BPAL sniffing notes 21 - Worm Moon

Worm Moon-

Do not smirk as a hearse goes by,
For you may be the next to die.
They wrap you up in a big white sheet
And throw you down six feet deep.
They put you in a big black box,
And cover you up with dirt and rocks.

All goes well for a week or two,
Then things start changing; all is new.
The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out,
The worms play pinochle on your snout.

A big green worm with rolling eyes,
Crawls in your stomach and out your eyes.
Til your blood turns mossy green
And oozes out like Devonshire cream.

Worm Moon marks the season of rains, when the worms scuttle forth, aerating the earth with their movements and enriching the soil by digesting waste in organic material, which creates organic fertilizer.

Since April is Black Phoenix's Month of Absurdity, we present a melding of Victorian Grotesquery and springtime fecundity: mold-crusted dirt, decomposing organic matter, coffin wood, drooping funeral flowers, congealed blood, gloomy lunar oils, cuckoo flower, and a gruesome burst of overripe red fruits.


In the vial, it smells very green and almost like a cleanser of some sort. Colorwise, I'm getting a mossy green.

Wet on my skin, it smells like wood and dirt and decaying leaves and dried flowers. It reminds me of an old garage or carriage house that's fallen into disuse.

10-15 minute dry-down - Now it has a weird, almost citrusy note to it. Maybe it's those 'overripe red fruits' they mentioned.

1 hour dry-down - There's a very prominent floral note in this now - something white. I know the scent but I can't place the flower other than I know it's a white one with a fairly big blossom. Not magnolia or carnation, but something like that. There's also an odd tart note, probably those fruits again.

2 hour dry-down - Too floral for me and that tart note isn't agreeing with my chemistry at the moment. I tried this one about a week ago and quite liked it - I'll have to try it again when shark week is over. :-P


*note - probably not the best time for me to be testing oils, hormonally speaking, so I may be giving this a second shot in a week or two.