ElysianPeace

This is in my rotation of sleep scents. Something about the internal feeling of an empty field in the middle of the coldest bit of a winter morning before the Sun rises. That not eerie but almost familiar empty field. Like you know someone there. It’s almost got the faintest faintest hint of a mint candy under Smokey gunpowder. If it reminds me of incense it would be Japanese incense. The high quality not super smoky kind.

On me this started out somewhat kettle corny, but I agree it settles down and it becomes really enjoyable. Definitely a honey sweetness to it that has this headiness that makes it quite sexy. I want to see how this ages. As it is my nose is really intrigued by this one.

Hey! I guess I'll be first on this one. I'm not very experienced at this, but I saw that someone wanted a review so I thought I'd help if I could. I'll be comparing a bottle of regular Antikythera I bought just before weenies dropped and these have both been rested over a week. Antikythera Pumpkin: Bottle: Woody, a little spicy, and some vanilla Wet: Still Woody, spicier than in the bottle (quite spicy compared to regular), and something is rounding out things but not quite enough yet. It's not creamy or vanilla-y Dry: The spice is settling down to be a better team player. IF you sniff well and you know what you're looking for you can smell the very specific Antikythera tone here. This has really great potential and is at least good now if you can tolerate spice. Antikythera Mechanism: Bottle: Woody Goodness Wet: Oh wow contrasting them this has NO spice, Woody, Something indefinably Antikythera is more noticeable here than pumpkin Dry: The Antikythera quality is more forward here than the wood, but it's like an underpowered version of what it could be. Wearable unaged, but completely underrepresents its final form. Fresh Does not come anywhere close to the glory of aged for Antikythera- I have a MUCH beloved sample that is of unknown age that is this the Stronger Richer Hot Older Cousin of either of these. Basically take whatever you smell and triple intensify the vibe. When I shoved my two wrists together and took a big wiff, it was marvelous and I think an indicator of what Pumpkin could grow up to be like. I will probably unashamedly buy a second bottle for that.