Graveyard Dirt Home & Linen Spray

[doomsday_disco]

This is the scent of pure graveyard dust, spattered with grave loam and dusted lightly with tombstone moss.

[gentle-twig]

I may not be the best person to post the first review this home and linen spray, as I have never tried the classic perfume version and this is only my second atmo, maybe a decade after I used up my first. But here goes.

 

I figured this was a safe blind buy for me because I love the lab's dirt notes in more complex blends, but even so I was alarmed at the realism here fresh out of the mail. It smelled not only dirty, but distinctly damp. I was worried that as a room spray it may read as mildew. Still, there was something very appealing about this fragrance. I thought as I sniffed it that I would certainly never spray it on my bed linens, but then the next day I couldn't resist. Now that the bottle had some days to settle, the damp aspect is less prominent. It certainly smells like potting soil right away, but the "grave loam" seems to really be more of a top note, as it yields to a drier, dustier dirt note underneath and a good dose of moss. In between, there is the briefest moment of an unexpected but not unpleasant buttery impression (perhaps a resin of some kind?). I actually find this moment a great relief because that moist top note still has scared me with every spray! As for the less ephemeral experience of the scent: there is something about moss notes that always reads as clean to me, from the sometimes soapy vintage oak moss, to the now more ubiquitous tree moss that often reminds me of the scent of crisp winter air. I can't say for sure, but I feel that the moss here leans in more of a contemporary tree moss direction, although I may also be reading the inkier aspects of oak moss as part of the soil accord. Anyway, the moss here is the secret ingredient for me. It adds a sparkling impression and transforms Graveyard Dirt atmosphere spray from mere humdrum and possibly unpleasant realism into the realm of perfume fantasy to me. Yes, dirt. But glamorous dirt! A forest floor you can happily lounge upon without fear of scuffs and stains.

 

As for strength, I think this is just right. Again, it's difficult for me to say how it compares to other home and linen sprays from the lab. A few sprays will fill the room momentarily, but the lingering scent is more subtle. This definitely plays well with other incenses and candles I might be burning, and has a persistent, pleasantly subtle presence for days on rugs and fabrics. But I also have been indulging in additional sprays whenever I do a little cleaning task in my bedroom.

 

I'm obsessed. As is my boyfriend. I was wary of spraying it initially because I wasn't sure how he would feel about it, but he loves it and I'm now considering getting him a bottle of the perfume version for his birthday. 

Edited October 25 by gentle-twig