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Dark Chocolate, Coffee Bean, and Cheese Danish Hair Gloss
patina replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Hair
My skin eats this one, which is a pity because it’s all rich melted chocolate and cream cheese. Will try again later. -
Initially this is cough syrup, but it resolves to a honey and thrummy, glossy black opium, like my beloved Opium Poppy where you can practically feel the tar and silky petals. Just glossier. More perfume. Then it goes back to cough syrup occasionally. I don’t dislike it, but it seems better worn with scents with a clove note. Edit:with aging the cough syrup thing has resolved
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Delicious cupcakes and also some honey/beeswax? on top. I don’t know what else to say. The only downside is I fear being invaded by bees now.
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Spring Wildflower Honey, Grass, and New Mown Hay Atmosphere Spray
patina replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Atmosphere
Both fresh grass and hay and these are clearly distinct and take turns. It’s a little sickly sweet to me with the honey but the fresh meadow feel is welcome. -
Noticeable patchouli, neither totally gritty nor smooth. I’m getting fruit but mostly green apple and tamarind. I keep thinking of Mexican candy but I couldn’t say which one. On a close sniff I can get the snake oil musk. This one is likely to change a lot with wear and then aging.
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Shrubby, yes! Cut branches, both leaf and wood. Also I could see rhubarb after reading the other reviews. My first thought before reading anything was that someone mashed some black currents and rubbed them into wood. There’s almost a spicy note too, underneath. Wood scents on me can be too harsh and forbidding sometimes. Green scents can go too bitter. But this is perfect for summer and hot weather. Edit: it’s probably the copia balsam taming the wood and greenery for me.
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Forsaken Elephant Puppet
patina replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Gifts with Donation or Purchase
A fuzzy gray blanket sprinkled with snack food dust (both savory and sweet). Somewhere in the room a candle is burning, its wax liquid. Cozy but maybe a little too informal? -
I also immediately compared this to Mornings in New Orleans. Coffee with soft powdery spice. The difference is the rose peeking out. And yeah it’s a Turkish Delight rose. Pretty sweet. Or maybe that’s just incense. Unlike other reviews I don’t necessarily get black coffee from this.
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I get both coffee and rose but applied I have to wonder if it’s even the right scent because it’s overwhelmingly lemony.Surely it’s not Barraquito? But no, I thought I smelled rose in the bottle. Maybe it’s like my mom’s Queen Elizabeth tea roses, just a lemony rose? But it really is far more like coffee and lemon candy. Not a bad combination but not at all what I thought Edit: with aging this isn’t so much lemon, more just a lemony rose. It kind of reminds me of Mysterious Rappings Polka, a rose and toffee scent
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In vial, blackberry and dank mown grass. On, I get green bananas and fizzy blackberry. Like one of those flavored sparkling waters with no sugar. I can tell there’s honeysuckle but it’s not super prominent. Very pleasant, refreshing for hot weather. This should be perfect for summer.
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I tried a super aged bottle of this that was paint thinner on me. Trying again with 2025. I do get rose, red, crisp. This reminds me of the Mr Lincoln roses my mom used to grow. However, the shiny green leaf and frost occasionally goes a little towards paint thinner. I can understand how a bottle could go off in that direction. Compared to other rose scents this is sporty? almost. Nice but The Peacock Queen is still my champion among roses.
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Oud (I think…?)with a hazelnut latte, incense, and a trace of singed nutshell. (It’s bitter but not very smoky.) This seems like a Yule to me. I keep thinking there should be a candy cane in this picture. This is a close relative of The Shadowed Veil and The Empty House, I think. A balanced, cozy, near-foody oud scent.
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I like floral cream, but the battle between rose and jasmine is just too much for me.
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I get a milky musk and that’s largely it. I can also compare this to the bone note in Yorick. Fairly light and quick to vanish on me.
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I thought this might be close to Aureus the GC, though that's heavier than this is if memory serves. Medium weight, golden, reminiscent of a sunlit meadow. I do smell cedar in the vial but not so much on my skin. I rate this one just plain good.
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Leaf mold! But a very soft, sweet leaf mold. Not crisp or merely decaying, there seems to be the start of new life here. This is hard because I think I have enough dirt, but this is soft, fresh and lovely. I'm almost getting an anise.
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In vial I smell ozone mostly, with moss and soft dirt. Applied, the orchid really blooms. This is a Big Orchid. While the damp dirt is strong, it doesn't overwhelm the floral. There's some metallic too. Clean hothouse, a lovely blend of plant and machine. Ozone, dirt, moss, and cologne-y scents can be underwhelming on me but I'm seriously considering this one. Note: The orchid impression is coming from my memories of Shadow Witch Orchid and Event Horizon, but mostly, I admit from being told there's orchid here. Nevertheless, this is definitely a tropical bloom, almost unnaturally big and lurid. Also I wasn't going to add this, but this reminds me of Swamp Thing, especially with that character who was part orchid.
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Dark, dark cacao. The dominant impression is brown musk and plum colored musk. With the cacao still holding its own. The “plum” is probably the brandy. This could pass for a luper. I completely get the Perversion comparison.
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In vial, STRONG bitter coffee grounds mixed seamlessly with patchouli. On my arm the patchouli calms down and the vanilla and spices come out. This will no doubt be lovely after some aging. The coffee is giving me a little pause right now because it’s so bitter and a little sweaty (amber?)
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Big candy cane. Herbal anise. Like aftershave but not really aftershave at all, something more subtle and sweeter. Because of the description I get hoodie. Maybe also because of the anise=licorice=the color black thing? Also it seems like Justin draws on himself in magic marker.
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Because of the label art I can’t help seeing this series as characters. Retch reads young to me. They’re trying to be gross and shocking (that booze reads as a little too close to bile sometimes. The oud is a little grungy but not actually barnyard.) In reality they’re about as dangerous as breakfast cereal. Specifically Cocoa Puffs.
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I see this leather as a sophisticated older sister sort of scent. (Though it’s unisex.) Sophisticated except she has cinnamon bun frosting smeared all around her mouth. Really the smooshedness of the cinnamon bun is coming through.
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I think I like this more than Dead Leaves and Apple Pie. The baked apple seems slightly tarter, the coffee really brings out the apple. Light throw. I suspect it won’t stick around too long, but so good otherwise.
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The dead leaves start out dank and vegetal and quickly turn dry and a little talcum-y. The apple is very much soft baked apple, with a generous sprinkle of cinnamon. I do in fact get idealized apple pie on windowsill surrounded by swirling leaves. I don't like apple cinnamon scents as a general rule but the soft, subtle throw on this is beautiful. The contrast of foody with leaves is something I like.