Veronica’s Veil

[doomsday_disco]

Crimson musk, sacramental wine, iron oxide, saffron threads, stained linen, and frankincense.

 

 

Oskar Kokoschka
 

[VioletChaos]

In the bottle: I get equal portions of red musk and wine. I think they are making each other a bit more fruity by proximity, the wine tossing its edge of booze and the musk losing its sometimes-acridity.

Wet on skin: The "grape"-y aspect of the wine asserts itself as more of a thing and I gotta say, I'm a little surprised. But as it warms further, a more dramatic shift occurs, and all at once I'm getting saffron and a soft edge of the linen in the mix. It's becoming prettier by the moment.

Dry Down: This is just gorgeous. The frankincense is present at full integration but this isn't the shrill, lemony frank that has often tussled with me in the past. In this blend it transforms the rest into a soft, and softly powdered, deeply beautiful experience.

In All, a low-medium throw, this perfume stays fairly close to the skin. However, I would dab gently regardless, as the scent is so rich, deep and expansive, that to put too much on would ruin the impact of it for you as the wearer. I fully anticipate this is going to become extraordinary with age, though it really is sublime right now.

[elissamay]

This is stunning. I have been really, really behind in inventory-ing all of my scents, and I just took a deep inhalation of this and was transported to a shrine of worshipful contemplation. I have no idea what iron oxide smells like, but there is a vaguely metallic shimmer at the top of this one that enhances the lemony (but not screechy or Pledge-y) frankincense. Behind it is that wine and crimson musk, sweet and reverent. I find the linen in a sort of dusty quality that grounds the whole thing, and the saffron threads it all together. So beautiful, and little bit sad.

Edited 4 hours ago by elissamay