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(10-16-2016, 01:40 PM)WVHDRyder Wrote:(10-16-2016, 01:24 AM)Marko Wrote: I think when it comes to scents like Hallows or Leviathan, to just call them "dark" doesn't really do them justice. They are complex and layered and they do make you make your nose and brain think about what it is they're smelling. They change and move around inside your brain. I like it.
Marko I agree(speaking of Hallows,never tried Leviathan)and fantastic analogy!!!
To my nose any way it is a dark scent(see above,I am a citrus fan)but you are correct in the the way the scents play well together,they mix and meld in a way that is hard to detect just one scent per whiff and hard to describe over all.I get the cocoa,and earthiness decay.Kind of like in the woods among a damp moss patch.
Personally for me the first smell took me back to around when I was 12-13 yrs old,meeting up in the field on a fall evening for a pick up game of football with my neighborhood pals.
The field's grass had been cut 3 or 4 days ago,dried in the sun somewhat and on the verge of decomposing but recently rehydrated with passing rain.The mixture of the decaying grass,mud/dirt,fall air and warm cups of hot chocolate that was available from the little old lady who owned the field we played in hit me like a ton of bricks.
Love when a frag "takes me back",Hallows is one that does for sure!!!
WVHDRyder what a great memory to have triggered. Its amazing how a scent can just transport you back to a time and place in an instant. A memory you likely haven't thought about in years and boom. I agree that for references purposes we have to lump scent into buckets like dark, citrus, bright, floral and so forth but as you illustrate above, we don't stop there when experiencing or discussing the complexities of a given scent or product.
