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In the Bottle: gorgeous, bright, pink grapefruit, definitely sugared. On the Skin: this becomes more grapefruit rind, rather than juicy flesh on application which I think is the sandalwood blooming. I don't like the sweaty citrus stage which lasts for a while and I had written this off but the drydown is beautiful and refined - the rose cognac? Anyway, full wear test is required.
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Creamy sweet rose petals! Plus some...little hints of raspberry and currant, like you just ate a dessert with those, and you're next to a rose bush, but the bush also has sweet luxurious cream flowing around it in some sort of fountain. This is really pretty, and I could wear it to teach a graduate seminar on medieval romance, or something like that - fruit-floral + sweet cream, professional but interesting, more stately and plush than flirtatious or dramatic, but still more intriguing than an average commercial scent.
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This is...also...oddly...reminding me of some other older BPAL, something with sweet apples and fruits...something from the 2010s era...this is what I get for dropping out of the BPAL scene for a decade, ahaha! I get sweet red strawberry + sweet crisp apple, more strawberry than apple, but I do get both. My childhood hometown has a Strawberry Festival, and this is like the sweetest best small ripe berry, no insipid grocery store imitations, please! Plus that sweet, not-at-all-tart apple. I don't really get the cream or amber here, but I'm not mad about it; I like this. It feels very springtime to me!
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Ooh...spicy cherry-strawberry liqueur! Spicy as in cinnamon and clove, not, like, hot sauce. 😛 This is very fun and I keep sniffing my arm just to smell it. I don't really get the amber; it's very spice+berry/cherry. It feels like a Lab throwback to me in a weird way - trying to place what scent it's reminding me of! Something about the classic BPAL spice/dark fruit combo... I like it, though it feels 'darker' to me than some of the other Love Bites - more autumnal, perhaps? Maybe it's the spices?
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My hope for this was wisps of nag champa incense with dry, dusty hemp cord and that's what I get. This does remind me of 70's new age stores. It's actually pretty cool. The nag champa is surprisingly restrained.
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In the Bottle: Raspberry, darker than normal but with more of a tart bite so this is the jammy aspect. A basenof general sweetness. On the Skin: the raspberry in this is so good. It's definitely jam. No honey to speak of but the buttercream, while very present, isn't overpowering. Honey does peak out occasionally, and it's not a light honey. On the extreme drydown, this smells like milk chocolate and Raspberry. Love it.
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In the bottle: Sanke Oil and berries On the Skin: pretty much the same on the skin but amped up Sanke Oil, berries and a bit of a bakery note in the back. I don't really get ruby chocolate until the late drydown but, regardless, this is gorgeous, rich, bold, smooth and lasts for ages with good throw. A winner.
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In the Bottle: Smells dark and cool, floral which are subtle with a slight sharpness edge and some dusty earth in the background On the Skin: the last thing I wanted was loud, screechy florals and this is not that, thankfully. It starts off quite gently but the flowers find a voice quickly, always with the cool, earthy grounding, with Lily being pretty prominent. Nectar/honey rounds things out without being obvious. I find this really lovely and eerily dark and enticing.
- Yesterday
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I'm neutral-to-positive on many of these notes, and do like clove and rose, so the previous reviews didn't put me off. I actually got something very different, but I'm not mad about it: a lightly honeyed, slightly floral tea scent. It's not gothy and heavy like rose/clove/sandalwood could easily be, but light, almost airy, sweet but far from cloying. Like a really really good rose bubble tea, but enhanced by the clove, saffron, (very light) smoke, and sandalwood. The frankincense is MIA as far as I can tell. Pleasant, pretty without being 'girly', and romantic. Does indeed smell like reason and passion in some kind of way.
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This is a strong hair gloss that can be smelled in both wet and dry hair (a feat!), but of course, it is strongest in dry hair. It's mostly the scent of stick incense from a metaphysical shop, that happens to have some wisteria-infused into it, backed by sandalwood and oakmoss (with the latter being more noticeable by the end of the day). The wisteria itself is not as strong as it is in Death Moon: Wisteria and White Musk. This is very much about the incense. And I'm not getting any creaminess from the sandalwood cream, but that's okay with me. I plan on hanging onto my decant of this one, but I prefer Death Moon: Wisteria and White Musk Hair gloss for my wisteria fix, so I don't need a bottle.
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Wow this is pretty! Velvety rose petals scattered over resins and softly glowing amber. The iris adds a cool edge to this, while the beeswax softens the edges. Really really pretty. Reminds me of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Incredible throw on this one! Barely applied and my whole living room is a rose temple. I actually have a rose petal rosary I bought at Our Lady of Guadalupe some 20 years ago and it still has a faint scent and this is spot on for it! That rosary smelled fantastic for a solid decade and I was sad when it started to fade, so very happy to have a wearable version.
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Unfortunately I don't think my decant of this one has aged very well! On initial application I get a lot of grass, some fresh, very green wildflowers, and a hint perhaps of citrus, but on drydown it quickly goes waxy and indistinct, which I've noticed is a pattern for bpal florals aging poorly; I get a faint pleasant scent if I smell my wrist directly, but little else. I haven't been able to notice much of a pattern as far as which age well or not; I wonder if the fresh greenness of this one (perhaps leaning on top notes?) lead it to age worse, but have no actual idea.
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I let this rest 2 weeks before trying it out. I get a suggestion of blueberry from the bottle, but as soon as I applied it, it exploded (in a very lovely way). I’ve loved every cardamom cream I’ve gotten, so no need to expand on that. The blueberry is slightly chilly, but a nice beginner’s level of that metallic chill note. It’s also much more prominent in the throw, rather than sniffing the skin directly. I keep getting whiffs and I love it! It’s a beautiful balance of nice, pleasantly spiced sweet perfume, and a gourmand. Big fan. I’m wearing it with Honey Marshmallow hair gloss and Bourbon Vanilla hair gloss.
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Yep, that is gummy fangs! Like uncannily. Smells like a bag of red gummies, but with that odd creamy vibe that opaque gummies have. Starts out with insane throw. I put a tiny dab on the back of my hand and it overran what I wearing on my neck. But it dies back and stays fairly close to the skin after that. It's quite nice, if you want to smell like gummies.
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This is another one I should have tried years ago but have always culled from my cart to bring the total down. Finally giving it a go. On the skin this is initially very soft and subtle, sweetly resinous. It reminds me strongly of the Steampunk blends. This gains some power as it dries down. I believe "golden" is the appropriate description. It's not particularly joyful but it is radiant. FYI the costs adds a wonderful human note to this. Costs smells to me like unwashed hair and adds a warm animalic touch.
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In the Bottle: i get the nectar sweetness with a touch of bitterness and the tobacco On the skin: the rose immediately blooms but isn't overpowering and the spices are very evident, possibly with a touch of chili. I love the lab's copal note but I really can't pick it early in the drydown journey so I'm expecting a pay off deep into the drydown. This is one I have skipped over through the years and I'm glad I picked it up this time. It is quite beautiful, complex and elegant.
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Strawberry Moon: Pink Strawberry and Black Champaca
leptonpyr replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
...Okay, I appear to have had the direct opposite experience of @Larinessa. I bought this decant specifically to try the champaca note, but when I put it on wet it's nothing but strawberry. Very, very berry--it's sort of zingy and tart, but somehow also sweet and candyish? It REALLY gives the impression of a Sour Patch Kid, actually, the way it's both sour-tart and feels like it's covered in sugar. Not my thing. @Larinessa, trade skin chemistry with you? - Last week
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Beaver Moon: Graham Cracker & Buttercream Lotion
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Lotion
This smells like graham cracker crust and buttercream, but it also smells like there's some coconut infused into the buttercream. I received compliments on this one when I used it as a hand lotion in the office one day. It pairs perfectly with its moon and will go so well with many other gourmand scents. I'm surprised it's not getting more love. I'm happy I blind bottled it. -
The cherimoya note is the strongest note in this lotion, and it's the same one from Water Bearer. Sadly, I don't seem to appreciate it here, maybe because it's not paired with lavender? It's giving off a candy floral vibe that reminds me of SweeTarts smushed into a floral note -- I think it's the somewhat soapy lemon blossom note combining with it that's putting me off. I'm not able to pick out the green tea, berries, or sandalwood in this one. The lotion is strong and has good throw, so make sure you like it before you slather it on -- fortunately, I only applied it to the back of my hands. I'm glad that I opted for a sample pot, as this one is not for me.
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The opening of this one is YUMMY. An immediate crush of juicy, jammy berries, strawberries both tangy and sweet, with the blackcurrant bringing a fair bit of tartness. The lime is accenting and accentuating the berries' tartness beautifully, adding an extra citric zing, like lime zest grated over a bowl of crushed berries and blackcurrant sap. Strawberry Moon is having this very fascinating, slightly unsettling effect on me, where I keep getting the faintest whiff of incense, as if I'm catching incense on a breeze in the distance, but every time I go to sniff my skin directly, the incense disappears and all I get is berry. It's beguiling. As it dries down, I get more of the honey, and the blend gets jammier without losing tartness...at first. About 2 hours in, it loses much of its intensity and complexity, and the strawberry goes from juicy and photorealistic to a fainter, sort of artificial-smelling/candy red fruit scent on a backdrop of faint musky honey. Sadly, this goes from "WOW" to "meh" for me. I'll keep my decant because the opening is GREAT, but unless it ages differently within the next month, I don't think a bottle purchase is in my future. (I don't get any moss at all, but I have never once smelled BPAL's moss accord on me. At this point I'm convinced my skin has some sort of moss-resistant properties. Go figure.)
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Spring Wildflower Honey, Grass, and New Mown Hay Atmosphere Spray
Biocarbons replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Atmosphere
Lightly sweet, fresh grass and hay. Slightly perfumey, but definitely less perfumey than the BPAL grass note has been in the past. If you enjoy the grass note, try this. -
I did one spray of this and went nose blind for a while. This is STRONG. Very intense, a little goes a long way. Floral champaca and sandalwood intense. Incense dominant. The cream element doesn't stand out to me.
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The oud is very green with a vetiver quality. The honey used is closer to BPALS black honey which is grapey smelling to me. Strong incense on dry down. I like how this settles into a slightly smoky, woody musky scent.
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Those strawberry lychee hard candies with a swirl of cream and a spritz of citrusy sandalwood. I get more cream and sandalwood as this sits on my skin. See also, strawberry taffy.
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Wet I get a burst of juicy pomegranate and wildflower honey, over wooly cedar and leather. A hint of incense. Comforting. Getting fruity wafts from this one. This settles into dry pomegranate, incense , wool, and leather. Warm, dry, comforting.
