Cosmic Criquet

[doomsday_disco]

In the shadows of a neon hive-city, insectoid forms glide between thick curtains of bright green vines and crackling circuit boards. Blooming under sheets of acid rain and electric moons, this scent opens with the dark crackle of leather: slick, sunless, and alive with static. A surge of petrichor follows, like rainfall striking alien soil, soaking into a garden grown from strange seeds and synthetic spores. Peculiar blooms unfurl, humming with iridescent electricity. Moss clings to chrome roots, cybernetic orchids burst from humid soil.

[patina]

In vial I smell ozone mostly, with moss and soft dirt. Applied, the orchid really blooms. This is a Big Orchid. While the damp dirt is strong, it doesn't overwhelm the floral. There's some metallic too.

 

Clean hothouse, a lovely blend of plant and machine. Ozone, dirt, moss, and cologne-y scents can be underwhelming on me but I'm seriously considering this one.

[leptonpyr]

Cosmic Criquet is an INTENSE floral on me, with some impressive projection. It smells like I am standing in a greenhouse, surrounded by humid air, giant tropical blooms, and rich black soil. I wish I could identify which florals I'm smelling, but alas, I am too unschooled in florals to be able to differentiate. I can probably safely assume there's some orchid, based on the scent notes and @patina's review. 

 

I cannot overemphasize what intense tropical-greenhouse smells I'm getting from this blend. I'm getting that almost uncomfortably musky intensity of hundreds of tropical flowers in full bloom soaking the air around me. It's so intense it's almost melon-like, bringing to mind juicy, sweet-but-musky overripe melons splitting on wet soil. It's honey-thick, almost syrupy. If it isn't clear, I am so into this. I feel like it would be an absolutely insane scent to wear on a hot summer day, and I kind of want to. 

 

It lasts a good 5-6 hours before it calms down a lot and recedes quite close to skin, but once it does it's still a really beautiful floral, just more like flower clippings sitting in a vase in your house than a whole dizzying greenhouse experience. I feel like I don't have enough experience with BPAL's moss note to know whether I'm getting the moss; it's hard to pick out from everything else going on in Cosmic Criquet. I definitely never got leather though.

Edited 5 hours ago by leptonpyr