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I love this! Lemon creaminess in the beginning and then spicy incense comes along. Long ago I combined two BPAL rarities and it was a go-to for me. I’d inhale my wrist constantly. When I remember that combo I’ll share it. But this is so perfect for spring, I need a bottle.
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When I first apply this, it smells just like freshly cut flowers. Amazing, but my nose quivers like I’m gonna sneeze. On drydown, the soapiness overwhelms. Had to remove it.
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Okay this maiden has just touched down from her flight, so we'll see how she fairs many a Spring to come, but, oof her entrance...or en-trance... Poinsettia Gown took off her hot, stuffy, red taffeta, to reveal a sylvan dress that moves like the air, shimmers in white and pale gold, bedewed in moonlight, her skin turning luminous on contact with that olde orb's gentle beams. This is a wild and free, springtime, Elfen Gown. I don't find it as strong on the cream as PG, I suppose her preferred moisturizer in Spring is dew captured in elfcups mixed with cream elixir. Nothing too tangy either, like in some milk notes. The sandalwood is not heavy or sharp, not even too dry, bairly a whisper of it with the vanilla smoothing it and the other notes out. I do not find the vines too green or forward either, more hidden and shy, letting the blooms fluorish and take in the night. This is a different honeysuckle than I'm used to. Less headshop incense/frag oil, more fresh, sweet, and with more depth. Alhough I have yet to find a hyperrealistic honeysuckle, I do like this more than most other honeysuckle blends. The florals read white, nocturnal, and glimmery with a bit of powder, so it still has that elegance of PG. Some might find it too powdery, but I love it's use here. Oh Poinsettia, she's running with the wolves tonite she's treading the trail of elves, barefeet, let her hair down like the mist across the pond Through sweet blooms and soft-shimmered woods, she besmittens all forest creatures with her joy and fairy abandon.
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Satan Presiding at the Infernal Council
Liquid Sword replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Limited Editions
I expected something more resinous because of the frakincense note, but it is in fact more of a designer men’s leather aromatic perfume with a dark twist. This is my initial impression: It starts off with a blast of very fine black pepper generously sprinkled on top of something akin to Trussardi’s Black Extreme. It then reveals its more “civil” facet. No longer just yelling slogans to rile up his listeners, the devil begins to make his case. The dry down is a much more quiet version of snooty bat’s black leather. The fragrance maintains its bitter aspects through the entire journey, a reminder of his deep hatred and envy. -
Spicy smoky apples!!!!! Gosh the smoky cigarette note is this is sooooo good! The apple kinda tones down in the dry down. I already have a good tobacco apple scent though so I’m not sure if I’ll need a FS. I just am not in the mood for apple very often unless it’s the fall. Looooove the cigarette though
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I get fresh fuzzy soft powdery pink carnation petals enhanced by the clove. The whole scent is void of any sweetness. Smells a bit vegetal as a carnation flower would.
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This is a strawberry-infused floral tea scent (I concur that the strawberry is more than a drop). I get the shampoo comparisons, although it's not shampoo-y in a bad way. While I prefer Party Tricks Hair Gloss over this one (with its creamy pink Starburst-like strawberry, amber, and chypre), I do think this fruity floral hair gloss will be nice to reach for on occasion (although I personally wish the cherry blossom were the main note on me and not the strawberry!).
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La Dame Aux Pamplemousses
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in The Edward Gorey House
This is definitely one for marshmallow fans! The grapefruit in this is fleeting, quickly giving away to the hella accurate marshmallow note (creamy, floofy, and coated in a little powder), but like Amoraexcena, while the grapefruit is present, I'm somewhat reminded of Gobo with its pink grapefruit and vanilla cream notes. I haven't deathmatched this with Stekk, but I have to say that this is the best marshmallow scent that the Lab has released since Stekk. I said what I said!!! Yeah, this one is going to be very popular. I'll definitely be keeping my bottle to slather on its own and layer with some of the grapefruit duets and trios in my collection this summer. I hope this stays on the website for a long time to come, because there's no way one bottle will be enough for anyone who smells La Dame Aux Pamplemousses in all of its glory. -
Well, I don't get much matcha from this at all, actually, but I do get the nerikiri very strongly, which in this case, I believe is a sakura mochi. It reminds me of some cherry blossom sake Kit Kats I once had, but accompanied by the gummy-like texture of mochi and maybe some red bean, too? Although there's no notes listed for the nerikiri component of the scent, I'm pretty confident about the sakura, sake, and mochi aspects to this scent. I still need to give this a full day slather, but I enjoy this despite it not being a tea-centric scent like I had expected. The nerikiri accord in this is so neat that I can't help but to think, 'damn, how does Beth do that!?' especially since she not only nails the texture, but also makes these seemingly discordant things wearable.
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I tested this once and then slathered it another day as my scent of the day. In both instances, the pink strawberries and cherry blossom cream were the stars of the show, with more strawberry than cherry blossom, backed by the white amber and what must be the blush marshmallow. The cream went buttery on me during my first test of the scent, but somehow didn't do that when I slathered it for a full-day of wear. The white amber in this is the same as the one featured in Hohensalzburg Fortress and Schönperchten. Despite there being cherry blossom cream here and Reflected Vulva having cherry blossom and sugared cream in its notes, the two don't smell similar. I don't get anything distinctly marshmallow on my skin like the glorious marshmallow from La Dame Aux Pamplemousses, but at least I'm not getting anything like the marshmallow in Pink Moon: Marshmallow and Candyfloss Hair Gloss or the funky marshmallow froth from Fairy Lobster Foam. I mean, I'm sure the blush marshmallow is there doing something, but it just doesn't play as big of a role on my skin as it does for the other reviewers -- I think I seem to have gotten way more amber with the strawberries and cherry blossom cream. Although I would have liked the cherry blossom to be the strongest note here, I do think this is pretty and will happily reach for it during the spring months. Hair glosses I'd pair this with: Party Tricks and Kamisuki.
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Goose Moon: Tobacco Absolute and Cherry Chypre
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
This is very much about the tobacco and chypre and less about the cherry on me. The tobacco is not the same caramelized tobacco found in Goose Moon itself, and the main aspects of the chypre are the moss and what I believe is bergamot or some sort of citrus note. The cherry is there, but it just can't hold a candle to the tobacco and chypre components. I layered a drop of this with Goose Moon. Goose Moon + Tobacco Absolute and Cherry Chypre - More tobacco, plus moss! This dials up the tobacco, and I get the moss and what I believe is bergamot from the chypre, on a bed of caramelized tobacco and sandalwood, with just a bit of cherry from the chypre. I believe the cherry chypre is the same cherry chypre used in Gen Z Feminist Cenobite and Cherry Cream Pie Chypre (RIP to my empty imp), although there's less cherry in this layering combo because there's a lot more going on here. I'd recommend this to someone who wants a chypre more than someone looking for a strong cherry scent (especially if you already own the aforementioned cherry chypre scents). This isn't something I feel the need to grab a bottle of, but it was fun to get to try it and layer it with Goose Moon! -
Goose Moon: Brandied Cherry and Labdanum
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
This features a dark, slightly boozed up cherry note accompanied by a cola-like labdanum. Although it's not exactly cherry cola (oh, how I wish the Lab did something like Absurd Origin Story plus cherry!), it may be the closest I've gotten to it from the Lab so far. (Because the sweet, cola-like labdanum is more like a flat cola than a fizzy one.) I layered a drop of this with Goose Moon, and here was the result: Goose Moon + Brandied Cherry and Labdanum - MORE CHERRY! Just what I wanted! It's the cherry and cola-like labdanum of the duet lying on a bed of caramelized tobacco and sandalwood. I tried the other Goose Moon cherry duet and would recommend this to chose wanting more cherry, as the other one is more about the tobacco and chypre. I think this would be nice to layer or wear on its own, so I'm debating whether or not my decant will be enough. -
Goose Moon is mostly about the white sandalwood, caramelized tobacco (I think this is the Lab's French Tobacco note), and plum juice on me. It reminds me of Beautiful Death without the Lace note, actually. I'd say they are cousins. The orris in here didn't make me smell like I fell into a vat of baby powder (woot!), and I didn't get much champaca or chili pepper from this (also woot!). The sour cherry cordial was the main aspect of the scent that appealed to me, and while it's more noticeable once it has been on the skin for a few hours, it's not a prominent note on me. I'm usually a plum-avoider, but the red plum here is bitter and not super sweet like most plum notes, so I'm not hating it here. I layered this with a drop of both of the cherry duets that accompanied it. Goose Moon + Brandied Cherry and Labdanum - MORE CHERRY! Just what I wanted! It's the cherry and cola-like labdanum of the duet lying on a bed of caramelized tobacco and sandalwood. Goose Moon + Tobacco Absolute and Cherry Chypre - More tobacco (which isn't the same kind in Goose Moon), plus moss! This dials up the tobacco, and I get the moss and what I believe is bergamot from the chypre, on a bed of caramelized tobacco and sandalwood, with just a bit of cherry from the chypre. I believe the cherry chypre is the same cherry chypre used in Gen Z Feminist Cenobite and Cherry Cream Pie Chypre (RIP to my empty imp), although there's less cherry in this layering combo because there's a lot more going on here. While I don't feel the need to upgrade a bottle of Goose Moon, I'll probably hang onto my decant to layer it with Brandied Cherry and Labdanum.
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This is a sparkling floral tea blend. The Earl Grey note reads more like the Lab's lemony white tea with bergamot. There's no black tea or matcha to be found. I get the pink rose and honeysuckle (more rose than honeysuckle on my skin) along with the tea note, swirled with the white musk, which adds to the sparkly, perfume-y feel of the scent, and just a touch of blackcurrant. I'd put this in the same family as scents like Butterflies, Flowers, and Jewels Attending. I'm a little sad that I wasn't able to detect any matcha here, but I do think this is pretty, nevertheless! I agree that this will be perfect for spring and will be hanging onto my decant.
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Goose Moon: Black Clove and Marzipan Hair Gloss
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Hair
This smells amazing in the decant and freshly sprayed, but alas, it is so short-lived! The marzipan has a cherry almond vibe in the decant that turns into creamy almondy goodness upon being sprayed, but it is fleeting, so that it's mainly the black clove that sticks around. I tried this in wet hair on Monday and on dry hair yesterday. I couldn't smell it after spraying it on wet hair, and although I could smell the clove whenever I held up a lock of dry hair to my nose, it was still pretty light, because it doesn't have anything to support it like in the Black Clove, Tobacco Flower, and Grave Soil Hair Gloss. I usually spray two sprays of hair gloss in my hair, and I used four sprays yesterday just to make sure I was doing everything to smell this to the maximum extent possible, but alas. It's just not a strong hair gloss, although it smells fantastic. If this were stronger, I'd probably upgrade to a bottle. But as it is, I think I'll have to stick with the decant. -
Fresh out of the mailbox, on first sniff I thought it smelled just like a Luper from three years ago, Penis Bound With Gold Ribbon, and in fact has mostly similar notes. I don't have it anymore to compare side by side - I sold it off because it didn't work all that well with my chemistry. I was a little skeptical of this at first because of PBWGR, but after a few days of rest, Seule actually works better on me. The skin musk is the most prominent, which is what I was hoping for - warm, glowy amber underneath it, with just a touch of lemon. Delightful spring scent. Not a whole lot of throw, wonderful for canoodling. I've also tried the previously mentioned White Honey, Lemon Peel, and Salt, but I thought that was a lot more bracing and tart than this. Another sister scent would be Sed Non Satiata - SNS is a lot more potent and more floral, but it has the skin musk.
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I would have guessed white sandalwood. Very clean, a little vanilla peeking out. I often don't like soapy scents and this isn't not soapy. But it's not acrid and I am enjoying this a lot. The frankincense and leather may be helping. Image: white wood in a frame of metal filigree. White leather and gold frankincense detailing. This is improved by pairing it with Elf. It just adds a little pale wood, sunshine and leaves.
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Seconding Urd for strong grape champa and if you see Snooty Bat on the sales page, that might be good. Especially if you'd like something sweet with clove. Currently Goose Moon has a duet that is just Nag Champa and White Gardenia
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Powdery rose, the powder being supplied by the amber and frankincense, I'd assume. On the bright side, champa is incredibly iffy on me but here it's well behaved and wonderful. I know this isn't the blends thread, but this scent is a jarring disaster with Orc. Drow is some amazing purple incense, though. The sweetness really tempers the powdery Cleric.
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I’ve bought an indecent number of backup bottles and may yet buy more (threat). I just cannot stop reaching for it. Such a wearable yet sexy spiced vanilla- I do concur the vanilla is of the floaty variety, very lace-esque, yes. The cardamom is just enough to give it a little spice without ruining the gorgeous ephemeral thing it’s got going on-cardamom can be weirdly angelic, as evidenced by both this blend and Aasimar. Velvety, plush, sweet, soft, sultry, ohhhhh wow goodness. It’s so good 5 adjectives doesn’t even feel like enough. Sillage: Present… but like in an ephemeral way…… take a shot every time i use ephemeral in a review… Wear time: 5-6 hours of full strength and then around 3 more hours of detectable perfume
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Initial impression: Spiced vanilla. Soft, a little flowery, with a hint of cardamom. As it dries: Definitely warms up on the skin. The flowers float away and I'm left with a soft velvety vanilla with a hint of spice. Verdict: REALLY love this.
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First on I get a bitter neroli backed by soft powdery iris. I expected for the violet to take over from this point, but it stays green and sort of sappy. I can still detect the iris and the violet in the background, sweet and powdery.
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Beautiful thank you for the recc!!! I adore the RPG collection bc I fuckin’ adore DnD, so any time I get to purchase from it to fulfill a specific scent goal… I do a lil happy dance.
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I love Pumpkin Spice Blood Kiss from Halloween 2019 (so complex with a creamy pumpkin pie vibe swirled into all of the goodness of Blood Kiss), but Pumpkin Kisses is what I was afraid that blend would be like. Pumpkin Kisses is cheap spice, plastic, wax, and that overall scent of walking into a craft store around Halloween. I get zero Blood Kiss; it's all pumpkin spice home oil and wax/plastic. Strong, headache inducing, and an absolute scrubber for me.
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Smells like Sprite to me more than anything else, like a small child poured a bag of sugar over a glass of Sprite and now the fizzy, sugary mess is everywhere. I get zero authentic/natural smelling lime or citrus (it's.. Sprite with extra sugar, and I dunno how else to describe it) and absolutely no pepper or bay rum. It's very sickly sweet and artificial smelling. I would love to have a room spray that smells like freshly squeezed limes, which is what I was hoping for here, but I don't think I'd identify lime at all if I didn't know the name of this one.
