Demeter Roll On Perfume Oil, Paperback, 0.29 Ounce

i bought this because it's the scent gerard way uses, but it kind of smells like old lady. not in a bad way, though? just. kind of old lady.

I quite like this scent after it's has about three hours to mellow. It's got that sweet vanillin note you want for old paper, a touch of dust, very subtle acrid note for old ink.But when first applied, it's just absolutely overpowering black pepper and nothing else. Eye-watering, like sticking your face directly into a spice bottle and blowing it straight up your nose.That might be a characteristic of the perfume oil, and I do plan to test out the room spray at some point in the future, but I don't think I'll be purchasing the roll-on again.

Looking for the right gift for an aspiring writer and this was just right. It was a conversation starter, for sure, and everyone had a different opinion about the authenticity of the scent relative to a paperback book. I can't pinpoint the smell exactly myself, but I do know that I liked the perfume oil better than the cologne spray, but gifted both so that the gift would be more substantive. The oil vial was a little too small for a gift, in my opinion. Anyway, everyone enjoyed the concept and everyone took a whiff, making it a unique and well received gift.

Bought this for my wife as her main hobby is reading and she loves the smell of a book. I have not given it to her yet and not sure I will. It has the faintest smell ever...like barely there. My nose is a lot more sensitive than my wife's and I doubt she will be able to smell anything. The scent itself to me smells more buttery than anything. Actually it smells kind of like this butter we had one time where, I think I got some good cheese funk on it. The funk grew on the butter and then it smelled a bit like this and tasted like a mix of butter with a blue cheese. Actually as it dries on the paper I put it on it is smelling a bit stronger and reminding me more of that musky butter with maybe a hint of something else. I can't place what the hint is of. I don't know....this paperback fragrance smells like something I want to put on my popcorn.

Let me start by saying that if you are the type of person that insist on leaving your cologne or perfume in your wake, like radioactivity after the release of an atomic bomb, with innocent bystanders choking and wheezing as they frantically reach for the button to open the elevator doors to escape the biochemical warfare emanating from your body in pulsating waves... this product isn't for you. Demeter's "Paperback" roll on perfume is a light musk with a clean hint of cedar that one can conclude gives it its name. It's gender nuetral and exist for that exclusive sect of the public that still believes ones scent should be a personal matter. I applied the scent this morning before work 12-hours later when I smell the application points it's faint, but definitely still there. Its great for you and whomever you invite to have a sniff. Remember less is more.I rated the product 4 out 5 stars because the name doesn't do the scent justice. Shop on shoppers!