Roogna
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tested on my skin immediately super strong throw, but settles in a minute (test first lol) oudh very dominant. So dominant I don't smell anything else. maaaaybe some sweet ale glad I just tested a tiny bit
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I know it's a beard oil, but I had to get a decant to try on my skin because, just look at those notes. on my skin it's an incredibly low throw. My skin just eats it up. but it's also a low throw in the decant... I do get a lovely parchment note as the dominant note and sometimes I get a hint of something else (frankincense or leather, not at the same time)....gets a touch more leathery over time It seems like a good scent for nuzzling if someone's wearing on their beard...but otherwise might not be noticeable...I have to put nose to wrist to even try to smell it, but it smells good
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pine and frankincense dominate with a strong throw, no leather
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I'm so glad it worked for bheansidhe! I on the other hand am a leather fiend. I have a lot of bpal leather perfumes in my regular arsenal, but not all the lab's leathers work for me (sometimes the leather, sometimes the other notes). This is immediately medicinal. As it dries, it gets more resinous and sour. And herby dust? No leather (unless that's part of the sour note I'm smelling, which sometimes happens)
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I get foodie chestnut first (I would even be tempted to say meaty chestnut), then the cherry is pretty quick to come out and take over. It's a good, solid cherry. The sugary sweetness plays well with it. In the end, I'd say it's not 100% cherry though, so my guess is that the labdanum (veeery slightly warm and musky) is backing it If you like cherry, and you want it to be cherry cherry (not maraschino, not black cherry), then try this one
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am I the only one who gets BROWN leather? Not black? sweet and sexy with that subtly-spicy resin edge
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lavender and tangy (not sure what the tang is), pretty strong throw. Turns to a medical ointment/bandage smell after a couple hours - i'm going to assume that's just a weird on my body chemistry, but mentioning it all the same
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vetiver and labdanum on top, animalic musk underneath, maybe some amber, dark and sexy and heady
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If you liked Congealed Blood and Oozing Viscera then you might want to try this. Like that one, the bandages note is surprisingly strong I think there's a cedar note, but then there's a sharp, clean tang to it...but it's not quite steel, but it could be the mix of metal and floral lather and water, but it's all under the bandages. and somehow it comes across as almost cinnamon-bandages? weird
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Roogna replied to Jenjin's topic in Lupercalia
surprisingly sweet at first, a creamy incense-y kind of sweet. (chypre and champaca?). It's overall light with a low throw. It shifts to more steel, There may be leather if I sniff carefully and maybe the saffron or cinnamon, but the oud nudges in with just a hint of woodsy poop (not the full on stink it can sometimes have) making it hard to tell -
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Roogna replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Limited Editions
I like most of the Lab's leather scents, and I like stroopwaffles, but the lab's dead leaves note is never good on me. So I took a chance. In the decant it's rather ... soapy? wet on skin: dead leaves mix with the sweetness and not in a good way as it's drying I get a hint of icy slush and boot leather ... before the whole thing goes a bit medicinal with a faint spicy sweetness like potpourri dry, during/after a couple hours - mostly stroopwaffle! and yet not too "foodie", but there's still a strong mix of leaves and whatever is the medicinal aspect that make it a "no" for me like DD, I'd love to see stroopwaffle in another scent or a single note too -
I normally can't wear the "dead leaves" anything from bpal, as they are so strong and headache inducing with my skin chemistry. I try them on occasion, usually when there's leather (a fav) involved, just in case, hence my trying this one. leaves first (no surprise there), and they hang around, but surprisingly they aren't as strong as normal. I do get some leather for a little bit, but it's short-lived and not that strong (hard to place what kind it is - maybe brown- but it was nice and not sour). The bergamot (earl gray) is lovely! Especially hours later, I get bergamot with some leaves. All I did was put a testable bit from my decant on my wrist, and I've been able to smell it the scent for hours. I know it goes on stronger as leaves, but this Earl Gray is so perfect I'm going to do a full try on another day. I'll update this when I do.
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Leather is strongest in the decant. I do get the leather on my skin, which is nice, though leans a bit chemical, but I'd say most of the chemical aspect is from the ozone. The musk/fougere is the strongest note; it's hard to tell where one stops and the other begins. The leather only noticeable when I sniff closely. As a leather-note lover I'm glad I tried it, but it's not a keeper
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spicy, cinnamon? Ginger? Hint of banana underneath. The spice dies down and takes most of the throw with it. maybe a hint of banana left? I barely got any banana, if at all. And I didn't get "gingerbread". It was a heavily spiced foodie spice thing. it was short-lived too, but strong while it lasted.