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So…I’m just now really getting around to trying this in my hair & im so mad at myself! This stuff is fantastic & sexy & I should’ve been wearing this months ago! Holy crap. I was worried, initially, about the fougere aspect, as those can skew manly/masculine, and I have difficulty wearing overly manly smells. This is not that way, at least to my nose. The peach is quiet, but adds a lovely layer of fruit with the fougere. Highly recommend & I’ll be wearing this a lot this summer! 🧡
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This is an unapologetically pink confection for a character whose entire personality is pink. Blushing vanilla and sweet acorn are folded over fragrant wild strawberries and the starchy sweetness of red bean paste, covered in toasted, caramelized almonds, then dusted in sugar and sprinkled with the first pink clover flowers and apple blossoms of the season. It is warm and comforting enough for autumn and winter, but still blossoming for spring and summer.
- Yesterday
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Honey, Tonka Bean, and Toasted Vanilla
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Lupercalia
This one is strong on the honey. I only tried two scents from this year's Honey Pot, but I believe that this scent and Honey Milk Tea Boba contain the same honey note, which is thick, goopy, golden, and somewhat floral to my nose. This is backed by the tonka and vanilla, which combine with the honey to smell somewhat baby powder-y on me (woe). Eventually, I do get a nice vanilla in the background, but it takes several hours to get there, it's still buried beneath the honey, and the scent stays close to the skin by that point. I am glad I restrained myself from ordering more Honey Pot decants this year, as I thought this would be a winner based on the notes! -
This one is predominantly a honey scent on me. I do smell some tea in the background, which is most noticeable early on -- but the tea note is more like an iced tea note to me (because it reminds me of a summer tea wax melt I have). There's nothing creamy or milky about this to my nose, and sadly, I do not get any boba, which was the main draw of the scent for me. I hope other folks have better luck with this one.
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Strawberry Moon: Zante Currants and Lime
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I grabbed a decant of this duet because of the lime, but it is the currant that is the main player on my skin. So I'm getting tart currant and a squeeze of fresh lime that is not candy-like at all. It's reminding me of the lime in Griotte, Lime, and White Musk, actually. I realized after trying this that pretty much every scent I have with currant as a main feature also contains some sort of sweet note. So this tart currant scent isn't really my thing, but I look forward to layering it with its moon to see how they play together. -
Strawberry Moon: Wild Strawberries and Inky Musk
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
The wild strawberries are the star of this duet. I think this features the same wild strawberry note as last year's Strawberry Moon: Wild Strawberries and Amber Hair Gloss (okay, it wasn't released last year, but two years ago -- what is time, wtf). The strawberry note is super ripe and sweet, but it's still a realistic strawberry that doesn't smell like strawberry candy. The inky musk plays a background role, and I was worried the fruit plus musk would be off-putting to me in the way that red musk is, but nope! I think it's just there to support the strawberry. I'm not sure exactly what type of musk this scent contains, but I usually don't do well with the darker musks, so if it is one of those, it is very well-behaved. I need to spend more time with this one and layer it with its moon to see if I need more of it, but I enjoy it enough to keep my decant to pair with the aforementioned hair gloss. -
This is one of my favorite hearses, if not my favorite of them all? (Don't make me choose.) I already had the atmo that was originally released and loved that (it's my most-used hearse atmo), but I wasn't sure how it would play on my skin as a perfume with notes like petitgrain and bay rum (which made me wary). Still, I knew I was blind bottling this anyway as the warmer months approached, and fortunately, the perfume version did not disappoint! This behaves very similar to the atmo on my skin (huzzah)! The lime is the strongest note throughout wear on me, and it's sweeter than an actual lime rind is, but that's not a bad thing in my book. I think the citron lurks right behind it, and the white musk and bay rum help to ground the citrus notes so that they stick around. There's a hint of black pepper that's slightly more noticeable than it is in the atmo, and it combines with the bay rum to give this a bit more sophistication than a straight-up citrus scent. As for the petitgrain, it usually is bitter and neroli-like on my skin, but fortunately, I'm not getting anything like that from this, and for that, I am glad. I definitely need at least one back-up bottle of this before it goes away next month... maybe two. This is definitely one for lime fans.
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I've tried this new, aged it a while, tried again, and all I get is baby oil single note. I wanted to love this so much but I don't get any of the complexity the other people talk about here. This will probably be one of those bottles I hold on to for years hoping it will somehow work or maybe I'll grow to like it.
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Sultry peachy gorgeousness. I think I like the red musk in this even more than Heartshow! This is a stunning juicy peach note that is held up by some raunchy red musk. I don't really get a lot of black musk/patchouli or any of the other notes. Perhaps they are just solid supporting players. Definitely a favorite.
- Last week
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The tart red currant stands out the most to my nose. It's backed by the strawberry (I'm not getting much of the cream part of the strawberry cream) and the pumpkin candyfloss, which is not overtly pumpkin-y -- it just adds a touch of spice that makes this have a baked good quality to it behind the fruity notes, even though the pumpkin is supposed to be in candyfloss form. It's kind of like if you took Red from the Fraggle Rock line with its red currant, made it more pink, and then added some warm spice for good measure. It somehow makes me think of fruit punch with a bit of pumpkin cake (sans frosting) nearby. I do think this is nice, but I don't think it's a lotion I need a full size of... I'll happily use up my little sample pot, though!
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I’ve been a BPALer since 2015, but this is my first day wearing this scent. I love it! When it first arrived last night, it smelled vaguely of a shampoo my friend’s mom used when I was a kid. That’s clearly the balsam. Wearing it today, though, I get big booming waves of creosote. I’m wondering if that is a component of the “metallic” notes. Not really getting the balsam any more at all. The musk is nice and subtle, and I thought I smelled patchouli before applying it this morning, but maybe it was my nose misinterpreting the creosote. Or the tobacco flower, which I’m honestly not getting much of either. It’s lucky I adore creosote. All Their Heads Fell Off and California Leaf Nosed Bat are both shining examples of a solid creosote offering. My skin sweetens everything, so I’m not getting masculine from this at all. In conclusion, I love this and will wear it often. It pairs well with Crack of Thunder Hair Gloss.
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Roselight is invaluable for me as a balm for trying times at work while grieving. The fragrance is lovely. The intention is fortifying. I'm going to pick up a second bottle.
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I'm not able to pick this apart note-wise in the way that I usually do, but like its atmospheric spray counterpart, this is very pink! It smells like a really fruity and fizzy drink. There are moments when I can pick out the fruit notes -- like, oh, there's some grapefruit! Ah, there's the guava! Oh, now I get some strawberry and blackberry! But the note that is most discernible on my skin, sticking around throughout wear instead of popping in and out, is the champagne, which I feel like is the most accurate champagne note I've come across, as I can smell the champagne itself and not just its fizz. I bought the atmo last year, and now I'm happy to have the perfume oil in my collection!
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The French lavender is the star of the show throughout wear, backed by what I think must be the cherimoya. I've never had it or smelled it before, but it is bright, fruity, and somehow combining with the lavender note to make me think of A Conscious Slumber, even though the only note these two scents share is lavender. (I'm not mad -- I should have grabbed a back-up bottle of A Conscious Slumber while it was available, as it is one my most effective sleep scents.) The coconut and ube aren't main players on me, but I think the coconut cozies up to the lavender after it has been on the skin for a while like it does in Daybreak, and the ube may be doing the same (since it often ends up being somewhat coconut-adjacent on me after a while). I'm going to need at least one bottle of this to wear as a sleep scent, maybe more.
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The sweet ube candyfloss is the dominant note throughout wear on me (and it is truly sweet like candyfloss as opposed to being the usual starchy, coconut-adjacent ube note), backed by the red bean paste wrapped with rice paper. I love Beth's red bean paste so much, and although I don't dislike the ube candyfloss, I wish the red bean paste were the strongest part of the scent! It is present throughout wear, but it is at its strongest when the scent is freshly applied. I need to spend more time with this one to see if I need more than my decant -- but the decant is definitely a keeper! Now I'm daydreaming about Beth using this red bean paste note to make a dorayaki scent...
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This one starts off being mostly about the tea (more standard green tea than jasmine green tea at first) and lemon, with a bit of a camphorous quality from the hinoki cypress. Over time, the jasmine part of the jasmine tea emerges -- but it doesn't really smell like actual jasmine tea, just like a floral note hovering over the tea note -- as well as the resins, making this a floral tea scent accompanied by resins (I get more sandalwood than frankincense). They don't share the same tea or floral notes, but this is bringing to mind At the Tea Drinking from the 2023 Shunga collection, with resins instead of orange. I liked this one best during the wet phase of the scent, before the resins became more noticeable. I wish that I had gotten more hinoki from this, but I still like this enough to hang onto my decant. I'm going to give this a full-day slather to see if I need more of it -- and maybe I'll get more hinoki that way -- as I do think this is pretty. I look forward to pairing it with Informal Tea Hair Gloss.
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Ehon Takara Gura is mostly about the chrysanthemum on me, backed by the vanilla sandalwood. I wouldn't really describe this as a lemon scent, but the lemon is there to lift the scent a little. As the scent sits on the skin, the vanilla in the vanilla sandalwood really blooms (there's more vanilla than sandalwood on me, and the sandalwood isn't super dry). Combined with the chrystanthemum, it makes for a really pretty scent. I'll need to give this one a full-day slather to see if I need a bottle, but I'm definitely keeping my decant! If you're on the hunt for chrysanthemum, you should give this one a try!
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Wet this is pure pine and sweetish amber, and I loved this phase. Completely dry there is no pine anymore and all I get is ash. Ash single note.
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This falls squarely into the "can the Lab release this atmo as a perfume, please?" category for me. It smells SO much like Thai mango sticky rice, which is one of my favorite desserts - not too sweet, a little salty, silky with coconut cream and rice starch, gently ripe and fruity. The honey has the "black honey" resin-like complexity, giving the scent more dimensions than a simple foody spray. I love this, but I wish it lasted longer on my skin.
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Frog Moon: Iris and Wild Patchouli
OxfordComma replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
Really, really lovely. The way these notes combine is an almost atmospheric gardening scent. The iris is purple and airy. Simultaneously dry and greenly floral. The Patchouli is earthy and rooty without being the usual hippie patch. In fact my patch-hater partner didn't ID this as patchouli at all, and actually likes this perfume quite a bit! Smells like a cool toned dusty purple. I hope the lab does more patch floral combos like this, it's such a stunner. -
This was one I grabbed a sample of at launch and then decided not to keep... But then I kept thinking about it and thinking about it and wanting to smell it again. So I grabbed a bottle. The first impression was, and is, not great for me haha. It reminds me of this nail polish remover I had, like, in the 90s. Scented, pink, with a built in felt pad scrubby thing. Super effective, probably full of carcinogens. Anyways, that's what this smells like at first. But after that brief foray into yesteryear, it emerges triumphant in all it's pastel neutral-tone fair isle knit glory. Dry crunchy leaves skitter at your feet, the cool autumn wind whipping them into dust devils. But you are cozy and warm in your fuzzy sweater and scarf combo (matching, of course). Nice throw and incredible longevity. I could smell it on my sweater days later when doing the laundry. Sidenote: the DL here is not the cronchy bell pepper one or particularly cologney imo. It's a much softer, crumbly dry forest floor vibe. Not sure if it's a different version of the note or just the way it combined with the other notes but, I realllllly like it.
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A misty river bank, lined with dewy night-blooming lilies, gently illuminated by the moon peeking between the clouds. The musk is aquatic without being blue musk, ozonic without being shrill. The lily note is really lovely, but not overt. Like smelling flowers on the air but you can't pinpoint where it's coming from. This is really pretty and perfect for the line, but maybe too aquatic for my tastes. If it were an Ars Anni scent it would be something like Steck's Ophelia. Tragic, moody, and softly luminescent.
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The "little full, lotta sap" scent from Christmas Vacation now conveniently bottled for your wearing enjoyment. A face full of sticky sap, romanticised with glowing golden amber and lightly dusted with fireplace ash. All the Yules I've tried this year have a lovely sort of nostalgic whimsy to them and this also kind of has that vibe to me, but maybe it's just my associations with the movie haha. Pretty solid throw and wear length!
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I purchased this bottle back in 2015, but I didn't review it due to life events, and now, here I am, 11 years later, reviewing the scent. Aristocratic Couple is a delightful apricot scent. I applied my Bourbon Vanilla Hair Gloss yesterday, before I tested this, and it really helped me to isolate that note in this scent: it's a sheer vanilla that has a bit of brightness to it, and isn't floofy or foody whatsoever. I think that note has gained strength as it has aged over the years, but of course, the apricot is the star of the show here. The cardamom, on the other hand -- well, there's really only a light dusting of it. I didn't test them side by side (despite owning both scents), but I agree with another reviewer's comment about this being a cousin to March Hare. March Hare has its sprinkling of clove, and this has its dusting of cardamom, but the both lightly-spiced apricot scents. I am glad I ordered a bottle of this back in the day. I really should wear it more often.
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Man Making Love to the Maid of a Samurai Household
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Lupercalia
If you love ginger, this scent is for you, for it has it in spades! The ginger root is the strongest note throughout wear, and it is somewhat effervescent, reminding me of ginger beer. The lemon is next in prominence, and I get touches of the other notes, but they don't hold a candle to those two. This smells like the sort of tea you would drink when feeling ill. I don't think I need a full bottle of this one, but I'm definitely going to hang onto my decant for those times when I'm not feeling too well and drinking lots of lemon and ginger tea.
