Little Bird
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Wild Plum, Green Tea, and White Jasmine
Little Bird replied to Seajewel's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
This trio is absolutely beautiful. I wanted this perfume and then the reviews made me take it off of my wishlist, but I added it into my cart on a whim during my last order and I'm so glad that I did. Jasmine tea is one of my favorite things in life and bpal's wild plum is one of my favorite notes in perfume. I was worried about it being too much plum or the green tea having its usual lemony tone that stomps all over everything or the jasmine being a sharp and soapy variety. Nope. This is a perfect jasmine tea on my skin and to my nose. It smells just like opening a bag of jasmine tea and smelling the sunshine filled sweetness of dried jasmine petals, the exotic and slightly herbal twang of dried tea leaves, and a teeny tiny hint of sugarplum, like a pinch of fruit scented sugar to sweeten the tea. Dry, sophisticated, lightly sweet jasmine tea. Exotic and richly floral. No soap or musk or lemon to ruin anything for me. My bottle is very jasmine and tea leaf dominant and I love it. -
Columns of the Temple of Neptune at Paestum
Little Bird replied to Seajewel's topic in Limited Editions
First on, all of the notes meld together into a scent that reminds me of a freshly mown lawn on a hot summer's day, including the warm, woody dustiness of the earth and the honeyed floral scent that green grass has when it's cut. After about ten minutes, the green and fresh aspects disappear and I'm left with dried, honeyed grass, a sweet and warm incense (myrrh and powdery, sweet incense cones), and the warmth and clay-like character of the sunbaked stone. It smells so cuddly, earthy, and warm, but with a rich sweetness. It does cling close to the skin, but I'm really enjoying it. The drydown reminds me of scents like Cathedral and Midnight Mass, like it could be in the same family, but Columns is warmer and more full of sunshine. -
"Supposed to be a pretzel but smells more like popcorn, so..." I love bread-y and popcorn-y gourmands, so I love this. I get a vanilla musk and sea salt type of scent that's sort of like an airy 'sea island cotton' vibe, but with hints of popcorn and bread. Clean laundry by the salty ocean, sweet vanilla, and freshly popped popcorn with a creamy hint of butter. In the drydown, it's the same, but with the addition of a fluffy white bread note. I really like this because it reminds me of being by the ocean and is clean without being heavily soapy. It's a very white scent to me that conjures up images of white sand, white linens, white popcorn, white bread, wearing a clean, white sundress... I can't wait to read other reviews of this one!
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Labdanum, Red Musk, Scorched Vanilla
Little Bird replied to Seajewel's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I full bottled this immediately because these are three of my favorite notes, but then I wasn't really wowed by it, so I've let it rest for a few months. I'm still not in love with it, though. I think I wanted the red musk and vanilla to be stronger, richer and sweeter than they are, and for the labdanum to not be as powdery and dry as it is. I get mostly a powdery amber labdanum with hints of sour evergreen and a red musk that's lightly sweet and also slightly metallic on my skin. I don't smell anything smoky or scorched and if there's vanilla here, it's just a touch of subtle creaminess and not anything that really stands out from the blend. The powdery, woody amber tones and hint of sour funkiness remind me of being in old barns full of dusty hay and the memory of animals. -
Apple Pulp, Amber, and Frankincense
Little Bird replied to Seajewel's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
The amber and frankincense aren't really coming through on my skin and the apple part reminds me of apple juice + apple scented air freshener. I always want to love apple, but my brain associates it too much with air freshener after years of smelling in Febreze and candles. -
Burnt Sugar, Cream, and Strawberries
Little Bird replied to Seajewel's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I bought this for the "burnt sugar and cream" part, but all I get is the strawberry. It smells like a sugary strawberry jam to me, more candied than fresh. -
I received a free sample of this in my latest Haute Macabre order and it's definitely not for me. I agree with the previous review in that this is classic baby powder smell and I can't stand it ?. I don't get any of the listed notes at all. Baby powder single note. And it's SO strong.
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This has an edge of traditional men's cologne, which I really love in a fragrance. It's warm, dark, worn in leather with a clean, crisp, sweet cologne quality and spiced, slightly smoky, musky-incensey thing going on, and the metallic gleam of a similary worn in axe. I feel like there's a sweet swirl of red musk and incensey dragon's blood in here that gets stronger on me in the drydown. The warmth of the fur works really well with the dark leather, all amber-y and cuddly. I like when a perfume oil stays complex like this one does over hours of wear. I've really been enjoying this scent today and it reminds me of playing a warrior in FFXIV and crashing around the forests of Gridania with my axe. ?
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Red Mandarin, Tangerine, and Orange Blossom
Little Bird replied to Seajewel's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
Such a beautiful fragrance. It's realistic, freshly peeled, juicy, zesty orange, but minus the sour, acidic tones (so it's perfection) on a bed of creamy orange blossom petals. When I wore it again this morning, it had a fizzy orange flavored Sprite feel for a while before drying down to realistic orange and creamy petals. I'm glad that I got a bottle of this one. -
I've already started to heavily decorate the inside of my house and hoard offerings in the leading up to Samhain and my soul is completely dedicated to autumn in July, so I added Prairie Witch into my latest order and I love her. I'm pleasantly surprised by how creamy this scent is and how strong the tonka and non-spiced pumpkin are. Tonka always smells like a soft vanilla to me with hints of floral and honey, and I'm getting lots of creamy tonka and creamy pumpkin, like it's baked and mashed for pie, but hasn't been spiced or flavored yet. I expected this to be a pumpkin spice thing, but the spice is subtle and I mostly get the hint of sweet clove and a hint of spiced apple cider underneath all the creaminess and hay. The wild grass and vetiver smell exactly like wandering through a corn maze filled with hay bales. The scent of a soft, vanilla-y perfume on a flowy dress and wandering through hay bales and pumpkins while holding a little cup of hot, mulled apple cider. So beautiful.
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A bitter, watery green that reminds me of celery, the scent of tarry asphalt on a hot day, and wafts of sweet incense smoke. This isn't really what I was expecting based on the notes because all of these notes usually play much better on my skin. The green part disappears after about 5 minutes and then it's sweet incense and tar with sour smokiness. Interesting, but I regret blind buying a full bottle of this because I don't think that I'll actually wear it again...
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Green Cardamom, Oakmoss, and Patchouli
Little Bird replied to Seajewel's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
A classic men's cologne or aftershave type of scent and I really enjoy it. It has a deep, vintage smelling oakmoss, spicy-sweet cardamom (clove-like on my skin in the drydown), and warm, dark, earthy, almost resinous, sticky patchouli. A little of a soapy edge, but in that masculine aftershave way rather than a bar of soap or laundry soap impression. I feel like this is very similar to a men's fragrance that was popular when I was little (Drakkar Noir, maybe?). -
Whenever I put on Frogberry Moon, I'm transported back to my local mall in the early 90s with my big sister, sharing a bag of octopus shaped gummis (still the best gummis) and smelling the berry lotions from Bath & Body Works. It's artificial berries, sort of warm and perfumey, but sweet and creamy and nostalgic. I think the only note I can pick out at all is the "smushed berries" and maybe the lotus, which sometimes has a creamy, bubblegummy scent to my nose. Sort of a berries & cream candy thing. Innocent and happy.
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I love Frog Moon 2022. This and the "Fir Needle, Ivy Leaves & Moss" in my latest order are the rare green scents that have been absolute loves for me. The bamboo note here is strong, pulpy, slightly sweet, cool, wet, and vividly green. The green tea adds a hint of lemon and the wasabi a touch of crisp spiciness. It feels like sitting down for tea in a shady garden next to a cool, tranquil stream, everything covered in moss and greenery. The pine moss and green musk are familiar yet unusual. The patchouli adds a little warmth and coziness. Hard to describe, but everything is richly green and so lovely and lively.
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Starts off as sweet amber resin, glowing red dragon's blood incense, and hints of something herbal (the lavender? but doesn't really smell like lavender, just 'herbs'). I love that first ten minutes on my skin where it's a sweet, warm, complex scent and the red dragon's blood makes it feel like it's glowing with power. Then the drydown gets very heavily powdery and dusty and the scent takes on a thick, cloying sweetness. I don't like ambers that turn to powder and this one definitely does on my skin. I get zero orange and no distinct lavender, but the cocoa powder might be adding to the heavy, powdery sweetness. Smells more dusty/dirty over time and I scrubbed it off at the one hour mark because it was unpleasant to me.
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I was hoping that The Mystic Moon would smell like true honeysuckle and jasmine flowers, but it's not quite as sweet or creamy as the real deal and it goes a bit soapy on my skin. It has an edge that reminds me of sharp musk and a little of a sour, soapy quality. It also doesn't smell like fresh flowers, but more like wilted, droopy, browning flowers, if that makes any sense.
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My mom has always been a 'clean freak' and, as an adult, so am I. I used to love coming home to the house smelling of bleach and PineSol. The home that I spent my childhood in was deep in a pine forest, so we were surrounded by evergreens. Our house also had thick ivy growing up the one side and moss covered rocks all around the house. This scent smells so much like the sparkling clean home of my childhood with the windows thrown open to let in the fresh air and smelling crisp evergreens, warm wood, and cool ivy. It's like all of the green scents of my childhood and it smells so natural (other than the whiff of PineSol, which is a scent that I adore anyhow) because it has the sweetness that those green scents naturally have and that most perfume fragrances miss the mark on. It has the alluring type of sweetness that you get from freshly cut grass or pine sap. I absolutely adore this. It loses the PineSol after about 15 minutes and I smell like warm evergreen trees - sweet sap, warm wood, crisp needles - and the sweetness of freshly cut grass. I usually hate green fragrances because they're sour or off to me in some way, but this is something that I want backup bottles of.
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Black Cherry, Vanilla Bean, and Champaca
Little Bird replied to Seajewel's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I was really hoping for sexy, dark, juicy cherry, vanilla cream, and sultry champaca like in the "Dark Chocolate, Madagascar Vanilla, Haitian Vetiver, Benzoin and Champaca" blend. What I'm getting is intensely strong, sour, tart, black cherry candy powder, Fritos chips, and mall headshop incense (the cheap kind). I really wish that the vanilla would come through, because this is such a dry, sour scent that could really use some creaminess or juiciness. Sour candy powder and dusty incense. -
The watery, green, cool scent of freshly sliced cucumbers and something powdery, sweet, and a little plasticy. The sweetness mixed with that cucumbery scent unfortunately makes my brain think of rotting cucumbers and I don't like the plasticy and powdery edges.
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Beautiful, cool, green opening that smells like dark green ivy climbing over cold stones and a milky freshness that reminds me of dandelion sap. It starts off very green and then, after 5 or 10 minutes, makes room for the creamy floral and gourmand components, though the green thankfully never fades entirely on me. The cakes are wonderful, like a honeyed, sugar glazed donut stuffed with some sort of white floral cream (realistic gardenia and lily to my nose) and flavored with a hint of warm spice. The gourmand, sweet parts are strong, but they don't overwhelm the floral and green for me. This is very well blended and stays complex and interesting over hours of wear. Cakes fit for a fairy, served up deep in the forest in a secret garden where the stone walls and tables are covered in ivy and milky, green sap.
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This has 5 of my all time favorite notes in it, so I thought that it was a guaranteed win, but I don't smell any of those notes (no wild plum, no vanilla, no patchouli, no oakmoss, no leather). I get a bit of berry in the opening (like blueberry pie goo), but it disappears within 5 minutes and then I'm left with tons of powdery, dry, sharp sandalwood. It makes my throat feel dry when I smell it. It's all sandalwood with a hint of ashy vetiver smoke that smells like a whiff of cigarette smoke on me. Doesn't change at all over the hours. My partner said it smells like "pencil shavings and baby powder."
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I wish that I could get this scent without the honey because I love the dandelion and weed opening and don't care for the sickly sweet, super powdery, honey drydown. The honey completely overpowers the green parts after about 15 minutes on my skin. I hate the smell of weed in real life, but I like the herbal-spicy, dark green, almost misty cool note that everyone seems to be using in perfume right now. It actually smells like it would be in the same family as dandelion, and I like bpal's dandelion notes as well. It really captures the milky, slightly sweet dandelion sap and bitter greenery of dandelion. If it stayed all green weed note and dandelion, I'd full bottle this, but the honey takes over and turns to baby powder and heavy sweetness with no greens on me.
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I love braided bread and chocolate desserts (delicious and beautiful to look at) and this smells like a flaky croissant, just slightly buttery, with melty chocolate filling and a little bit of cinnamon coming through on my skin. I can't pick out anything almond-y exactly, but I do smell a hint of rye bread in the drydown, and this is a lovely, strong, bready pastry and chocolate scent. Chocolate Babka, Syrnyk, and Nightingale are all beautiful, unique gourmands.
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In the bottle and for the first few minutes on my skin, this is lots of that almond extract that smells like maraschino cherry syrup. I hate that smell, so I was concerned. As it dries down, though, the burn of that extract scent wears off, leaving behind just an impression of white sugary sweetness, and this becomes very soft, cool and creamy with a toasted, grainy, golden quality. I expected more floral, but this smells just like marzipan on my skin, so very sweet and gourmand. It also fades quickly to just a skin scent and only lasts about 2 hours total on me.
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Bullfinch and Weeping Cherry (Uso, Shidarezakura)
Little Bird replied to Seajewel's topic in Limited Editions
Goes on as a high pitched, soapy, musky-perfumey, white floral bomb and I was filled with instant regret. Sharp, dry and soapy, reminiscent of spring floral scented dryer sheets, with an extra shot of sharp musk. The incense smoke in the drydown just comes off as another harsh, dry component that smells dusty and gritty here. I was hoping that this would smell more creamy and pink with some plum and sweet resin, but it's not any of those things