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BED OF NAILS (LE, Carnival Noir): (Company says: Sharp, shining, metallic: rubbed iron with a dry wooden base.)

In bottle: Weirdly metallic aftershave and wood. It’s quite appealing, actually. Wet: Much as in the bottle, only vaguely spicy. This is crazy sexy in a masculine sort of way. I am surprised there is no fougere in it as it has the richness I associate with fougere based scents. It’s a little like Mechanical Phoenix, a little like Valmont. It is made of win just generally. I am already in love. As it warms, more of the richness of polished wood comes out. Dry: It calms down a little as it wears, ending up a woody, vaguely metallic, insanely sexy aftershave sort of smell. This is going to be one of my all time favorites, I can tell.