Leopard

This is really good. Sometimes animalic notes work on me and sometimes they are just too much. The delicate balance between the patch, rose, cardamom and castoreum is perfect for me. I think perhaps the rose and cardamom a smidgen stronger than the other two main players. There is honey but it is pretty low key. This is not a very heavy or sweet scent. The vetiver adds a green leafy aspect. Very slowly I think the castoreum starts to dominate. It is only after a while that I can pick out any other floral notes. The cassia or blackcurrant leaf is now much more evident. I can't say it makes me think of leopards or their usual habitat. It makes me think back to when I was pruning my blackcurrant shrubs in the autumn. I do like it. It's a scent for sunny autumn days for me. It's a casual wear scent. Pretty much unisex.

This is quite a fun perfume! I get the BO reference within the first few minutes but after a while it goes away on my skin. Honestly, it made me giggle when I noticed it. Also, some of the reviewers must have some decent smelling BO. It definitely smells like body, but in the BEST way! I will sometimes nestle my nose in my husband’s armpits because they just smell so raw, human, and like HIM (not when it’s to the point of repulsion and begging for some soap and water). Ugh it drives me wild! I think this is a bit of an aphrodisiac and is an adventure in a bottle. To come up with something like this that is so out of the ordinary is genius. I’m definitely getting a bottle.

This perfume is a wild ride. Animalistic a bit sweet from the cassis which to me is very prominent. The first time I tried it I hated it. I have a 10 ML bottle and I put it back among my other samples for a year. This year I LOVE it. I think the animalistic notes can be weird - pretty sure that's what turned me off when I first tried. But now I find the perfume really is so fun and interesting. It's NOT linear but more of a shape shifter like rules of Attraction. Not blind buy safe by any means. If you are looking for a spicy wood with some serious twists give this a try but not if you can't stand sweet or animalistic notes. Pretty long lasting as well.

The notes that are listed lowest here are actually the strongest that make this fragrance unique and different, unlike any other cardamom rose fragrance. Sort of weird and lovely. This is a unique; honeyed animalic fragrance with some hidden light intricate rose with lots of herbal qualities; olibanum, black pepper, galbanum, patchouli, vetiver, cassis. In the top the quick rose and cardamom burns off as the herbal notes take over then the sweet honey rises and the fragrance gets fruitier. Underneath it all, castoreum is beating at the door and honey is trying to tame this beaver musk down. So wonderful. I must have a bottle.

“Leopard” by Sarah Baker is a perfume with so much character and authenticity. The use of cardamom here is sublime , it sort of gives a multidimensional realism to the rose, making it smell simultaneously dry, quite aromatic and slightly green as well , there’s a sense of mystery here that is hard to describe. The use of patchouli and sandalwood further enhance the beauty of the composition throughout the wearing while castoreum and beeswax accentuate the carnal sensuality and darkness of the formula.