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Roogna

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  1. Wow. that is some strong brandy. The brandy alone has a heady throw. Think like Vicks powerful, but smells like brandy. 

    As it dries it turns more mossy and woodsy, with the brandy underneath keeping it kinda sweet


  2. I tried this for the leather, of which is understated

    there's some sweet brandy

    I can't wear anything "rose", as my skin amps it to headache levels; I was hopeful here, since this was on my hair, but no. Rose is absolutely the dominant note. Not headache levels (thankfully), but not a scent I'm fond of through association.

    brandy and rosewater strong, maybe some leather, but not enough for a leather lover

     

    I'm not sure what velvet is supposed to smell like


  3. very clean but also reminds me of massage oil ish? Gets more clean quickly, very "white" with a slight incense-earthiness and a smooth vanilla

  4. Drow


    very very faint low thro. It was very hard for me to smell while wet. As it dries, I do smell it better, but it's still low throw.

    Purple-y, sweet, maybe musky on drydown. It's hard to pick anything out. 


  5. green, watery... plant water, hint of "perfume". Yes, do get "spa" from this

    but it's way to green for me. I'm glad my LMT doesn't smell like this, but I expect it's an improvement for an orc lol


  6. This is so good! 

    I don't do "foody" scents and I'm seriously contemplating whether I need at least a partial bottle of this. 

    fruity without being able to name that fruit, cardamom injects that warmth and soft spice, and creampuff. It is what it says it is. Very balanced. Not too sweet. Not too "foodie". Yet still sweet and delicious-smelling. The mystery fruit maintains being the top note, but it's so well supported, it's like really juicy fresh fruit plopped on top of that creampuff


  7. Oooooooh. I am so happy this works for me.

    if you normally think DBR is a bit too sweet or whatever, don't let that scare you off here. It is actually leathery DBR without being one of the Lab's "leather" notes (most of which I adore). And the acid, ozone, and smoke are amazingly wearable. It's surprisingly light with a medium throw.

    I need multiple bottles stat. 


  8. sour almost-oud scent that I think is the red musk, some clove that's quickly overpowered, maaaaybe something a little floral, but I had to try washing it off within a few minutes....and I can still smell it hours later (just not as strong thankfully). Interestingly, at this point hours later, the red musk actually smells nice, though there's still a hint of something sour. 


  9. I had to look up copaiba balsam (Sweet, almost honeyed, balsamic, peppery) and hornbeam is a type of tree that goes by other names

     

    This goes on fresh and green, with copaiba balsam giving it a woody spice, a little soil if I sniff carefully enough. As it dries, it settles to more soil and grass, but neither very heavy. OVer a few hours it goes from med to low throw, and gets more balsam-spice, and possibly amber, but I'm not as sure on that note. It's a nice, neutral scent that I think I'll try later in a scent locket

     

    I did not get any florals (spring blossoms), which I'm not complaining about. 


  10. 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

     


  11. 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)


  12. 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


  13. 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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