as an imp. Out of the bottle, & on skin, it is a strong floral, & all the notes sing in harmony together. I don't get any shifting. I would have sworn it has some fruit in it. It's a bright & Springtime scent. Feeling femme when I sniff this.

Received as an imp. A lovely fruity & earthy scent. It is mature, flush, close to the skin, & there is also something about it I can't put into words. The amber & patchouli deepens everything in this, while the peach & musk is playful. I'm not a peach fan, but I'd buy a bottle!

Obtained this bottle in 2018, one of the many in my first purchase. It's a simple, yet complicated smell. The juniper & musk swirls so well with pine. After it dries it's powdery with a hint of pine. Wasn't too sure how I would react to juniper but combined with pine & musk it makes for a dank forest scent that I think men would love.

Musk, yuzu, apples, then I get the Angelica root, deepened by white tea leaf. I would have thought this was entirely fruit or citrus. I regret making a reed diffuser with some of this oil as I'm almost out now! It is definitely a winter smell; icy, nose tingly, citrusy, then slowly the deep, base note comes out that kind of warms up everything again. Would buy again if I encountered it.

At first I was head over heels, even left a glowing review on the main site. However, I ended up swapping this one. Was too stout for me. I love oudh incense, & everything else in this, so I thought I would like this, but no. I think it was too many deep smells going on. I've also only smelled Snake Oil in an imp, & I wasn't fond of it either. But it is a masculine scent that I think will work great for someone else. On me, it amps up too much oudh.

Received for free with a large order a while back. Right out of the bottle: nope. Not gonna wear it. But I decided not to be a prude & do a test. & Wow has this one changed completely. In the bottle, sour, breath-stealing, overpowering, warmth. On the skin tho... FRUITS?? Bubblegum?? What the hell is happening here? There is the honey, rose, & slightly spicy carnation. The berries & vanilla cream are what makes this tasty. So it just goes to show, never trust your nose to a bottle. Apply some & give it a try! I was worried no one would swap this cuz of the initial funk, but now Im finding that I will be wearing this!

Has a mineral smell to it from the "stone" note. It lends some toughness to the rose resin, & rockrose. Rockrose I have never encountered before. My impression is a sharp, faint rose, with white patchouli & frankincense powdering down the sharpest features of this Gargoyle & his "junk". Creative, smells spectacular, but I might send this one off as a swap.