theredkilt
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This, for me, is the star of the Dead Leaves series of Halloween 2021 release. Beautiful pink pepper and leather. The leather is the same as in Black Rider. The leaves are almost muted, but they quietly assert themselves.
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I had a very peculiar experience with PSL. In the begging i get the roasted coffee bean and then it all melds in together with the other notes. I can discern the resinous base of Snake Oil, BUT after 1 hour what i can smell on my skin is Crowley, a slightly toned down version of it, but still it is good old Crowley. I've tested PSL several times and i always end up getting the Crowley dry down. Bummer.
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I've tested this oil twice on my skin and had 2 different dry down experiences. It starts off with a strong spruce evergreen note and then slowly goes into the usual dead leaves cologne phase. The 2nd time around the spruce and ti leaf hang around longer and produce a beautiful combo conveying the image of wind blowing through spruce boughs in winter time.
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I get fruity steamed rice on my skin. This blend is a like a lottery...you can't quite predict what you gonna end up with in the end ?
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Skull With Shell, Books, and a Crumple of Blush-Pink and Night-Blue Silk
theredkilt replied to Seajewel's topic in Halloweenie
A semi cold white floral with green touches. The white florals and the delicate incense notes rule here. They have a green facet and are wrapped in a veil of cold (eucalyptus leaf). The blend is suited best for summer rainy weather. -
Strong burst of herbal lavender with some lipstick-like waxy touches. Little by little it turns musky. There's some really really faint sweetness in the background. Overall while the lavender becomes breezy and the ambrette seed asserts itself. I still get no sweetness out if it.
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This is a very autumnal atmospheric scent. I smell the pumpkin rind and distant echoes of the peppercorn and muted dead leaves. The blend is a wonderful depiction of what it says on the label. Comforting, warm and enveloping.
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Dead Leaves, Roasted Almonds, and Bourbon Cream
theredkilt replied to Seajewel's topic in Halloweenie
This is a fiery bourbon concoction. The first blast of roasted roaring bourbon hit me in the kisser. This is potent! After some time has passed this mellowed to a cozy bourbon paste. I don't smell the almonds or the leaves, just the bourbon paste/ cream with a tiny tad of roast in the background. -
Limited editions equivalents in the general catalog?
theredkilt replied to Absinthe's topic in Recommendations
I love Pere Noel, but haven't been able to identify anything remotely similar in the GC catalogue. Carnal, maybe, but it's not even close. -
I've had this scent in my collection over 2 years and i still rarely reach for it. There's a clash of notes that ideally would go well together, but here they just try to outdo each other. I blame the tart green apple peel hijacking the entire show and stomping everything else. The jessamine peeks out initially but loses out to the apple. Bummer
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I smell a brown type of honey with some sprinkled lily pollen and gardenia smoothing things over. Over time, the gardenia petals stand out more, while complimenting the honey perfectly.
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This is a warm snugly spicy scent. I know there are carnations in there, but my nose registers the entire scent as a creamy sweet mild clove with sandalwood notes. The daisies are missing in action.
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This blend reminds me A LOT of Hilf, Ach, Hilf Mir, Kriegsgeselle. It's a brown thick honey scent with hints of orange peel. I don't get the orange blossom. If you have Hilf, you don't need this. If you missed out on it, then this is a good alternative. Hilf is a night time, sinister and captivating blend, while HSOOB is the daytime counterpart.
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This is a quite complex, but not what I expected. I smell the tart peach camouflaged under layers of something herbal and bitter. It's more of a pastel blend and fades away fast. My only blind bottle from the Yule 2020 collection and sadly it's a miss for me.
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This is a tart peach but wrapped in some sort of smokiness and engine oil texture. I can't describe this better. I guess it's the oud that creates this association for me. Overall it's a smoky tart peach skin.
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I've learned that applying this scent with moderation on my skin does the trick. I get a piercing thin sweet vanilla tea leaf scent on the drydown. The tea leaf is a white tea leaf variety to my nose No jasmine ever showed up on my skin. This reminds me of Iulia, L'Artiste du Diable from the Carnivale line, which is more complex.
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This is a cherry blossom coated in a heavy layer of gardenia creaminess. The gardenia smells really nice, no waxiness or heady smell. Basically, the gardenia creaminess come first with the cherry blossom making its way soon afterwards in a modest way.
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Tart lychee floral tea. Can't identify the peony note.
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This reminds me of an south east asian rice desert. On my skin, it has wonderfully slightly toasted vibe of milky rice coconut goodness.
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A Karasu Tengu Copulating with the Knot-Hole of a Pine Tree
theredkilt replied to zankoku_zen's topic in Lupercalia
I get no rose out of this. I get pine things on a bed of oakmoss. A green woody chypre, dare i say? -
This reminds me a lot of the general catalogue blend Velvet. That one was milk chocolate and myrrh, while this one's cocoa with elemi and white musk. I can't pinpoint the elemi though.
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This reminds me of Grog, but with the sweetness much better balanced and more complex.
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This is very short lived on my skin. Bright fragrant peaches rounded by a fir needle aquatic musk.