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- Today
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This is fantastic on me. It's that chewy tobacco note I love love love. It starts out with the almost spicy molasses flavor other reviewers have noted, but it's nowhere near cloying on me because it's hand in hand with the husky, almost harsh tobacco note. It all smooths down into something glorious. It's like Leonard Cohen's voice as a scent, and I'm here for it. Thank you, @doomsday_disco, for the decant!!!
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2025 version. Rose and I don't generally play well together, but every now and then I'm pleasantly surprised by something, so I try decants from time to time, and this has been so popular that I figured I'd give it a shot. I chose poorly. This is absolutely ghastly on me. In the imp it's not too bad - creamy rose, but there's a weird shot of something like shortbread cookie in it (maybe the mallow?). Surprisingly, the jasmine is not indolic or overpowering. But as soon as I tried it on, I had to go scrub it off. The second it hits my skin, it explodes into ultra concentrated rose-and-shortbread-cookie scented laundry detergent with massive throw, and it took three washes with Dawn and scrubbing my arm with a Stridex pad just for 2-3 wipes of an imp wand. Wow. I'm gonna save this for a friend who wears rose well, but until then it's getting buried in a box.
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Ugh, you guys/gals/non-binary pals. This may be the least lavender-y of all of this year's Lavender Kitchen scents that I've tried (the only one I didn't try was the seed bread one because I already have Lavender Rosemary Baguette), but I couldn't help swooning whenever I smelled it. This is the most delicious carrot cake scent I have ever smelled! I get lots of rich cream cheese frosting and cinnamon swirled cake-y goodness. It easily beats out Astrid's Carrot Cake Petit Four (too heavy on the spice) and Possets' Mrs. Rabbit's Carrot Cake (which went weird on me during the drydown). I'm not even the biggest carrot cake fan (I mean, I like it, but it's not a cake I'd generally choose over others), and this made me wish I had a piece of it in front of me. I could not stop huffing my arm, and whenever I got a whiff of it from the throw, it was just divine. A decant will not be enough!
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Lavender Honey Wine is probably the 2025 Lavender Kitchen scent that is strongest on the lavender, at least out of the gate. At first, it's a blast of herbal lavender, backed by some honey. Over time, the lavender calms down and gives way to the honey wine, and you can tell it's wine and not honey, as there's a bit of fruity booziness to it. By the end of the day, it's honey wine tinged with just a bit of lavender. I like this one, but it doesn't leave me swooning like several of this year's Lavender Kitchen scents have. I'll probably retest this before it goes away to see if I need more of it. But for now, I'm definitely keeping the decant and will probably use it as a sleep scent.
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I blind bottled this knowing it would be full of win, and indeed, it is! This is exactly what it says on the tin. I'm getting lots of lavender, marshmallow, and vanilla, with the marshmallow becoming increasingly floofier over time on my skin. The lavender is most noticeable during the first few hours, and then the scent mostly becomes about the marshmallow and vanilla. The vanilla ice cream note is not the same as the one featured in Detestable Putrescence, so if you like lavender, and that particular vanilla ice cream scent didn't work on you, it's still worth giving this one a shot. I'm basic and hoard lavender and vanilla scents, and this one has marshmallow, so I'm going to need more than one bottle in my life.
- Yesterday
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I needed a boost today for somewhat obvious reasons and I found myself reaching for this one. While I started my day with doom scrolling and full of anxiety, by the end I giggled and danced with friends. This blend definitely helped me find some much needed space internally to refind my mental balance and emotional footing.
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Star Trek-Related Call for Papers Call for Book Chapters: “Beyond the Next Star: The Importance of Failure in Star Trek" ALT The editors of Second Star to the Right: Essays on Leadership in Star Trek (Vernon Press), Jason A. Kaufman and Aaron M. Peterson, invite book chapter proposals for a forthcoming edited volume tentatively titled Beyond the Next Star: The Importance of Failure in Star Trek. Star Trek provides an opportunity to explore the final frontier of leadership through six decades of series and films. With its basis in Enlightenment thinking (reason coupled to compassion) and its encouragement of diversity in its myriad threads, Star Trek offers guidance on how to improve the human condition that has application to any academic and professional field. Importantly, Star Trek also offers numerous examples of how individuals in roles of leadership large and small are able to navigate the emotional and practical challenges of failure. Failure is a part of life, an experience all too common to anyone who has achieved a modicum of success. While some people never learn from failure and others seek to avoid it altogether, Star Trek offers myriad examples large and small of how moments of failure can lead to personal development, professional success, and even galactic salvation. Of course, sometimes failure is just that, a cessation of progress. However, even in these moments, failure can still be a poignant teacher. This edited volume will explore the application of Star Trek to moving forward from failure across a diverse array of fields and perspectives. We seek chapters from leaders, scientists, educators, professionals, writers, and others, whether their expertise is drawn from boardroom, lab, classroom, field, or page. Our goal is to utilize the wealth of canon to inform business, law, politics, ethics, peace studies, conflict management, academic leadership, religious studies, literary and textual analysis, and beyond. By acknowledging the realities of failure, our goal is to make the world a better place. We seek chapter proposals focused not on a single character, but instead on a situation portrayed in a specific scene, episode, or film that depicts failure and how it was navigated positively or negatively. Chapter proposals should be academically rigorous yet accessible to an informed non-academic audience. We want you to write to inform practice in your field using Star Trek as the background of the discussion, not the focus. Similarly, please do not utilize your own failures as examples. Humor and honesty are always appreciated. Chapter proposal submission Please submit an abstract no longer than 300 words to volume editors Jason A. Kaufman (jason.kaufman@mnsu.edu) and Aaron M. Peterson (aaron.peterson@converse.edu) by February 27, 2026. The abstract should include a clear overview of the main focus of the chapter. In addition, please include a brief bio of 100 words or fewer for the author(s). Co-authored proposals are welcome, but please limit submissions to two per author. Finally, please begin your email heading with “NEXT STAR:” when you submit the proposal for review. Now…hit it! Deadlines Proposal submission deadline: February 27, 2026 Acceptance of proposal sent out: March 27, 2026 Chapter submission: September 8, 2026 (Star Trek Day) View the full post.
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I adore this atmo spray SO much!! To me, it's a lovely balance between resinous incense and freshly cleaned laundry. I was expecting something deeper, so I was surprised at first, but now that I've bonded with the scent I am deeply in love and it's one of my favorite atmos now!
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In the same spot as Numanoid, got to try this when I would not have otherwise picked it out: I rarely want to smell like an apple. Fortunately, this is a really pleasant light atmospheric that could just as easily be worn in spring as in fall, and the apple itself is not super prominent to my nose. A lovely concoction for perfume layering enthusiasts since it has an agreeable, subtle scent and wonderful skin moisturizing properties, because as many have noted, the quality of the lotion is excellent.
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Matcha Latte Cream Pie
faeriedust87 replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Gifts with Donation or Purchase
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I'm so glad @doomsday_disco decided to bottle this one and passed along the decant. Snake in the Grass goes on very green, grass and clover, nothing specifically floral, but on my skin it starts to blend with the Snake Oil into something that smells expensive, like something a Gilded Age goddess might have worn. It's fresh and summery and innocent with something sultry underneath. Ultimately the SO outlasts the grasses, but it's lovely all the way through.
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I know I tried this before now, but when someone asked to swap, I thought I’d give it another try (and my son loves cherry scents!). Thank goodness for second chances! While it’s clearly cherry and incense, something about the waft, the sugar?, makes it smell like the best pie I could ritually conjure. A witchy confection, comforting in the extreme. My boy will have to share with Momma.
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Lime usually vanishes on me, which is a shame because I LOVE the Lab's lime. But something about the cheesecake note anchors it and I get to smell citrusy and light and it's just what I need!
- Last week
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Oh this smells pretty good! I get the leather and a hint of the cinnamon bun. Stays close to the skin on me. Not very strong considering the notes, but I am really liking this. I get both the leather and cinnamon bun as it dries, but yes, it is soft and not cloying.
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I got a sample in this from a decant circle. This smells so good! Reading the notes, it would have been something I wouldn't have bought, but I should learn by now that that usually isn't the case. This is soft and sweet and beautiful. I don't know if I can pinpoint what I am smelling or how to describe it, but I tend to go for foodie/gourmand scents, and I really love this. I get a hint of apple, but it isn't prominent. I think the other notes just balance it out perfectly. It is almost a scent relative to Snow White for me. Just with a bit of apple in it!
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Sniffing my decant of this, I get the rich Snake Oil we all know and there is a hint of a sweet fruit. I think this smells amazing. On my skin, I get S.O and the pomegranate! This is a strong one and I am loving it! I love almost anything with S.O. and this doesn't disappoint. Stays the same as it dries. I might have to get a bottle of this!
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Sniffing in the decant ( not sure if it is just me, but always harder to get a good whiff in a decant as opposed to the bottle) I detect the pastry, but the coffee note is real faint. Thought it would be stronger being chicory. Stays close to the skin and is very nice. I get mostly sugared beignets with a drop of coffee. It is very nice and mild. I was hoping for more oomph, but this is for you if you like softer foodie scents.
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Got a decant of this, might have to get me a bottle. Sniffing, I get a fresh apple scent (not tart, not sweet) and the coffee floating in the background. Stays the same on my skin. The coffee isn't strong or bitter. I crust makes it softer. I get a perfect balance of both coffee and apple. As it dries, the apple gets a bit more sweet, but not overly so. If you like either of these scents, you will love this!
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I have enjoyed maraschino cherries in a few of the Lab's blends, so I was hoping this would be another win, and it is. maraschino cherries and a bite of sugary lime-like fluorescence
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You know, I think the description of this scared me off, fearing too much “honeyed”. I’m grateful for reviews here because once I started seeing words like fizzy and cola and champagne, I had a feeling I would love it. And I do! It’s a very interesting and complex sent. There are notes of fizz, laubdanum, and a bit of the toasted sugar. It also gives off a little bit of incense, which must be the resins. It’s gorgeous.
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It smells of dark roasted coffee beans. Super realistic. It balances well with snake oil. Delicious!
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The lavender is strong and herbal. The honey is pretty mild and I get no wine at all. It's a very soft scent with low throw
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^^ I love this. Ghoul writes the best reviews and I don't know how to follow up on em. This eerily describes my Gram and her neighbor's bridge and tripoley games and their shenanigans. The trick to that coffee is just a teaspoon of sugar, not too much now, and chain smoking. ☕️ This reads somewhere between Poinsettia Gown and Katrina Van Tassel on me. The deep, luscious jasmine & rose of PG and the soft, demure rose in KVT are replaced with a bright, high pitched, white floral that smells like it would be hella sharp on it's own, the honey is lending a slightly powdered sweetened edge, yet isn't feral, then thankfully, the cream note smooths it out considerably and saves the day, and this sweetens and softens up beautifully (no goats milk tang or anything). After not much time the florals tame down as well. I'd say this skews slightly more towards PG than KVT, but truly it is it's own scent. Very nice, considering backup. Fans of the above, but also Tomie, Millarca, and Carved Wooden Bridal Shop may also want to give this a try! Also, is it just me, or does absolutely nothing on that card scream happy Christmas in any way? And why did I hear "dismembered" three times in a row today? 🤣 Haunted-ass cards.
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The person who said this smelled like a Ricola cough drop was spot on lol! Immediately upon application that's all I get but like a really fancy version of a Ricola cough drop. Once it dries and settles into the skin the honey is still strong but it's soft and tempered by the oats and brightened by the lemon verbena and carrot leaf. It's a scent that lifts your spirits.
