Black Pepper, Palo Santo, and Vetiver

[Jenjin]

Black Pepper, Palo Santo, and Vetiver

[Little Bird]

I don't love this one, but it's not unpleasant either.  I love the smell of Palo Santo and it doesn't smell like Palo Santo on me, but it does smell of warm, dry, almost creamy woods and soft, slightly earthy, gray smoke with hints of wood ash.  It's like woodsmoke and bonfire if it were turned into a much gentler, less sharp scent.  More gray and cozy than blackened.  I get no black pepper and lots of vetiver, and I can see how it would be an impression of burning Palo Santo without actually smelling like Palo Santo.  The couple times that I've worn this, I wished it smelled as good on me as it does in the bottle, and I thought it was a warm, gentle fragrance, but the simplicity of it starts to annoy me after a while.  It lasts all day in a close-to-the-skin, smoky veil, but I start wishing it had more complexity and the ashy quality that it has starts to grate on me.