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- December 21
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- Cheetahs and moonlight and stardust and pyramids. Time travel. Space travel. Also, I like to dance.
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- Bliss.
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- Nephthys v11
- Favorite Scents:
- Middle eastern spice, ancient scents, deep nighttime scents, sultry feline scents. Moonlight in a smell. A bounty of decadent delights. Wine-doused ecstasy. A cornucopia of sacred offerings.
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- Rabbit
- Western Zodiac Sign:
- Sagittarius
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Smoky Moon 2012
09 June 2012 - 04:07 AM
Light-winged Smoke, Icarian bird,
Melting thy pinions in thy upward flight,
Lark without song, and messenger of dawn
Circling above the hamlets as they nest;
Or else, departing dream, and shadowy form
Of midnight vision, gathering up thy skirts;
By night star-veiling, and by day
Darkening the light and blotting out the sun;
Go thou my incense upward from this hearth,
And ask the gods to pardon this clear flame.
Aged champaca, golden amber, guiac wood, dusky patchouli, twilit oudh, and feathery orris, with a touch of grapefruit, davana, and elemi to help lift it to the heavens.
Am I really first? :eek:
The grapefruit is definitely apparent in the bottle, but is the first note to subside when on my skin. It leaves just this slightly citrus feeling behind, while the patchouli and some other resiny? notes come to the surface. (I'm trying to do this without looking at the actual notes list, for moar accuracies. ;)) Yet both the patchouli and whatever dusky woodsy resiny bit is going here are gentle and very soft, smooth. I do really get the image of smoky feathers here - that's exactly the texture of this scent. Downy and smoky without saying 'incense' or 'campfire'. Champaca, is that you? It's a little like the smoke when you blow a candle out, but much lovelier.
The patchouli is like a softened version of the one in White Peacock, and is very well blended with the other notes... after about 10 minutes drydown it's not standing out on it's own but I can still smell the depth of it. The lighter notes come out to play later on in the drydown adding a slightly dusty (in a good way) sweetness on top of it all. The sweetness makes me think of raw bee pollen, if anyone has ever smelled that.
It's got medium throw on me, but definitely isn't an in-your-face kind of scent. Intimate and sensual, and yet not overtly sexual in any way, I can see wearing this day or night, for just about any occasion. It might even be gender neutral, though that's hard for me to say, as I often prefer more 'masculine' scents.
This is absolutely a comforting scent; I think I will slather it on and curl up in bed with it. :D Like being wrapped up in great downy wings.
Unique, and the most earthy ethereal scent I've ever sniffed. I am so, so glad I have a backup of this. :heart:
(edited for typos...)
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Glambie
16 Feb 2012 - 23:29