Sunday, May 5, 2013

Trick or Treat - Alkemia Perfumes



Details:
Trick or Treat
Alkemia Perfumes

Notes:  
A grownup confection of black licorice, mandarin orange peel, caramelized brown sugar, bourbon vanilla, candied ginger, tonka bean, blonde patchouli, cedar tips, oakmoss, and sandalwood. Utterly sexy on both men and women... While this perfume smells like a sumptuous treat, it's got a secret trick... Dr. Alan Hirsch (Director of the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation) did several studies on the effect of black licorice on the responses of men and women. He found that black licorice increased blood flow to *ahem* certain parts of both the male and female anatomy simulating sexual arousal.

I bought this sample late last year, tried it, adored it, and intended to buy a full bottle immediately, but for some reason never got around to it (too many scented distractions, too little time...). I'm moving it up the chain of full bottle priorities because I am wearing it today and I love it as much as I did the first time. In the vial it smells like orange-scented liquorice, very much a Halloween kind of scent with black and orange. It doesn't say in the seller's notes, but I am assuming this was originally a Halloween edition perfume. Once applied, the alcohol comes out - the bourbon vanilla (more bourbon than vanilla), the liquorice, the orange, that tonka warming it all.. unf! This perfume is TO DIE FOR. The tonka holds through the drydown, and there is a woody note as well that I guess must be the cedar tips (though I don't know what the difference is between that and a regular cedarwood note). Thankfully, I don't really get the sandalwood at all - I've been having a rough time with that of late. Blonde patchouli - what the heck is that? Whatever it is, I can barely, barely smell patchouli in the dry down, but again, it is thankfully in the background and not dominating. I could not detect the ginger either, though there was a tickly spicy note that popped up now and then fleetingly that might have been that.

I suspect this would be a polarising perfume - if you hate liquorice or orange, forget it. This is not for you. But if you like those notes, you must try this. It's not like anything else I own or have tried, and seriously - WHY DO I NOT HAVE A FULL BOTTLE YET?

Rating: 
5/5

Day 122!




6 comments:

  1. I love thid too! I'm just not sure if I love it enough to buy a full bottle... It is very sweet on me, sweet in a sugary way and I guess I just wish I got more licorice out of it...

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    1. It's not too sweet on me - I do get a sugar note, but it's more of a dark sugar, like molasses. I get TONS of liquorice out of it.

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  2. Ner ner ner I have a full bottle of this :P think you may have mentioned it on your other blog or on twitter whatever you said at the time made me need it, also I think I may have mentioned that it reminds me of my fave discontinued purfume by Rochas - Alchimie.

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    1. I could have sworn I bought a full bottle. I think I might have started doing an order and then not finished for some reason and then forgotten about it.

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  3. Favourited on Etsy :-) I could eat my weight in liquorice and adore orange. I'd say this has my name on it then!

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    1. Orange flavoured liquorice would be a wonderful thing, I think. I wonder if anyone makes that?

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