Scentzilla!

Sage Machado Onyx is a gourmand fragrance set to bubble and brown in the oven. Baked warmth pervades the entire life of the scent on my skin.

What I notice most distinctly is the funky coconut nature of Onyx. A strange cross between the raw fruit of a freshly split coconut and of toasted coconut flakes gives the scent a sweetness that induces drooling. The first time I smelled Onyx I immedietly flashed back to a coconut-crazy dessert bar called Baseema that the mother of one my children’s play friends brought one day. The bars were dense, sticky, and almost so sweet I could hardly stand it. Here are two slightly different variations on a recipe for them, one with yogurt and another without yogurt. (If memory serves correct, I believe she shared ones made with yogurt?)

The fragrance is dripping with vanilla that is both foody and floral at once. However, the floral qualities only lightly touch my senses, so that the snackiest bits in the vanilla are what I feel most deeply. Its richness nearly induces pangs of hunger.

The sheer sweetness of this delicious mutant coconut is tempered and prevented from taking control by oakmoss and the sneakiest little tobacco note. The tobacco is a note I can only perceive if I am concentrating - it doesn’t occur to me naturally. This note strikes at sweet pipe tobacco rather than the skank of cigarettes. When paired with oakmoss, these notes feel like I’m being pulled under a dark warm blanket on a cold stormy night. Some scents are comfort fragrances because of their soothing, relaxing properties, but Onyx comforts with a big bear hug and a dessert tray of goodies made for you alone to gorge on.

The oil version of this fragrance is nice, but it was actually a little too thick and sticky for me (scent-wise, not texture-wise), so I chose the eau de toilette version instead. What I appreciate about the eau de toilette is that I feel the various notes are seperated and dispersed just a wee bit better, so that I am not stuck with just a big sticky block of scent. The coconut note specifically seems to fare better in the eau de toilette, insofar as it wears on my body.