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- Today
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In the Bottle: Absolutely captivating with a coolness captured as the "dusk-shadowed temple" suggests. Extremely refined and complex On the skin: This doesn't shout from the skin, at least not on first application. It gradually builds. As expected the kyphi note and the blue lotus incense are swoon-worthy and very up-front on the skin a the beginning. Definitely and earthiness and cool water with a touch of sappy green. This is a masterpiece that needs a backup bottle. Dry, vaguely dusty, incensey and stone temple cool. Maybe I should revisit the others of this line if this artistry is what I could expect?
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In the bottle: Giger, carnation and what I assume is the scarlet silk. This does smell red but more burgundy. On the Skin: This veers into wintergreen territory at the start but quickly morphs into a ginger-forward scent (note that this is definitely candied ginger!). I have no idea what ube is supposed to smell like. Interestingly, I do get a lot of red carnation which with the ginger makes for a spicy blend. There is a subtle milkiness to this keeping the whole grounded and not too sharp. Lavender is there. This is just a fascinating thing that, I believe, will surprise with each wearing. I'll get lots of wear out of this but it's a winter blend for me. Very complex and a good blind buy.
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In the Bottle: more like nectarine in the bottle. A slightly tart, indistinct fruitiness On the Skin: For me the lychee and strawberry meld to give an almost grapefruit-bitter fruit which is where it stays for a while. This gets a little more interesting when the sandalwood shyly peeks out. Not a love at the moment but will need to try a full wear.
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In The Bottle: I do not like this in the bottle. It really make me uncomfortable. It's the super fatty cream combined with the melon On the Skin: Almost immediately better on the skin. The sponge comes out immediately to save the day and it is sponge, not just "cake". As it dries down, the melon becomes jammy and the cream is just a supporting fullness/roundness. OK I am a fan. I actually get some raspberry. Love (thankfully)
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Russet Honey, Patchouli, and Tobacco Absolute
galahad replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Lupercalia
In the bottle: Definitely honey but with an almost fruity note and tobacco. On the skin: How can you go wrong with honey, patch and tobacco? Well you can't but you make it really special. Initially this reminds me of something that I have sniffed in Lush but not sure what. Whatever it is, I like it. Very sweet honey but not saccharine. There is a fullness from the dense resinous notes with an incense vibe. There is nothing more to say. It is as advertised but so much more and I need a backup as this will age spectacularly. -
In the bottle: Fresh lilac and an almost ginger note. The amber cream is there On the skin: I am a whore for the lab's lilac blends and this one is stunning at the outset, initially a lovely clean lilac it quickly becomes something else with an almost earthy greenness. I think the purple yam note is doing some interesting things here, making for a very unique scent. This is glorious! The drydown is almost gourmand.
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In the Bottle: The amber cream is very noticeable with vanilla and a touch of mahogany. On the Skin: The amber cream amps to the top, initially, and almost has a cucumber aspect to it. This is a familiar Shunga note - creamy, subtly sweet with a fattiness to it. This blend is quite sweet and the honey is there and contributing. All of the notes are detectable through the drydown - the powdery orris at the forefront and the carnation way in back. Overall, the blend is creamy and sweet with a floral backbone. It's not a love for me yet but I am absolutely certain it will be with some age. Lovely but a bit raw at the moment.
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Record of Women’s Treasures of the Way of Elegance Day and Night
Muffin replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Lupercalia
This is a very sexy scent and I got many compliments wearing it. Some lady said she actually wanted to stand closer to me. 🤣 It's definitely patchouli-forward, sweet and warm, not foodie. The champa gives it a mystical, otherworldly quality. I can pick up the coffee in the bottle, but not so much on. The cardamom surprisingly sticks around in the background for most of the wear, which I love. Balsam is my favorite note I think - this reminds me a bit of the Contemplator which is one of my faves. My favorite Shunga of the year. -
The lavender prevents this from smelling foodie on me, but the ube and the coconut give it this beautiful creaminess and sweetness. The lavender was most prominent at first on my skin, but that softened to let the other notes through once dried.
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Fresh on it's bread and oat milk, and so comforting. Dry on me it's honey and chamomile, bright and optimistic and fortifying. I'm so glad I got this bottle.
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This is actually my favorite of the Screams, although I’m a fan of all three. The lab’s coffee note is stealthy and linear—it doesn’t linger for long, but while it’s there, it’s sophisticated, addictive, and just the right kind of bitter. Their cinnamon note, on the other hand, usually sends me into hives, so I’m especially grateful my skin loves this one. On me, it reads like coffee, sugar, and funnel cake—pure carnival indulgence. I’m in love.
- Yesterday
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An oil of purification, renewal, and the banishment of stagnation. Use this oil to cleanse your home and the spirit within it simultaneously. Scrub away the accumulated weight of winter: old griefs, old dust, old patterns that no longer serve. Invite the new light in. Contains: white pine, hyssop, lemon verbena, juniper berry, sweet grass, camphor, angelica root, rosemary, white sage, and yellow bergamot.
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Ulmus rubra’s mucilaginous inner bark produces a thick, protective gel that coats and soothes the throat in herbal medicine, and in rootwork this same quality becomes an act of slippery sorcery: thanks to the Doctrine of Signatures, the same mechanism that heals the body becomes armor against the violence of speech as wicked words slide away, accusations refuse to stick, and malicious talk loses its purchase and slides away, harmless. Governed by Saturn and resonant with the Air element, the domain of communication and the spoken word, slippery elm carries correspondences that reinforce its purpose. Saturn’s cold discipline enforces silence and binds the tongue of the enemy while Air governs every form of speech, rumor, and persuasion. Slippery elm sits at the crossroads of both. In hoodoo and rootwork, this translates into a robust tradition of anti-gossip and protection work and is a guardian of reputation. Slippery elm is carried in mojo bags, powdered into sachets, burned over charcoal, and sewn into charms. Pinches of the bark placed in the four corners of a room are said to protect the home from evil; a knotted yellow thread tied around the bark and cast into fire is a traditional working to cease all gossip directed at you. Keep the root close to your body wherever two-faced company gathers. In court case work, slippery elm shields against false accusations and slander, helping a difficult case move smoothly toward resolution. Slippery elm does not merely silence: it may be worn as a charm to cultivate eloquence, and it loosens the tongue when silence has become a trap or a curse, granting fluency and persuasion to those who carry it while denying the same to their enemies. A nutty, earthy-scented root with a whisper of benzoin, bourbon vanilla, and slippery, sweet sugar cane.
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A doobie-tinged rendition of BPAL’s classic Smokestack scent. Greenish flue gasses belch from colossal steel and concrete monoliths, forming bloated clouds in the dusk-dark sky. Creosote, coal, sticky resin, industrial waste, and a bellow of mary jane.
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Folks, I’m telling you, birthing is hard and dying is mean- so get yourself a little loving in between. ― Langston Hughes, Advice
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A garden enclosed is my sister. – Song of Solomon, 4:12
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If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles. – Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
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Nets of jewels, exquisite fragrant banners, Brilliant lamps hung like clouds; Covered with various decorations, The world-transcending true knower sits within. – The Flower Garden Sutra
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Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. – Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
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Shimmer sativa green jelly! All of our nail polish is hand crafted by Haute Macabre!
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Strawberry Moon: Blackberries and Coconut Cream Lotion
Roogna replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Lotion
I've tried a few lotions now and am very happy with the texture, as well as the throw and the staying power of the scents. this one is definitely berries and cream, though I don't get any coconut soft with staying power, I notice it when my hands move near my face -
A fluttering tempest of black oud, indigo poppy, pale lavender, blue lilac, white tea, ambergris accord, and sweet pea. Frances Macdonald
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Crushed dandelion stem, a riot of pansies, warm bare skin, sheer vanilla silk, cherry and apricot blossoms, wild strawberries, wild roses, sun-warmed grass, and a gust of white clover honey. Frederick Sandys
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Ylang Ylang and White Sugar.
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Passionflower and Wild Plum.
