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In the bottle: musk, leather and some fuzzy warmth which may be the velvet. On the skin: I expected this to be pretty aggressive on the skin but starts out fairly subtly. The musk amps up a little and the pine differentiates itself. I get heat from this rather than snowy (amber fire?). The leather is a constant thread and, yes, there is a bloody vibe. This will be special in a few years.
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In the bottle: cucumber, sappy green leaves and pepper? On the Skin: the black musk and oak are pretty obvious but still smells like spicy cucumber. This becomes more pleasant a few minutes in - its much the same but more homogeneous. At the moment it's odd but I believe aging will work wonders
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In the Bottle: metallic, musky cologne On the Skin: again, metallic but I quickly get the church wood imbued with incense smoke. The beeswax adds some sweet depth and richness. Leather and musk weave through it all. It might have a feral quality but it's not aggressive. It's a quiet lingerer and it's luminous. A beauty.
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In the bottle: Boozy butterscotch, thin and a little sour, as the caramel/ butterscotch notes tend to present to me. On the Skin: the butterscotch becomes smoother and richer for me and there is a pink pepper catch to the throat on a deep inhale. I get a little medicinal saffron and vague wafts of labdanum. As others have mentioned, this is somewhat more refined than a pure gourmand; more perfumey. I get no obvious scorched notes. Interesting but not sure it captures my interest much.
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In the bottle: Extraordinary! I get strong black coffee, the cold air referenced in the description, the echo of a cologne, cigarette smoke and a touch of wool. Absolutely compelling. On the skin: there's so much going on in this and you get it ALL. I do get sage in this pretty strongly as well. The coffee and paperback notes are insanely good. The cool air warms (the dawn?) and the cologne lingers as in a wooly sweater. This, so far, is the most exciting offering from this collection. Full wear tomorrow to give it a good test before adding a backup to my cart!
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In the bottle: Definitely tart buttermilk, bergamot, vanilla and leather. On the skin: buttermilk, a smidge of cardamom, dead leaves and amping leather. Phew, that leather is strong, so much so that it threatens to swamp the whole experience, but doesn't. I actually like this. It feels very autumn.
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In the bottle: rice milk and orris. On the skin: primarily the rice milk to start but the sandalwood and orris exert their influence pretty quickly to make this dry and powdery in a good way. This becomes more floral as it wears but the rice milk remains on the surface. No obvious moss for me. Not especially gourmand but entirely lovely.
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In the bottle: Sweet creaminess and tea which seems more green tea On the skin: the (green) tea is prominent underpinned by the lovely, sweet condensed milk. Really gorgeous. The coconut is there but pretty subtle. We have a period where the tea amps up quite a bit which I love because that note can be fleeting on me. Not really much change from there, as a fresh arrival, anyway. I really like Shanghai so I naturally love this.
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In the bottle: chocolatey goats milk with just a trace of waffle come On the skin: it's more milk chocolate than white chocolate to me or malted which I think is the honey, waffle cone and vanilla butting heads. It's nice though! Stays pretty much much linear for quite a while but starts leaning more vanilla as it progresses. I like it a lot.
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All of the above: Light Licorice/rootbeer/anise Coffee v champaca Wonderful incense in a coffee house Chocolate I like it.
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In the bottle: musty rose On the skin: soft rose tempered with bezoin. A slight fishiness that burns off fairly quickly. The orris does not play well with the rose. Nope. Not great for me. This lunacy has not been kind to me.
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In the bottle: chilled clove On the skin: soft clove, something floral, the metallic aspect of blood without any warmth, and some comforting soft woods notes emerging as it dries down. This not something for me. ETA: the extreme drydown isn't too bad when the incense emerges.
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In the bottle: This seems deceptively simple. I get coffee first off, a thread of very fine vetiver underneath and magnolia drifting on top. On the skin: quite subdued to begin with, I get anise quite strongly which may actually be the bay rum interacting with the coffee. This does shift and morph a lot. Every time I think it's not for me something interesting blooms. This seems almost gourmand. I think I like it but I'm really not sure. Odd. It is certainly not loud.
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Rose Moon: Frankincense and Black Apple Pulp
galahad replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
In the bottle: Pure raw apple complete with bitter skin. On the skin: photorealistic apple. I don't specifically pick up on any frankincense. A great layering scent -
In the bottle: quite perfumey in a good way and I agree with @LavenderCoffee that it is gender neutral. Gorgeous in the bottle. On the skin: this does come across as quite wild and unfettered but very refined in it's presentation. "Silvered" is entirely appropriate as it's cool and slick. I get the mossines, the lily, the leather and the scent of pine forests. Very beautiful.