Blackbird

23rd I like this a lot, but cannot use it too often because the wood note in it is too strong and scratches my throat, making me cough. I think Ellen should tone the wood down just a little, so the blackberry won’t have to compete so much. I sprayed this once on my shirt and it took 2 washes (with unscented detergent) to get the wood smell out. So less wood and it would be perfect in my opinion. I grew up near European forests overgrown with blackberry bushes in late summer/early fall and the forest woods smell is more subtle. This is like crushing a sweet, plump blackberry with a giant wooden hammer…less is more…!!! Still a good combination though. 7.5/10

I don't want to hype this particular fragrance too much, but I've gone through the entire range from the deluxe and dev sample sets of OO now, and this might be the one I think embodies most what this house is about to me. Authentic feeling, daring without going too far into the obscene, giving you a feel for the region it was made in and inspired by, and expert execution in the blend. This has a super authentic blackberry open (Gucci Guilty Oud was good, this is even better) a peppery cedar underpinning and wrapped around it all is a fir note that I've experienced in a few of her blends now and is always captivating. It reminds me of my time on the West Coast of North America, in different ways with each blend. This isn't my favorite scent from Olympic Orchids, but along with Bat/NF I'd recommend this as one you must always put in your list to at least try if you want to discover this house for yourself. After now sampling 36 of her fragrances on top of already being quite familiar with Bat I'm firmly a huge fan of Dr.Covey and fully intend to buy at least 10 of those I tried in full bottle form, and look forward to whatever will come in the future.

I agree with the review below, but that doesn't stop this from being amazing. This is dark and sexy - a brilliant blackberry cognac and scenes of midnight above the timberline. The incense and spice projects the warmth of intimacy but with a flawlessly virile quality. The whole thing is overt and dramatic, at once smooth and dangerous. It's not all that linear. It just takes forever to develop. The sex is there; it's just buried underneath. Though this may be the essence of the metrosexual vampire on a man, it would be simply deadly on a woman. If you're into the woody incense vibe but want something with a bit more animalic heft, Dev #2 by the same brand is almost precisely this.

Smells like cough syrup with olive brine.

This is such a real blackberry - just exactly like the ones we used to pick when I was a child!!! Yum yum yum!!! They are (and the perfume is too) so so delicious!!! It's just completely true to life for me. I adore it. And it's incredibly long lasting and has a good powerful sillage; I get fabulous compliments!!! People say 'mmm....yum...blackberries!!!!' I feel so good in it! And classy and very refined too. It's the fir that really makes it elegant and refined. And I looove the bottle. Such a classy elegant black.