Deadly Nightshade

I have fallen head over heels in love with Deadly Nightshade! I love violet, iris, suede! I love the lipstick note. This is so sexy! When i first got this i opened it right away and didn't let it sit because i was to excited and inpatient. It was beautiful from the first test and smelled like a waxy iris with that lipstick accord and pretty one dimensional. It reminded me of Creed love in black (another favorite of mine). Now it's only been a few days that I've been letting it sit and i decided i was craving violet and put some on. Now it's even better! As soon as it touched my skin there was a strong beautiful suede note! Almost like i can smell the brown color and feel the velvety touch! Then the violet comes out and a rooty iris. There's a touch of vanilla and a saltiness from the ambergris! As it dries down it becomes anamalitic from the mix of suede and ambergris! It smells like shalimar P.I and Creed love in black have a cousin who everyone knows is a bad girl! This is georgeous! Sillage is actually an arms length on my skin and longevity is about 4 hours. Im happy to re apply! So feminine, so sexy, seductive, dark and mysterious!

This is my first time wearing an Alkemia perfume and I am impressed at the quality. Given it was a oil rollerball, I was expecting a standard head shop hippie oil. The smell is really different but also pleasant! To me, these smell like Choward's Violet Mints!! This perfume reminds me of a memory I have where my friend kept giving me these mints for my dry mouth at the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia while we were looking at medical oddities together. It also reminds me of LouLou by Cacharel but a little less complex (which isn't a bad thing by the way!). It's such a shame that it's going to be retired soon as it is on sale on Alkemia's site. I think I'll have to snag a full spray bottle just so I can hoard some for later!!

I was worried about this one when I opened the tester bottle and got plastic-y violet leaves. I put it on and got violets along with something I can only call new-car smell, and a powdery note that reminded me of mothballs. However, after it sat for a few minutes, the notes came together into leather. After 30 minutes it was the perfect earthy violet and suede I was hoping for. I was worried the opium and patchouli would overwhelm the floral aspect, but it blends perfectly. Highly recommend.

Wow, this one is a shape-shifter. It starts as a naturalistic violet and after an hour or so flips over to this dark thing and at the four hour mark becomes white soap and fluffy towels. It has impressive longevity for a violet based scent and I have skin that kills scent. It's a lovely light thing and would be a good office scent. This listed notes are reasonably accurate but I got more animal than leather and I did not note any opium poppy at all.

Truly a film noir seduction scent. This is the femme fatale in black that creates a hush when she enters the room. A crescendo of violets set against leather. Sweet and powdery contrasting the dominatrix within. Perhaps it has earned its name. This fragrance puts Cuir Ottoman to shame (in my book).