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What is this? A honey that doesn't go icky on me? Incredible. Cocoa butter and the smell you associate with goat's milk, honey, oatmeal soap. It's got a low throw, and doesn't seem to last long. If you're a fan of that soap, I definitely recommend this, or if you adore the way cocoa butter lotion smells, but you don't want something super powerful. This kinda reminds me of a sweeter, less over-powering version of Adrastea.

Yep, lavender candy is a good description for this. It's sweet without being oversweet. I get a hint of powder, which I guess is the musk on me. And the lavender adds a dimension of clean to this, too. This makes me think of Sunday Morning church, and I'm not sure why. I guess the innocence.

I can smell all of the individual ingredients, and they blend so well together. I think Little Bird nailed it, it's musky and peppery, with hints of sandalwood and dragon's blood. Not my usual kinda thing, but nice nonetheless.

I love this, it just doesn't last as long as I'd like. Creamy coconut and berry scones. Which is funny because I had forgotten the notes when I tried it, and could have sworn it had tobacco in it. I guess the tea and rum translates that into tobacco in my nose. It does morph a bit, and is coconut heavy to my nose, at first. The berry does becomes vague, and hard to pick out. The tea comes forward later, and ends up smelling like sweet tobacco, and the coconut chills the F down. Overall, I think it's a great scent for foodie lovers, I guess it just depends on your chemistry. Opt for a decant before buying a bottle blind .

I honestly don't know what I was expecting. I think I was reading reviews, and got some expectations mixed up. I think galahad nailed it. I can get the snow note from Snow Glass Apples, but it stops there. I wouldn't get this in comparison to SGA, hoping for something similar. It smells clean, which I guess is the pine. The apple eventually vanishes, and the sweet snow note lays thickly over the pine. Overall, it's okay, but does nothing for me. And I don't pick up any Rosewood.

Yeah, I'm with Lucchesa. I was hoping for wine, but it went pomegranate on me. Or, like that super cheap Manischewitz wine. Just kinda cheap, generic sweet berry. I'm not getting any of the lovely musk or oude. I'm glad this is going to a better home.

I admit that I got this completely for the Snow Glass Apples part. It doesn't feel too busy to me. I think the wine gets amped over everything else, so it's like this really nice apple red wine. Unfortunately, it doesn't stick around very long, I think my skin slowly ate it, and I got maybe 4 or 5 hours out of it.

I can smell the gin in the bottle, but on my skin it's leather and chocolate. Sweet, milk chocolate with well-worn leather. I sense the tiniest hint of bubbles (perhaps the lab's champagne note), but I'm not getting any overwhelming juniper note. Super nice! I'd recommend this for chocolate lovers, but I think leather lovers would be disappointed, unless they super amp leather.

I bought a bottle in December, so they must have fixed whatever was causing the welts. I haven't had a reaction.

Wet: apple pie.

Dry: some of the cake and sweetness is coming out, and somehow mellowing the apple. It's like a nice, light, vanilla and cinnamon-apple cake. It's super comforting to me. I don't find it overpowering at all.

I agree with grassy. I don't think this smelled anything like I was expecting. It was more astringent than I was expecting thanks to the lavender. And it seemed like the clove wanted to take over. I don't know enough about Dorian to say whether this is a must-have for Dorian lovers, but it's worth trying.

This one was disappointing to me. It smells lovely in the bottle, it smells lovely on my skin, and it smells lovely after it's dried. It just doesn't hang around for very long. The scents happens to get lighter and lighter the longer it's on. After 4 hours, you couldn't tell I put anything on.

I picked up mostly the tobacco, with the patchouli and chocolate in the background. They manage to ground the tobacco and make it earthier. But not dirty, nor is it a sweet tobacco. It's a must-have for any tobacco lovers.

I really wanted to like this. The first 10 minutes, it definitely smells like gingerbread with some candy laying around. About an hour in, the candy becomes more apparent, definitely picking up candy corn. It's really hard to pick up after 2 hours. I can't tell if my skin ate it, or my chemistry just doesn't like it. It ended up with the fake, plastic vanilla smell so many other people mention.

This makes me think of mashing up cherry chapstick with burt's bees pomegranate chapstick, with a faint whiff of pine and leather in the background. I guess I just amp the fruit part of this.

Well, this one has had a good 5 years to age. It's like if you took gingerbread pancakes, and dunked them in honey. It's super sweet, and the honey overwhelms most of the gingerbread. I feel like this has good staying power. I washed my hands, and it's still there. Plus, it's even overpowering the Gingerbread Dodo that I'm actually wearing.

I managed to snag a bottle from Etsy when they were cleaning out a bunch of stuff. I actually thought I was buying it for a friend, but turns out she didn't want it. Sniffing the bottle, I was unsure if i'd want it. I think the oakmoss was most apparent. But on, oh my gosh! It's so beautiful! It kinda has a tiny bit of "fancy perfume maker" with the lillies and lilac, but I think the amber and violet really save it from becoming "generic rich lady perfume". It's so dark and mysterious. But I do feel like this is how Lucille would smell, or perhaps just her room. It somehow evokes the thoughts of a strong, confident lady who doesn't take any crap. I'm sure there's something similar to a mainstream perfume out there, and once I remember, I'll update here.

 

Not that this has the desired fruit or musk, but I just spotted a new bois de rose blend in the Exquisite Corpse chapter opening this afternoon:

 

BRIAR ROSE

Thorny red roses swirled with mandrake accord, bois de rose, ambrette seed, and khus.

 

Thanks for thinking of me! I'm afraid that would be too much rose for me to handle, so I'm not blind bottling this. I'll have to keep an eye out for a decant.

 

I've figured out that I really enjoy Rosewood, especially with a hint of lavender at bedtime. I have a mixture of King of Hearts and Knave of Hearts in an atmo I've created for bed. Somehow the wood and lavender makes a really nice, relaxing, comforting smell for me. And it's odd since I don't enjoy lavender, especially when it's medicinal. It's usually too sharp to my nose.

 

I have Solstice Scents Estate Rosewood, but that's fairly expensive for turning into a bedtime atmo.

 

I haven't tried any of these, so I don't know how the blends will work for me.

Morana

Tristan

The Magician

Ouija

Lupercalia 2014 » A PECULIAR GAME OF SHOJI

Pumpkin II

Himerus

Belle Vinu

Dee

 

So I'm wondering if there's any rosewood recommendations that lean towards fruity or musky?

 

Of those on that list that I have tried I think Morana and Dee are not what you are looking for (Dee is very dry and woody but maybe could be paired with something else to get the desired effect?). Belle Vinu from what I remember is very fruity and I do not remember the rosewood distinctly. Also I don't know if you have already tried it but Old Scratch might be what you are looking for "a lavender fougere with tonka, amber, rosewood and a whiff of diabolical patchouli."

 

Also be on the look out for bois de rose as well, while I have seen some maintain that they reference two different trees I have mostly seen the term interchangeably. Some scents listing bois de rose that might be good are Endymion and Spirit Board

 

Thanks! I do have Old Scratch, in fact, quite a few imps from the lab. I think, initially, there's something with the tonka or the patch that makes it a tad too masculine. And somehow reminds me of staying in a clean hotel room? But I think I can make this work. I'll play around with it. I might try The Cheshire Cat.

Thanks for the tip about the bois de rose. That's super helpful!

I've figured out that I really enjoy Rosewood, especially with a hint of lavender at bedtime. I have a mixture of King of Hearts and Knave of Hearts in an atmo I've created for bed. Somehow the wood and lavender makes a really nice, relaxing, comforting smell for me. And it's odd since I don't enjoy lavender, especially when it's medicinal. It's usually too sharp to my nose.

I have Solstice Scents Estate Rosewood, but that's fairly expensive for turning into a bedtime atmo.

I haven't tried any of these, so I don't know how the blends will work for me.

Morana

Tristan

The Magician

Ouija

Lupercalia 2014 » A PECULIAR GAME OF SHOJI

Pumpkin II

Himerus

Belle Vinu

Dee

So I'm wondering if there's any rosewood recommendations that lean towards fruity or musky?

Thanks for all your prompt replies! Looking for vanilla in the unbidden imps that hitched a ride in my first order, I spot Belle Epoque, so I just gave that a whirl.

 

It's already working! The vanilla and mandarin are definitely mellowing Heart Song's sharp spice; now it evokes a milky Earl Grey tea. It's much improved, and the results certainly give me grounds to keep experimenting with different blends as my collection grows. I'm so pleased my essential oil and scent locket found a new friend. Thanks again for the suggestions; you softened my Heart!

I'll totally throw in a Mouse's Long And Sad Tale imp into your package.

Definitely no gardenia, but with the white florals, I can understand the confusion. Yep, coconut and white ginger. Also some of plumeria, muguet, and pikake. This totally reminds me of my aunt, she must have worn something similar when I was younger. It's fresh, clean, tropical, and comforting.

Someone threw some pumpkin cookies into my Snake Oil. I can see this aging nicely. I think I get more vanilla than anything right now. I don't know that I would recommend this to all Snake Oil fans. I think I would only recommend it to someone who likes sweeter, gourmand blends, as opposed to someone who enjoys the spicier side of Snake Oil.

I was worried about this because honey is my death note. Luckily, the vanilla and patchouli are in the front, and blending well with the musk. It's a really nice, snuggly, lightly-sweet skin scent. I'm not getting any pine. And if there's tobacco, it manages to create a nice foundation for these without being detectable.

Earthy and incensey. The clove and jasmine make themselves pretty apparent. This also manages to smell old and dusty, too. Overly sweet to me.

Wet: this smells more like dried roses to me, with a hint a blood. This does smell kinda antiquey and old.

Drydown: sweet, dried roses. The weird tang in the background is there. I can't pinpoint any one scent. This is interesting, but not for me.