doomsday_disco Report post Posted June 29 Oscar Parviainen BPAL’s sibilant Snake Oil getting chomped by the cool, pale, sepulchral pallor of white sandalwood, orris root, frankincense, ambrette seed, and rice powder. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
galahad Report post Posted August 5 In the bottle: Obvious Snake Oil with orris and a touch of sandalwood. It does smell cool. On the skin: There is a slight toasty/savoury note on the skin which I believe is the rice powder with the sandalwood. There’s almost a gingery note. Overall, an overlay of dry, thin top notes over snake oil. Will be interested to see where this leans after considerable aging. I'm on the fence with the fresh presentation. ETA: further into the drydown this becomes much more compelling. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lyahdan Report post Posted August 8 Just got my sample and mmmm. Cooler and a bit less dark while still having that complex, sweet spice. I'm really liking it as it dries and look forward to seeing how it holds up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OxfordComma Report post Posted September 22 (edited) Honestly, I wasn't really feeling this one at first. It had a dry nutty aspect to it that felt somehow high pitched, mineralic and yet cloying at the same time. I'm guessing the rice powder wasn't settling in quite right. However! It's become quite nice now. Maybe it's the cooler weather, or maybe it needed more recovery from travel, who knows. Now it's a cool marble veil over a reasonably demure* snake oil. It has the feel of the end of summer, where the warm days take on a cool edge at night. I'm seeing the vision now, not whatever the heck was going on when it arrived. *Demure as in balanced with the other notes. The throw is quite nice and the longevity is baller status, like most SO blends. Edited September 22 by OxfordComma Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
