Friday, March 29, 2013

Old Cedar Magus - Solstice Scents




Details: 
Old Cedar Magus
Solstice Scents


Notes:
Old Cedar Magus is an amazing blend of fresh cedarwood on a bed of mystical incense and soft vanilla. Excellent as a unisex woodsy scent... slightly smoky and very alluring.

One of the most powerful attractants (is that a word? it is now) for me is smell. I don't look at people in the street but if I walk past a man who smells good I will stop dead, whip around and stare as he passes by. He could have a head like a robber's dog but I'll still be attracted. Ironically, my last two long term relationships were with men who hated anything that smelled the slightest bit perfumy - one because he was a hippie skank and the other because he gets headaches from strong fragrances (and also because he was a bit of a borderline hippie skank, it has to be said).

All this is a long-winded Grandpa Simpson way of saying that to me, Old Cedar Magus smells like the PERFECT MAN. It's warm, inviting, a bit sexy but not in that Sex Panther kind of way (you know what I'm talking about).

In the vial it's a freshy woody scent, like walking through a forest in the middle of the day - green and a bit zingy. You know when you go out to the country and you throw your head back and breathe deep and go, "Aaaah, smell that fresh air!" and look around smugly at the people you're with while they stare at you wondering whether you're going to be that annoying for the whole trip? Yeah, that.

Once applied, the warmth comes out - a rich, vanilla resiny wood, mildly smokey, just delicious. The dry down doesn't change a whole lot, but the vanilla comes out more as it wears on. Solstice Scents' vanilla note is just so far beyond anyone else's that it's ridiculous. Go home everyone, SS has got this covered.

Longevity is medium - I finally stopped sniffing myself after about 6 hours because it got to the spritzer hour and more important things were afoot. Sillage is medium - you could keep it subtle with a dab, but if you splashed it about or, say, took it out in the street and threw it on random men, you'd definitely know it's there.

Sidenote: When I tried this on at first I happened to be listening to this song, and the combination of the two conjured up an immediate feeling of warm snuggliness. Weird how that happens sometimes.

Rating: 
5/5 Full bottle ASAP.

Day 86!


12 comments:

  1. You convinced me! This goes straight to my next order!

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  2. Yay!!!!! I'm so glad this worked for you and even got a 5!!! That makes me so happy!!! I'm glad it found a good home <3

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    1. Oh, I thought it was one of the ones from you as I knew I hadn't bought it myself - but I wasn't 100% sure. Thank you so much for introducing me to this one - I'm definitely getting a full size in the very near future. :-)

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  3. This sounds gorgeous! I´ll have to sample this one sooner or later!

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    1. It's probably more up your alley than mine, Nadja. I'm surprised I loved it so much.

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  4. You're so right, smell can change how you feel about pretty much anything, for better or for worse. I've got a sample of this one too, it is definitely an awesome man smell. I need a replacement for the Monster Mash I'd gotten G, this one is a contender.

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    1. And it's just been restocked in the store so I'm going to snatch up a bottle this week, I think.

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    1. SO AMAZING!

      Have you done any Solstice Scents orders, Jade? Really worth getting into and their shipping is super fast.

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  6. I do adore SS so much. Not for me on my skin, but another I just love holding the vial under my nose :) Make note for husband to wear this hehe!

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    1. I literally could not stop sniffing it while I was wearing it - and when I had the vial next to me while I was writing my review I kept opening and sniffing it too!

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