Shockingly, this is not actually from milking a dragon as one would a cow. (I know! I fell over in a dead faint when I found out! lol)
Apparently, there was an ale called "Dragon's Milk" back when Shakespeare was a lad. The fact that I know that little fact is proof that BPAL does things to a person: it makes me Google and try to figure out where the Lab's head was when the product was designed and made! (I'm weird like that)
There's also an author, Susan Fletcher, who wrote The Dragon Chronicles, a series of books including Dragon's Milk.
There's also a beer with this name (rated B+ by Beer Advocate). Cool.
Google is an odd thing.
Well, I'm here to say that none of those things have a clear impact on the scent of this oil. What's in the oil, though is Dragon's Blood, made from the resin of any of the following species of plants: Croton, Dracaena, Daemonorops, Calamus rotang, and Pterocarpus.
I like those plants, and I surely like Dragon's Blood! The smell is distinct - and hard to pin down. The best I can do is to say it's spicy, deep, rich, and somehow exotic. And it's the base of all of the scents in BPAL's Ars Draconis section - which is where you'll find Dragon's Milk.
As noted above, the scent is Dragon's Blood resin and honeyed vanilla, and that's pretty much how it smells. Sorry - no completely unique or groundbreaking insight coming from me on this one! In the bottle to me it's mostly the resin, but once it's on it fleshes out with a stunning depth due to the vanilla. It's not crazy vanilla... I wouldn't describe it as "foodie". It's just luscious and sexy and beautiful. It's not terribly strong on me to start off with and certainly stays close to the skin as it dries, however hours and hours later I can still smell the slightest bit of Dragon's blood mixed with a bit stronger of a dose of vanilla. This is an incredibly cozy scent, but still sensual.
DRAGON'S MILK
A truly fae nectar! Dragon's blood resin and honeyed vanilla.
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