A Date With Krampus

[doomsday_disco]

This one’s a holiday scent for all the Archive of Our Own regulars, proud teratophiliacs, and slashfic aficionados: those brave, unblushing souls who know exactly what tags they’re filtering for and aren’t afraid of a little (or a lot of) morally-ambiguous monster romance. A filthy-sweet gourmand gone feral: scorched caramel and dark cocoa nibs tangled with warm, skin-slick musk, a crack of black leather, a swirl of brandy, and the faint metallic scrape of chains dragged across a bedroom floor.

[AbbyNormal]

I had high hopes for this one and it’s even better than I hoped. The most prominent note is the cocoa nibs, followed closely by the brandy, which to me smells very reminiscent of the chardonnay in Perversion only slightly deeper and darker. The caramel is also present and is definitely a bit scorched in the best way possible. I only get the faintest whiff of leather and wouldn’t have noticed it at all if I hadn’t been looking for it. The musk is there holding everything together, and so far there has been no sign of anything metallic. I see a lot of this in my future, and may need to order a backup bottle while I can. 

[Akurarei]

Interesting scent - I definitely get a gourmand with the cocoa nibs and that caramel is certainly scorched! There are peeks of that black leather and a underlying booziness slithering around in there too. I don't detect the metallic note much, if at all. There is a note that I can't quite place though, so perhaps that's the metallic one.