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This is as named. Testing it as a body spray to get the full experience. This isn't as sweet as I expected! Not as sugary as the brown sugar I get from Eat Me. The woody oak tempers it. Glad I have this decant but I wouldn't wear it often enough for a full bottle. Will test in hair at a later date.
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Weird, I get laundry first, then snowhite lavender. My mental image becomes a blanket shortly interrupted by fizzy champagne stains (careful with that glass, when you move to a more comfy seating position). But then .. nothing happens. It becomes and then stays a mental image of a shirt with lavender softener from washing. Good for bedtime, like TKO, but maybe I miss some unique aspect of this, I was expecting more. But it makes me sleepy and is nice and safe, and clearly laundry / fabrics related, to my nose / skin. PS I relate it to Puppet Kitty, but without the baby saliva and skin of a child, so this works way better for me, but is a bit boring, but "nice".
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Pumpkin Spice Eggnog Latte yeah, that’s exactly it. I can smell cinnamon - that’s a bit strong, plus some kind of dark honey, but I’m probably mistaking that for the eggnog. It’s literally that: you take some of that store-bought pumpkin spice mix, stir it into warm milk, then sprinkle cinnamon on top—lots of it. Then you go crazy and throw in some egg yolk with lots of sugar and nutmeg, and some vanilla, because you want that, and maybe some rum—good rum, not cheap stuff—and then you top it with whipped cream. And because you crave coffee, you stumble and a bit of your just brewed espresso spills just a bit on top of it. So, this is true to its name. Well-balanced and safe. I associate it more with Christmas than with Halloween (oh it is a yule, why did I think it was a weenie). It is sweet, spicy, cozy.
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2025 version. I'm not often saying this but this was bit a disappointment for me. I was expecting spicier Snake Oil but I got a lot of the same sharpish red musk that's dominating new Snake Oil iterations. My experience is quite similar to Liquid Sword's above: heat from the ginger, sharpness, cinnamon, vanilla isn't showing up much. I like Gingerbread Glory Hole over this, but I'll let my Snek rest for a year at least. I hope it would get softer with time.
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I fell in love with this. Gingerbread in this is definitely gingerbread dough, sweet and spicy. I've learnt that I really like brown musk, it often feels soft and cozy and it blends beautifully with spices and patchouli. Patchouli is beautiful in this scent and it's not screaming for attention. I like this over Gingerbread Snek as this is softer and more balanced.
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Beautiful incense, soft and sheer. But the lotus turns super to sweet bubblegum me and doesn't settle down.
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A gorgeous rich, nutty scent. Earthy sweet. As it dries I feel like I'll get a whiff of something in particular, a bit of cacao or chestnut or coffee. But nothing leaps out in particular for long. Cozy, refined.
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Poofy sweet lavender in the imp, with a hint of sweet fruity almond underneath and a breath of cardamom. On my skin I get a soft, slightly buttery bread note, followed by a more mellowed nuttier almond, and the lavender which is slightly less sweet. As it dries I get a bit more cardamom again. I really like how it settles out, a soft lavender tamping down the sweetness of a nutty, lightly spiced bun. Comforting and cozy.
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In the imp this smells like a cold, wet day in early winter before it is cold enough to actually freeze. It's green and chilly, and then I get a smudgy cloud of ambergris following. On my skin I get the woody oud and oppononax which round it out. A freezing rain in the forest.
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I picked up a half decant for funsies, partly because I'm still on the hunt for a non-sweet coffee perfume, mostly because the copy mentioned The King In Yellow. This smells like sticky rice shou/ripe puer and joss stick ash, with the latter taking over as time goes on. I'm surprisingly into it.
- Last week
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Coyote Moon: Cacao Dust and Ashes
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
The ash in this duet makes me think of standing next to a campfire as the ashes flit through the air and make their way toward the ground. The cacao note cozies up to it, but the ash is definitely stronger on my skin. There's no sludgy cacao here (which I would have loved), if anyone is curious, and the scent itself has great throw and can be smelled without me even having to hold my arm up to my nose (although I still did that for testing purposes). I like this, but I don't think I need more of this duet. (I think I prefer Baby's First Krampuslauf.) But I'm looking forward to layering this with its moon to see how that goes. -
Les Pleurs is mostly about the myrrh on me, and it's a dark myrrh, not the soft, powdery, cuddly variety from scents like Bastet. The stone note is next in prominence, making the scent seem even darker. It takes a long time for the beeswax note to show up on me, and although it eventually emerges and adds a bit of welcome sweetness to those very bold notes, there's not enough of it here to think of this as a beeswax scent. There's no acrid smoke note or vetiver in the blackened amber accord, so I wouldn't let that descriptor put you off of trying this if the other notes appeal. This isn't something I need more of, but if you are looking for a dark resin and stone scent, this might be up your alley.
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I concur with the above review! This is Creamsicle perfection and my favorite of the rarities and b-sides that have been released over the past year. The mandarin isn't bitter, medicinal, soapy, etc. -- anything that could go wrong with a mandarin note is not present here. The vanilla really is like a billowy cloud that just floofs out over time, complementing the mandarin perfectly. It's already in the 90 degree range here in March (UGH), so I've already taken it upon myself to order a bottle. I couldn't risk this orange and vanilla goodness selling out!
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Mpfh, as much as i am having difficulty adding to a description of this - as i get all the notes in there - it is not overly simple and quite sexy. Gots ta find myself a man to smear this on (...but until then my own locks will do). This is a grown-up , soft and slightly masculine leaning spicy scent. The vanilla bean making this an indeed "approachable" scent, friendly. The myrrh and sandalwood working hard to make this something i deem quite sexy indeed.
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Slightly soapy from the imp to indeed a more ritual-apt scent; warm berries, soft dusty fir and an ashy natural note (the bark) incense. If i could get my house to smell like this in winter I Know I've Made It!
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Weirdly i am getting some kind of chocolate wet, which drizzles, then, to a slightly less thick... More.... orange-chocolate? That, and on top a goopy marshmallow (a red-currant one?). No (well only the slightest dusting of) cinnamon.
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Dreamy from the get-go. Dreamy akin to Oberon, Titania, and Puck with fairies dancing, even a somewhat similarly whimsical fragrance; soft, pinkish and pillowy. Not a strong throw here, definately a your skin but better scent. Pinky-champagne vanilla-floral, a slash of red amber warmth and leather, prickling, twinkling and sparkling together to make marvellous mischief, a magical moment in time.
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Oh man, delicious butterscoch rum (though not strong on the alcohol/booze-note) soft sweet hazelnuts on a backdrop of beautiful outdoorsy (though strangely enough not cold but cozy) snowy wonderland. What a dream. Holding on to this decant for sure.
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Super fruity freshly applied. Strong and thiccv red currants and indeed a candied thick red crust, barely to no patchouli. A whisp, if you will (no pun intended)? Doesn't morph too much; a nice, very red currant candy with a sliiiight ground of soft patchouli far in the background.
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Everything everywhere all at once when wet - and within a minute, where did everything go? I am left with a less impressive version of Christmas lustre, but with a far fruitier overtione. Absolutely not bad, and i am doing it a bit of a dissersive - but that is because my skin just eats this. Por qué?!?!
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The tart cherries worry me from the get go (the "almond-cherry" note) but i must admit it fades to something less offensive to my nose quite quickly; THIS is a delicious red cherry crumble with a beautiful romance-(but slightly overly sweet) themed cocktail and a bowl of those red sugar primavera candies from haribo. Honestly, SUPER super fun and really beautiful and a little hyper.
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Unfortunately, I get nauseous when opening the bottle, as it is like a huge fight between coffee and rose. I tried putting it on my skin (wrists), and keeping my hands away from it, but that didn't work either. Had to wash it off, with soap, twice, and mask it with another scent. This one is not for me. I might swap it. But I'm also curious if ageing calms it down. The coffee on my skin becomes espresso powder with insufficient water which is heavily fighting with a snooty rose - it simply overwhelms my senses and leads to strong physical nausea, can't help it. And I love coffee, and I love rose notes, but apparently I can't deal with them at the same time.
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Ohhh mAN. First off, the jasmine is kept well in-check here, a velvety soft experience of a tropical moonlit paradise, a shimmer of moonlight and a glimmer of indeed a fruity-like something aside from the accomodating citrus.. This is sultry and beautiful and i may need a bottle in the future. Keeping my claws onto this decant for sure!!
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Ooooo heady floral indeed. Not so much as like in Hymn, but a more tropical, more akin to (though not -leaning) aquatic heady. On drydown there's morr of a green peppery punch which heads slightly more in the direction of cottage garden, but perhaps my skin likes to amp these types of notes. It does calm down the tiniest bit to step back more into the creamy side. I can also join in with the 'it's giving jasmine or honeysuckle but also not quite'-camp. Super sexy, summery, warm, creamy floral.
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So excited to try this one! Exactly all notes are all there; this is a nostalgic, old timey christmas through the lens of a magic lantern; a slightly blurry-at-the-edges, colourful imagery tinged with image noise and some scratches of a warm, cozy christmas past. The amber has a similar "illuminating" effect here as in the blow mold scents, on me the throw is surpisingly strong! I'm guessing the chestnut throws in a bit of sliiiiightly dirt-like (but very soft) grit that compliments the allspice (is there even a tiny bit of dried orange in here?) and the caramel is the soft background to it all.
