Pipe Bomb Pink

<3 This fragrance makes me so happy! I love that Nicole Miller explores the color pink and the idea that it is non-gendered. This fragrance is so completely different from what you'd expect and so unique from anything else, but also there's something about it that feels nostalgic. It's hard to explain, yet it's on the tip of your tongue. Reminiscent of something like fennel seed, caraway seed, or celery seed - mixed with metals - mixed with salt. It's subtle, but holds complexity and continuously mesmerizes and captures your intrigue as wafts swirl around you like butterflies throughout the day.

This is the first scent in a while that's really knocked me out. So different from anything else I have. "Pipe Bomb Pink" is a perfect name - it's metal, plastic and rubber wrapped in a rosy cocoon. I got a sample of this and Triton at the same time from Blackbird and love both of them, so will definitely be trying some of their other scents. It's exciting to come across a house doing such original work!

Oddly enough, I really like this. I work as an aircraft electrician so I'm not a stranger to burnt out electronics and that's what this reminds me of except for the subtle floral note instead of a pungent fishy smell that burnt circuit boards tend to have.

Lovely. Different than the OG. I would say softer perhaps but not lighter.

Soft, plastic, and metallic like rose with a fuzzy musky and salty backbone. This is such an interesting little fragrance that I just had to write a review about first. I have really been liking the whole line as I'm slowly making my way through it. I will warn you though that Blackbird does one thing perfect: odd. They make a lot of odd fragrance combinations and notes work somehow. These are definitely "niche" and pipe bomb pink is no different. It has this waxy/crayon like feel to it that is super interesting to smell, and it's honestly kind of addicting. It's very ethereal like its parent "pipe bomb", but with a bit more oomph throughout the entirety of the fragrance. This will be a head turner, and sometimes not for the right reason but I believe most people will love it. It reminds me of this after school child care I used to volunteer at for my old middle school. It really smells like the combination of all the smells that you get; from the ground down crayons, the musky old carpet, the smell of the teachers perfume, and this odd metallic smell from the ventilation. It's nostalgic of a midwestern middle school from the 80s-early 2010s and I like it for that reason. It's a little too feminine for my wear, but I might get this for a SO if they like it enough. I will say though that this is a great niche fragrance to get started with into niche perfume because of how light and airy it is. It's not a super heavy leather/saffron/oud bomb that chokes out the entire room when you step in. Decent longevity as well. Solid fragrance to remember the simpler times of your life.