BPAL review #17: Centzon Totochtin
Apr. 24th, 2006 12:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hippie_chickBlack Phoenix Alchemy Lab
Recieved as frimp (free imp / sample) from the Lab.
From Excolo.
Centzon Totochtin: The Four Hundred divine rabbits of the Aztec pantheon that preside over parties and drunkenness. Bittersweet Mexican cocoa with rum, red wine, and a scent redolent of sacrificial blood.
In the vial: Boozy and yes, a whiff of chocolate. Not sweet milky chocolate but dark, bitter chocolate. Mmm... this might be good.
On wet: Boozy chocolate, but there's something unpleasant that happens when it hits my skin and starts to dry down...
On drydown: Why oh why am I getting .... bug spray (!!) out of this?? The forum reviews all say wine, rum, bitter chocolate and even coffee... me? Getting none of that. It smells like OFF! mosquito repellent on me. *weeps*
Overall: I had such high hopes for this one too... it just sounded too cool. Hoping it's just wonky chemistry (I'm PMSing at the mo'... yeah.) and it will be better next time. I'll hang on to this and try again.
Now to wash this off and maybe put on some Dorian. Mmmmm. Doooorian. ♥
ETA
Just won Red Lantern off eBay. Only $9! But with her $9.50 shipping (from Australia) made it about the cost of a bottle of it from the Lab itself anyway so meh. Yay! I totally had to skip the Lupercalia scents and was really drooling after Red Lantern of all of them!!
Recieved as frimp (free imp / sample) from the Lab.From Excolo.
Centzon Totochtin: The Four Hundred divine rabbits of the Aztec pantheon that preside over parties and drunkenness. Bittersweet Mexican cocoa with rum, red wine, and a scent redolent of sacrificial blood.
In the vial: Boozy and yes, a whiff of chocolate. Not sweet milky chocolate but dark, bitter chocolate. Mmm... this might be good.
On wet: Boozy chocolate, but there's something unpleasant that happens when it hits my skin and starts to dry down...
On drydown: Why oh why am I getting .... bug spray (!!) out of this?? The forum reviews all say wine, rum, bitter chocolate and even coffee... me? Getting none of that. It smells like OFF! mosquito repellent on me. *weeps*
Overall: I had such high hopes for this one too... it just sounded too cool. Hoping it's just wonky chemistry (I'm PMSing at the mo'... yeah.) and it will be better next time. I'll hang on to this and try again.
Now to wash this off and maybe put on some Dorian. Mmmmm. Doooorian. ♥
ETA
Just won Red Lantern off eBay. Only $9! But with her $9.50 shipping (from Australia) made it about the cost of a bottle of it from the Lab itself anyway so meh. Yay! I totally had to skip the Lupercalia scents and was really drooling after Red Lantern of all of them!!
