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Wooly sugared marshmallow root.

 

It turns out that I love marshmallow scents, so I'm so glad I picked up a bottle of this.

This is a dense, rich sugar and marshmallow cloud. Like those fancy marshmallows you can get at specialized grocery stores. I can smell the powdery outside, and the slightly dense and chewy inside.

Creamy, dreamy, amazing.

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This is just...hands down amazing. It's made me a foodie believer.

 

Wet: buttery Rice Krispy treats with lots of marshmallow.

 

Drydown: Just the hint of burning sugar and luckily this phase blows by in a few minutes

 

Dry: Beautiful and yummy foodie vanilla marshmallows. O. M . G. I love marshmallows and even my SO likes this one. We have a winner!!!!!

 

Synopsis: One bottle is not enough, folks. Needs moar bottles.

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Ok so as soon as I put this on, it smells so familiar but I can't place it. I have my mom smell it she can't either but says it smells like a hair product or something I use.

 

Finally I figure it out! It smells EXACTLY like Philosophy's Fresh Cream lotion! I think they have a perfume of this scent to. Which is great because it will help with layering and since this is LE and hard to find/expensive I can buy the Philosphy perfume when I run out. Hopefully it will be as good as this oil.

 

 

Dry: Fresh cream, and a warm cotton that gives off a "home-y" feeling. This is a great oil for after a shower when you still want to smell "clean and fresh". I do get the marshmallow scent but to me it's more of a warm vanilla fresh cream, that's soft not overbearing. Not too much throw :/

 

Love it! And try Fresh Cream lotion if you want to layer!

Edited by Allison93

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I have nothing to add about how this smells; everyone else has covered that well. I am only here to chime in that yes, this is absolutely worth the fuss. If you think you'll like it, get it. You will. If you like beautiful warm creamy vanilla and marshmallow, get it. You'll love it.

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I can't believe I hadn't reviewed this. It's creamy sweet vanilla marshmallows, and my nr1 comfort scent. Yum.

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Fancy artisanal marshmallow, it's foody but there's something else in there that stops it from being only food (the "wooly" part maybe?)

I really love this one

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Because this is one of those scents that everyone just gushes about, I had to give it a try myself when I was able to, somehow, find a decant of it.

First Sniff Impression: Light sweetness with a touch of softness I know is wool from the notes.

Wet in Vial: Subtle in the vial. Sweet, but not overly sweet. I wouldn't be able to tell there was wool if I didn't read the notes.

Drying Down on Skin: It's immediately sweeter, more marshmallow, and woolly on application. It's VERY nice.

 

Dry on Skin: It does stay close to the skin, however. I have to sniff almost touching my arm with my nose to get the full range of the scent. The wool is a lot softer and more subtle than the cashmere in Hoiru, which almost smelled damp. This is lighter and fluffier, like the marshmallow. But it doesn't have much staying power, at least the marshmallow part.

Conclusion: I liked this one a lot, but not enough to fork over $50 a bottle or whatever it goes for. Really, in its fully dried state it smelled similar to some of the coffee or sweet Lilith blends once they start to fade. I'd rather have a scent that makes more of an impact. But hey, if someone threw a cheap bottle my way, I wouldn't say no!

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In Bottle: Fresh made waffle cone with vanilla ice cream.

 

Wet on skin: the waffle cone smell becomes more amped with the vanilla scent staying more in the background.

 

2 mins. later..... Antique Lace!

 

5 mins. later.... It's almost gone. Dusty vanilla, no waffle cone, no longer reminds me of AL.

 

Outcome: Lovely but no staying power, which makes it not a keeper.

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Stekkjarstaur

 

In the Bottle: Sweet marshmallow musk

 

Wet: Buh.. buttery vanilla with hints of mallow. This goes beyond the gourmand category into foodie territory. This marshmallow blend has a bit of musk going on, fitting of its ‘wooly’ description… it’s warm, snuggly, mature, and certainly very wearable on older folk. It’s not as pillowy, powdery and sugary light as Marshmallow Poof, and it is a lot more mature smelling than Stale Sugar Crusted Marshmallow Chick SN. Not a hugely complex scent, but it needn’t be.

 

Drydown: The drydown is a LOT tamer, buttery vanilla burns off to reveal vanilla sugar, creating a soft gooey sugary marshmallow musk. I really like this phase a lot. I picked up a bottle each for both my daughters. I don’t imagine they’d want to share a scent like this.

 

TL;DR: sugary vanillic marshmallow musk

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Someone I swapped with was kind of enough to send me a sample of this to try! Wet is a lovely sweet, marshmallow without being cloying, but it quickly dries plasticy on me, much like Love did. Alas.

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This smells very similar to Antique Lace on me, but leans more creamy and less floral. Definitely a perfumey edge to an otherwise sweet vanilla-esque scent. It also has high longevity.

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Wet: Marshmallows! Something "fuzzy" about this as well. Like.. marshmallows that are wrapped lightly in cotton?

 

Dry: Mmmmm. Marshmallows. More of a store-bought marshmallow than ones made from home, but still yummy. There's still something "fuzzy" about the blend, but it's not as prominent as the wet stage.

 

This is a must try if you're a foodie, or enjoy vanilla scents. So good! I've enjoyed layering this, as well. ;)

Edited by donkehpoo

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Very different from Antique Lace, but none the less very much a like. Sweet and delicious! This smells how I wish pure vanilla extract did patted on while baking. Which I have tried and no it is not a good perfume! I am very bitter about that. Thank goodness for Stekk! God above why can't I have this as hair gloss and bath oil!

Forgot to add. This stays pretty close on me. I can smell it when I raise my wrist and occasionally as I go about my business. Husband loves it on me but I wish it was stronger! With throw this would become ultra mecha holy grail scent.

If this ever returns I will be a very very very happy nilbog and I would buy 1,000 bottles.

Edited by Nilbog

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Skin. This took two dabs to really get the scent. A sweetness that’s not overpowering. A little bit of cardboard.

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This is a slightly effervescent marshmallow with a hint of lemon on me. I guess what is reading as fuzzy to others, reads as (distant) fizzy bubbles to me. Body chemistry is weird. It is very pretty but does seem to disappear on my skin quickly. I am very grateful to have been able to try it, but, I am even more grateful with the new-found knowledge that I don't need a bottle with the cost that it is nowadays! 

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I don’t know why i never reviewed this! I have a tiny sample, and i don’t know if its age or the fact that it was decanted or what but i don’t think mine smells the same as everyone elses! On me this is just kind of lemony vanilla powder. Maybe i’m anosmic, but i generally love marshmallow scents from the lab so i don’t know. It’s not super creamy or marshmallowy, just kind of. vaguely sweet sugar smell :((

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I'm so happy to finally get a bottle of Stekk! Here are some side-by-side comparisons...

 

In the bottle and wet on skin, it's reminding me most of Midway, actually - it's got a bit of vanilla sugar tart/funnel cake similarity, it's quite foody at first. After drying down the bakery-ness of Stekk fades though.

 

It's not super similar to AL imo, on my skin at least - definitely not like original, and not much like res either. Of the scents I own it's closest to Vanilla Bean/Marshmallow/Benzoin, though it's definitely more like true marshmallows after drying. Now I really want to try Marshmallow Chick to try and smell the difference!

 

I love ALL of the above and I'm so happy to see more marshmallow from BPAL. Here's hoping for a Marshmallow Snek and Marshmallow Lace one day 😍

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