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Beaver Moon: Lime Blossom & Amber Sugar
Miyabi replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
This went from "ah, maybe this has the tartness I was looking for in the Yuzu/Honey duet" to "overpowering cologne/bathroom cleaner" on my skin. Pass. -
Beaver Moon: Yuzu & Warm Honey Drizzle
Miyabi replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
Wet, it almost smells like green apples and honey, no yuzu. Dry, the honey takes over completely. I was hoping for something like the Korea yuzu tea in jars, which is a perfect balance between the two, but oh well. -
Lightning Moon: Golden Amber and Plum Blossom
Miyabi replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
It's got plum blossom, but only for the first hour or two. Eventually it dries down to straight up golden amber, which is nice, but since I got the decant hoping for ALL THE PLUM BLOSSOM, I don't think a bottle's in my future. -
This is nice. It's what I was hoping for BPTP's Lemon Blossom HG. To me, it's a golden-ish green: lemony and green, but with a sweetness that keeps it from being overly sharp or reminiscent of cleaning products. The sweetness also is just right--it's not cloying at all. I think the only issue I have is that it might fade a bit quickly, but I'll just have to keep trying my decant again to make sure before investing in a full bottle.
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Oof. Very heavy on the sandalwood. I usually don't mind it, but there's a dirty resiny quality to this one that's making me recoil, and I haven't even sprayed it on yet.
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This is much more demure and mindful than the name suggests. I don't get the similarities to O in my sample (which is what I was hoping for)--it's definitely lighter, and maybe soapier, although it doesn't exactly smell like soap. I'm glad I got to try it, though.
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This is very clean! But perfectly so--it's not outright soapy, nor is it too musky/cloying. It's just a pretty light scent that charmed me more than I thought. Not sure if I'll get a full bottle, but I'll use the imp again.
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To my nose, this is soap. Fancy soap, lots of white musk that's a bit creamy and maybe a hint of florals, but very much soap nonetheless.
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Concur that this is a deeper sort of floral--to my nose it's a pretty rich neroli. Still on the fence on how I feel about it, but it is very floral and fades a bit after some wear.
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Oof. I was expecting something like an O hair gloss, which was sexy without being raunchy or heavy. All my nose gets is heavy foodie sweetness that's really cloying.
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Alas, like Flowering Peonies, I get neither lychee nor peony. I am, however, getting a lot of rosehip tea and curiously, mint. This is more interesting than Flowering Peonies (which was, sadly, tuberose and dryer sheets), but it's not for me, I don't think.
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Limited editions equivalents in the general catalog?
Miyabi replied to Absinthe's topic in Recommendations
I managed to pick up Cluster of Cherry Blossoms from last year's Shungas. Curious to see if there are any available perfumes (maybe Gynotize!) that have that similar floral skin-musk that's clean without being soapy? -
I nabbed a decant hoping it would be gin and the minty slush note that I'm so fond of. Sadly, I got zero slush. It was, however, very green and herbal? Very much like soap but in a masculine cologne-ish sort of way.
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A fresh honeyed floral that never turns soapy, screechy, or overly resinous. I've noticed that I keep reaching for the decant throughout spring, so I think a bottle is in my future.
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Starts out with a very bright candy cherry brought down by an indolic jasmine sambac. Cherry fades, but the indole calms down to leave some sort of resiny floral that's very much like Dior's Dolce Vita. I might share the decant with my mom to see what she thinks, since she'd been using the Dolce Vita lotion for a long, long while.