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Well, all my decants arrived and I've been madly sniffing and testing. Thank goodness I have til the middle of November. What I've ordered so far, and why. I suspect I'll be getting a couple others, but need more testing to be sure.
Huesos de Santo - Orange-glazed cake, dotted with anise seed, and filled with custard, set beside a bouquet of celebratory funeral flowers.
I actually ordered this one (to fill out an another order) even before sniffing the decant. I figured I'm crazy about all their Day of the Dead scents to date, and this one seemed foody enough to be a good bet. And I was right - this is lovely. Orange cake upfront, then a whiff creamy custard and a hint of licorice. The florals are complimentary and muted, yet somehow bright - all marigolds and mums, as might be expected. Am really looking forward to the bottle so I can slather.
To Autumn - Mist and mellow fruitfulness: mist-swirled, moss-covered bark and dry red leaves, apple pulp and knotty galangal, with poppy juice and nutmeat.
Lots of autumny scents in this release, but this was the one I most wanted to try. And its lovely, woody and fruity (though I'd say its more a dried apple scent than pulpy) and the poppy rounds it out and brightens it. Didn't pick up much nuttiness, unless that's the faint creamy note I pick up as it fades.
Michtecacihuatl - Copal, precious woods, South American spices, agave nectar, cigar tobacco, and roses.
Total love. Glorious layered drydown, but not overpowering or dark as some resin blends can be. Sappy woods (there's the copal!) with a hint of spice and tobacco. I didn't immediately ID the floral as roses - only the faintest hint of it and a little dusty. I almost thought it was mums, but it was probably the spices. Terrific last.
Brom Bones - The butchest, manliest of musks covered in well-worn leather.
With a description like that, I was a little wary, but given my love of leather notes I had to try this. It's a must if you like musks and leathers. Reminds me of Krampus (which I also adore) but without the dust and woods, and so it's different enough that I'll be happy to have a bottle of each.
Fearful Pleasure - Dried orange peels floating in simmering cider, roasted apples, smoldering firewood, chimney smoke, sassafras beer, warm hawthorn wood, and oakmoss.
Ah-MAZ-ing. Here's my foody autumn scent - apples and wood smoke and spicy herbs floating through the air on a crisp leaves-crackling-underfoot-is-the-cider-hot-yet? autumn day.
Gunpowder - Carrot peelings, hay, chaff, molasses, maple oats, red apples, stable wood, and musk.
Dry and sweet and oaty-goodness; a warm savory oat-cake eaten from a hay-pricked mitten. I have this odd urge to layer this with Brom Bones. I'm sure Irving would be appalled.
Ichabod Crane - Dusty black wool, tea with cream, black pepper, muguet, and beeswax candle drippings.
Wool, tea and candles - what's not to like? The pepper gives it a bit of an edge, and there's a hint of honey from the beeswax. There's a hint of sour in the cream as it drys, but it disappears by the final dry down which is predominantly wool and spicy tea. I suspect this will age extremely well.
Huesos de Santo - Orange-glazed cake, dotted with anise seed, and filled with custard, set beside a bouquet of celebratory funeral flowers.
I actually ordered this one (to fill out an another order) even before sniffing the decant. I figured I'm crazy about all their Day of the Dead scents to date, and this one seemed foody enough to be a good bet. And I was right - this is lovely. Orange cake upfront, then a whiff creamy custard and a hint of licorice. The florals are complimentary and muted, yet somehow bright - all marigolds and mums, as might be expected. Am really looking forward to the bottle so I can slather.
To Autumn - Mist and mellow fruitfulness: mist-swirled, moss-covered bark and dry red leaves, apple pulp and knotty galangal, with poppy juice and nutmeat.
Lots of autumny scents in this release, but this was the one I most wanted to try. And its lovely, woody and fruity (though I'd say its more a dried apple scent than pulpy) and the poppy rounds it out and brightens it. Didn't pick up much nuttiness, unless that's the faint creamy note I pick up as it fades.
Michtecacihuatl - Copal, precious woods, South American spices, agave nectar, cigar tobacco, and roses.
Total love. Glorious layered drydown, but not overpowering or dark as some resin blends can be. Sappy woods (there's the copal!) with a hint of spice and tobacco. I didn't immediately ID the floral as roses - only the faintest hint of it and a little dusty. I almost thought it was mums, but it was probably the spices. Terrific last.
Brom Bones - The butchest, manliest of musks covered in well-worn leather.
With a description like that, I was a little wary, but given my love of leather notes I had to try this. It's a must if you like musks and leathers. Reminds me of Krampus (which I also adore) but without the dust and woods, and so it's different enough that I'll be happy to have a bottle of each.
Fearful Pleasure - Dried orange peels floating in simmering cider, roasted apples, smoldering firewood, chimney smoke, sassafras beer, warm hawthorn wood, and oakmoss.
Ah-MAZ-ing. Here's my foody autumn scent - apples and wood smoke and spicy herbs floating through the air on a crisp leaves-crackling-underfoot-is-the-cider-hot-yet? autumn day.
Gunpowder - Carrot peelings, hay, chaff, molasses, maple oats, red apples, stable wood, and musk.
Dry and sweet and oaty-goodness; a warm savory oat-cake eaten from a hay-pricked mitten. I have this odd urge to layer this with Brom Bones. I'm sure Irving would be appalled.
Ichabod Crane - Dusty black wool, tea with cream, black pepper, muguet, and beeswax candle drippings.
Wool, tea and candles - what's not to like? The pepper gives it a bit of an edge, and there's a hint of honey from the beeswax. There's a hint of sour in the cream as it drys, but it disappears by the final dry down which is predominantly wool and spicy tea. I suspect this will age extremely well.