Heathen (2002)
by The Goth Rosary

My first thought: potatoes beginning to turn rotten. Then it switched to smelling like a particularly virulent form of mildew. It stayed that way for five or ten minutes before it lost that disagreeable aspect. What was left was a definite patchouli and a possible sandalwood (not a very high quality sandalwood). The problem with Heathen is that the opening levels are annoying, and when it becomes unannoying, it is weak and boring: Heathen, after its failed attempt at Luciferian drama, becomes a short lived, soft generic wood skin scent. Sometimes these heathens just don’t live up to their paganish reputations.

23rd August, 2008.