Details:
Slammerkin
Twyla Perfumes & Apothecary
Notes:
Golden amber, my own hand-blended, proprietary version of Egyptian Musk, vintage patchouli, pink lotus, carnation, Russian rose otto, bourbon vanilla, benzoin, immortelle and bitter almond.
I don’t know whether this has any relevance to Twyla's perfume, but there’s a book called Slammerkin by Emma Donohue, and I love it, so of course I had to try this. In the vial, Slammerkin is almost medicinal – there’s something strong and herby about it. Applied to my wrist, it’s a patchouli fiesta. For the first couple of hours that is all I can smell, and even though Twyla’s aged patchouli is pretty much the only patch I can stand, it’s still too much for me here. I don’t get the musk, the resinous amber, or the florals – just the patchouli and maybe a teeny tiny hint of bitter almond. After quite a long time it eventually fades and that’s when the amber, benzoin and vanilla come out on me, but by that time it’s quite faint. I know loads of people adore this one – Su, for example – but on me it was just a big smack in the mouth with a patchouli plant.
Rating:
2/5
Day 77!
It smelled medicinal to me too, but on me I think the bitter almond was amped to where it smelled just like cherry cough syrup.
ReplyDeleteI barely got the almond, the patchouli just went nuts on me. Passing this one to my hippie friend, who will probably like it a lot more than I did. ;-)
DeleteI don't dare try another Twyla, at least for while. I fear I would not like this anyway....although the combo in theory sounds good....Black Baccara has Cleopatra... which has almond and patchouli notes in it that I just love.
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