Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab Kabuki oil

I received this as a sample and the scent was very strange on me. The top notes made my stomach turn, they were really weird-bitter and sharp-, but when they faded it became a quite pleasant scent,...

Recipe for a Kabuki Kocktail: take 3 parts Maraschino cherry juice, add 2 parts Pernod. Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a paper umbrella and overserve.

Unlike many of the samples, this one didn't work at all on me. Was really cherry-candy-like, or maybe like cough syrup. I thought this would dry down and the spices would come out more but they...