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Deceitfuldescender

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  1. Lilith has been taking kiddo Shakespeare classes for the past four years, and absolutely loves them. Last year, they did a mini-series focusing on Julius Caesar, King Lear, and the Tempest. The kids analyze the plays, and perform scenes from them; then, at the end of the cycle, they put together a play of their own based on the themes in the works of Shakespeare that they have studied. Their play this time around was entitled Evil Bunny.

    Lilith performed as Marc Antony, and showed off her orator skills. Hearing Lilith speak at Caesar’s funeral gave me the chills. She came to bury Caesar, not to praise him.

    Macerated myrrh, rose petals, and iris with frankincense and a splash of blood.

    Again not my normal sort of scent but I figured I would give it a shot.

     

    On early drydown I get sweetish myrrh, with something powdery (iris?) and non tea rose rose. Nothing is overpowering, I do not really get the frank or blood at this juncture. The rose is pretty nice, sweetish not too fresh but not long dead either. After a little bit the frank comes in with the myrrh. Still no blood though.

     

    Eta: late dry down appears to be a sweet myrrh and rose petal.


  2. Lilith has been taking kiddo Shakespeare classes for the past four years, and absolutely loves them. Last year, they did a mini-series focusing on Julius Caesar, King Lear, and the Tempest. The kids analyze the plays, and perform scenes from them; then, at the end of the cycle, they put together a play of their own based on the themes in the works of Shakespeare that they have studied. Their play this time around was entitled Evil Bunny.

    Lilith played Ariel and Miranda, and said she liked playing Miranda more. She said it’s easy to relate, because her mom is a lot like Prospero.

    I’m still trying to figure out whether that’s a compliment or an insult.

    Ivy and lime rind, marigold and moss.

    Please keep in mind this ia not my normal sort of scent but since no one had reviewed yet I thought I would take a shot.

     

    On early drydown I get mostly the ivy with strong undertones of an almost bitter lime but a little sort of spicy floral sweetness from the marigold. I do not get any moss at this point.

     

    It is actually pretty nice, not something I would reach for but not bad, not quite masculine, I would say pretty unisex. I will update if late drydown changes.

     

    Eta: late dry down is actually a nice rounding of fresh lime and ivy made nice by a breath of marigold.


  3. This is my favorite of the dragon con perfumes this year. A bit out of balance wet, but so nice dry. Marshmallow often goes weird on me, but this is a nice melty marshmallow, vanillay with a touch of honey over ripe peaches and a whiff of mint.

    Unique and delicious without being overwhelmingly foody.


  4. This is nice, the musk and coconut come together to make a creamy and light red musk with drops of fruity currant and a "pop" of steel which gives a coolness but is not heavily metallic. Pleasant but not something I need multiples of.


  5. The mint and ozone are very strong in the bottle and wet, but within maybe 15 minutes this dries down to a lovely, not too sweet vanilla with an undertone of musky mint. Pretty much a perfect not quite foody snow scent.


  6. This is a surprise win for me, in the past I would never have tried this. So glad I did, may actually be my fave so far. The frank, myhrr and amber provide such a smooth base, so classic and almost warm but the pear and apple top notes give some sweet coolness that make this both snuggle and refreshing at the same time.

    A revelation!


  7. Lilith Barrial, budding photojournalist, at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis, King of France, New Orleans, LA. She’s been snapping photos since she was a toddler; we have whole photo albums of blurry photos of shoes and pavers from those days. She loves taking her powder pink instax on trips, and loves to document playdates with her friends.

    Cathedral incense and rock candy.

    Just as listed. This is the incense of midnight mass, sweetened with unflavored rock candy (reads as just sugar). This incense does not seem to work on me though (unlike the incense in mystical aphorisms). This is very simple and uncomplicated, a definitr try for incense lovers, especially if you like cathedral incense particularly.

  8. Lilith has always enjoyed the company of monsters. She grew up at Dark Delicacies, and two of her favorite toys when she was a baby were a Freddy Krueger rubber mask and a matching Freddy doll (with razor hands that were blunted by Grandma Sue so Lil didn’t poke an eye out). She has fears just like any other kid, but her monster friends help protect her from “real life” dangers. When she gets scared late at night, we talk about her ghost friends that roam the house, the vampires that live in our basement, the werewolves that hang out in the yard, the zombies that keep spare brains in our garage freezer, and all the other monsters (imaginary monster friends?) that love her and keep her safe from “real world” dangers.

    When we vend at horror-centric conventions, the monsters are always so nice to Lilith. At Midsummer Scream, she gets tons of high-fives from shambling ghouls and radioactive plant horrors, and she gets hugs from demented clowns and slobbering werebeasts.

    Ever since Lilith was in kindergarten, we’ve helped with her school’s Halloween party, so she’s grown up loving setting up and working in haunted houses and horror mazes.

    This photo is from this year’s Midsummer Scream. Lilith was inspecting a headless horseman scene, getting ideas for this year’s Halloween maze.

    Crushed mint and neon lime, sour candy powder, and wild plum.

    So wet, this is intensely discordant to me. The mint and sour candy powder war with each other. And the throw is long so... whew, that waa hairy for a bit.

     

    Dry down is a somewhat pleasant surprise, the mint calms down a lot (I wouls say this is spearmint, not peppermint) and blends nicely with the sour powder candy which has also calmed but does have a definite powdery sort of scent. The lime is oddly neon, but not overly strong. I do not get the plum yet, which is a disappointment as I love a good plum note, so I hope with aging it comes.

     

    A unique and fun scent, not quite like anything else I had.

     

    If you like mint or candy scents that are not overwhelmed by those notes, try it.


  9. Disclaimer, TKO did not work for me and I never figured out why. This scent is much more what I wanted out of TKO.

    A sweet herbal lavender backed by a dreamy and completely unplasticy vanilla with just a twist of kind of sweet coconut. Not suntan lotiony, not astringent or too herbal.

    Pretty wonderful, and once the feels quotient is added in I think I will need some back ups.


  10. On July 20th, Lilith went to her first SDCC panel. As a carny kid and the tiniest Lab Rat, shes been to tons of cons and events, and weve been taking her to San Diego Comic Con since birth. While shes always had a good time, this was the first year that she was independently invested in her enjoyment there. She tore up the vending area, played video game demos, went looking for Arthas ice cream shop, and sat through several panels of her choosing. It was an experience that was truly /hers/ for the first time, and that was a really amazing piece of magic that I was privileged to witness.

    The scent of the soft pretzel we hid in our backpack, plus a bit of leftover chocolate chip cookie.

    In the bottle this is all chocolate, really delicious with a little cookie, not buttery. The throw on this is very limited to me and my skin seems to eat it. Non buttery chcolate chip cookie with faint whisps of something with a little salt and savory. Very pleasant, not complex though. And as I said, my skin devours it.
    It is fresh from the mail, so ymmv.

  11. There is nothing that sparks joy for me quite like sharing something I love with Lilith. Shes been playing console games with me on and off since she was five, though she took a break from Diablo for a while after Brian bailed on her to chase after a treasure goblin.

    Blue raspberry slushy, a bowl of strawberries, and microwavable popcorn.

    This was one of the bottles I had to get for myself as a gamer with a gamer family. In the bottle it is all sort of fake blue raspberry, but on the skin a little fresh not plasticy strawberry comes to mix with the candy like blue raspberry. The popcorn note comes then, a little buttery, a little salty. I was worried about it but it actually blends nicely.
    This is a foodie blend, but interesting. The popcorn keeps it from being cloying. I will update for late drydown.

    Also this is fresh from the mail, so ymmv.

  12. Pretty sure I am testing the original version. At first while still wet I hate this. Redhots, so spicy. Then while I am not paying attention it dries down to sweet cinnamony sugar, kinda foody. Very pleasant. Red hots are all gone, just nice sweet cinnamony spices.


  13. So aged this is actually very lovely. Almost all these notes would normally be really awful for me but they have aged to almost even working on my wonky skin. The Pink sugar seems predominant because it is a sweet but not over sweet scent. I cannot pull put the other scents, but it is sort of a golden rosy flower with some earthy grounding notes that give it a surprisingly complex but well blended dry down.

    Not sure if I should keep or not, it is actually quite lovely but not my normal scent.

     

    Edit to add: the rose and violet are actually quite tame


  14. So this is actually very lovely, a very chocolatey cake and frosting scent with just enough something extra (the stout I would guess) that keeps it from being cloying, or too foody. I am not sure why this seems to make me a bit headachey, which is a shame because it fills a nice niche in my collection but not sure it can stay.


  15. So, Eat Me does not work on me as I recently discovered.

    This dries down quite different. For me it is very honey heavy, kind of polliny. With a backdrop of cake and currants. I actually quite like it and I was expecting not to. I think this will be excellent as we go into the fall.

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