Tamarinda

This is all white sandalwood on my skin. I have discovered that my skin seems to amp anything "white" to a noxious pitch. Too bad, as this smells so nice in the imp. I once tried slathering a bit of Gelt first, to help the chocolate compete with the sandalwood. It worked, but took way too much Gelt to offset a very little AVC&WS. After many tries, I decided to make it into room spray and it's really nice for that. You get a whiff of chocolate and some nice sandalwood, as opposed to SANDALWOOD all caps. I don't get any vetivert, which is a bummer.

UPDATE 5/16/2022: Had to give up my bottle as the Great Skin Chemistry Shift of 2022 turned this into pure alcohol sweat on me. It reminds me of the smell of hungover friends the morning after a wine bender. UPDATE 2/5/2022: I grabbed a bottle of this because why not? The most prominent smell is the brandy note, which is VERY sharp to my nose. The peach is there, but overwhelmed by the brandy. I don't get any Snake Oil from this, but underneath the brandy smell is the promise of something wonderful. I've had my bottle for over a month and it has mellowed in that time. It's still sharp, but I imagine that all the not-brandy smells in here will mature beautifully. Original Review: I picked up a decant of this unsure of what peach notes would smell like on my skin. My only experience with peach scented things is a peach deodorant that did nothing but amplify the stench of sweaty armpits. This made me not terribly excited to try the Dragon Con scents, but I was hoping that this one would work thanks to the Snake Oil component. (FYI, the only other Dragon Con I got was the Vanilla Wafers one since vanilla really works with my skin chemistry.) WELL. Color me disappointed when my decant finally arrived and reeked of fresh, acidic cat piss. The whole package smelled of it, as did my hands after handling it. So I put everything aside to rest for the day. That was yesterday. Today, my decant smells of dried cat pee and sweaty armpit brandy. I'm just going to leave this in the dark for a while and hope time causes the Snake Oil to bloom while subduing the acidity of the peach brandy. The best that can be said is that it took multiple hand washes to get the smell off.