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Black Butterfly Moon: Black Currant and Black Rose Lotion
Leopard403 replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Lotion
This is my first experience with Lab lotion so I’m reviewing both scent and formula. This smells like a “candied rose” blend and reads more pink than black to me. I’m cool with that. Upon application the scent stays close to the skin, so it’s a nice treat for myself without blasting others with a strong smell. Lotion formula itself is VERY nice. I was a little worried at first because there is not a lot of slip, so it is something that encourages you to pat and press the lotion into your skin instead of “rubbing it on.” So it does take a little effort. It’s worth it, though, because there is no stickiness at all; in fact, the skin feels silky smooth and cooled, almost as if there is the lightest coating of dusting powder to it. When someone says “my skin just drinks it up,” I think this is what they mean. I can’t stop touching myself. *wink* ETA: Of note, I bought a decanted sample of this that came in a small jar. I don’t often buy things in jars due to the risk of contamination from dipping fingers as well as the risk of ingredient loss or spoilage with frequent opening, so I am glad that this comes in bottle format from the Lab. However, I imagine this might be too thick for the pump mechanism they have been using. This really would be best suited to a tube (like toothpaste) but manufacturing could be a nightmare, so in the end this might be best in a more flexible bottle with a flip/squeeze cap. My advice is don’t get too hung up on the method of delivery and be willing to decant into your own preferred container if necessary. - Today
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Black Butterfly Moon: Black Orchid and Crushed Berries Hair Gloss
Leopard403 replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Hair
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Hm, maybe I was too quick to judge this? There was something that veered sharp when I received this in May. I tested it a few times over a couple months, then I let it sit in perfume jail until now. I'm happy to say that whatever was being iffy has smoothened out, and I can see the vision. It really does match the painting. Beauty with Pink Veil is an unapologetically pink scent, soft and gauzy. There's a hint of tartness from the strawberries, softened by the vanilla cream and marshmallow. I agree with VioletChaos, this is a pale pink strawberry flavored confection. The lychee and lotus petals are faint but peeks out as the perfume dries down. Something in this vaguely reminds me of... makeup? Like the faintest hint of lipstick? I'm glad I gave this another chance.
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I'm enjoying a rich, sweet macademia and honey nut bar while reading a leather-bound tome in a cozy, beeswax-candle-lit library. A very lovely fall gourmand, I can see why it sold out at Dragoncon! I try not to buy too many foodie or gourmand scents anymore because I truly have too many to use in my lifetime, but I'm glad I didn't pass this one up. Beautifully balanced, definitely a crowdpleaser.
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One of my top 3 favorites. It's all spice, & resins. When I sniff I imagine a mage or wizard burning incense while grinding herbs. 🤍 Scent is heavy, throw is far, & it lasts long too. Another lovely thing about this oil is how it leaves a heavy, sweet scent behind on my hoodies.
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Obtained my bottle in 2023. This is a comforting green scent. My impression is that it has a gentle smell of hospital soap, clean linens! Also has a kick to it similar to lemongrass. Throws far, but doesn't last long tho.
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After reading people's warnings about how this scent can burn the skin, I put some on my Rabbit scent locket. Don't want to risk getting burned at the moment! Strange. Usually it takes a moment for my scent locket to heat up on my skin. This one got hot after about 5 minutes. It's not burning luckily. On the locket my frimp smells like strong cinnamon and nutty... I suppose that is the almond bit. Not a bad one. Not sure I'll get a big bottle of this. Frimp will do for now.
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Mmmmmmm! This is so cozy. I'm getting slightly spiced sweet vanilla'ed oatmeal with almond milk, a cup of warm tea steaming on the side, and I'm wearing a fuzzy sweater. It all melds together and nothing overpowers. This feels laconic, creamy, and warmly comforting.
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Warmth, like losing yourself in someones big brown eyes, although there is something here straightening your spine, boundaries are not lost in this warming gaze. The gentle earthiness, like the remembering of dirt, keeps this from going into the sticky sweet gourmand it could traverse into. Delicious and a great day time or night time wear.
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This scent, in bottle, is pure milk chocolate--comforting in all the ways you want it to be. The blood comes through on my skin, less as a rusty metallic tang, but more as a heady incense resin. I would love for the lab to use a real blood accord, but I will continue to wear this regardless. Sometimes my honey and I wear this together and it is a lovely time >:)
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I received this in a swap on 2025-10-21 because it too sweet for my friend. I offered my Peach Chypre, which is drier, for this. (I like both scents, but I chose to try the sweeter option because of how well Fae works on me.) Reading the notes, I'm glad I made the exchange - tonka, tobacco, musk, honey & peach? Oh, definitely! Bottle: I agree with misstressfizz that there's an earthy note to Peach I & I can go along with the theory that it's tobacco + red musk. This note is the most prominent scent off the top. A second sniff brings the honeyed tobacco and peach. Wet: I tested this in the crooks of my elbows and along my forearms. It's sweet spice at the start, with the peach picking up as the scent starts to bloom as it settles into the skin. Drydown: The tonka makes itself known and the blend reminds me a little of balsam before the musk and tonka do their thing, blending with the warm, fuzzy blush of peachskin. All entendres intended; this is a nuzzleable scent that would go well with silk double georgette. Sillage & Longevity: I don't have anyone with me to tell me about its sillage[. EDIT] after three hours, I smell like a really nice candle: sweet wax, tonka, and a little musk. This is definitely something for an event, not an all-day wear (on me, YMMV). Maybe it would stick around longer in a scent locket?[/EDIT] I don't know what this smelled like new, but this aged bottle of Peach I has stood the test of time and is sweet, spicy, and delicious. I'm glad I made the trade and I hope my swap partner likes her Peach Chypre as much as I like this.
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This is an interesting one. It was so strong in the bottle that it almost nocked me over, and I thought "who in the world would ever recommend this?" Then I tested it on my skin, and got this almond/berry/cherry situation going on, and was intrigued. Then I couldn't really feel it at all, this was weird. But within three hours it had morphed into a kind of sweet vanilla, and the vanilla seems to be what's left now. This is absolutely a beautiful scent, for me it could work as a day to day kind of scent since it's not too aggressive on me.
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Snake Oil was one of my first creations, one of the original BPAL scents, and is as bound up with my own history as it is with the history of Black Phoenix. It is the scent I wore on my wedding day, the scent I wore while giving birth to my child, and it is as much a part of me as my own eyes, breath, or limbs. Snake Oil has shed its skin, and is back — now with vintage patchouli and dark, rich, aged vanilla absolute. Snake Oil is our signature scent, our first perfume: deep, rich, earthy notes swirled with vegetal musks, sugared vanilla bean, and dark spices.
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Bast, Ubasti, Ailuros, Ba-en-Aset. Represented as both a domestic cat and a fierce lioness, she truly evidences traits of both. She is the Mother of All Cats, Goddess of Sensuality, Fertility, and a guardian and protector of women. She is also one of the Eyes of Ra, and in that aspect is an Avenging Goddess, seeking retribution and punishing enemies of her people. Luxuriant amber, warm Egyptian musk, fierce saffron and soft myrrh, almond, cardamom and golden lotus.
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And when you crush an apple with your teeth, say to it in your heart: Your seeds shall live in my body, And the buds of your tomorrow shall blossom in my heart, And your fragrance shall be my breath, And together we shall rejoice through all the seasons. – Khalil Gibran, excerpt from “On Eating and Drinking” Crisp orchard air draped in morning dew, a bite of sun-warmed apple that bursts with honeyed clarity. The seeds carry whispers of tomorrow: green leaf, tender blossom, sapling wood. A breath both luminous and eternal, where fruit, flower, and branch entwine.
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Truly the scent of autumn itself — damp woods, fir needle, and black patchouli with the gentlest touches of warm pumpkin, clove, nutmeg, allspice, sweet red apple and mullein.
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Pumpkin candyfloss with strawberry cream and red currant.
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This is a close #1 favorite for me. Absolutely spirited away when I sniff it. It's a full experience of going into a Witchcraft Shop. I first obtained an imp, & over the years it has turned syrupy. Hoping this happens with my bottle. Overall, I get divine incense burning, whiffs of herbs, & resins. A big cloud of magick! I've had this bottle a month & have already used half of it. For sure need to buy more!
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The is all buttery warm spiced pumpkin bread, the kind that fills the house with that unmistakable autumn aroma just like Pumpkin Zucchini Bread and last year's Pumpkin Nut Bread atmo, dredged in chocolate sprinkles that are exactly like the real thing, with a slightly powdery cacao not that is not overwhelmingly sweet. There seems to be an undertone of coffee even though it isn't listed in the notes. The bitter aspect of the cacao is probably translating to having a slice of chocolate pumpkin bread next to a steaming cup of coffee.
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Hmmh, quite a spicy scent. On my skin it smells like spicy musk with something... citrusy? Reminds me of some kind of medicine I've used when sick or something. Cannot quite describe what I'm smelling when it's wet on skin. Not bad at all. From wearing it previously, I can say that after the scent has dried, on my skin it smells mostly like white cedar and peppermint. I can't smell orange blossom at all in this. Peppermint and lime are more apparent. Funky scent.
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Aunt Caroline's Joy Mojo Titania Dame en Pamplemousse
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What a delightful topic! The cheesy but honest truth is that all of my bpal perfumes make me happy - it's such a wonderful thing to have in my life, these scents I can wear everyday and feel such joy about. I think you're definitely definitely not alone in finding that scent helps with mental health stuff. However, for specifically cheering scents, I think the entire Alice in Wonderland GC collection has this quality for me - the ones I regularly wear are Alice; White Rabbit; Two, Five, & Seven; and Against Idleness and Mischief, and each of them, in their own way, has a bright whimsy that makes me happy in my everyday life (I haven't yet tried High-Strung Daisies, but @sunshinedaisybliss's suggestion of it reminds me that it's been on my list for a while!). Otherwise, I find that notes I read as 'golden' often have a very happy quality to me - honey, orange blossom, osmanthus, apricot, honeysuckle (not so much amber, though it definitely has a golden quality). Some currently available examples include: Katharina; Dawn: Maiden; Osmanthus & Honey Bells; Deadly Nightshade Honey; and Persephone's Ascent. Idyll, which I happen to be wearing today, is one of my favorite happiness scents, with beautiful orange blossom, honeysuckle, and osmanthus, and I love to wear it on days when I need some brightness, but it's a Lunacy Ars Anni from last year, and thus no longer readily available.
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Smokestack
Smelly_Swede replied to hipslike___cinderella's topic in Phoenix Steamworks & Research Facility
On my skin all I could feel was "smoker" as in a smoker of cigaretts. It really doesn't work on my skin at all. I guess I could wait for an hour or so and see if it developes, but unfortunately it got so bad I had to scrub it. Impression: This is an honest scent. You will probably smell like a smokestack. -
This smells exactly like the Burt's Bees Lemon Butter Cuticle Cream. It's not a cleaning solution type of lemon nor a soapy bitter lemon, and the creaminess is mild, more waxy. I do like the lightness of it for hotter days, but it is fleeting and re-application is necessary.
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This is predominantly sweet and fruity but with a tart edge that keeps it from being cloying. Moderate throw, incredible longevity (we're more than halfway through the day and I still catch whiffs of it).
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