Tiger Tail

2 thoughts on “Tiger Tail”

1. I was hoping for the ice cream and orange sherbet smell, like a creamsicle but the licorice is what came out the strongest in my sample bottle. It’s black licorice too like those old apothecary style cough drops my grandparents used when I was a kid. It’s all I could smell.
   Trying it on my skin just made that note so much worse. I get a little of the sweet come through on the dry down but it’s not what I imagined, not that it’s a horrible scent it’s just not what I expected.

   If you like STRONG black licorice with a little sweet this is probably a scent for you. If not pass on this one.

2. This is the most perfect creamsicle smell in the bottle. Like OMG I’m caught off guard by how good it is. I wasn’t even that pumped for this one, but after one whiff I’m suddenly excited. It’s not overly creamy or milky, not blaring fake orange. It’s cool and confident, the perfect balance. The orange sherbet wants to be the star of the show though. Once I get it on my skin, it blooms, and I lose the creamsicle impression I had in the bottle. It reminds me strongly of the smell of rainbow sherbet from Baskin-Robbins, but without the “cold” to go with it. I don’t quite feel the ice cream profile anymore. More like the smell of sherbet flavoring. Still good, but more one-dimensional on skin. After a few minutes of settling, I get a trail of licorice, which is a great counterpoint. Licorice has become something newly appreciated for me after my stellar experiences with Pennywise and Vaniglia Liquirizia. It’s got the same magic going on for me here. I could see this in my summer collection very easily, a slightly darkened addition to the fruity/ candy/ bright I gravitate towards for the heat. I’m getting more of the vanilla ice cream component later in and I am again thrilled by the change. It’s basically what I smelled in the bottle now, with the addition of the licorice depth. This is just wonderful, making me sigh with delight with each sniff. It’s not something I would have picked for a blind buy either. That’s a running theme lately… I’m learning a lot with this batch of samples. I’m repeating myself an awful lot too, but this is another winner in my book. The extreme dry down leans into the vanilla ice cream (as I suspected it would), softly sweet and skin musky. Still great in this stage. Excellent longevity. I’m gonna have a terrible time narrowing down my next foodie craving order!