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White Honey, Strawberries, and Vanilla Cream
Leopard403 replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Lupercalia
For this review, I had literally written the sentence “This smells familiar, but I can’t put my finger on why” and then I had an experience that was part visual memory and part olfactory hallucination, and it came to me. Many moons ago, the TP released a line of bath salts. I was still fairly new to BPAL at that time and was only bold enough to purchase one kind of salt: Kitty. And here’s her review thread. That’s what this reminds me of. WHS&VC smells a bit like strawberry candy and white cake. Had to search white honey and basically it’s a milder version of the usual stuff, so it makes sense I might interpret that as cake. The scent is just shy of smelling like “strawberry sugar” (maybe red Pixie Stix? or Strawberry Nesquik powder?) but something keeps it just slightly grounded. It’s girly and flirty and really nice for spring. (As an aside, who do we petition to bring back those bath salt scents in perfume oil form??) . - Yesterday
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Milk Moon: Milk & White Musk
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I didn't order a decant of this one, but my decanter kindly included a tester in my decant order. The milk is the star of the show in this duet. It's definitely a dairy milk note and not a plant-based sort of milk. I don't really know what to say about it except for that it smells like cow's milk, and it smells, well, milky, but it doesn't go funky like some dairy notes are wont to do on my skin, and it doesn't morph into butter, so that's nice. The white musk in this is confined to a background role. It's not an effervescent sort of musk, nor is it too clean. While I don't feel the need to upgrade to a bottle of this myself, if you're looking for the closest thing you can get to a milk single note, you should give this a try. -
Milk Moon: Matcha & Pumpkin Rind
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
This smells like spiced pumpkin mixed with matcha (and the matcha does have the bitter, somewhat vegetal quality of matcha and does not smell like the Lab's standard citrusy green tea note). I was surprised how heavily spiced this smelled in the decant and when I applied it to my skin, and I thought for sure it would burn me like Nocturne Alchemy's Scaretastic Tea does (which is another pumpkin spice and matcha scent!). However, despite this smelling like I fell into a vat of pumpkin spice, this didn't leave any redness or welts on the back of my hand. (That said, I would never risk applying this to a sensitive area like the crook of the elbows or the neck). Both notes cozy up to each other and are present throughout wear, with the spiced pumpkin being the stronger of the two notes, but eventually, the spices do calm down after several hours, and it smells like syrupy pumpkin with a touch of bitterness from the matcha. I like this and will definitely be keeping my decant, and I'll have to retest it to see if I need more before it goes away. (I think it really depends on if I can only wear this on my hands/wrists or if I'm able to slather it without it aggravating my sensitive skin). This will be great to wear in the autumn. -
The drydown of this is like a soft purr. Something in this is reminding me of a scent I've smelled before but can't quite put my finger on. I think there is something, lightly, just a wee, reminding me of Owl Moon. It's like a creamy version, but there is definitely a tinge of funk. I quite love it.
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I was thinking the same Thank you for your thoughts.
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It's been out of stock for a couple of years, or at least four or even more? I think it's not officially discontinued but I wouldn't have high hopes for its return.
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Spring Wildflower Honey, Grass, and New Mown Hay Atmosphere Spray
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Atmosphere
I can smell the soft petals of the wildflowers mixed with some green grass and some warm hay, all sweetened by some honey. I've tested this on a paper towel twice, and both times, I could smell all of the listed notes at all times, without any of them fading away. If I spray it just in an open area, like over my couch, I get the blast of green but get more honeyed wildflowers in the throw. It's a very pretty spring scent that makes me think of a green meadow dotted with yellow flowers with some hay nearby. I don't get to use my atmosphere sprays as much as I used to these days, so I probably don't need a whole bottle of this one, but I'll definitely be keeping my decant. -
my quest to find the beeswax scent of my dreams continues. this one wasn't a match to the scent i'm trying to find, but i really love it nevertheless. just opening the bottle already it has a thickness, a creaminess; not the actual smell of cream but rather something of the depth and texture (i think the same thing others have described as like honey or treacle). in the bottle and wet i mostly get the sufganiyah, which you can imagine dusted with sugar, but then as it dries the olive and fig come forth. after about an hour there is a slight slight powderiness, which i think must be the amber, but it's very subtle and then it sort of passes away. the only thing i can't pick out at all is the pomegranate, but maybe it's in there somewhere - overall, it's very very well-blended and nothing overwhelms anything else, and it lasts a long time. even though lots of the notes are ones i associate in theory with the mediterranean (the fig, pomegranate, olive oil & blossom etc), it is definitely very warm and cosy and feels very different to other scents i've tried that also evoke that region. i think it's the beeswax and the amber that give it the warmth and make it seem better suited to rainy days reading and writing than being out in the sun.
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Hi! Sorry to say, I’ve been out of the BPAL loop lately. Is “O” still available 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻?
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This starts off as a fruity floral scent on me, with the grapefruit being the strongest note at first, followed by the rose, until they switch places, so that it ends up being a pink rose-centric scent backed by a hint of grapefruit, which eventually disappears, leaving the pink rose backed by some light, warm, dry resins and skin musk. This is not sweet like Razors in a Doll's House Hair Gloss, and I only get the barest touch of vanilla in the background if I go searching for it, but it is very sheer and faint since it is buried beneath the rose, resins, and musk. I have a lot of rose scents in my collection, and this one isn't really grabbing me even though I've tried it three times. I think it's because I gravitate more towards sugary florals than fruity florals and florals plus resins, but there are even some non-sugary rose scents that call to me more than this one, so I don't think I need to keep my decant.
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On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the StarShipSofa podcast (Episode 780), I discuss the books of Frank Tallis, the series Vienna Blood, and the phenomenon of Sigmund Freud in genre fiction. Come for the science fiction (and the history of science), and stay for the mystery and crime — and Jürgen Maurer and Matthew Beard. ALT StarShipSofa 780 P. A. Cornell View the full post.
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To see so many lovely notes listed for this blend, I find the scent to be disappointingly nondescript. It’s a floral, leaning white and slightly powdery, and it’s butterfly-light both in the decant and on the skin. It might be that the orris is blowing out the rest of the notes for me. It’s a nice smell, dainty and spring-like, but I can’t sink my teeth into it the way I hoped to when reading the description.
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Honey Buttercream Cupcake Atmosphere Spray
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Atmosphere
This smells exactly like it says on the tin: it's a honey buttercream cupcake! The honey buttercream is the most prominent aspect of the scent to my nose, but there is definitely a golden cake note beneath the frosting. I think this smells lovely and will definitely be keeping my decant in the original bottle, but I don't think I need a whole bottle of this one. -
The first time I tried this, it was soft and sweet: oat milk, sweetened by honey and vanilla, and a bit of bread in the background. But the second time I tried it, it was salty and buttery as hell. 😭 I mean, yeah, there's butter in the scent, but where's the salt coming from!? The bread!? I think I also get the wheat with it, too. In any case, it was too salty and buttery for me. I'm not sure why I got this out of it the second time around when it was such a soft, cuddly, sweetened oat milk scent the first time I tried it. I don't need more of this one, but I hope more people experience the sweetened oat milk and not the butter bread bomb!
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Turn any perfume into a friggin’ glazed donut. Glazed Donut Troll? Glazed Donut Perversion? Glazed Donut Black Annis? The options are endless, really.
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A neutral sheer musk that radiates freshly-washed skin. Can be utilized as a fragrance fixative base beneath more complex BPAL oils.
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You asked for it, you got it. Petrichor is the smell of rain hitting dry earth and is one of the most universally beloved scents in the world. It's cool and green, with a deep, almost mineral dampness underneath, like wet clay or stone that's been sitting in the sun. There's something alive in it too: a faint earthiness that comes from the soil itself, mossy and organic, with a clean freshness that feels like the air has been completely renewed. It's neither sweet nor sharp, but inhabits a soft, grey-green space that feels both ancient and immediate.
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Honey-Dusted Skin Musk
doomsday_disco posted a topic in Single Notes, Layering Scents & Simple Blends
Comforting and uncomplicated: a toasted honey note, almost caramelized at the edges, that softens into a powdery musk that reads as clean, warm skin that's been kissed by something sweet. -
Ambergris carries a primordial, radiant muskiness: pale and quietly luminous, threaded with hints of sea air, driftwood, and ocean-splashed sunlight. Raw, it holds a faint brininess; aged, it mellows into something smooth and gently sweet, with whispers of tobacco, sandalwood, and open water. This is not a scent that announces itself boldly. Elusive by nature, ambergris works as a fixative, extending and softening whatever surrounds it rather than stepping forward on its own. It is the kind of presence you sense more than smell: it makes other notes linger longer and bloom a little fuller. This is a vegan accord crafted to evoke ambergris and contains no real ambergris whatsoever.
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I definitely understand the comparison to a cherry Tootsie pop! I actually wish it had more grass to cut the sweetness. (In fact, I have an old Chaos Theory blend that smells mostly of fresh-cut grass, and I layered a dollop with Doggone It! and it was very nice.)
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Oh this is lovely! I get a sort of mint plus licorice scent that must be the absinthe (I have never tried it) it’s a little green and herbal. Rose and lilac waft in and out, the burnt sugar is not too sweet. It is a little alcoholic and watery. On dry down it seems to be gorgeous opium tinged watery florals.
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It’s my heritage, and I can be silly if I want to. Tayabak petals, loose and dreaming, butterfly pea steeped to deep ink-blue, languid, heady sampaguita, sweet jackfruit, and calamansi beams radiating from an ube-purple moon.
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Fermented savory-sweet depth lifting sweet, hedonistic blooms.
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Cedar and graphite illuminated by a light citrus zing.
