Deep in Earth

This is one of those weirdo BPAL scents I love. You know, they've made over 4000 perfumes in the past decade, so a lot of them just start to blend together and not really smell that different, but Deep in Earth stands out. It's just wet, dark soil. Wet graveyard dirt under a wet graveyard tombstone covered in wet graveyard moss. Not woody, not spicy, just... wet earth and moss. It's like Demeter's Dirt amped up to 1000. It's sliiightly soapy and clean, which makes it more of a unisex for me, although I would also say it's slightly on the masc side. I could see this being a hard sell on some, but if you've been really looking for that extra earthy scent, give this one a shot. I find it really unique and fun.

"Deep in earth my love is lying And I must weep alone." I love the idea of this - a grave scent! No funeral bouquets in this one, no, the funeral has been kept some time ago, but moss, earth and graveyard yew... and a geranium that would grow on a grave. I'd rather say this is very heavily earthy - indeed, this smells intensively like soil, especially when wet. Has kind of a rotting vibe too: brings a humid cellar to my mind. Dried down, it's softer and the rose geranium, moss and Irish yew get more exposed. At this point it smells remotely fresh and actually reminds me of the smell of a lake. Turns slightly soapy with my skin chemistry, though. Disappears in a few hours.

At the start, a very odd but inspiring scent. Very realistic wet earth, and a touch of mold. This phase is coolish and sharp and wakes me up. I do not think cemetery, but forest when it rains and mushrooms come out. After a while, the mold disappears, then the wet earth dries up, and to the front come flowers and moss. Not the kind of yellow or white flowers we usually smell in floral perfumes, nor the perfume-y ones like rose and jasmine, but something warmer and redder and, indeed, that reminds me of old-school perfumed soaps. I find this phase comforting and soothing. (Reminds me of what I remember from my mother's old Maja perfume). Actually a very well done scent!

This perfume smells like fall in New England - very witchy, earthy. The dirt and moss are gorgeous but unfortunately on my skin it pulls more towards the geranium. It smells a little soapy and floral on me, but the dirt underneath is nicely deepened by the slightly smoky quality of the yew. The smell fades fairly quickly, only get about an hour of sillage and then you can really only smell it faintly on the skin.