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low throw pancakes (vaguely batter foodie) with cardamom (spice) and light mint and anise, get more mint the longer I sniff. Nice and interesting but short lived and low. I really wish this had better staying power on my skin, as it's not too foodie, but it's different and interesting.
- Yesterday
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huh, I open the decant get a lovely brown leather and something that's almost but not quite Vicks. maybe minty? mothballs? I am unable to place this scent, but it is the dominant scent on my skin, which wears like a cloud sniffing my wrist up close I get sour leather and clover. It mellows some as it wears and even turns a bit dusty/powdery, but I do not notice it without the close sniff.
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I was a bit unsure when I first sniffed the imp, but I went back and got a whole bottle because it smells amazing on my skin. I get a solid mechanical lubricant/metallic smell, underlaid with sprite and a bit of ginger, maybe a whiff of bubblegum as it dries out. It's fizzy and, on me, pretty masculine in a lighter/greener way. I didn't expect to like this as much as I do, or that this type of scent would work as well on me as it does. A few friends I've shown it to liked it, thought it worked well on me, but most said it's not something they'd choose for themselves.
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2023. Refreshing? Green-yellow? I can see that it's a floral but it does come off as a scent like Embalming Fluid. I'd guess straw, chrysanthemums, chamomile, aloe, but not the actual ingredients. Must be the funeral bouquets. Maybe candlewax? I get a little incense in the background that comes out on drydown. A tiny bit of bitter tobacco, but that's it.
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Got this as an imp. I got roses immediately, then the musk. My husband think it's nag champa in it, it certainly has a spicy feel to it. This is gender neutral. The rose is a bit soapy on me, but I don't mind. Floral without being overly floral. Could absolutely full size this at some point.
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2019 Version Creamy, almost pastille-like rose and jasmine in the bottle. The jasmine definitely slides into the drivers seat when applied, but the vanilla foam floats in to keep it from becoming too much. Mallow is a weird note for me; sometimes it goes woody, but here it almost has a kettle corn quality to it. I do not get much, if any, rose once applied. By the time it dries down, a general powdery sweetness is all that really remains. As often happens, aging has smoothed out the hard floral edges and left behind something prettier and better balanced than how it originally started. Low sillage in the end, with 5 hours of good wear. Although this is a Yule, it feels like an honorary Luper and a perfect fit for Valentine's Day.
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In the bottle, Snake Oil, kraft envelopes and, impressively, a slight note of adhesive. I do not get any of the wooden crates until it hits my skin; some have said it's cedar but my mind agrees to call it pine instead. There is also now a much more easily identifiable paper note that must be the cardboard. Now I think I can smell a rubber band?! I don't know how the Lab did it, but I swear it's there. I'm laughing as I write this because the first and best word I can use to describe this is FUN. It's fun! The scent notes and description perfectly match to form a mental scene and physical experience. If the Lab ever did a Golden Ticket style giveaway for a tour of their maker space, this is definitely what the shipping room closet smells like. Paper and patchouli rule this scent from start to finish for me; although I don't like the paper note in Miskatonic University at all, I really like these cardboard and label notes here a lot. I do get some red musk, but it isn't overpowering. I suspect the Snake Oil will outlast most of the top notes as the bottle as it continues to age. This has strong projection for 6 hours, then dials back to moderate for awhile longer. I can smell it on my wrist the next morning and it's still terrific. I hope this comes back someday as part of a Carved Wooden Reunion Tour.
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Frankincense, Bourbon Tobacco & Tonka Bean
SmellsPrettyGood2Me replied to zankoku_zen's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
This tickles my nose brain in all the right ways. Deep sniffs from the bottle bring up all three notes, with the frankincense taking the lead. There's no booziness here, just a dark sweetness. I dabbed some on, sniffed again, then dabbed MORE on (not because I had to, but because I am a sniffy piggy when it comes to tobacco and can never get enough). The warmth of my skin blooms all of the notes, and they waft up in delicious three part harmony. Others who have called the frankincense golden are spot on - there is a mild acidity here that really conveys brightness rather than smokiness. Now I am starting to get a touch of the bourbon, and the tonka bean comes in alongside it. The tobacco is toasty and caramelized in a very photorealistic way. Despite a double dose of how much I would normally apply, the projection does fall off a cliff at about the 1 hour mark, and sillage remains low for another two hours or so before it mostly fades away. If she lasted at least 6 hours, I would have zero notes. This triad is perfection in tone, balance and enjoyability for me; I would take it in hair gloss, lotion, bath salts, beard oil, really any format offered. I just wish she wasn't in such a hurry to move on when we only just met. -
Time has made this blend gentle and accommodating, like the final faint strains of music that you hear as the carriage pulls away from the palace after a long night of fervent glances, swishing skirts and hopes both met and dashed. The iris is present, but faint. The black tea has been lost to the years. Largely, what remains are pretty, powdery resins sitting alongside a dry, light patchouli and amber duo. Whether it was despite the age of the fragrance, or because of it, I got 7+ lovely hours of wear with low-to-moderate sillage. There is absolutely something romantic here, appropriate for soft, quiet nights, with or without company.
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Vintage Kitty Blow Molds is primarily a mango scent on me, although it reminds me of something more like a mango curd than a mango sorbet. The clove in this is pretty tame on me, which is weird since I feel like I tend to amp that note (but it would be fine if I had, as I love the note). So it's mostly a tangy mango scent on me, with a dash of clove, until the end of the day, when it's morphed to the plastic-y bright amber that's the blow mold part of the scent, made a little fruity by what remains of the mango. I think I'm going to keep the decant, as I think this would be fun to wear while it's still too hot to wear my autumnal scents, but everyone's stalking Weenies. I'll have to retest it to see if I need more of it before it goes away.
- Last week
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This smells like cheap chocolate on buttered pumpkin bread. I say cheap chocolate because of the waxiness of the sprinkles, although Dutch hagelslag sprinkles are completely unlike American sprinkles, aren't hard or waxy, and taste way better (and there's also a vlokfeest version that's like chocolate flakes instead of sprinkle shapes). I totally get the choice to use a note more akin to American sprinkles, though, as most people wouldn't be familiar with the Dutch stuff. Eventually, the chocolate fades away, and I'm left with a syrupy sweet pumpkin scent by the end of the day. I thought I was going to prefer this to Pumpkin Zucchini Bread, but I actually think that I like that one better! Still, if you want a pumpkin and chocolate combo that isn't heavily spiced, give this one a try.
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Dang this has sexied up over time. At first I get harsh evergreens, no happy little trees, but mean massive trees. Later, the dark evergreens recede, and in a strange twist of fate, warm sandalwood and tonka emerge, and this smells more glamorous. The scarlet musk, expected to be a strong, growly, slightly indolic red musk is softer, sweeter. I don't get much florals or orris, but perhaps they're also softening the edges of the sandalwood melding with the tonka (it's not heavy on the tonka, either). Overall, the effect is a fresh, cold, soft sandalwood, with evergreens a ghostly presence in the distance. I picture a glamorous lady at a New Year's party stepping onto the porch for a breath of icy air, peering into a dark forest.
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If you like ____ BPAL, then you'll like this product!
RoseThornAndOak replied to tart's topic in Recommendations
If you like Antique Lace, you may like Victoria Secret's Vanilla Lace. Although it's back, it's not nearly as strong as it used to be. Frosted Vanilla Fantasy alao shares some similarities, but has more amber. -
This was a success for me, it started put kind of weird and chemical-like for a few seconds but as soon as it settles on my skin it smooths out tremendously. The frankincense is very polite and is there just enough to provide a nice backdrop for the merlot. After a while the wine note is becoming fuller and rounder, with a little more fruity sweetness. I think wine scents are good but I don't often reach for them. I will enjoy wearing this from time to time. I have Montresor from years ago and I suppose it will eventually lose potency or age out, and this scent will be a good stand-in (I haven't tried them side by side, they are probably more different than I'm perceiving right now).
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I was wary of honey but lured in by everything else and just the idea of a cozy SO variant. This smells pretty good at first, and for about a half hour it is indeed a cozy SO variant. For me it kind of falls flat after that and turns into a blurry faint kind of scent that just sits on my skin and doesn't really project or do anything exciting for me. There is nothing bad or off-putting about it, it just doesn't really do anything, I guess this is a case where my skin just eats up most of the scent. There's a little bit of whiskey and SO in there but overall not a success for me.
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Decant from last year - this is intensely sour at first, and I'm blaming the rosey rosé, as some rose notes do this to me. I really didn't like it for the first hour or more but then eventually it calmed down and some sweet orange peel came through. At this point it's a slightly sour sparkly citrusy scent, I feel like I'm not even sure if rose is here, and no clove to be found which is unusual for me. It's not bad but Welcome Unto Thee is my favorite champagne/sparkling wine scent so I will stick with that. I do wish I got some of the good qualities some of the other people here described!
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I think this one is 2008. immediately bitter green cut flower stems. Then I get a tiny bit of tobacco. On drydown it's copal, with a little bit of wood and tobacco under. Best for cold weather, I think. Edit: I can sense rose but only after being told it’s there. I think my nose is partially non functioning
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Somehow I am not getting the spice in the pumpkin. It's a very foody scent. Pumpkin with chocolate? It does remind me of a 13th scent but with pumpkin instead of chocolate
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This is a fizzy cherry cola in the bottle, but my skin turns this into a generic men's cologne.
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Hello one and all! I've been asked to relay this news from the warehouse: we don't have an official "order by this date to receive your package in time for Christmas!" cutoff. Everything is just too loosey-goosey at the moment, for reasons both foreseeable and un-. So how about this instead: if your order is time-sensitive because it contains Christmas gifts, please make a note of it in the comments section of the order, and/or email Ted (answers@blackphoenixalchemylab.com) to let him know. We're gonna be on the lookout for these orders so we can prioritize them in the queue and give them the best shot of reaching you ahead of the holiday. Thank you so much for including us in your holiday gift-giving! We are definitely feeling the love this year, and doing our best to spread it around.
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We've created a gorgeous new perfume oil to accompany the launch of Century Guild's latest Alphonse Mucha fine art poster print: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/centuryguild/monaco-rare-vintage-1897-mucha-art-nouveau-poster?ref=creator_tab MONACO The whistle cries. Cheek pressed to the cool glass, breath fogging faintly as orchards and riverbanks blur past in watercolor hues. The air fills with rose crème and warm pastries from the dining car. Night falls. The train glides along the darkened coast, and lights shimmer in the distance like earthbound stars. Burnt sugar amber, polished French oakwood, cacao fleur, blushing peony, and cashmere musk. Only available via CG's KS as part of the poster rewards tier!
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Greetings, astromages! BPAL/TAL has contributed a set of three oils to the latest launch from Sphere + Sundry, drawing upon aspects and influences of Jupiter in Cancer. These can be found (along with an array of incredible products by other contributors) exclusively in the S+S shop: https://sphereandsundry.com/product-category/series/exalted-jupiter-in-cancer/ XENIOS The Welcomer. An expansive, joyous, festive oil that honors the sacred act of opening one’s doors. An oil that guards travelers, blesses hosts, and keeps peace between amicable strangers. Utilize to enhance festivities, invite easy conversation, and smooth frayed bonds, and encourages goodwill, open hands, and gentle hearts. This oil rewards those who offer warmth, bread, and a place at the fire to those in need. HERKEIOS The Bulwark: protector of the home, the hearth, and the family. An oil for warding, anchoring, and sanctifying homes that need fortification and for protecting families (found or blood) who deserve to rest without fear. Use to seal a space, bless a doorway, or shield your household. Wear or utilize in ritual when you need to feel rooted, watched over, and unshakably safe. May your hearth stay lit, your walls stay strong, and your loved ones remain fiercely, quietly protected. EPIKARPIOS The Guardian of Fruits. Under the wide, magnanimous crown of Jupiter, fruits thicken on the branch and ambitions grow fat with promise. Epikarpios is the old name whispered to the orchards, the title given to the god who watches every seed, every plan, every hidden hope and coaxes them toward sweetness. Utilize in ritual to enhance personal growth that unfurls like hearty vines, financial growth that roots deep and rises strong, and success that ripens heavy in the hand, and to enforce your sovereign right to thrive with your hard-won harvest.
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There’s a similar makeup note to Clown White SN but here it’s faint under the buttercream and sandalwood and gardenia. It’s largely vanilla, fairly low throw but delicious. Gardenia blends seamlessly, only detectable in top note.
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Well OK Sarah! As a big 80s fantasy fan this is certainly evocative of that subgenre in its way. This is Big Hair and Big White Dress: The Fragrance, but rather than the fairytale magic, this is more of what that would actually smell like behind the scenes. The powdery white florals of a specific hairspray, talc, makeup applied with well-loved brushes and a freshly dry-cleaned ballgown under the hot studio lights.
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oh this is so lovely. lavender MIST! I am hit or miss on Dorian blends but this is a hit for me. very soft, perfectly evocative: a sweet memory of dry cypress on the ground and a chill in the air.
