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theredkilt

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    R'lyeh

    Lab Frimp: grapefruit tinged with neroli or orange blossom and musk? The neroli/ orange blossom come out later prominently.
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    Victorian gentlemen's colognes - best options?

    Bram Stoker Foolish and Vacuous
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    Courtesans Relaxing

    This is a very dainty, refined and floral clean scent. I get the unsweetened coconut and the jasmine. The rice milk and almond give off this powdery cloudy base. Not sure where cardamom and ti leaf are. I expected more oomph from these Courtesans, a bit more subdued debauchery. As it is, it feels more like Courtesans relaxing and applying make up.
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    Beaver Moon 2023

    I get a very gentle translucent honey glowing on my skin. I don't get the cheesecake or matcha. Feels more like a perfume from the Lupercalia Honeypot serie.
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    A New Leaf

    This is a white rose, similar to the one in Herbert West, with the green elements, reminiscent of the one in Venus Murcia, amped up around the edges. The green leaves stop the rose from becoming too dewy, but some dewiness lingers. All in all, it's a white rose dipped in green musk.
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    Lavender Coconut Cream Pie

    I get a buttery pie crust with no lavender or coconut in sight. Later on the lavender comes out and renders a cool breeze quality to the drydown. The coconut is kind of weak and it's more of a very vague suggestion. I wouldn't even know there was coconut had it not been listed in the scent description.
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    Gingerbread Milk

    I get the milk note and the gingerbread cookie note, not necessarily in equal amounts. Looks like the gingebread cookie wins over the milk note. The blend is slowly evening out and i finally get a mental picture: a freshly milk dipped gingebread cookie. The gingerbread cookie smells like a real freshly baked one that had some to cool off, while the milk adds an extra layer of milky sweetness and texture. The gingerbread cookie note, notably the spices, gradually assert themselves over the frothy milk.
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    To a Wreath of Snow

    Tobacco flower is the most assertive note on my skin. It reminds me of the cherry tobacco variety. Lavander shows up in the beginning but then disappears. I've smelled something similar before, most likely in another Yule blend from the early to mid 00s.
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    Berzerker

    Beautiful warm sweet leather echoing the one in the Black Rider but slightly subdued. I get no blood, poplar bud or juniper.
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    Snake Oil

    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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    The Serpent in the Roses

    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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    Witch Birds

    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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    Make A Face

    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

    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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    Dead Leaves, Marshmallow & Frankincense

    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

    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.
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    Rose Moon 2023

    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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    Hay Absolute, Cacao, & Cardamom

    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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    Sleeping Cat

    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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    How to Write the Beat of Love

    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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    Sweet Amber, Praline, and Patchouli

    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.
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    Coffee Bean, Jasmin Sambac, and Vanilla

    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.
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    The Initiator

    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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    Cluster of Cherry Blossoms

    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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