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Bergamot, clove, hazelnut, pecan, lavender, tonka, and thyme.


In the imp: Toasty nuttiness with bergamot.
Wet: Reeally strong bergamot with a wee bit of lavender and thyme in the background.
Dry: Yummy bergamot with hints of herbs and nuts. My skin amps clove (yay!) and this became more prominent after about ten minutes, resulting in a really interesting mix of bergamot and clove with snatches of herby lavender. I really liked smelling clove in a context that wasn't 'christmassy spices'. Srsly contemplating a bottle purchase. Edited by whitsunweddings

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In the bottle: Hazelnut, lavender, and bergamot.

 

Immediately after application: Same as in-bottle. The pecan is probably hiding in there with the hazelnut.

 

Warming up: It's settled into a beautiful blend of lavender, bergamot, and tonka with hints of nuts.

 

Fading: Soft lavender, tonka, and nut notes.

 

Faded: Average throw, average wear.

 

Overall: Utterly gorgeous. I want a bottle for sure.

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This is such an interesting blend. Straight out of the imp, the bergamot made me sneeze and it took a lot of nerve to skin test it. I'm glad I did, though.

 

It's all bergamot and spice, with a creamy base. It smells brown and furry and it has a strong but wonderful throw. I think I might need to find a bottle!

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This has a list of notes in it that would make you think it might smell herby, but it doesn’t. At all. It smells like sweet milk – lots of tonka and a light nutty overtone. I thought this was one of the ones that has rice milk in it, actually, and I was surprised that it wasn’t listed in the notes.

 

I tried this quite a while ago and really liked my decant, so I tracked down a bottle but the bottle smelled different, and not quite as good. So I re-homed that one and I think I'll just keep this decant.

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Lavender rarely lasts on me, but in Copulating Mice it barely shows up at all.  Nor does the clove, which must be really subtle here.  Instead, I get toasted nuts and bergamot and warm tonka with a little bit of thyme.  It dries down as mainly tonka on me.  I'm so glad I got to try it thanks to a generous forumite but it's not something I need to search down a bottle of. 

Edited by Lucchesa

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In the decant: Clove, backed by a bit of thyme.

 

On me: This is a clove-dominant blend throughout wear, although I do get a lot of lavender joining it during the first few hours of wear, and then it ends up being backed by thyme and some pecan after several hours. The clove is a bold clove and not a cinnamon-y variety like in the Indonesian Clove SN. This is a warm, fuzzy scent with some herbal elements.

 

Verdict: I was wary about the pecan, but love lavender and clove, and I was pleasantly surprised by this one. I wish the lavender and clove had remained the dominant notes throughout wear, but I am glad that I got to experience this scent. :) 

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Copulating Mice includes a whole bunch of notes I like, so I was expecting good things and they were fulfilled! Comforting like sliding under a fuzzy blanket with a mug of hot tea-- it even comes with a little lavender sachet under your pillow. The fuzziness reminds me of Tarantula Fascinator, though this is a friendlier version IMO. I can see myself wearing this to bed for as long as my imp holds out.

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