Are you a fan of The Nutcracker?
I'm embarrassed to admit I've only seen it once and was bored to tears. A lot of people, though, make a tradition of going to see it performed during the holidays.
Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab has some Nutcracker-themed oils in their Yule collection this year. This is a review for Mother Ginger...
From beneath her skirts emerge eight gingerbread children: gingerbread, French vanilla, sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, and marshmallow cream.
So... those are also the notes to the perfume. Having smelled Gingerbread Poppet in years past, I sort of expected this to be a similar, if candied, version.
Nope.
I smell a vague whoff of ginger tea with the merest splash of lemon.
Later: the same.
Still later: nothing. It's gone.
Slathered, it's more noticeable, but on me still a soft and effervescent ginger tea. Nice, but not spectacular.
Meanwhile, here's a cool clip showing dancer Alex Kalinin transformed into Mother Ginger!