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at first i mostly get a crisp white tea with oakmoss. it's herbal and refreshing. after a bit i get some white sandalwood in the background. i don't seem to get any florals here...or if they are here they add a sort of soapy element because this smells quite clean and soapy on me. i think of angel's trumpet as more of an indolic white/yellow floral and violets as powdery or green. so unless this is a very green violet, i think my skin showcases tea/oakmoss which makes for that clean herbal thing. there is a TINY hint of floral sweetness in the back...maybe that's the violet (?)
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Dead Leaves, Burnt Marshmallows, Clove Cream, and Whiskey
Invidiana replied to Jenjin's topic in Halloweenie
Dead leaves are the first thing an imaginary October wind blows out of the bottle, as with all of the Dead Leaves scents, and as much as I love this note alone, as it dries down it gets seriously elevated by roasted marshmallows, down to their crusts of burnt sugar, vanilla cream with the warmth of clove, and a subtle splash of whiskey. The outdoor and indoor elements of autumn are swirled together in an ultimate merging of atmospheric and gourmand notes. - Yesterday
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A celebration of the rebirth of spring, when life breaks through the ground and the light shines longer. Persephone’s ascent to her crown of spring ends the bleak winter and restarts the eternal cycle of rebirth: that which descends will rise again, renewed. A glorious blend honoring the benevolence of spring: Sandalwood-Infused Vanilla, Vines of Pale Spring Blossoms, Honeysuckle Nectar, and Sweet Cream.
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Delightfully moisturizing and fragranced to charm, not overpower. Treat your skin to a touch of luxury with this sumptuous, softening blend. The splendor and terror of Totality: an abyss of black patchouli, tabac, burgundy pitch, smoky frankincense, and black fig surrounded by a glowing nimbus of fossilized amber.
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Thank you labbies for the frimp! Sadly, rose scents are better in theory than on my skin. Lucy's Kiss reminds me a bit of Rose Cross. It's a dusty, mysterious rose. I am curious what the Victorian spices are. Unfortunately, the rose dominates, and I just can't make out the other notes. I am passing along this frimp to my friend, and I hope she likes it more than I.
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This is probably my least favorite OLLA blend. It's soft, white, and powdery, and reminds me a little bit of Traditional Sheet Ghost with its laundry-clean power. I was hoping for more champagne bubbliness (aka glitter) or more incense. Maybe white musk just isn't for me, and I should stick to the reds. I don't get any grape, unfortunately. It seems to fade rather quickly, and doesn't have a far throw. I've been letting this age, but I don't think it's helping (it's not hurting, at least?) This may be the only bottle from the lineup that I'll try to sell (maybe Diamond Star as well - these two are kind of similar, as someone else has noted). Oh well.
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I don't know how Beth managed to literally capture the scent of warm dust, but she did. This is a pile of old, worn books in front of a window, sunbeams breaking through the panes and illuminating dust motes floating in the room. On skin, the incense aspect of this is the strongest on the skin, which leans almost lemony, which makes me think there might be a bit of frankincense in here. The leather smells worn and old, and the paper note smells faded and yellow. The sunny dust mote vibe is still there, but it's more in the background now. This is a beautiful, bright take on a book scent.
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Unfortunately this ended up unwearably indolic and animalic on me, which was an unwelcome surprise since these tend to be notes which all work on me and I don't normally have a problem with indolic notes in white florals. If I really look for it I can get hints on pretty champaca and amber here, but the indolic element overpowers it all to the point that I had to wash this off. Alas, not for me! I'll try to rehome my imp to someone whose skin chemistry gets along better with this one.
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I've smelled a couple other scents like this before, and at first I wasn't all that impressed. It felt a little "been there, done that". But then last week I had a bad headache and this was the only scent I felt like I could wear. I ended up really liking it. Graveyard Dirt, although I really like it and always want to have some available, is a little too close to "damp mildew" for me to wear in my day-to-day life. HC&HS however is something I could comfortably wear any time, but especially right now when we just had snow in the past week, but it's warming up and everything's melting. That's the impression I get - forest floor with melting slush and with the dirt starting to peek through. It has a very spa-like feel for me personally. Then I can just barely pick out the white musk, and that comes out stronger over time. I agree with the previous reviewer, this white musk is somehow reminding me of a faint coconut note around the edges of the scent. I do not smell the steel note or anything blackened about this. I'm glad I took a chance on this one!
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I was a little wary of this in the bottle and then wet on my skin; the earthiness is indeed intense, and I suspected an unlisted patchouli note. However, as it dries the silky orchid petals come through and the earthiness recedes, very much like an orchid growing out from the root; it's a very cool effect. And it's a really beautiful orchid note, dry and smooth and mysterious, the earthy root grounding it, with a touch of the vegetal. It's orchid show season at my local botanical garden, and though most orchids do not have a scent, I smelled all of them to find the few that did. Among those was one which smelled very much like this, white and purple and shaped nearly like an iris. I love this and am so glad I picked it up.
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Beaver Moon: Pink Lime & Coconut Hair Gloss
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Hair
I tested this in wet hair the first day and in dry hair the next. In wet hair, the scent isn't very noticeable after the initial application, but it has decent staying power in dry hair, as whenever I've put my hair up and then taken it out of its clip, I get hit with the summery coconut and lime goodness. It starts off with the lime being the stronger note, backed by the coconut, but then it's all about the coconut, with a hint of lime. I agree that the coconut note has a coolness to it, and although I'm not generally big on coconut, I do think this one is nice. I will definitely be hanging onto my decant to pair this with Son of biggerCritter and Key Lime Pie, but I am not sure I need more than my decant since the lime doesn't end up sticking around... -
I waited to test this decant last of all of the November/December Lunacy offerings (hair gloss aside), because this somehow smelled like corn chips when I first smelled it!? I finally tested this yesterday, and I would describe it as an atmospheric gourmand. There's no leather note in this, but I keep feeling like I am smelling some leather or something leather-adjacent -- maybe the linseed oil mixed with something else like the polished wood? The hearthfire and wood notes are the other atmospheric notes that I smell from this, but I don't get anything like evergreen (alas!) or wool on my skin. As far as the gourmand notes go, I get the red currant tarts, but especially the buttery pastry note of the tarts that is reminding me of Drink Me or The Knave of Hearts (probably the latter, but Drink Me was my first instinct). I also get the apple cider, which fortunately isn't too heavily spiced, and the orange peel. It's pretty weird, because sometimes it's more atmospheric, and sometimes it is more foodie -- like hearthfire! No, now it's cider. Inexplicable leather! No, now it's buttery tarts! While I find this to be an interesting scent experience, it's not something I could see myself reaching for as a scent of the day. But if you're looking for an atmospheric gourmand that likes to morph a lot, you should give this one a try and see if it is up your alley.
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As much as I was intrigued by this scent, and the reviews, I have to admit I dislike leather and grass together. They’re favorites apart, but together make my stomach churn. Meh. I can’t get past their sharpness to enjoy any more. This is probably assisted by the soap, another note I can often get behind.
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I lost myself in a fog of heady white florals that took me to the vampire-infested streets of Anne Rice's mythical version of New Orleans. This is not an indolic scent, but lush and humid, an enchanted haze that lingers for hours and hours. Something about Midnight Fog reminds me of my dearly departed Midnight (which I will hoard forever). While they don't seem to have any notes in common, the eerily beautiful perfume of white florals blooming in the middle of the night are a share element of their genealogy.
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Swirled with caramel and golden amber, this is a comforting mug of coffee for the bitter cold. The coffee is more of a backdrop for the caramel and amber syrups that never verge into cloyingly sweet territory. There is also something off an incense undertone to the amber, giving it a slightly mystical feel. This makes me smell like a really expensive latte that lingers far longer than a venti whatever from Starbucks.
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The birch bark is the strongest note when first applied, and it is kind of like wintergreen bubblegum, but more woodsy, to be honest. At first, it's backed by the frankincense and smoke, but those notes end up gaining strength and manage to take over the birch by the time the scent is dry. Those notes reign throughout wear for me -- I don't get any sweetness from the beeswax, just a dry, resinous scent that isn't all that snowy after all. I wish there had been more snow and that I had gotten some sweetness from the beeswax!
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This smells like a bright, clean (yet not ozonic) snow note made even brighter by the lemon peel note, and with some welcome sweetness from the sugared almonds. The amber ends up emerging gradually over time, so that it's mostly the snow and amber notes with what remains of the lemon and the sugar from the almonds after a few hours of wear. I was never able to pick out the clover. I like this and will definitely be keeping my decant, but I'll need to spend more time with it to determine if I need more than that.
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I feel like this must have either been reformulated or there's just a heavy batch variation with this scent, because this has no powdery aspect to it at all like it did around 5 years ago when I first tried it (it was a baby powder bomb back then). The wood notes are strong, dry, and beautiful in the new bottle I have, followed by inky incense notes and parchment. This is more or less what I wanted this scent to smell like years ago. Very wizardly and bookish, true to the name. This reminds me very heavily of the Clockwork City in Elder Scrolls Online.
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Sich Aufstützender Weiblicher Akt Mit Langem Haar
TeaAndCozy replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Limited Editions
Okay, this is actually fascinating, because it's nothing like the warm golden rich spiced sandalwood-vanilla-amber-cardamom that I was expecting. I'm getting pale violets (that'll be the iris, probably) and ivory suede, plus a strong mentholated quality, which I'm sure is the cardamom - cardamom can have a minty mentholated vibe, but I've never had JUST the mintiness without any of the spice before. Interesting. In the drydown there's also a yellowish gingery fizziness (the mimosa flower?).This is actually very pretty and elegant, cool and standoffish, but wow is it different than I expected. -
Tonka Bean, Madagascar Vanilla, & Agarwood
artisjok replied to zankoku_zen's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
Echoing the dry and unsweet sentiments, it’s mostly tonka and vanilla on me, woven together over plain wooden board. Sad I didn’t get the incense vibe from the agarwood, but it is interesting to be able to pick out the vanilla in comparison to other reviews. Feels very monochrome. Maybe a good scent to wear if you need something unassuming or gentle for work. Or if you’re just wanting something very simple to get cozy with. Palate cleanser? Not sure if I want to keep this, but I may try a layering experiment to see how that works. -
Liberty: In the Form of the Goddess of Youth, Giving Support to the Bald Eagle
theseagrows replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Limited Editions
this opens with a dusky neroli and olive leaf…maybe a hint of the polished brass. this reminds me of one of the earliest BPAL scents i tried 20 years ago (can't remember which one), and i am really liking it. instead of a bright fresh neroli, this is a darker one. it stays pretty linear on me-i don't sense vanilla or carnation, though there is a dusky amber in the background. so pretty! -
Sich Aufstützender Weiblicher Akt Mit Langem Haar
theseagrows replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Limited Editions
this one smells like laundry detergent or a very bracing soap like irish spring. not what i was expecting! i don't even understand what note(s) i am even getting here because i don't associate any of them with this kind of scent. all i can think of is that it's sandalwood and iris, and both are more soapy/sharp/fresh versions? i don't smell tonka, benzoin, vanilla, amber or mimosa-all which tend to be soft, fluffy and warm. i was really drawn to this one because i absolutely love most of these notes but alas, this is not for me. -
this starts with a lot of narcissus with a slight smokiness in the background from the tobacco flower. lately i've really been loving narcissus so i am enjoying this. it's such a weird floral that if prominent, only seems to really work in small windows of the year during the spring and fall...it's transitional. i find it works best when cold moving to warm and secondly when warm moving to cold. so this time of year, pre-spring is perfect for a narcissus scent. after a few more minutes it's slightly softened by vanilla. i really like this one...it's very spring/late winter to me. the vanilla helps soften the narcissus somewhat, but you'd really have to like narcissus to like this one.
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After wearing this today, I was curious about what I wrote in September. Apparently I did not. But I found my notes from reddit: It's as lovely as I hoped and I think it will still get lovelier with more rest. This was super freshly made according to Puddin' so think with more maturation it's going to settle much more into the oatmeal wool, and tea aspects. Right now I'm getting some fuzzy baking spices on top of a bowl of milky oatmeal with a teeny drizzle of surprise maple syrup. Five months later- I was right! It's so freaking snuggly. Now I can find all of the listed notes if I really sniff around, but it really just feels and smells like wearing a fuzzy beige cardigan, while eating some oatmeal cookies and a weak cuppa, with a sandalwood candle in the other room. Longevity - off the charts. 12 hours later with a pretty conservative one finger on the top bloop, it's waned maybe by 20%.
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This is like holding a steaming cup of coffee, infused with cardamom and vanilla, up to your nose and deeply inhaling, with tendrils of incense in the background along with a breath of pine from outdoors. Coffee and pine only sound discordant. They actually merge very well, possibly because they are bridged by the myrrh smoke. In the face of all the snow that has been coming down over here lately, this is so enveloping and comforting.
