doomsday_disco Report post Posted August 21 Rarely glimpsed except in reflections or the flicker of fading film, the Bastard-Amber Dragon drifts through time like a fever dream of Old Hollywood. Born of illusion and artifice, it casts everything in its path in a honeyed glow. Its scales shimmer like tawny celluloid: aldehyde klieg lights illuminate golden resins, husky with toasted brown sugar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tajana Report post Posted Saturday at 11:51 PM (edited) In the bottle, the aldehydes glitter true to the description of dazzling kleig lights. Applied, I get fizzy, sparkling bubbles, a syrupy golden amber soda. Sometimes frankincense and labdanum have a cola-like aspect so maybe they're part of the proprietary golden resin blend, helping extend the aldehydic glitter effect, pushing the effervescent special effects to the limit. I feel like there may also be benzoin folded into the formula because there's a vanillic creaminess turning this into a curiously NON-gourmand cream soda. Brown sugar is toasted until it melts and starts bubbling along the edges, it's not like a typical brown sugar scent. The soda-like ambery scent bubbles along for hours on end with above-average sillage... a little goes a long way here. In the drydown there is a waxy candle-like feeling that emerges on my skin, but it's not unwelcome. We're dimming the "lights, camera, action!!!" lights on the movie set and transitioning into candlelight after hours. I think this will age really well and I'm curious to see how it settles over the months and years to come, if I can make my bottle last all that long. Edited Saturday at 11:52 PM by tajana Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
