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Once again, I did not expect to love this but here I am wondering how beautiful and impressive this is. In the vial and wet on skin this is mostly soft, brown leather, smoked saffron and ash, and there's a hint of something almost evergreenish (peru balsam) that's lightening things up a bit. During drydown sweeter notes emerges and while the most beautiful leather is still on front and it's still quite smoky scent, there's definitely sweetness from amber, myrrh and tiny bit of burnt sugar. This is masculine leaning scent but I love it both on my skin and on my partner's. It's unique and I don't have anything like it, and I'm going to get a full bottle.
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Mmm, this one's nice! I primarily get a thick creamy cheesecake, plus the same graham cracker note that's shown up in a few other scents lately. Not overly sweet, more creamy vanilla - I don't really get pumpkin, and I think the ube is contributing to the creamy not-too-sweetness, like a sweet potato pie, perhaps. I like it!
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2025 version. The pumpkin latte is pretty mild. The snake oil is dominant
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Very boozy pumpkin in the initial stages. It dries down to a cinnamon sugar
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Initial application I can only smell the cheesecake. It's a realistic yummy cheesecake. The pumpkin and ube comes out as the scent evolves. Delicious and foody
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2025 version. This is super good. I get honey and vanilla and no pumpkin at all. It's a very feminine and pretty scent. Not gourmand at all
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This goes on very big and loud: mostly coffee, plus the dark caramelized almost-burnt swirl of brown sugar. At first I don't get much vanilla or milk; I would like it to be a little more balanced. My husband really likes it though - he loves coffee! As it dries it gets a little sweeter; maybe some of the vanilla is sneaking in there. I like it better at this stage, I think!
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an utterly beguiling scent to me, i think i can smell all or almost all the notes in here (i still can’t for the life of me determine what red musk smells like) it’s so… weird? i can smell the porcelain, the bergamot, the violet leaf, the fougere… but i just don’t care for it. i wish there was a whole lot more vanilla in here, and less of the… fougere (iris and bergamot) i suppose. i think i’d prefer floral still life with cat for a porcelain note. this was also sent off to a better home.
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made me realize that neroli is not a note for me. bitter neroli in the beginning and for much of the wear time until all the other notes shyly peek out hours later. was sent off to a much better new home.
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Le Tits Now is mostly about the champagne on me, which is quite fizzy, bright, and almost soda-like in this scent. I've tested this twice, and the champagne reigns on my skin in full force for about five hours before I get much of anything else from this. I believe this features the chilly, sweet snow note of Snow White, but the fizzy champagne makes me question if that's really the snow note I'm smelling. I smell a little musk with the snow note after the champagne calms down at the end of a long day, adding a nice backdrop to the champagne and snow, and I'm pleased to report that there's no red musk among the blushing musks featured here. Sadly, I'm not really getting any lavender from this, but that could just be due to my skin making this a champagne party for hours on end. In any case, I'll definitely be keeping my bottle, and I plan to wear this tomorrow to ring in the new year.
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Cracked open my very much aged bottle of this and WOW. Getting a lovely damp aged leather oudh on drydown. LOVE IT.
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The description of this scent really just nails it. This, for me, is comfort in a bottle. Overall, this is a very “soft” and subtly sweet perfume. Wet on the skin the florals are delicate and creamy with the vanilla bourbon warming them just a touch. On dry-down, I’m left with the most comforting versions of leather, tonka and amber, while still being sweet and soft. Warm like a hug. I don’t know that I really got any of the cedar note. What surprised me most was the orris root—my skin tends to amp its powdery aspects, but in this blend, it never fully goes there, it just adds to that “soft” quality. I’ll be wearing this the next time I’m cuddling on the couch with someone for sure.
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smells oddly…mainstream-y? to me? my first thought was my very old bottle of chanel no5, my mom handed down to me. it’s about 30 years old, and ravenna smells like that to me, but sweeter. i also asked my brother for his opinion on it and he agreed it smelled like a mainstream perfume. ravenna is very, perfumey, let’s say. it’s one of those BPALs where i have difficulty picking out single notes (when i’m usually good at that) and instead it’s just a blend of… smells. like, yep, it sure smells like something, not sure what, but it does. i’m sad about it. wish i got the luxurious, heavy and sensual smell others are getting, i do really well with those types of scents. but oh well— can’t win em all.
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Last update: December 30, 2025 Anfar Luna Odyssee IV Sabbia Zenit Rouge Dolce & Gabbana La Rue de la Fortune The Only One Fear BOOtique Enchanted Forest Jimmy Choo Illicit - Right away you get the sweetness, and soon enough the alcohol burn dries away to reveal honey, warm yet fresh, and something slightly spicy. Oh, is it ginger? Not resinous enough to be amber forward, and not woody enough to be earthy. Bitter orange keeps it from being too sweet. A wee bit of "department store" scent lingers, but only a wee bit so I don't mind. There's some vanilla hiding, as well. As it dries down, I may pick up a bit of rose, but not in a dusty way. Fully dry, it's warmer, like the softest sweater. Good for cold weather. This veers towards gourmand, which I'm okay with. I wouldn't say no to a bottle of this. Sweet, warm, fresh. Paco Rabanne Olympea Paris Hilton Passport in Paris Seance Cemetery
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This is nice!!! Not to call out other fragrances but this reminds me of a fizzy champagne version of the old Body Shop Dewberry scent. The Pomegranate is tart and the fizzy champagne balances it well. The Loukoumi I assume is adding a slight candy note as well. Really like this!
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I just picked this up on ETSY, being a fan of the rose-apple combination. This is super beautiful, super changing, super long-lasting. I cannot identify the very bracing, almost herbal opening which mellows down into apple and cacao, as well as the rose and leaves. In the deeper dry down I pick up a wax note which must be from the vanilla. The patch makes a good base, but is not shouting. Stunning. I have worn this a few days in a row, being really attracted to the scent (as it says on the tin-HA!) Google says cubeb berries have a pungent/eucalyptus smell-yep! that is the opening!
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This is primarily about the angel food cake on me: lightly sweet, airy, white cake! There's a little buttercream that's adding some sweetness and creaminess, and just a whisper of slightly artificial strawberry - not artificial in a bad way, more like, well, exactly when you have a scented lip gloss or chapstick, and it's got that hint of wax/solidity to it. But, again, that part's very light; on me it really is mostly light white cake and some buttercream. Which is actually very nice, if you want an uncomplicated fluffy white cake scent! This seems like it'll be good for layering with other scents, too.
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Oh, first! Let's see... Very pink, sweet, sugary strawberry, indeed! I don't really get the sufganiyot part; it's very much about the strawberry preserves with extra sugar and the addition of marshmallow: a distinctly fluffy airy creamy marshmallow. Fun and sweet - if you think you'll like this one, and you like candied strawberries, you'll probably like it! Good throw so far, though I've only put a little on, as I'm testing a few.
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2025 version! I couldn't find any other thread, even the older ones. Very similar to 2024, I think - sweet vanilla peppermint. Not as loud as some of the other years have been, and pretty much exactly what it says!
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Hungry Ghost Moon: Hazelnut Spread and Mini Marshmallows
splendidissima replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
Delicious! Exactly as listed: creamy hazelnut chocolate, with an added marshmallow note. Low throw, but it does linger on my skin. I like it! -
2025 version. This is a very nice, soft, vanilla-y rose. It's rich but not cloying. The rose itself is very well behaved, detectable and fresh but neither sharp nor soapy. The snake oil spices aren't very Powerful, but with their inclusion this almost feels like a carnation blend rather than rose. If this is goth, it's like fuzzy PJ goth, only dark in the sense that it's not flouncy or sweet. It wears close to the skin, but does have decent longevity.
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"Scorched paper" is barely a thing here, but the opening is characterized by a realistic burst of damp plaster, like you've been working on a paper maché for hours. Alongside that is the citron and grapefruit, tangy and a touch bitter, and eventually a hint of woody cedar. This one has decent throw but not much longevity; it does not overcome the transience typical of citrus notes, the plaster fades out quickly, and it's overall soft. It's mostly an academic interest now, but I wonder whether this will work well in the summer, when the damp citrus might be refreshing.
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I was expecting a slam-dunk out of this one, but after testing twice I'm not sure how I feel about it. I get a light, airy, kinda sweet anise-y licorice mostly, on top of a definitely not sweet pepper and a touch of amber. I like licorice, but can be picky about its presentation, and something about this combo plays a little "plastic" for me. I might end up sticking to my old reliable: Portrait of an Unidentified Man Dressed as a Skeleton -- or try layering them? My other skin tester had a very evocative description that was even more off-book. "Formaldehyde. Plus something else, because this is a heavier smell than just formaldehyde should be." ["The notes are licorice, black pepper, and grey amber."] "No licorice on here at all -- I am getting the pepper, and grey amber makes sense. But it does still seem more chemical-y... and kind of dusty? Moldy? Oh, I know. It's like this: you enter an unheated, damp storage shed full of props. You go through the totes until you find the one with the plastic rats in it, and when you pop the lid, this is the smell that puffs out at you."
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Felt like a chill and relaxed day, so I went on to try a couple of my Lavender Kitchen in comparisons. With Lavender Semlor, I can make out all of the notes, which create the sweet and spicy concoction that doesn’t scream bakery, but it’s still very lovely in these notes. With the Lavender Kitchen series I do seem to have a lot of really good luck with these scents. Only qualm would be the scent is very close to skin and I wish it had just a little bit more throw. Kind of wish the almond and the cardamom the “queen of spices” would throw itself a little bit more weight into it. Still very wearable, but oddly subtle on my skin.
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I had to get a bottle of this because I enjoy these festive robins so much, AND because I'm a slut for cherry. I am happy to say that blind bottling this scent paid off! The cherry is a main player during both the wet and dry phases of the scent, although it is most prominent early on in wear. It's very much a fruit-infused mulled wine scent to me, but aside from the cherry, I'm not very good at picking out the winter berries (there might be some pom here???). There was a darker note in the background that I wasn't able to pinpoint, but I'm not sure if that was the fruit itself, whatever comprises the russet feathers, or if it is part of the brandy. My partner, who also loves cherry scents and birds, but didn't know this contained cherry until it arrived, was thrilled that the cherry note is so prominent and was glad that the scent is just as amazing as the artwork. We will both enjoy applying this one for a boozy cherry fix during the winter months!
