theredkilt
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I got 2 imps of the recent SO, one must be from 2021 and the other one from 2020. I'm very bummed out because they don't smell anything like my 2016 bottle. I get a very strong smell of sage on the drydown and instantly it reminds me of Western Diamondback. Maybe there was a mix up ???
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I have Serpent in my collection since its release. I still can't discern what I'm smelling. There's a vague resinous element and a pale whisper of rose. The whole thing disappears in less than 2 hours. It doesn't resemble Snake Oil or any variation of it. I'm seriously puzzled with this blend and not sure what to make of it.
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This is a violet blend to my nose, only a restrained one. Smells like dainty black violet petals dipped in sweet and delicate plum/ oppoponax nectar. The throw is close to the skin. Witch-Birds, imho, is a distant relative of Sybaris, imho,
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The opening is so gourgeous and zesty. I wish it stayed like this the entire time. Little by little the bergamot fades away and you get a very approachable and mainstream scent. I can't put my finger on it, but i've smelled something similar before. I have to be honest - the white pom rind does make the difference and pulls the blend in a whole different direction. It's still has the citrus aura, while the white musk/ pom rind combo creates this clean freshness. Later on the white musk gains strength and has the final word.
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Raminou, falls, for me, in the honey/patchouli/musk family just like Feed Me and Fill Me w/Pleasure, Visions of Autumn III, Third Charm. Raminou is gentler, more well blended and not very red musk forward. I can smell the honey/vanila/patchouli/red musk combo right away, but here it's more hazy, subdued and mellow, wafting like smoke curls.
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Indoors, this blend smells on my skin of dry crunchy dead leaves with a sour undertone and marshmallow sweetness. Outside, the dead leaves subside and i get a pale marshamallow blend.
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Rose Otto, Vetiver, & Blackcurrant
theredkilt replied to zankoku_zen's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
Freshly applied it reminds me of the Lab's snow-pine note, for a moment i thought it was a Yule blend. The scent smells green-ish. The vetiver doesn't stand out; i think i smell more the black currant leaf than the currant/ berry itself. The rose is the white variety that goes a bit green berry-ish. -
I get rose petals drenched in red wine. These are not particularly sweet rose petals. They have underlying resiny bite. The scent is quite bright which i didn't expect from the description. Later on it gets a bit dusty rosey and wine-ish.
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The cardamom starts out strong laying atop of the cacao. Overtime the cacao sweetens up and gets dustier while the cardamom lingers around quietly. No sign of the hay absolute.
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So i blind bought "Sleeping Cat" over "By day she made herself into a cat". Wrong call. Sleeping Cat on my skin is balsam with a glitter of pine. I was expecting a completely different kind of amber. As time goes by, Sleeping Cat develops a faint salty vibe. I wanted the somnambulent purring amber, but looks like the cat decided to relocate under the Christmas Tree.
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This is one of the rare instances when the red musk behaves on my skin and doesn't take center stage. "How to write the beat of love" reminds me in composition of the GC Mania, red musk with fruits, only here it's more complex considering the multitude of notes. Upon drydown i get a perfect balance of mango with honey anchored on a bed of unassuming red musk. The gardenia and champa blossom are more apparent when freshly applied, but i guess they meld sleemlessly into the mango/honey/red musk melange. I'm happy this works on my skin and the red musk behaves for a chnage.
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Sheer honeyed white tea with wood as a base note. This doesn't smell cold to me.
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Sweet Amber, Praline, and Patchouli
theredkilt replied to Seajewel's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
This is a nutty bready chewy concoction with a slight kick of sticky praline that reads to me like liquid caramel. I don't get the patchouli. If you like caramel/ butterscotch/ praline scents but want something more subtle, look this way. -
Coffee Bean, Jasmin Sambac, and Vanilla
theredkilt replied to Seajewel's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
A lot of dense narcotic non-sweet jasmine. There's a smoky element probably coming from the coffee bean? I get no vanilla. Reminds a lot of the jasmine from Luna Azul. -
A beautiful resinous frankincense blend. It has an additional layer of resinous sweetness. It reminds me a lot of Penitence or at least leaning in that realm. After some time, it goes drier but still retains the sweetness.
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I received a ful bottle and by accident spilled half of it on the carpet. The cherry blossom opens up as a laundry detergent to my nose, but is quickly put in check by the honey and rose musk. The drydown registers as light honey with little kicks of high pitched cherry.
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At first i get sparkiling shimmering aldehydes. After that they dissipate and i get the smell of a plugged in hot iron, you when its surface is heated up and you're about to iron your clothes, that's what i'm smelling. Hot iron steam!
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This is a chameleon of a scent. I was getting ripe pineapple, then other times i was getting sour sweet pineapple kick over a woodsy base; now after a couple of days i'm getting the hemp accord. Overall, it's my favourite scent from all the Lupers collection this year. Imagine a juicy sparkling pineapple slice with whiffs of woody hemp.
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An Aroused Prostitute From Maruyama Yukatu and a Merchant From Qing
theredkilt replied to Seajewel's topic in Lupercalia
Testing this 2nd time around. It's quite the journey. The first time around i got really dense peach cream and the peach was slowly going into canned peach syrup territory. Later on it morphs into fresh out of the oven peach pie or cobbler with emphasis on the pastry/crust which oozes delicious sweet creamy peaches. In the end I'm left with the decadent creamy warm pastry. The 2nd time around it dawned on me that it gave me strong Tamora vibes, except Tamora is more slender, while this Shunga blend is a more beefed up creamier (with the emphasis on the sweet cream) unapologetically diet-killer version of Tamora. -
The rum comes swinging out the door smelling a bit too much like butterscotch and the coffee bean shyly joins the debauchery, but retreats as fast as possible.
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Copulating Couple Mimicking a Pose in a Shunga Book
theredkilt replied to Seajewel's topic in Lupercalia
green, planty, fragrant, minty shimmering, anchored in patchouli and moss -
My skin brings out the green tea and plum notes the most. This is mostly a fresh tea infused with plum (the plum is not sweet, just fresh).
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this is a pale and ethereal scent on my skin....a fluffly marshmallow type of rose with just enough sweetness from the honey and vanilla. If you're a fan of Love from the 2013 Lilith Drawings collection, then Lallie may be up your alley as it smells more refined and polished.
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a varierty of teas, greenery, some leather....smells interesting and unexpected and well blended...i like where this is going...it sweetens up a bit, possibly from the mint leaf...this is such an atmospheric scent...the greenery is almost 3d and in you can almost feel it in your face...the leather note is lurking queitly in the background....i'm warming up to this blend...will do a retest again in the coming days.
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The fig here is like a shdaow or an afterthought. The sandalwood and buttercream took the center stage on my skin. The overall drydown is a faint fig, pastel-like, and creamy sandalwood.