Brand: Alkemia
Scent Description: An homage to the steamier side of the Roaring Twenties – a darkly erotic blend of opium, labdanum, Tonka, balsam, sueded leather, and black musk.
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Brand: Alkemia
Scent Description: An homage to the steamier side of the Roaring Twenties – a darkly erotic blend of opium, labdanum, Tonka, balsam, sueded leather, and black musk.
Ahh my #1 favorite Alkemia scent to date. I want to bathe in a vat of this oil, I love it that much. Anything with opium, musk and suede leather calls to me. The notes in this work so well with my skin chemistry. It’s one of those fragrances where the notes blend together so well to form something so much more complex. Men seem to really like the smell of this one. This is a wonderful nighttime scent that I dip into year round.
Shalimar, but better. Well, better than modern EDT Shalimar. I suspect the older extraits were just as glorious. I get lots of dark, sweet, musky, resinous, and slightly smokey leather, but it smells quite elegant and polished too. Not exactly in the same way Madam X is- Vamp is not reserved at all. If Madam X is your daytime scent, Vamp is your nighttime scent. They are two sides of the same coin.