Casting Shadows

This is the most realistic nag Champa accord I have yet to smell. Casting Shadows is like the way a room smells that just had nag Champa burning in it 10 minutes prior but has since gone out. It’s that sweet, woodsy, slightly smoked aroma that lingers on your clothes and hair after listening to Moonage Daydream laying on the floor of your room staring at the ceiling. Or maybe the smell of soft, honeyed sandalwood that you burn on your puja table at home before every Japa session. Casting shadows may seem dark but make no mistake about it, this fragrance is purely golden. It radiates elegance while being heady and far out. Like true nag Champa, casting shadows last forever. I get a solid 6 hours of projection with the first two hours being monstrous. It turns into a skin scent for about another 3-4 hours depending on how hydrated I am that day. It works best in cold weather because the subtle Smokeyness shines like an aura of incense wafting around you all day. 10/10

I love this fragrance, it's the favorite out of the ones I've purchased. I get strong nag champa incense, maple, and amber notes with the wood notes softly in the background. Cozy... I'm not sure why the Oud note is listed here...I'm a pretty big fan of oud and don't detect it at all in this fragrance. In fact, if I did...I think I'd like it even more!

The description pretty much tells just how it smells. The notes are pretty spot on. It's smoky, spicy, dark, and it also has a slight floral scent.

There is a note in here that is quite sharp that I don’t love. I wonder if it’s the Oud. The sharpness softens somewhat as it sits on the skin. I love the amber, incense, and spice. This fragrance has a lot of notes I love. I can’t decide if this is a complete love for me, but it is definitely a like.

Dee-lightful! Sweetness with an edge. Sugar, spice, smoke, and something strange, a few of my favorite things! Smooth start, keeps transforming, holds my interest. Review of 5mL PERFUME EXTRAIT rollerball purchased directly from SolsticeScents.com (I kinda want the EDP now to see the differences.)

Although this starts kinda heavy incense it lands somewhere else for me - lightly floral, woody, spicy. Frankincense yes. Rich and warm... deep amber colored silk. I love the long wear. Long lasting and beautiful.

28th EDP: I was looking for a nag champa-like scent and the reviews lied...This is nothing like the nag champa that everyone knows :( To me, this smelled like maple and dill weed, that's it! There was nothing else special or nice about it. 0/10

a bit too sweet and candley for my liking

What I love about SS- for me- is the sweet notes of the unisex/atmospheric scents really seem to POP on me. Casting Shadows does repeat the incense/nag champa of several other scents, but the sugar maple POPS in this and once it was restocked Fall 2023- I got my EDP. It comes today. Only a few of the SS "Incense" smells made it to EDP for me- my faves are Conjure and this.

Casting Shadows is in the same vein as Wardrobe and Monastic. It’s a woody-spicy scent. The incense note is nice but light, the woods note is heavy, and spicy element does translate to dry leaves or old parchment. I would say this scent leans more masculine but I would encourage anyone to try it and wear it if these note groups make you happy.

A frankincense-heavy resin fragrance with honey sweet notes and wafts of occasional nag champa. Nice, but dries a bit too ambery for me; my chemistry often takes ambers and makes them smell like stale sweat. But the better part of the life of Casting Shadows is a wonderful combination incense on me for the most part.