Stayin' Alive

I love this perfume! Smells like warm, sweet pencil shavings after a while. At first I get strong alcohol and sharp berries. I can identify with those that liken it to a band-aid smell, but this soon goes. The notes change depending on where I spray it on my body or whether it’s on my clothes. On my inner elbow it is now a completely mellow, vanillary, woody, incense smell. On my chest, I still get wafts of sharp berries alongside the others. On clothes it becomes very sweet.

I just tried this at Lush the other day. Mostly it smelled camphorous, like band-aid, dental office, or embalming fluid (which would be funny-ironic for the name). It stayed like that for the life of the perfume so, pretty linear on me. I’m not sure what creates that smell aside from some authentic ouds-some of the Roja ouds had that smell. Needless to say, it didn’t work for me.

I bought this with high hopes last summer. The written description didn't quite live up to reality in the bottle, or on my skin, it was straight-up vetiver from start to finish. Puzzling to me, as this was the first time I'd ever experienced such a single-note emphasis from a Lush perfume. If you enjoy single note vetiver, go for it! I will pass.

I LOVE THIS SCENT!! It smells like vanilla, but not too sweet vanilla, it's a bit sour as well, it smells like The Experimenter by Lush.

I tried it blindly and i deeply regretted it for the last two+ hours, all the while trying to wash it off. It's rotting sweet, super strong, and soaks right into the flesh. I generally love vetiver, but here it abandoned me and i'm choked by vanilla olibanum and sandal. Please send help.