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Full disclosure: I have difficulty picking apart any blends with lavender. It’s often a total assault on my senses so I must indulge carefully and deliberately. I like lavender, but I don’t always want it to scream at me, ya know? So obviously, I can compare this to TKO. Whereas TKO’s lavender is the type that fits in an old Batman episode (e.g. *POW* there’s lavender! *ZAP* smell the herbaceous scent!), the lavender in Lavender Apron is softer and a sweeter. For some reason, my brain keeps mislabeling the name of this scent as Lavender Linen Kitchen Apron, and that’s exactly what it smells like to me. It’s a well loved, faded purple apron, its thick fabric worn soft over time, that has been washed in lavender soap, hung to dry out in fresh air, and donned again to prepare something that requires long blending of confectionery sugar. (Homemade frosting perhaps?) If you bury your face in that apron’s fabric, it’s hard not to feel calm and comforted.
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This is remarkably similar to The Queen of May to my nose, to the point that they smell nearly identical until the later drydown. They're both very green, almost sappy floral scents, but this one is a bit less sharp and a tad more floral. I'm also getting some sort of violet-adjacent note hidden beneath everything else. I totally agree with RoseThornAndOak's recommendation for this if you're a fan of Alkemia's Blue Ridge Skyline or Summer Dandelion, and I'll add that if you liked The Queen of May and wanted something very similar to it, this is your gal. Solanine is definitely in the same vein as all of those.
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This is such a delightfully uplifting blend. Must love roses, of course, but this coffee is wonderfully different as well. At first this smells like putting your face right into a pile of coffee beans, except there are a million luscious red rose petals on top. The roses are rosiest through the earlier part of the weartime, 1-2 hours. Through the later part of wear, however, the coffee scent becomes that magical lived in scent - like when you go into someone's kitchen and they are the kind of person who grinds their coffee fresh every morning, the kitchen smell becomes a coffee smell becomes a warm hug. I smell like that kitchen right now and it kindof makes me want to cry (in a good way), especially because I have been hunting ceaselessly for my BPAL coffee scent. I am very happy to have this one! Please do it again with lavender!
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I see fossilized amber resin and I covet!! This gorgeous note is the beating heart of Hearthglow. The beautiful warm bouquet of resin and spice and sustenance sings out while the oil is wet, but as it dries the lavender-orange-honey comes to the foreground of the warm amber glow. Lean in close to get a breath of clove and allspice. Would absolutely love to smell this around the house as well as on my person.
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Mureera is a like, not a love, for me. I really wanted to try this and Aurum and I thought I would like Mureera better, but - as is frequently the case - I was wrong! Of course there's nothing wrong with this fragrance, it's quite lovely and wearable, but I probably wouldn't go all the way to the country of the Troglodytæ to get some. I find that myrrh frequently has a fuzzy aspect to it, and I like to associate that fuzz to dark velvet, but this is more of a fuzzy bunny. Very soft and approachable, honestly likely to pair well with many of your other resinous frags. Just not my preferred fuzz. I am glad to have a decant and I hope folks try this one!
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This is so charming when it’s wet: You really get a cozy foodie scent, chewy and milky and comforting with a distinctive note of pink. Unfortunately, there’s that clove bud. *shakes fist* It takes this blend and turns it right into red potpourri candle. 😔
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beautiful. I get champaca straight out of the bottle but once it's on the sandalwood and black tea come out to play, although subtly. it keeps the champaca from going complete head shop vibescx76. The myrrh is giving the blend a little powderiness as it dries but the champaca seems to be holding everything together and keeping the myrrh from going to baby powder. dries to a sweet but well blended incense. Surprisingly good throw for an incense blend and lasts for a while on me (4+ hours after applying and the throw hasn't faded).
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A little bit of soil, a handful of cotton and the same Indian musk as Galvanic Goggles mingles with sweet tobacco when wet. Applied to skin, a boozy vanilla comes out to play and the tobacco really warms up. I don't really get any moss, or incense. This is softly sweet, lasting just under 7 hours, with moderate projection. I can see why this is such a highly coveted scent; it's gorgeous. The tobacco and cognac are a great combo, and as always the Lab's fabric notes are on point. It truly feels like a "best of" some of the nicest parts of other scents that I like all wrapped up into one. Hopefully it can make a reappearance somehow in the future!
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Got it as a frimp. Love it! I get chocolate peppermint for some strange reason. Doesn't really fit the description for me, but will definitely full size at some point!
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I've been looking forward to the year of the Fire Horse for a very long time, and although I haven't tried a Chinese New Year scent before, I had to get this. They always seemed like they'd be much like I imagined a Chinese New Year's parade would be like: bright colors, music, fire crackers, i.e. a joyful cacophony. The ingredients seem consistent from year to year, but reviews indicate there might be some tweaking to emphasize certain notes so every year is different. I wondered if this year's version would emphasize dragon blood, mandarin, and orange to emphasize the glowing, passionate nature of the Fire Horse. On the contrary, for me the fruit takes a back seat to a peaceful, smooth, watery greenness (possibly from the bamboo). There's a feeling of amelioration and contemplation, almost like the healing and rebuilding phase after a major rupture. I think we are in for a bumpy ride as a society in the next year or so, but need to remember sometimes we have to let what doesn't serve us burn away before we can get to something better. Editing to add how much I love the label featuring art from the Cave of Lascaux!
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Stormclouds Over The Midway
SmellsPrettyGood2Me replied to iiinterstate's topic in Carnaval Diabolique
Always here for the Lab's ozone note! Very mineralic, atmospheric open on skin of a spring storm with a bit of resinous incense. Is the plum-color blackcurrant? As someone who intensely dislikes anise, I'm thrilled that the wormwood is nicely dialed down by the sweetness of the opium tar. The petrichor note sticks around post drydown, and the incense gets a nice spicy bite to it. Medium low sillage that only lasts about 5.5 hours before largely fading away. I like this; the more fragrances I try with opium tar, the more inclined I am to seek out others that include it. -
I love this one! Agree that it's dark, malty, buttery and biscuit-y, grounded in a nice, not sweet, coffee chocolate stout base. I also get orange zest on sniffing the bottle, and on first application, but that goes away within a few minutes. On me, I find it has good staying power and throw (and like most things BPAL, I only expect that to intensify with age). I have a habit of doing "bake a BPAL", and my birthday is in two days, so I'm going to concoct something that incorporates every one of these elements.
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Beaver Moon: Yuzu & Warm Honey Drizzle
Myrrha replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
Wet it is a delicate but bright Yuzu. Dry it is more balanced, leaning more to honey. Once dry this is a light scent and I only catch little whiffs of it unless sniffing my wrists directly. This might be a good concentration for warmer weather. it’s a very pretty, soft scent (by which I mean softer than a more bracing yuzu scent like Aizen-myoo) light throw. -
Thick white sticky sap beading up on a freshly cut stem in the bottle. On skin, that lightly chlorophyllic morning glory is bright and herbaceous as a top note, followed closely by a creamy lilac. By minute 30 the vine note has moved on. Something a little bit bitter is there, too, but overall the scent softens quickly into a very wearable, non-indolic floral. After an hour or so, a lightly powdery element emerges. Medium strong sillage that lasts just under 7 hours; just a little too potent for the initial couple of hours to be considered entirely work safe, I think. A lilac scent done well is a pleasure to wear, and this was done very well. Perfect for those days when you're feeling hardcore spring cottage core vibes, regardless of what the weather outside is like.
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I am reeeeeally into the Noix de Coco HG and this is the same cool coconut note with the added benefit of fresh and zesty lime in the forefront. Drink ‘em bot’ up. I’m not sure my nose knows a difference between lime and pink lime, but I’m okay with that; I just wish that lovely lime stayed around a little longer. (It does tend to last a bit longer in my hair than when used as a body gloss. The coconut lingers well in both uses.)
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Lines Written by a Bear of Very Little Brain
Elspethdixon replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Yules
Like Edward Bear, this one is a soft skin scent without much throw. The cardamom pulls lemon-y, and BPAL’s slightly minty slush note is present but not dominant. The honey and milk musk combo are more of a creamy skin scent than foodie/gourmand. It makes me think of sunlight on patches of melting snow. -
A diaphanous, nocturnal blend that shimmers between airy radiance and shadowed warmth. A silvery wash of moonflower and white heliotrope drifts over cool iris and gossamer musk, while golden amber resin and benzoin glow softly beneath like the living heat of beating wings. Threads of honeyed beeswax and tobacco flower lend a faint, feral sweetness, and a dusting of frankincense ash and myrrh smoke curls at the edges, recalling the dark from which she rises. Amelia Jane Murray, Lady Oswald
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Macabre domesticity; a little warmth for a long eternity. A tender absurdity of frozen grins reflecting in the sooty iron of a merrily-aflame stove. Banked coals of labdanum pulse with amber flame, while a dusting of clove, coal ash, and brittle vanilla scuffs the hem of dusty patchouli linen. James Ensor
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Maybe this is a blending accident. I smell something minty or birch-y or wintergreen-y, but in a warm way. Nothing fruity or resiny - just a weirdly warm-toned, astringent mint. Gradually, though, that becomes ... candied dates? Dates do smell interesting and complex down at their pith, sure, so I could see dates from this fume. And now, okay, now I'm getting fruitcake, riotously fruit-studded fruitcake with a scorched-sugar edge to the crust - something like black treacle or extra-dark cane syrup. .... no. No? No. Yes? No? Still astringent. Is the astringency the red currant? Yes. Is there patchouli in here? Slowly, slowly, creeping forward .... yes? ... still dragging that complex medicinal MINT with it, tho? Yes. I'm stumped. Baffled. Flusterical. I don't know what I'm smelling, or if I like it. I want to love it, but it's currently acting like fruitcake-flavored cough syrup, even though I can SEE the chewy patchouli wanting to come through. I'm going to come back and edit this review when I've figured it out. Sorry for liveblogging my confusion.
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I got this as a frottle from the lab! A very pleasant surprise. I can't wear bpal directly on my skin, cuz preggie, and therefore I can't pick out notes as well. But here we go, with it applied in my hair. Polyester Spiderweb starts out with some plasticy scent. Like when you get some plastic components pre-packed in a little plastic bag, and you break it open and get some fumes from the parts/factory air. But then it transforms to a white floral, fresh but elegant(without leaning towards fabric softener or soap). And settles with some soft warm unidentified base notes, like white flowers on a summers evening. Somehow the plasticy thing follows all the way, but subtle, and keeps it unique and interesting. This could mellow out in a boring floral standard perfume, but it does not. It's clean, simple and still has a little tiny quirk. A very balanced perfume. Good throw, long lasting. I would probably not recommend this to anyone, but I'm totally keeping it.
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Coyote Moon: Vanilla Incense and Roasted Tonka Bean
doomsday_disco posted a topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
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Spiced Honey and Raw Patchouli.
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Palo Santo and White Amber.
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Desert Sage and Palo Santo.
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Cacao Dust and Ashes.
