Troll Face Pine Cone

[doomsday_disco]

Pine needles, licorice root, cypress, king mandarin, roasted chestnut, sage leaf, and bourbon cream.

[OxfordComma]

Between the name and the notes list there was absolutely no way for me to resist this one. Wet it's foresty and chestnut forward for me, with maybe a bit of bourbon cream. Dry, the creamy-nutty aspect and the dry woody licorice pop to the forefront. There's something weird in the mix that I think is the sage doing a thing, an odd herbal-airy counterpoint. Mandarin is MIA on skin but I get it in the throw. This is a weird ass scent, but not unpleasant. It doesn't seem particularly strong on me when I'm looking for it, but occasionally a waft of a citrusy, licoricey, nutty mystery mash up makes itself known.  Like walking past a local market in winter, getting random whiffs of assorted holiday treats. 

[roseus]

I get a beautiful pine needle punctuated chestnut-y bourbon cream in the imp. However the sage and licorice combine in an unfortunate way on my skin, very sharp and medicinal, and they takeover.

[doomsday_disco]

I apparently neglected to review this when it was available, so I tested it again last night to finally write a review for this.

 

This starts off with a blast of the pine with a bit of roasted chestnut behind it, but then, the licorice root barrels in like the Kool-Aid Man and becomes the dominant note for a while, backed by the mandarin and evergreens. When it finally disappears, the bourbon cream becomes the dominant note, infused with the mandarin and a touch of the evergreens. The sage wasn't super noticeable to me, but maybe that's because I was too focused on the licorice root, which was indeed very medicinal and unpleasant.

 

I bet I could have appreciate this if it had been licorice-free. If you're not a fan of licorice root, you probably aren't going to like this one.