Tags
act iv, Act IV: The Ladies of the Grindhouse, Amber, apple, apple blossom, BPAL, caramel, carnaval diabolique, carnaval diabolique: act iv the ladies of the grindhouse, cream, cream accord, honey, Musk, skin musk, teak, the ladies of the grindhouse, white honey
Scent Name: Agrat-Bat-Mahlaht
Manufacturer: Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab – Carnaval Diabolique, Act IV: The Ladies of the Grindhouse
Scent Description and Notes: “Amber, cream accord, white honey, apple blossom, skin musk, caramel, and teak.” – https://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/shop/carnaval-diabolique/carnaval-diabolique-2015/agrat-bat-mahlaht/
Bottle Design and Artwork: This is a standard vial / imp size (1/32 oz) that has been decanted for me. The label features the hand-written name of the scent, but no decanting information is present. The bottle art on the website is as follows:
Scent:
- ITI: Oooh, this is lovely! I’m getting a beautiful apple blossom that borders on the smell of Pink Lady apples, served on a small teak serving platter alongside a dollop of a musky cream. If I didn’t know this was from the Caranval Diabolique, I would swear that it was from BPAL’s Lupercalia: Shunga collection.
- Wet: Yes, that’s just as lovely on the skin – crisp apple blossom bordering on juicy apple flesh flecked with amber cream, a soft, cozy musk, and just a dribble of distant honeyed caramel. I was worried about the honey note on my skin as honey often does not play nice, but the white honey here is soft, demure, and very pleasant.
- Dry: After 20 minutes, the scent is still that spring-like apple-blossom forward tone, but now there’s a sense of sweetened woody roundness now that the teak and honey have warmed over a slightly plasticky cream. However, the plastic tone seems like just a flicker, present one second and gone the next when I shift my attention to explore the layers of the scent.
Other Impressions: “Baby powder and like hints of Crayola and dewy, misty sweat. It’s not stinky sweat. Yeah, like skin but like you’ve been doing some light activity.” -Tony