Bien Loin D'Ici
Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab

Oof, right off the bat, get this perfume bien loins d’ici, s’il vous plait. Bien Loins d’Ici opens with a very strong, bubblegum-sweet red musk with an undertow of urinous honey. Unapologetically headshoppy, it reminds me of the colorful ethnic shops I loved as a teenager, featuring a miasma of exotic smells from the piles of unlit incense sticks, musty second-hand clothes, mood stones, health food bars, sacks of bulgur and quinoa, and the wheaten aroma of burlap bags.

Although this sort of thing has the potential to be heavy, credit goes to BPAL for blowing some air up its skirts by way of some nice leafy notes, which smell to my nose smell like crushed flower stems, grass stalks, and dandelion leaves. The honey note loses its initial sharpness as time goes on, relaxing into a pretty floral honey accord draped over the deeper caramel amber in the base. Surprisingly, in the base, there is a sawdusty suede accord that might even be accused of being Tuscan Leather-lite.

The benzoin dominates the opening with a surprisingly green effect. The honey develops after a few minutes.
Becomes more feminine as the musks settle and the resinous opening departs.