quantquill

Got this in a forum purchase 6 weeks ago and finally pulled it out to give it a try. In the bottle, it's pleasantly nutty with an undertone of sweetness. On my skin, I get half and half peanuts and hazelnuts. That blast dies down after a few minutes and there's a hint of natural sweetness underneath that comes forward. Unfortunately, my skin ate it allll up in the next few minutes. I've added a roller ball to the bottle; we'll see which of us gives up first. I think it will complement Castitas bath oil, so I'll layer it over one of these days. I don't love the blast of nutty, but once that dies down it's a lovely, slightly sweet, clean, slightly hazelnut scent.

Received this as a frimp from a forum order and it. smells. SO. delicious. I'm torn between hoarding it and just dabbing a little on my wrist at a time so I can keep smelling it, or taking the yolo approach and slathering it. I get fizzy cherries with a bare hint of vanilla underneath, or maybe a little spice. It's on my wishlist. If anyone is looking to destash, I'm your gal.

Yikes, why am I the first one to review this? 😓 My nose is illiterate, but I'm going for it, because I want everyone to know how wonderful this scent is. Purchased through a Luper 2024 decant circle and all I have is an imp, which is now down to 1/3 full after 2 days. That's a lot of slathering, I've never come close to using up an imp before. Will be FS immediately. On my skin: drunk, rich cherries, perfect golden amber and sweet, spicy musk all partied a little too hard and had a menage baby. No mint, tangerine, or honey, unless it's the reason the musk and cherry smell is coming through with such richness. DELICIOUS. Absolutely gorgeous. Pour it all over and curl under my blanket, pull it over my head so I can breathe in warm, sweet-scented air. Sorry if that sounds weird.

In the imp, it smells almost astringent. Completely different on my skin. 💜 The taste of crystallized ginger when the chunks are coated with ginger-flavored sugar? That's what this smells like to me. So very good. I get a bare hint of something pleasantly herbal underneath after it's been on a few minutes, but it's nearly a sugared ginger one-note for me. Love it.

Yum. I'm terrible at picking out specific notes usually, but the pomegranate is juicy and a great mix of sweet and tart. It's almost like blending a slightly unripe peach with a maraschino cherry. I'm not able to pick out peppercorn but maybe it's mellowing the sweetness a bit? It's definitely a smell-yourself-repeatedly-coz-damn-that's-good scent. Makes me want to slather it all over.

My latest package included a lovely small spray decant. It separated in the bottle, which I found fascinating and kept shaking it up to watch it separate out again. It made me want to use it right away. It only arrived today. <smack hand> Wait. Give it a day. <can't can't> Finally gave in and unscrewed the spray top to sniff it. An uncontrollable, "Oh, wow, this smells good!" came out of my mouth. It ticks alllllll the boxes for me. Spicy cinnamon and allspice blended perfectly. Something sweet added, not vanilla, and not what I recognize as cotton candy or anything else, but my nose is crap so ymmv. Next time I wash my hair, it is game on! If it smells as good on me as in the bottle, I've already added the bottle to my cart and that baby is all mine.

I bought a bottle from the forum and let it sit for a few weeks and tried it tonight and... I'm gutted. It smells terrible on me. These notes, I love these notes! Yet all I'm getting is a mix of slightly smoky/ashy Vaseline, a muted hint of Tiger Balm and helium-inflated birthday balloons left out in the sun too long, with the tang of antiseptic bandages underlying the whole thing. This is one of the most evil tricks skin chemistry has played on me. 😭

I bought Castitas from BPAL and ... Unlike the previous reviewer, I don't get toasty grain. On me, it's a veeery gentle, slightly floral vanilla. It takes a while for the scent to develop; I put it on in the mornings whether my skin is damp or dry, mixing in a few drops with my unscented lotion and slathering it on. (I've tried with and without adding lotion, works great either way.) After settling in, within half an hour I'm getting delicate hints of floral vanilla when I move around. Can't stop sniffing my arm. Low throw, no one else is commenting on the scent, including my partner. That's how I want it -- too many people around me have allergies or scent opinions and I only want to please myself with scents. I've layered BPAL's Voodoo Lily, Nui Cobalt's Feu Follet, and Arcana's Strawberry Craves Incense, and to all of them, Castitas adds a dollop of delicious.

I get sugar plum, the sweetest nose-wrinkling blast of grapy, sugary sugar plum ever, and I'm here for it. I'm not picking out lavender or marshmallow, but my sniffer is notoriously low class. Love this one!

A snuggle-me, meditative scent, perfect for sinking into pranayama. Maybe it's the incense undertone, but it also reminds me this yoga instructor is a dark elf who will not tolerate any of my negative self-talk. I can't pull apart the scents, not getting plum, lavender, or incense as individual notes, it all blends together into a long ahhhh and om. Thank you to the lovely forumite who gifted me an imp. It's going FS in my next BPAL order. I've now slathered it on four different places to have the experience of sniffing it multiple times. I've also layered Elf over it, and NAVA's Haunted Parlour. DYI added delicious depth to both.

I love Blood Kiss! Yum. I'm terrible at recognizing scent notes, but in the bottle, I get the scent of the cherry liqueur in chocolate covered cherries (the good ones, where there's a hint of cacao in the cherry scent). As it dries, it settles into honey, cherry, musk and vanilla. Wow, this is amazing. Potent, yes, I agree with Sjofn, but I have no sense of restraint. Let the slathering commence.

Batty Hunger is driving me batty. What component in the perfume can do this? Maybe the leather? In the bottle, I get fruity sweetness with an ozone undertone. On my skin it's slightly sweet laughing gas with an undertone of melon. I've tried it a couple times. Maybe it's skin chemistry, or maybe it needs to age? Back in the box to age and see if it changes. Will update if it changes.

In the imp and when it's wet, I get a strange antiseptic scent. Dry, the antiseptic fades out fast. Goes to sweet vanilla, mint and cream, and something heady and rich and empowering. Within half an hour it's allll gone -- my skin eats it. Love it. I added some of it to my Hair Loosened & Soiled in Mid Orgy hair gloss, and wow, that's good stuff.

In the imp, it smells sweet (I couldn't pick out any specific notes). On / dry, I get sweetness, vanilla and honey. It doesn't last long, after half an hour it's too faint to smell unless I bury my nose in my wrist. It's one I'd be willing to carry around to slather it on a few times a day.

I love ylang ylang, blood orange, and lime. Such a win for all three scents. Wet and in bottle: orange orange orange orange Dry: Ylang ylang serves as a shim to keep the orange table from wobbling, with a slice of lime left out on the table top. Love it! Wish the ylang ylang came out stronger but I'll definitely take it.