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- Yesterday
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A beautiful creamy, sweet and light floral. Dreamy, very romantic!
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Beautiful and a bit darker than I’d expected - there’s more than just a little smudge of ash when freshly applied. The forlorn, melancholy vibe really is there - rain-soaked laundry and a fleeting thought of funeral flowers. But then with Donkey’s Tail layered on top? We go into fairy ballerina territory, complimentary. There’s a similarity to Dangers Untold - fabric and the vague sense of hairspray. Adding the tail gives GG a more traditionally pretty and femme aspect, and I love it either way.
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This is surprisingly faint on me. I get touches of orange peel, cranberry, balsam, and a very light cider. I’m not noticing any pumpkin, woods, or beeswax on my skin. It’s festive and bright, but as I said, kind of too light for me to wear regularly.
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I love a coffee scent! Here we have creamy coffee ice cream as the star, with background notes of fried funnel cake and a touch of cinnamon (apparently there was confusion over the ice cream not being cinnamon, but I really do still think there’s cinnamon?) Very foodie, very sweet and comforting.
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I never thought of putting honey in my coffee, but now I must. I’m getting exactly two notes here, rich coffee (with milk) and sweet honey. I’m not getting the cinnamon so it must be very light. Simply exquisite!
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Am I the only one who gets freshly peeled rhubarb from this blend? Anyone? It's fresh and tart and very enjoyable, especially as a warm weather scent.
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Beaver Moon: Lime Blossom & Amber Sugar
amoray replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
The dry down is swoonworthy. I get a very key lime pie scent, with a little bit of back and forth between the amber and lime blossom when wet. However, the dry down is candied lime. The sugar in the Amber sugar really comes out. I'm also going to have to try layering this with Syrnk for a lemon lime cheesecake! This is truly gorgeous as almost everyone else has said. It's hype. -
A carrot cake minus the spice and made with bran - nutritious but more delicious than appearances might suggest. There’s even a cream cheese frosting-like tang. Lemon verbena is usually a no-no for me but here it provides uplifting support.
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In the bottle, it's much fruitier than expected. Wet on the skin, it smells a bit like fig jam. Drying down, a note that isn't particularly woodsy, but certainly much drier, starts to come out. You know those children's books that always have woodland animals in cozy scenes? This smells like a mouse in a tree making fig jam whilst wearing a cute little apron.
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The white tea, gentle and bright, and the ambergris, smoothly creamy and aquatic, in equal measure lead this scent on my skin. They are backed by an herbal citrus, wrapped in the lightest of resinous notes. I'd agree that this bears some similarity to Shanghai, but there's more herbal depth to it.
- Last week
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This smells like orchid and patchouli. The patchouli adds some earthiness, while the orchid has a powdery quality to it that's not like baby powder whatsoever -- it is a gentle powderiness that reminds me of Death Cap. On me, the orchid remains the dominant note throughout wear, but the rooty aspect of the scent cozies right up to it. Definitely one for orchid fans who are also fans of earthy scents.
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Snowy Circus Peanut
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Gifts with Donation or Purchase
I concur with the other reviews: this has Snow White's snow but with a bit of smushed candy-like banana and something marshmallow adjacent and reminiscent of circus peanuts. But Snow White's snow is pretty quick to overtake the banana in this. I like this way more than I thought I would. I wish I could obtain more of it without buying the 13 (which didn't work out on my skin). But I'm very grateful to my decanter, who gifted me a tester to try. -
This is mostly about the smoked cacao and champaca on me, making it an incense-y chocolate on my skin. I get touches of the coffee, coconut (well, more than a touch of that after the scent has been dry for several hours), and the buttery condensed milk, but nothing can hold a candle to the champaca and chocolate. Because of this, it's not as sweet as I expected it to be, despite the long list of gourmand notes. I don't need a bottle of this one and probably won't keep my decant -- but I wish I had liked it, because I was fortunate enough to get a tester of Snowy Circus Peanut from my decanter, and I was pleasantly surprised by that and wish I could get more of it without having to commit to a whole bottle of this 13.
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Millennial Pink is my girlfriend's favorite scent on me, so I got this one hoping it'll be another hit. My body just ABSORBS the ruby chocolate though, leaving behind a little vanilla and Snake Oil and a hint of berry. I like it!
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I have zero regrets that I blind bottled this; I don't normally go for desert scents but was drawn to this. It's a very wearable desert. Soft and evocative. The slight sharpness from the sages, pepper, and palo santo are softened by the fur and tonka. I'm not familiar with chaparral but imagine it adds to the drybrush mood. Huffable.
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Long Eared Owl on a Bare Tree Branch
tinyvulture replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Limited Editions
BPAL won my heart with Black Forest in 2005 and is still making intriguing and varied “forest” blends after all these years. Here we have the cedar and oak with a touch of frost note, but also some violets that are absolutely thriving in the chilly woods. And also a bit the “feathery incense” from the description. I’m not getting any plum, but at first there was what I would describe as a “skunky” weed-like note. It faded so I have no idea! The surprising power of the violets stops me from needing a whole bottle since they’re not my favorite flower, but I’ll definitely make use of the decant. -
Terrible Moon: Pistachio and Vanilla Buttercream
tinyvulture replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I agree with doomsday_disco that is is an almondy pistachio! It has that sweet syrupy vibe of the lab’s almond note. And then there’s the sweet vanilla buttercream which is more tangy cream cheese frosting than “butter”, to my nose. I don’t need a whole bottle, but it’s very pleasant! -
Instantly I need a bottle of this! Cinnamon is the main note but there’s also a sweet syrupy incense (Which incense is like cola? Myrrh?), lots of sugar and the vanilla clouds of marshmallow. The vibe is a cinnamon cola turned into a “dirty dr Pepper” type soda by adding sweet cream. GORGEOUS!
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This is a pretty unique one - the notes meld a bit differently to how I’d imagined from the description. The almond-marzipan and red bean paste elements were really in the forefront when I first applied it, with a high pitched squeal of clover backed up by the strawberry coming in later. Once it settles it has some of the comforting-toasty quality it shares with Edward Bear, although it’s a bit more “new baby” than “beloved stuffed toy” here.
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Terrible Moon: Honey Dust and Toasted Oats
tinyvulture replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
A foodie treat! The toasted oats are buttery and wholesome. It seems like they are tossed with a slighted bit of cinnamon, and the honey may have a citrus twang to it. So this is multidimensional, not as simple as it sounds. Comforting and sweet! -
I love the Sufganiyots! At first I get the tangy creaminess of the cream cheese, and then the tart, sweet blackberry jam takes over. Will they balance each other out? No, the jam is going to stay a little bit stronger than the cream cheese. There’s also the definite presence of the sweet fried pastry note. Exactly what it says it is! Love it!
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This is so lovely - I was a bit wary of the honey which often doesn’t work on me but this really does. It’s almost a “skin but better” type of scent for me - a gentle warm toasty glow with a bit of sweetness that isn’t overpowering.
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As mentioned above, no brainer backup scent. It’s beautiful and grounding, warm, amber but instead of being akin to a hug, it’s more of a perfect weight down comforter? It’s so pretty and not easy for me to summarize but the feelings I get when I smell this are just so much YES.
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Very much enjoying this! Beautifully blended, almost fuzzy in texture and quite the journey on the skin over the last few hours. Every stage has brought out another note. Musky and fruity at the drydown with patchouli as the base but I wouldn’t say it’s obviously patch unless you know what to look for. If you do, it’s the delicious, chewy kind. Blind bottle win!
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Bottle sniff was promising both times I tested this, but on skin it’s so light and barely-there. I let it rest for a few months hoping it would get stronger but the sugar still disappeared within minutes and I’m left with, what is that? Unscented lipgloss or wax/shea butter? Could be a skin chemistry thing so it might be worth a try if you love gourmands!
