Cold Moon: Moss and River Silt

[doomsday_disco]

Moss and River Silt.

[bheansidhe]

I'm a longtime fan of Halloween in New Orleans, and to my surprise, this is a VERY wearable blend that throws a definite HiNO vibe while being distinctly its own creation. I love its grit and saltiness, and how unexpectedly earthy and grounding it is to wear. The moss reads like Spanish Moss single note, not oakmoss, and not like cologne. It's loamy, not aquatic. If this blend had a color, it would be the weathered silver-grey patina of hundred-year-old bald cypress planks milled with hand saws from the heart of a Louisiana bayou. There's a faint woodsy sweetness in its wake. 

 

[roseus]

I would also say this is a more moss-heavy. I don't get so much a dirt note as a mineraly one. Not-quite-salty aquatic coolness. The scent as a whole is clean and bracing first on, but as it settles is more woodsy-fresh.

[feyofthefellwood]

I appreciate the previous reviews for putting this on my radar! I love variations on dirt and earth notes, and this silt note is quite beautiful: smooth and loamy, with a petrichor-ish tang. The moss note is less "dry" to my nose than in the oakmoss blends I've tried; it's a bit lighter and fresher. Overall, this is a calming and grounding scent. 

[Assimbya]

I bought a decant of this off another forumite to layer with my bottle of Cold Moon!

 

When this first goes on, it's vividly realistic river silt for me - I can almost feel the dirt between my toes at the river where I used to swim sometimes as a child. As it dries, it turns sharply much greener, and I get a very fresh, clean, yet also vegetal moss, with something wet and almost cucumber-like about it. It's fascinating, and not unpleasant, but a little odd to have on my skin.

 

Layered with Cold Moon, however, the gritty silt stays much more present, combining with the evocative, atmospheric feeling of the main blend to create what feels like a very full scent-picture of a cool, softly-flowing river, damp moss growing on its banks. This isn't one I'd want to wear on its own, but layered I like it quite a bit, and it creates a fascinating experience when I want to push the main blend further in its atmospheric direction. I definitely don't need a bottle of this, but a decant turns out to be just the perfect quantity.