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DrGANJA – :
I liked how this opened up on my skin. Smelled like an antique old Christmas wreath in the bottle. Opened up much sweeter! Yum! This is actually quite nice.
I get sweet golden vanilla, Christmas spices, incense, and patchouli. The last two notes make it smell like an oriental gift shop. So this is Christmas mixed with oriental incense. Hmm.
Update. I keep smelling my arm where I applied it. I do really like it. It’s syrupy spicy, but the patchouli isn’t blending well and is ruining it. I typically like a like patchouli base, but this is overpowering. 🙁 It would be a love without a patchouli overkill.
Sluplebypeddy – :
Upon first spray, the first thing I thought was another boozy A*Men, possibly a cousin to Pure Malt. At first it has a medicinal boozy quality about it, but it does tone down into the dry down. It develops into a patchouli driven boozy scent. The vanilla is not strong or overly sweet. It’s not a complex fragrance, but I like it a lot. The spices with the vanilla producing a beautiful rum.
If I had to sum it up, it’s Spiced Vanilla Rum.
ЗиЛ13010 – :
Story time! When I was a kid and Sabrina the Teenage Witch was a TGIF staple (taking you guys way back!), Coty released a cheap little body spray called White Magic. It was a patchouli and vanilla scent that I bought for probably $5 at the grocery store and have hoarded for 20+ years because it was so, sooooo good! I spray it once a year- Halloween only- and it has become THE fall fragrance that my sisters and I love with the love that only comes with intense nostalgia. In the years since, I have tried to find more of this scent, but of course it was discontinued without a trace, so I’ve turned to finer fragrances in the hopes of finding my lost love in a different form. Here it is. It looks different, polished up with better packaging, and wow, has its worth appreciated, but this is the smell of fall that I would wear as a teen and young adult. This is the fragrance that made everyone say “wow, that perfume is amazing! What is it?” And I would be too embarrassed to tell them the name, so I would pretend I didn’t know! Gothic I, White Magic, whatever your mercurial name is, I love you.
Modestic – :
An intense patchouli scent that reminds me of angel muse.
Sticky sweet chocolate nutty patchouli that is wafting around me from only 2 dabs on my wrist.
Its very boozy and christmas smelling to me.
If you love gourmand patchouli scents you must try this the strength and quality are amazing.
lyf547InsuffBooni – :
Vanilla spice with a tiny hint of dark amber & patchouli and a mildly hint of turmeric. The vanilla is quite dominant and softens the darkness that it brings from the spices and the patchouli. not that complex but pleasant for dark vanilla lovers.
Gothic
mr.bean – :
&
swen – :
are quite similar and shares common factors, as i see that Gothic
Meller – :
is a soapy Gothic
lion_tiger – :
with some more patchouli and a hint of incense. So sample them both and choose.
Ninasda – :
The first time I tried this, it smelled of Mount Gay Rum. I got the vanilla but whoo I really smelled like I spilled a drink on myself. Unlike Gothic II, while there’s a chocolate vibe, its not a very loud one. Its more vanilla, rum and chocolate to me.
As time goes on the patch turns dark, musty, and dirty. That sounds bad but its not. I wish it had started this way to be honest. Of I and II I do enjoy 2 more as there is less foody vanilla to contend with.
As I and II share basically the same DNA, one of these would be enough (unless you collect)
chernishov – :
I got a sample of Gothic I by Loree Rodkin from Lucky Scent and description there does it justice “a moody vanilla shrouded in a mist of light woods and patchouli. Sensuous and unrepentant. We picture long hair whipping in the wind, a search by candlelight and a man driven half mad by love. Still, for all of its gorgeous drama, we could wear this everyday. It has the luxuriant skin-caressing softness of a vintage silk velvet cape. Worn over nothing. Voluptuous and mesmerizing.”
The Patchouli is a strong force – dirty, earthy and slightly medicinal. Some people have said this is rather sweet but it’s very dark and gothic to me. It’s mysterious with a slight incense smoke element. The Vanilla does sweeten it a bit once it dries down but the perfume still retains its character. It is quite spicy and I get frankincense from it. I must say I really like the dry down but it sometimes gives me headaches. It’s rich and heady. The ingredients smell of high quality and I think it’s well blended.
It has heavy sillage and is long lasting – because of this I say it’s a night perfume and definitely keep it away from the office. It’s more suited to colder seasons, smells like an alternative shop and I think I might actually wear this when I feel like somewhat gothic. I might buy a bottle since the price has gone down so much.
NikS75 – :
To me this smells quite similar to long aged Snake Oil from BPAL. Snake Oil starts out slightly medicinal and goes sweet and gloopy (while keeping the spices) after a while.
Well, Gothic 1 is like 3-5 year old Snake Oil. It’s really quite sweet Vanilla but counter-balanced by the Spices and