Evening Star

2 thoughts on “Evening Star”

1. This was a boozy chocolate for the first hour before the amber started to appear, warm but powdery. It went back and forth on which was stronger, relatively even overall. I prefer amber to be a little less dry, but it’s a nice scent and is pretty to look at in the bottle.

2. In the bottle, this smells like a warm chocolate cocktail. It’s boozy, rich, and indulgent, like if a triple chocolate fudge brownie were made into a drink. It feels a bit flirty and sexy. I can’t wait to get it on my skin! Unfortunately (and strangely!), I lose most of the chocolate when I put it on. I smell like cognac. It’s not bad. I’m enjoying wearing it. I want the chocolate back though! So, this is a middle ground yes for me. It might work as a hair oil because I do quite like it in the bottle. After it sits for a while, I get some of that chocolate back, and a nice drippy amber. This reminds me of Black Chocolate from CP now (which I adore), but with the addition of that complex cognac. It does give it a more sophisticated feel, so it’s growing on me. I like it more and more through the wear as I get more of the cocoa absolut (no joke about the oil separation either lol when I poured it in my hand, there were brown blobs until I mixed it around). It gets to a gorgeous place after about an hour and a half of wear, like the bottle smell but not as boozy and strong, and it lingers for several hours after that. I do like the longevity of this one, though I wish I didn’t have the lead time before the chocolate settles into my skin. Solid maybe.