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- Yesterday
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This doesn't smell like crème brûlée to me, but I'm not mad, because it still smells GLORIOUS. Freshly applied, it reminds me of if you took Vanilla Mandarin and replaced the mandarin with passionfruit and threw in some sugar. Then it morphs. the passionfruit disappears, and for some inexplicable reason, it reminds me of whatever is in the House of Mirrors Atmosphere Spray from Denver Comic Con 2015 that makes it so alluring (wuuuuuuuuuut). And then it morphs again and becomes the most wonderful toasted sugar scent backed by a bit of vanilla. I could not stop huffing my arm. I'm most definitely upgrading my decant to a bottle (or maybe two).
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This starts off strongest on the crushed grass, and I swear it's the same one from Emerald Lace, as the wet phase of the scent strongly reminds me of that one. Eventually, it ends up morphing, and the oolong tea becomes the dominant note. It's the one found in Ceaselessly By My Side the Demon Stirs, which has a tannic quality to it and something that reads like a touch of spice. I get touches of the white musk and moonflower with the tea note, but the green mandarin isn't distinct on me -- I'm not getting anything particularly citrus-y or fruity from this. I preferred the wet phase of the scent when it was very green instead of tea-centric, so I don't need a bottle.
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Oh this is gooooood stuff. The dragon's blood is gorgeous mixed with a herbal lavender fir. It does have a bit of smoky incense at the back of the scent. LOVE. It really could be a sleep scent. I'm so glad I got a bottle of this.
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There were so many great Yules this year but this might be my favourite? Soft gingerbread, cuddly brown musk, and a dusting of warm patchouli. It's so comforting. Baking unhinged gingerbread cookies has been a family tradition for decades and this is the perfect scent for that. Spiced baked goods and cozy vibes. Not super foodie but not not foodie. Great throw and longevity.
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This starts out very leather centric with a splash of an aquaticy-cucumbery thing that I've heard other people get from some lab paper notes, but I don't think I've encountered? There's something vaguely chemical/dye feeling that I often get from old book themed perfumes. I'm assuming it's something used to add a dustiness or aged feel but that reads really wonky to my nose. It's not as strong here as it has been in other scents, and burns off quickly. This dries down to well kept leather bound books, mixed with worn clothbound books, and a bit of old paperbacks. Maybe something like soft incense, but that may be an errant woody note. I can't fully shake the aquatic note, which ends up smells like cool damp air. Kind of adds a feeling of being inside on a cool day with the windows open and it's gently raining. It's not terribly strong, but it's a nice 'clean but cavernous bookstore' scent.
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Unlike the other reviewers, I'm getting almost no lavender; it's creamy coconut and muted earthy-sweet ube, with a bit of pineapple-ish brightness that must be the cherimoya. I have to hunt for the lavender.
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This smells like those butter cookies that come in a tin that your grandmother recycled into a container for her sewing notions. The pretzel-shaped one with the rock sugar in particular.
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Strawberry Moon: Blackberries and Coconut Cream Lotion
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Lotion
This reads as a candy-like blackberry scent to me, like a fruity taffy. Imagine there were a blackberry-flavored Mamba or Starburst. It would smell like that. It's not a fresh blackberry, nor is it the wonderful baked blackberry of Four and Twenty Blackbirds. I don't get any coconut from this on my skin, but I'm fine with that. I like the scent and will keep my little sample pot and use it up, but I don't think I need a full bottle of this one since I don't really have a lot of scents that would go with this. -
In the bottle, I'm getting exactly what I expected from this: leather and amber. It does go weirdly soapy at first on the skin, but then the leather makes a comeback, and it's back to exactly what I expected. I don't wear leather often, and it's maybe a bit too masculine of center for me to wear myself, but I really enjoy this perfume and would love to smell it on others. It's quite subtle and unobtrusive, but it lasts for forever.
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Man Making Love to the Maid of a Samurai Household
bambi replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Lupercalia
In the bottle, this is very fresh and green. I'm getting a bubbly, nose-tingly ginger, lemon, and green tea. On the skin, the ginger is less ginger ale and more ginger, but still the strongest note. I often lose lemon as a note the longer I wear a perfume, but the lemon in this one sticks around for a shockingly long time. The cedar was almost invisible in this for the initial stages of wear, but it did join the party eventually. It does give a lemon ginger tea vibe, but I enjoy how fresh it is. -
This is delicious! At first I wasn't sure which way it would go, since I'm used to heavier autumn vegetable perfumes. This, though, is crisp and snappy. It's the first greens poking up from the soil after a long winter. The air is clean from recent rains and everything feels alive. Possible bottle buy.
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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.
- Last week
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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.
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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.
