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Wet on the skin, it’s mossy, sage-y and I definitely get a deep inhale of that thick, billowing mountain air that’s mentioned in the description. As the mountain air clears out and the perfume dries down, I get the worn leather note, softly perfumed, which is beautiful and somehow both masculine and feminine at the same time. I’m glad I splurged for a bottle of this!
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I’ve never smelled OG Eve so I don’t have that basis for comparison but this is all sage and honey for me!
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Forsaken Elephant Puppet
Roogna replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Gifts with Donation or Purchase
I got a tester with some decants very soft and cottony, with the amber giving it more coziness, clover adds greenness, hint of corn (canned?). on a given sniff, the cotton/amber is the dominant smell. - Yesterday
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Vampire DJ of Some Renown
atropinedrops replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat
In the bottle it definitely smells like Fog Machine Juice, but maybe with fruit? I assume that's the rum sweetness. On the skin it's pretty much the same. Kinda smells like the red musk in some of the 13 blends and yules. I think that might be the clove note, but usually clove goes smoky so I'm not sure. Leaving it for a while and I'm just getting jammy fruit sweetness with that fog machine juice underneath. It smells like a club in that it smells like ambient effects combined with everyone's cheap cologne. Like the platonic ideal of the Blade club -
I’m on a quest to try as many sweet pea blends as I can, so Plunging into the Hellmouth seems a pretty natural choice, right? I mean, sweet pea has first billing in the listed notes, after all. Well… sweet pea may have first billing here but this is predominantly a plumeria scent to me. There are other florals in a soft flurry beneath the plumeria, but it’s really plumeria doing the heavy lifting to my nose. I don’t mind necessarily that, because I don’t have a plumeria dominant blend in my collection. As time wears on, the pink pepper comes out and lends it a bright, spicy element. Not the sweet pea holy grail I was seeking, but a glorious entry in its own right.
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I am an absolute sucker for licorice. That’s here, the plum champagne is here, but sadly champagne continues to be just sliiightly soapy ginger on me. The labdanum and resin does a nice base though. The leather here is present as something a little smoky in the back. Solid 4/5 maybe higher Edit: throw is moderate, plummy and gorgeous. It’s incredibly hot and sweltering so that probably makes the throw more intense than it would be otherwise
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My decant is very aged but this is such a vivacious blend I imagine it was also strong when it was fresh- now it is absolutely nuclear. It's a sour white rose, very austere. The oakmoss is powdery and musky and green. The rose does hold herself very high above the other notes, her snooty perfect nose turned up at the though of not being the star of the show. Long into wear I get a super musky, thick, animalic rose. I do get something a little incensey and raspy, perhaps that's the labdanum or balsam. A powerful rose. I can see the woman who loves this being extremely dedicated to decorating her home in the exact manner which brings her the most pleasure, regardless of the comfort factor. She wears thick, silk fabrics nearly every day and her lipstick is always perfectly applied no matter the circumstance. She makes some people uncomfortable with her intensity, and that is exactly how she likes it. I can also see someone who wears long velvety dresses with dark floral patterns and celestial chunky silver jewelry while rescuing local racoons and native birds enjoying this. She might make flower arrangements for roadkill and she drinks a lot of Oolong tea. OH and she lasts for a very long time. I like it quite a lot.
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The Sailing Stones of Death Valley
Vaudenilla replied to The_Witching_Hour's topic in Event Exclusive Oils
I remember this smelling super strange. Paraphrased from my scribbled notes on it: In the bottle it smelled like cedar and water cologne. On skin, It kind of smelled like the absence of something, which is odd, because it IS also very much something. There's something green and ephemeral coating the air thickly around me while I wear it. Maybe musk. I almost get dust clouds from it, like the impression of tumbleweeds. Not aquatic at all to me despite initial impressions. So, I don't know. It smells like something but also nothing and its dusty like maybe theres tumbleweeds in the bottle. 3/10, destashed to someone who fortunately loves it. -
I Fell in Love with a Floating Brain v1
Vaudenilla replied to Mordath's topic in Event Exclusive Oils
I think I'm having a very different experience of this than anyone who reviewed it. To me it smells like that oldschool zebra stripe gum, vintage aldehydes and.....lime?? What. Why? How?? It's very candy-like. It's okay but it's not my favorite or most precious, which I'm grateful for. I'll hang onto my decant for very rainy days when I'm sad. Oh it also lasted a whole of like 4 hours on me. in the last stage it kind of reminds me of aged aunt carolines joy mojo -
Oh my gosh I love the fawk out of this! Bourbon vanilla and the cuddly, warm type of patchouli, with some of the soft, well worn type of leather found in Rogue or John Locke, and, I agree, it is like Dee in atmosphere. Like Dee's hot girlfriend who's a unit of knowledge in her own right. I do get a bit of incense as well, not too powdery, but it lends an arcane quality. The beeswax is present but not too waxy. If you like Hearth, but it wasn't quite as sweet as you would want, you may enjoy Nouria. The whole blend reads almost chocolatey in a way, but if Chocolate decided to leave society, go live in a tower with a full view of the heavens, burn smudgy things, do shadow work, and emerge as the great I Am or something. You know how things tie together in an unintentional, yet beautifully synchronistic way sometimes? Machina by the Pumpkins was an album that hit during my teen years. It was steeped in alchemical symbolism and had a major affect on me and still does, and remains one of my favorite albums. I randomly decided to wear this today, forgotting it was the alchemist inspired blend, listened to Machina on the way home, and didn't clock the synchronicity until sitting down to write the review and was reading the notes. So, expect some possible alchemical wonder and synchronicities when wearing this. 🌞🌜🪐🌟🎇💎📜🔑🤎
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Something about wearing this gave me the heebie jeebies. it felt like a very angry shadow was following my every move. I washed it off before I could even grasp my thoughts on it fully but yes, it's leather, it's spicy, and it's loud. Freaky.
- Last week
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Louis is blood and the heady magnolia blooms of New Orleans entwined with sensual sandalwood. Faint remnants of human life are flashbacks of once being mortal—coffee dregs, a splash of bay rum, deep vetiver of the earth—overcome by something dark and ancient. There is something of a muskiness that warms flesh which is otherwise cold and undead. As the night wears on, it becomes a veil of shadow that clings long after the vampires have sated themselves.
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I know I should let this rest but I'm so excited to sneef it I just cant wait. THANK YOU to the wonderful LavenderCoffee for sending me a decant of the aged good stuff No clue what year but the oil colour is dark brown, and it's rather thick. I first applied it on my knee, as it was the only sliver of skin not being monopolized by #occupys deliciously chewy patchouli tobacco. Womb furie is a sugary snake oil. All of the yummy spicy musk of SO and BPALs impeccable honey note. It feels like there's maybe raw honey in this? It's viscous and resinous in a way that my decant of O isn't. it is definitely a little different from my 2019 partial bottle, which is more waxy I think. I eventually dabbed this up near my elbow next to Occupy, and wow. Wowowowwow. If you have both I'd recommend you try layering them. It's sexxxxxyyyyyy. I don't even know how to describe this one because it's very unique. I wonder how the current bottles for sale smell in comparison!! She's strong, but I don't know how long she lasts. Check back later!
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Butterscotch Bitch
Geminirubyshoes replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat
In the bottle: Butterscotch melted and scorched, mingling with the woodsmoke and the pink pepper. Still butterscotch on my wrists but the smokiness floats away while the red labdanum and cognac come around. It’s not really a gourmand, it’s the perfume of being in a trance for your favorite rockstar. -
Black licorice champagne!!! What a time to be alive? undead? whatever. I love the fizzyness of all the BPAL champagne perfumes (champagne & party hats remains an eternal favorite) so if you like that as well you will be happy with this one. The black licorice is of course the point but it’s not overpowering at all (I also love black licorice in real life). I’m not picking up any leather on my skin but I can smell it in the bottle. It definitely has a body heat note happening as well. Really interesting and evocative to this particular scene in this episode.
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Oh lordt, this scent is perfect. It’s absolutely gorgeous. It’s all dark vetiver and something that comes across as clean in the bottle but then on my skin it’s smoky and slightly sweet, then turns heady from the magnolia. The bay rum & blood notes give it that little bit of spice. I just knew Beth was going to burn it down with this line and I am glad to say that I was right. The aging on this is going to be divine.
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Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous. In the bottle, I smell the sugared cardamom and it is sweeeeeeet! When applied to my skin, it morphs into something spicy and I attribute that to the dead leaves note, with a kinda mossy undertone. It's pretty and very autumnal and I love it!
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Rock the protester cliché! This is a filthy friggin' patchouli, dark, deep, rooty, and strangely sexy, with cocoa absolute, tobacco absolute, and bourbon vanilla. im wearing this today because im fucking mad. its a STRONG, aggressive, woody patchouli. Its almost a little abrasive when first applied, in the BEST way. I feel rugged, this is very much a perfume I wear on my butch days, or on my bitch days. The patchouli gets lighter and fluffier as time progresses, but it never reaches the snuggly "SilkyBat" territory. Its a pretty linear patchouli to my nose, but there's vanilla and something a little chocolatey to it late into the drydown. I feel powerful. Pair with a dark lip colour and your smudgiest black eyeliner for maximum levels of wearing your furious heart on your sleeve. edit to add: the tobacco comes through a lot more the longer I wear this, as does the amazing dark sweetness. It does remind me ever so slightly of dark eyed delightful but significantly less sugared. love it.
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Boney Moon: Brown Sugar and Oak
harmonyfb replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
This blend smelled very sugary in the bottle, but on my skin it immediately settled into a subtle, complex, warm scent, with a faint herbal note underneath. Just beautiful. Doesn't smell specifically of oak or brown sugar, just a mild, comforting scent that would be perfect for everyday wear. -
This frozen rice-milk confection can't wait to burst out of its glutinous tomb and flood the palate with recovered memories of swaying black moss, hemp fibers, bone-white sandalwood, orris root, and bog osmanthus. Ow, brain freeze!
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A creamy coagulation of frozen goat milk enrobed in a cape of the darkest chocolate. Better slurp up its off-kilter clove gumball eyes first thing, lest they ensnare you with their hypnotic gaze.
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A condensed milk lolly sheathed in a cylindrical carapace of pressed coconut shavings and tea-stained linen, shot through with bitumen, myrrh, and embalming resin mix-ins.
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A gourmet shake infused with honeyed goat milk, incense smoke, yew bark, black pepper, mandrake root, ambrette seed, red currant, kitchen herbs, fly agaric accord, and a heaping helping of malted barley powder.
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A scientific experiment gone horribly right: the blurry outline of a flash-frozen banana skewered on a stick and dunked in a shimmering mixture of sheer musk and evaporated milk, sprinkled with invisible nuts.
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A slow-churned frozen mixture of goat’s milk, marshmallow, vanilla cashmere, honey dust, and white chocolate, served in a wailing waffle cone.
