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This one may be a pregnancy hormone fail because all I got was strong and screechy champaca incense. Usually champaca plays nice on me but I truly can’t smell anything past it this time. I’ll put this decant aside to age and test again when I’m not pregnant because my hopes were high for this one!
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Alethia replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Lupercalia
This was a total fail on me. For the first or so, it’s sweet chewy rice but then it morphs into nothing but heavy indolic jasmine. Definitely not for me and I wish I could experience what some of the other reviewers are reporting! -
I remember trying the original perfume & it didn't really thrill me. It was powdery on my skin & a bit cloying. However, I am really enjoying the hair gloss. It's lovely & creamy with a hint of spice which is probably the teak. I also get a tiny bit of almond. There's not a huge throw but that's fine for wearing to work. I wasn't expecting to like this so much & now I need more!
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Strong opium poppy (harsh, 80s white floral and aldehyde scent here) and strong jasmine scented soap. Some dry wafts of incense smoke. Bergamot blossom adds a little lemon dish soap. It's all way too sharp, harsh, and soapy for me. I was hoping for strong sugared absinthe but I don't get that at all. This was a scrubber for me because it started to give me a headache, so I only made it through the first half hour.
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2025 Revenant Rhythm isn't the same as OG Banshee Beat or OG Revenant Rhythm to my nose. I hoarded both of the originals back in the day, so it's still one of my most worn bpal fragrances today. The patchouli in this feels different - darker and more of a deep, earthy, damp, black earth patchouli than a gourmand/cocoa leaning patchouli. The vanilla reminds me of toasted marshmallows, and I get an undertone of cinnamon as well. I also find that this has a stronger whiff of menthol than the previous two versions, at least for the first half hour, and then it calms down. This doesn't remind me of Mugler's Angel but it does remind me of LUSH's Blue Skies fragrance (black patchouli, cinnamon leaf, and frankincense). If someone put this on me without telling me the name, I wouldn't pick up on it being Banshee Beat or Revenant Rhythm because the notes are different enough, and something in this is cinnamon-y on my skin. All that said, I still absolutely love this scent. It's just Revenant Rhythm adjacent to me rather than being a direct copy.
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Monster Bait: Closet, is that you? Four & Twenty Blackbirds is blackberry pie filling, the most lovely, rich, vanilla cream cheese frosting, and a hint of spicy-green weed note (like the way tomato leaf is green and spicy). It's like the edibles version of MB: Closet, and I love it. After a half hour, I can smell the "rye puff pastry crust," and it adds a warm, cuddly, golden undertone to the scent. I feel like I can smell the unusual spiciness of caraway mingling with the weed note, but I could be imagining that. Blackberry pie filling, vanilla, pie crust, and a hint of weed. This is even better than I was hoping it would be ❤️.
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An amazing grapefruit scent! Perfectly balanced sweet and bitter grapefruit with just enough peach in the background to keep it balanced. Longevity isn’t great, the grapefruit fades faster than the peach for me.
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Cedar, Eucalyptus and Dirt? Maybe something a tiny bit floral in the background. I think the eucalyptus is the menthol smell. It smells like a California Redwood forest. (also I know eucalyptus trees are encroaching on the California redwoods, but that smell is something I also associate with it because they are there too...)
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Upon application, The Fourth Veil delivers a jolly wet slap of bruised greens and flowers. That almost Lacey powdery veil note glimmers gently. This is a bright, joyful scent. I love it. Too new to judge wear length and how true to initial impression it stays, but it’s lovely now. I’ve never known a BPAL to get worse with age, that’s for sure!!!
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Sweet, musky fluffy cakey lemony ambery goodness. This is very fresh & clean going on, and then it morphs into a soft, sensual amber musk. It's not super foody because it's sweetness is tempered by the fresh lemon & skin musk. I really love this one, as it reminds me of another favorite, Four penises. It does have a short longevity, which actually makes it an incredible bed-time scent. I love wearing it before bed because it feels it casts a warm, radiant glow. Very soothing & almost meditative in a way. Just lovely! Sillage: Medium Longevity: short, about 2-3 hours.
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Just had to "big same" this sentiment, but for me it's because I don't usually like lilac in perfume. And I also didn't expect it to go well with Snake Oil, but I wanted to try it anyway. And now of course I feel silly for doubting because this may be the only lilac perfume that works for me! I dabbed some behind my ears this morning, and it was slightly more lilac for the first hour or so, but the rest of the day it was lilac fully saturated with our beloved "deep, rich, earthy notes swirled with vegetal musks, sugared vanilla bean, and dark spices." Just gorgeous, and lasted all day. Also now that it's fully rested, it's reading much less like a living lilac/face in the lilac bush scent, even earlier in the wear, which is good for me, because I like smelling living lilacs, just not in perfume for some reason.
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This one is much lighter than I would have expected given the notes. It is clean and fresh, but I'm not getting a ton of pine from this like most other reviewers (if you have Rocky Mountain Goats and are wondering how this one compares, that one is a fuckton of pine, and this doesn't smell foresty at all). This is a fresh, clean, green and floral scent in my hair, with the crushed, dewy grass and juniper cozying up to a non-indolic white floral note (I agree with Little Bird that this doesn't smell distinctly like jasmine and that the overall hair gloss has a floral shampoo feel to it). I was hoping that this one would be heavier on the pine.
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This arrived on Friday and this is my first wearing. I'm reviewing for lotion info over scent. But the scent is true to the hair gloss and perfume and this is highly scented. This is another beautiful red musk/red patchouli blend, with a hint of myrrh on my skin. A little more powdery from the myrrh than the hair gloss and perfume, which are very red musk on me. 🥰 The lotion is thick and creamy, easy to spread and soaks in without leaving my skin feel oily, but definitely moisturized. I had to take the entire cap off to get enough squeezed out of the bottle for my lizard skin. The bottle is similar to the ones the Lab uses for bath oils and massage oils. I would prefer it to have a pump top, and am going to see if I can find any to purchase that will fit it. I think it will be more functional with a pump applicator. As for scent, it's highly scented with Garnet and since I'm also wearing the hair gloss today, I don't feel the need to add the perfume. But I'm also a slatherer so sometimes I know I'll wear the perfume too, like on a date night when I want to be smelled before being seen. 🥰
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Dark, foody, spicy, Christmas. (I guessed cinnamon but there is none. Must be apple schnapps and mint). Anyway this is a mild red and black scent. Quite cozy and not overpowering.
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I applied this & was immediately transported to a vacation my family and I took when I was a child. There is no cotton note but this conjures up images of laying on freshly laundered egyptian cotton in a hotel room with the balcony doors open. The sun is setting and the sky is pink and gold. The gentle crashing of the bluest waves you’ve ever set eyes on lulls you into the deepest sleep you’ve ever had. Ambery, warm, creamy & delicious. What more could anyone want? Sillage: medium Longevity: medium
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Boney Moon: Piñon and Blackened Lavender
LavenderCoffee replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I was determined to be more stubborn than this bottle and I WON, lol. Took a full month for it to settle in and it's worth it, imo, but I'll grant it was really rather overwhelming at first. I'm getting lavender tinted pinon incense, like I was hoping for (&like marared mentioned above). It's kindof a rugged lavender vibe, like driving through the pine forests in the southwest, but there's also a stick of lavender incense burning somewhere. I really like it. -
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Quite sweet and fruity, and the neroli gives it a bit of a soapy vibe on me, but it's very nice. Lasts for a pretty long time on my skin, and it doesn't seem to change much over the length of wear.
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Got this bottle on ebay this past week and wow, I am in love. I amp rose and powder, so I knew what I was getting into. Funny story, I went to dab a little on my wrist for my first wear and accidentally spilled a ton on myself. Let's just say it lasted all day. This has been aging since 2010 right? It smells like sweet powdery rose in the bottle, soft and feminine. After I bathed in it I expected some nuance to peek through but no, just a whole lot of rose and powdery softness. Nothing else ever came through for me. I really like it though. I didn't feel like an old lady, but rather a woman who was getting ready for a romantic night in
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I 100% agree that this is reminiscent of rose jam. That happens to be my favorite lush scent along with snow cake. I do not detect the cherry/almond note that I would have expected. I smell rose and maybe a hint of geranium. The wet was like a slap in the face of sweet rose but it had dried down to something lovely. To me this is not really fruity, but still I get the jam reference. It's a keeper for me and I'm super happy that I have the whole bottle to enjoy.
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Wooden pickles, but in a good way? Some really present cloves and green bay and balsam. Dries down to the scent of money. Or at least I associate money with this scent.
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🔥 Currently available sultry/smutty gems: - A- Rovin ( A perfume for mistresses and masters of a very specific trade: sultry red musk, heady jasmine, tobacco leaf, red sandalwood, hay sugar, golden honey, sweet carnations, and warm leather) - Behind The Veils ( Heady red musk, myrrh and honey, drops of cinnamon and crushed cardamom pod, the taste of opium-laced black wine, sweet oudh, and threads of saffron) - Clèmence ( Patchouli, Kashmiri tea, cardamom, black pepper, carnation, and clove) - Le Lethe ( Red musk and sweat-damp golden skin musk with labdanum, golden amber, nutmeg, tobacco absolute, black orchid, and hemlock accord) - Bien Loin D'Ici (The Scarlet Woman, aglow with sensual indolence: red musk, benzoin, caramel accord, golden honey, and spiced Moroccan unguents) - Marianne ( Red musk, bergamot, black currant, mimosa, orchid, patchouli, and lotus root) - Ravenna ( Honeyed hookah tobacco, spiced and dried dark fruits, smoked molasses, and champaca absolute) - Resembling The Passion of Love ( All-consuming, relentless desire – deceptively luscious, murderously brooding, and blindingly sensual: blood musk, black cherry, crimson amber, 21-year aged patchouli, golden saffron, jasmine sambac, and black rose) - Sed Non Satiata (demonic passion and brutal sexuality manifested through myrrh, red patchouli, cognac, honey, and tuberose and geranium in a breathy, panting veil over the darkest body musk)
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From Yule 2023: This is such a beautiful scent! I wish I knew what the individual notes are. Frank, myrrh, and... something sweet. Not headshoppy at all. An underlying incense note that reminds me of a childhood memory of being a guest at a church and just the smell of the whole thing. It's good but I can't pick apart the scents. Polished wood of pews, lingering incense from the censers (sp?). A hint of citrus in the sweetness. I kinda wish I could slather it on but it would overwhelm the room, as I'm getting wafts of this as I type and I don't slather. Peace be with you, and also with you.
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I’m into Red Musk for this…The Red Ribbon and Crowley if you want to hunt 😅
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These are all incredible recs!! I’ve actually acquired several of these bottles lately due to y’all recommending them but I forgot to update everyone!! I absolutely *loooove* snake smut & Jialong but debauchery is a top-tier favourite. I’ll hunt down snake charmer someday….. hopefully. These both sound absolutely incredible. I will be hunting them down!
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And Le Lethe.
