![]() "Mandrake has the same fun appeal for me as watching Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, or Alice and Wonderland: A colorful, kaleidoscopic adventure ending in a deep, exhausted sleep in the dreamy comfort of a gigantic down bed from which you may not want to wake up. American Mandrake herb produces nausea and vomiting, and even inflammation. Never smelled “deadly addiction accord” before, but after smelling this, I am hooked! Full bottle worthy." The whole plant, apart from the ripe fruit, is highly poisonous in large doses. ![]() First off, you get the apple and rhubarb, then slowly finishes to a nice clean leather smell. ![]() There is also something in the base that reminds me of a soft, smooth, buttery caramel.Īgain a really gorgeous and unique creation. some stems bear a single leaf and do not produce any flower or fruit. You feel like taking a bite, but you know you really shouldn't. Podophyllum peltatum, is commonly called mayapple (also known as mandrake root. During that time, keep the soil well watered and feed. It takes about two years for the plant to become established and set fruit. Mandrake needs full sun or partial shade. Growing mandrake in deep, rich soil is easy, however, the roots will rot in poorly drained or clay soil. It smells a bit like a less sweet panna cotta with rhubarb jam. Mandrake is hardy in USDA zones 6 through 8. The mandrakes fruit was seen as love apples, which formed on the root. There is still traces of the rhubarb left in the scent, and together with the vanilla it creates a dessert like feeling. The fruit is called in Arabic baid el-jinn, the 'eggs of the jinn' they have a narcotic smell and sweetish taste, but are too poisonous to be used as food. three most significant ancient accounts of the mandrake plant. The base makes its presence known with a smooth leather and creamy, semi sweet vanilla-tonka combo. Now in the days of wheat harvest Reuben went and found mandrake fruits in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. This floral phase feels very sensual, attractive and enveloping. The green fruity and slightly sour smell from the opening is still present, and lifts the more heavy feeling of this floral accord. It smells floral in a violet-rosy-exotic, blushing, velvety kind of way, and the smell has depth, a bit of darkness and weight - it feels heavy, but not suffocating. I can't really put my finger on what type of flower it is (it says mandrake flower accord in the notes, so it is obviously supposed to smell like the flower of the mandrake plant), but I can't detect what type of notes they've used to create this accord. The cardamom leads the way for a deep, velvety floral feeling. The entire opening of this scent reminds me of the scene from Harry Potter where they lift the shrieking mandrake "babies" from one pot and replant them in another. Each plant bears many large (2-3 cm) purple flowers that have a bell-shaped joint corolla with 5 lobes. A gorgeous, cool-toned spiciness from cardamom appears and rounds out the sharp edges of this toxic green opening. I detect the crisp green apple note and the sour leafy rhubarb. In just a few seconds after application the scent gets really high-pitched, intensely shrill, bright green, juicy and tart. “Mandrake starts very moist, damp and green.
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