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I love this one. It's very evocative, and I actually do get dusty books as a top note. As it dries it smells like tea and reminds me of something I smelled in a dream. I might need another bottle of this one.
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This is a new absolute all-time favourite! Just gorgeous.
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Toasted coconut and caramel. Heavenly, amazing. I keep sniffing my arm. No fried dough - this is strictly a coconut/caramel duet on my skin. I want to eat my arm.
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My first thought was, why is this so nostalgic? Oh - it’s a Creamsicle! Sweet orange and creamy vanilla together. I think it’s also nostalgic because it’s happy and childlike and takes me back to when my kids were little. Very mood enhancing.
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Ah this one is SO nice! You have the sweet beignet with tons of powdered sugar, and then the milky chicory coffee. So relaxing! I have spent time at Cafe du Monde and other coffee shops in New Orleans and this takes me right to that headspace - very relaxed and happy, yet buzzing from the caffeine and vacation vibe. Keeping this for when it’s a ways to go until my next travels and I need cheering up.
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I haven’t yet tried a brown sugar latte IRL. I didn’t realize there’d be a caramalized/burnt sugar note. It’s quite strong! The coffee and cream are noticeable, but barely. I’ll have to come back to it at a different time of the month and see if perhaps it’s different, because I’m not really into this strong, almost single note, burnt sugar. Oh well!
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For a scent consisting of mostly leather and tobacco, which can really amp up on my skin, this blend is very soft and smooth. I am not getting any opoponax just the leather and tobacco, gentled by warm amber. This perfume isn’t really sticking around, but was pleasant while it lasted!
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On me this is gourmand-y and sweet but doesn’t smell specifically like milk or honey to my nose, although there is something of a cereal vibe. It almost seems to have a little bit of the Lab’s fur note - for some reason it conjures up the image of a little kitten.
- Yesterday
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A beautiful creamy, sweet and light floral. Dreamy, very romantic!
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Beautiful and a bit darker than I’d expected - there’s more than just a little smudge of ash when freshly applied. The forlorn, melancholy vibe really is there - rain-soaked laundry and a fleeting thought of funeral flowers. But then with Donkey’s Tail layered on top? We go into fairy ballerina territory, complimentary. There’s a similarity to Dangers Untold - fabric and the vague sense of hairspray. Adding the tail gives GG a more traditionally pretty and femme aspect, and I love it either way.
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This is surprisingly faint on me. I get touches of orange peel, cranberry, balsam, and a very light cider. I’m not noticing any pumpkin, woods, or beeswax on my skin. It’s festive and bright, but as I said, kind of too light for me to wear regularly.
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I love a coffee scent! Here we have creamy coffee ice cream as the star, with background notes of fried funnel cake and a touch of cinnamon (apparently there was confusion over the ice cream not being cinnamon, but I really do still think there’s cinnamon?) Very foodie, very sweet and comforting.
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I never thought of putting honey in my coffee, but now I must. I’m getting exactly two notes here, rich coffee (with milk) and sweet honey. I’m not getting the cinnamon so it must be very light. Simply exquisite!
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Am I the only one who gets freshly peeled rhubarb from this blend? Anyone? It's fresh and tart and very enjoyable, especially as a warm weather scent.
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Beaver Moon: Lime Blossom & Amber Sugar
amoray replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
The dry down is swoonworthy. I get a very key lime pie scent, with a little bit of back and forth between the amber and lime blossom when wet. However, the dry down is candied lime. The sugar in the Amber sugar really comes out. I'm also going to have to try layering this with Syrnk for a lemon lime cheesecake! This is truly gorgeous as almost everyone else has said. It's hype. -
A carrot cake minus the spice and made with bran - nutritious but more delicious than appearances might suggest. There’s even a cream cheese frosting-like tang. Lemon verbena is usually a no-no for me but here it provides uplifting support.
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In the bottle, it's much fruitier than expected. Wet on the skin, it smells a bit like fig jam. Drying down, a note that isn't particularly woodsy, but certainly much drier, starts to come out. You know those children's books that always have woodland animals in cozy scenes? This smells like a mouse in a tree making fig jam whilst wearing a cute little apron.
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The white tea, gentle and bright, and the ambergris, smoothly creamy and aquatic, in equal measure lead this scent on my skin. They are backed by an herbal citrus, wrapped in the lightest of resinous notes. I'd agree that this bears some similarity to Shanghai, but there's more herbal depth to it.
- Last week
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This smells like orchid and patchouli. The patchouli adds some earthiness, while the orchid has a powdery quality to it that's not like baby powder whatsoever -- it is a gentle powderiness that reminds me of Death Cap. On me, the orchid remains the dominant note throughout wear, but the rooty aspect of the scent cozies right up to it. Definitely one for orchid fans who are also fans of earthy scents.
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Snowy Circus Peanut
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Gifts with Donation or Purchase
I concur with the other reviews: this has Snow White's snow but with a bit of smushed candy-like banana and something marshmallow adjacent and reminiscent of circus peanuts. But Snow White's snow is pretty quick to overtake the banana in this. I like this way more than I thought I would. I wish I could obtain more of it without buying the 13 (which didn't work out on my skin). But I'm very grateful to my decanter, who gifted me a tester to try. -
This is mostly about the smoked cacao and champaca on me, making it an incense-y chocolate on my skin. I get touches of the coffee, coconut (well, more than a touch of that after the scent has been dry for several hours), and the buttery condensed milk, but nothing can hold a candle to the champaca and chocolate. Because of this, it's not as sweet as I expected it to be, despite the long list of gourmand notes. I don't need a bottle of this one and probably won't keep my decant -- but I wish I had liked it, because I was fortunate enough to get a tester of Snowy Circus Peanut from my decanter, and I was pleasantly surprised by that and wish I could get more of it without having to commit to a whole bottle of this 13.
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Millennial Pink is my girlfriend's favorite scent on me, so I got this one hoping it'll be another hit. My body just ABSORBS the ruby chocolate though, leaving behind a little vanilla and Snake Oil and a hint of berry. I like it!
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I have zero regrets that I blind bottled this; I don't normally go for desert scents but was drawn to this. It's a very wearable desert. Soft and evocative. The slight sharpness from the sages, pepper, and palo santo are softened by the fur and tonka. I'm not familiar with chaparral but imagine it adds to the drybrush mood. Huffable.
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Long Eared Owl on a Bare Tree Branch
tinyvulture replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Limited Editions
BPAL won my heart with Black Forest in 2005 and is still making intriguing and varied “forest” blends after all these years. Here we have the cedar and oak with a touch of frost note, but also some violets that are absolutely thriving in the chilly woods. And also a bit the “feathery incense” from the description. I’m not getting any plum, but at first there was what I would describe as a “skunky” weed-like note. It faded so I have no idea! The surprising power of the violets stops me from needing a whole bottle since they’re not my favorite flower, but I’ll definitely make use of the decant. -
Terrible Moon: Pistachio and Vanilla Buttercream
tinyvulture replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I agree with doomsday_disco that is is an almondy pistachio! It has that sweet syrupy vibe of the lab’s almond note. And then there’s the sweet vanilla buttercream which is more tangy cream cheese frosting than “butter”, to my nose. I don’t need a whole bottle, but it’s very pleasant!
