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Please Scream Inside Your Snake Oil

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Take Snake Oil and moosh it into a sugary fluff of lightly fried delicate dough. That is what this is, and I love it.

So you have Snake Oil’s sugary dark musk with extra sugar, and a light doughy edge. I’m not getting any powder that fresh Snake Oil can have when it’s fresh, either. 

 

I’m not a huge gourmand fan, but this stays mostly in the musk category, although some days it does read a little too sweet for me. Other days I could take a bath in it.

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expectation:  snake oil sufganiyot, maybe? 

frankly, in the bottle this is rather unpleasant.  salty, savory something-or-other and snake oil.  blech.

eta:  reading other reviews, and yes, it is rather vegetal.  i couldn't put my finger on it. 

freshly applied, i had a millisecond of "oh no what have i done?" before it started to resolve itself.  then the snake oil pushed to the front of the line, and suddenly that salty yuck becomes a great counterweight to an extra-sweet snake oil.  what a cool transformation!  the snake oil continues to amp on me, and it's dusted with a coating of powdered sugar. it *almost* tips over too sweet, but that salty/savory note stays in the background, holding the leash.

it's hovering right over the line of delicious/foodie and musky/incense, which is an area that i really enjoy.   over time, the red musk is a LOT bolder than it is with og snake oil, as is the spice.

this is a very, VERY good snek.  delicious, but not exactly edible. extra-sweet, extra-musky, extra-spicy snake oil, with something a little bready fluffing it out on the back end.  

Edited by MamaMoth

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oh.my.gourd. This is the shit. It’s SO good. The vegetal musks are there and warm, like working in the tomato patch on a hot Summer afternoon.  The vanilla and spices are smoky, and sensual. The funnel cake for me pops last, like scents wafting from a carnival across the street as you potter around the garden (is there a hint of soil?). Perfect throw and wear length. It’s so well-balanced between sweet, earthy, resinous and green. Hands-down my favorite (other than 2022’s 13, which I could absolutely bathe in). I know this was a happy accident and a special pandemic scent, but oh I hope it sticks around.

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