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this starts with carnation and cedar for me...spicy and woody. a hint of peony adds a soapiness, followed by some tonka. after a few minutes i get some smoky leather and vanilla. it's a spicy, smoky floral on me. it dries down to mostly carnation, vanilla and leather with some orris in the background. kind of dry/spicy/leathery overall. it's nice!
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i received a frimp of this...full disclosure i am not an apple/fruity person and generally avoid such scents but i try all frimps. it opens with a crisp apple, reminds me of lots of shampoos i have tried back in the day. i guess the apple + sweetness from honey gives it this feeling. it is by no means bad at all, but i don't like smelling like fruit (mostly) or shampoo, so this is not for me. i think apple lovers would like it though...apple can go screechy on me, and this does not thankfully.
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this is so pretty. i tried the perfume years ago and it didn't quite work on my skin, but i love the atmo spray. warm, bright and a bit creamy. so cozy for winter. glad i got some of this!
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i just tried this before re-reading the notes. it seems like lavender with light wildflowers and a touch of sweetness. i guess that's the sugar and now that i am reading the notes, i notice the "cotton twill" element. this is so light and pretty. it's been rainy for days and this is definitely a pick me up. i think it will be gorgeous in spring as well.
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I never tried the original except for the hair gloss. I still have a small decant of that. I put that on my arms first and then put the perfume my wrist. Next to each other, they smell fairly different. The hair gloss has more of a chocolaty patchouli note to me and is more earthy, whereas the 2025 perfume is sweeter and fruitier, and definitely reminds me of Angel by Mugler. I do like both, but they do seem a bit different to me. also the HG seems to have more staying power on my skin.
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i received this as a frimp and as far as i can tell, i have never tried it. i love trying new to me GCs! anyhoo, it opens kind of sweet and tart at the same time-i get berries and tomato leaf with a tiny hint of cedar. the pine comes out more later, and then unfortunately the berries get kind of plasticky. it has that doll's head smell...while i like it as an idea, i dont' really like to smell like it, if that makes sense. still i find this scent to be very joyous and uplifting.
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i definitely get the vanilla plaster feeling at first, along with orris...kind of dusty-powdery, almost like flour. several seconds later i get a tiny hint of the leather and fur...and something smells almost mildly spicy too. overall it's a dry orris-plaster. it's really interesting and i appreciate it for that, but i would probably wear it rarely...even though i like it. also i am trying in cold fall weather...i think this might work better in warmer early spring weather. perhaps i'll retry it then.
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i got a frimp of this and i really like it. i smell the dead leaves and something that definitely feels like an atmospheric airy sort of scent, mixed with a hint of something smoky/leathery. it really smells like you're sitting in an old car with leather seats driving in autumn with the windows open.
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i love the art for this and i covet that dress. anyhoo it opens with red musk and something animalic, which is the black velvet note perhaps (?) it's oud-y. i then get some amber and maybe champaca but it's not all that floral.another reviewer mentioned nag champa and i totally smell it now. however this is mostly animalic oud on me that doesn't want to calm down. i get no rose and maybe a tiny bit of champaca? i think this would be gorgeous on someone else but it's not working for me.
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i definitely get wine/grapes at first along with the "organza" fabric sort of note. later i get some background notes but they aren't too obvious. the grape is strong here for me and the lilac is overpowered by grape. kinda wish this didn't have the grape/wine aspect....i think it'd work better for me as it's just not my cup of tea.
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this opens with voluptuous white flowers...i think it's a spicier tuberose, but could be gardenia. luckily, i love those notes so i like this. i get something a bit papery/vinyl like from the ink and paper notes i guess. i think there may be some other subtler white florals here too-like moonflower or phlox. after awhile i get a slight spiciness, but i can't quite place it-maybe pink pepper? there is also something a bit sweet here...above reviewers mentioned red musk, but if it is it's quite subtle on me, because i didn;t read it as that. i'm not sure, anyway this is a pretty floral and i will keep my decant.
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i received a frimp of this from a lovely decant circle. yep it's 100% black licorice from the get-go...there is a hint of toastiness to it, which i often get with foody scents. it smells more like fennel than anything, i think. the amber is quite subtle. after a few minutes i get a lightness from the pepper, which adds an interesting element to licorice. the licorice is still the strongest note though.
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i think this was a frimp, because i don't think i'd order this, though i like both notes in moderation/depending on the blend. at first the vetiver is a bit stronger but then the clove takes over and it's a spicy clove with an underlying vetiver that somehow feels like tobacco, haha. i think it's very nicely balanced.
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i received a frimp of this from a lovely decant circle organizer. it opens with cherry, currant and the fluorescent lightning which i guess is an ozonic sort of thing? i think the currant is actually stronger than the cherry here, along with the fluorescent note. it smells pretty odd on me and also ozonic/too sweet so just not my cup of tea.
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immediately i read this as cherry, but i guess it's almond blossom. it's quite a sweet almond at first along with something kind of synthetic like vinyl or rubber. i love all these notes so i was intrigued on how they might work together. after a couple minutes i think i am getting narcissus though it does smell pretty warped with the almond. after awhile i get some opium which adds an incensy element, but overall it's a very sweet almond blossom/narcissus. i love these notes and it's better after about 45 minutes-at that point the almond has died down and it's more of a narcissus/opium with hints of heliotrope. i have a few of the lab's narcissus blends and prefer those to these...the almond blossom is just too sweet/strong for me. however, i love seeing a narcissus note show up more often!
