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Pussy Moth has amazing Tonka! (Orange blossom honey, brown sugar, saffron, tonka absolute, and tobacco leaf.)

Some of the ones I think are the most "Beachy" contain Tiare - reminds me of a tropical Island.

 

some notes to look for:

Tiare, coconut, Ambergris, ozone -

 

some of my favorites are:

 

Thalassa the Galapagod Mermaid (Carnival Diabolique)

The Sea foams Milk (GC)

Elegba (GC)

Ambergris SN (LE, may be able to track down in swaps)

Haumea v1 (found at the Lab's etsy page...not sure it they still have any left, but it's similar to the Coconut vanilla bean & Tiare hair gloss)

My two favorites are Dragon's Bone, and Ladon.

 

Dragon's Bone isn't "dry" to me, it's just beautiful - It's the scent I go to whenever I need a big dose of confidence (for example, I am in management, and I sometimes has the unpleasant duty of talking to direct reports about performance issues, or addressing complaints against one employee from another employee...in those circumstances, I need a scent that makes me feel strong, confident, and unshakable...this is the one I go for!)

 

also - Ladon is just stunning, and one of my favorite "fall" blends because it has this gorgeous apple note in there too...it's like the Dargon's Blood version of Coral Snake!

So I guess a good start would be to know which oils you have tried, so I can suggest some that maybe you haven't tried.

 

Just form looking at your list, I would suggest:

 

White Rabbit

Vixen

Snake Oil

Haunted

Visions of Autumn III (current Weenie)

Coral snake (carnival diabolique - which should be coming back very soon)

Goldenrod Crab Spider (white mint, coconut, Indonesian champaca flower, lime rind, white ginger, and green tea) from the 2012 Halloweenies has a very realistic fresh lime rind note to my nose.

 

Yes! I love Goldenrod Crab spider - I wear it a lot in the summer!

 

also - not a perfume oil, but the Lightning storm Hair Gloss is awesome...Lime and Yuzu. I didn't get to try Lavinia though, so I am not sure if it was "limey".

Finally got my mitts on a decant of this, as this was one of the blends from this year's weenies I MOST wanted to try...

 

In the decant: I get a very soft vanilla sweetened by the honey (but not a distinct honey note) and a soft patch that smells like the same patch from Banshee Beat HOWEVER, it is so much softer, that it almost could pass as Oud. The cinnamon is also a dry woody cinnamon (more like a cinnamon stick) than the spicy "red hot" type of cinnamon. I wouldn't compare it with Banshee Beat, Nor Feed Me and Fill Me with Pleasure, as it's very much it's own scent. (To me, BB was very a gorgeous vanilla with a backdrop of woodsy patch, and Feed me and Fill me was Mainly Patch SN on me, sweetened up by the honey, where as say, Tricksy is very much Patch and Honey fairly equally.) It's all about ratios here!

 

Wet: very much the same as in the decant...not much changes when first applied.

 

Dry: This scent to me, gives me the same "warm and fuzzies" that Ivanushka gives me (not that they smell anything alike - they don't!) it's just one of those scents that makes you feel like you've been wrapped in a soft woolen blanket - it's COZY. as for the notes, the vanilla is so soft and subtle, and slightly sweet form the honey, but it's not as if I would sniff this and think "Vanilla!" those two notes really just provide a softcozy backdrop. The patch is also very subtle and soft, and mingles almost imperceptibly with the dry cinnamon. If you took banshee beat, and diluted it WAY down to a much more softer and subtle level, and then took out the prominance of the vanilla - you'd have Visions of Autumn III. It is a VERY well blended scent!

The Arbor: Red musk, East African red patchouli, tonka bean, white gardenia, black narcissus, champaca flower, Roman chamomile, and massoia bark.

O Love and Time and Sin: Red rose, Saturnian opoponax, and red musk.

Lust Bonbon: Red musk, patchouli, ylang ylang and myrrh, surrounded by smoky cinnamon-dusted cacao.

Lips Full of Lust and Laughter: Red musk, wildflower honey, elemi, tangerine, and mint.

Areia: Dragon's blood resin, pimento berry, olive wood, rosemary, black cherry, persimmon, red musk, and red rose.

Ushi: Red musk, crushed tomatoes, mango, and fig.

 

Of these, I think only Ushi isn't a strong red musk - it's mostly fruity with the musk playing a sexy sidekick. In all the others, at least on me (and in a bunch of reviews too), the red musk is definitely prominent.

 

Thank you! I'll have to add these to my *must try* decant list!!

this is a really neat idea - to make it harder for y'all I have tried...a lot of things over the years so I'm really curious as to whether anybody can suggest something I wouldn't have thought of, or confirm some of the things I'm still desperately seeking :x my top five :

 

1) Glühwein

2) Black Pumpkin Floss

3) Story Time at Dark Delicacies

4) Egg Moon

5) Shub Niggurath

 

tried to do some honourable mentions but it just devolved into a list of everything else I own :x

 

 

I can really only make 3 suggestions based on your love of Shub, which I also share - you may or may not have already tried these, but if not, I HIGHLY recommend:

 

Pickled Imp (carnival Diabolique), Mopsfledermaus (one of the Bat's day exclusives...you may be able to track down a decant or bottle), and Shark tooth (Dragon con 2014 exclusive) - all three of these seem like they are all in the same family as Shub, but all are slightly different. Pickled Imp, is even more foody than Shub, as they both start off foody, pickled imp stays foody, where Shub (at least on me) settles into this glorious ginger incense. Mopsfledermaus has more of that ginger incense feel from Shub, though with brown sugar and molasses added into the mix. it's a little foody, but no where near like what pickled imp is. Lastly, Shark tooth starts of as ambergris, but it morphs into this cinnamon/ginger-esque note that is lovely - it's a very strange blend, but Like I said, if you like any of those blends, you would like it!

 

 

I'm going to ask for a more complicated recommendation for me!

 

I LOVE red musk heavy blends, and would love recommendations from past lupers/shungas that may fit this bill. Things from our lady of Pain, or any past Lupers collections etc, since I only tried one of those which was not a red musk blend (feed me and fill me with pleasure).

 

I have already tried: womb furie, L'Essence de la passion, and Smut - and I have a ton of weenie red musk blends, so I am specifically looking for Luper blends!

My bottle is labeled XIX

 

This has the same spun sugar note as silky bat and Go to Sleep, Darlings...LOVE! It seems like it also has a base of a vanilla along the same vein as Black Opal...

 

I wish I could hoard this because it's stunning!!

 

I haven't tried Autumn cider, but if you are looking for a real apple smell, Have you tried Poisoned apple? It starts off fresh juicy *real* apple, and as it dries the hemlock comes out more giving it more of an herbal/apple.

 

My favorite apple scents though are:

 

Ladon (GC)

Coral Snake (Carnival Diabolique)

Glittering Apple of the Stars (LE Weenie from 2011) - there were several other apples in this collection that year too, but I haven't tried them.

Snow Glass and Apples (LE Gaimen)

 

also - if you can find a fairy, you may want to see about snagging one of the event exclusives from NYCC happening now, since those scents are ALL about apples!

 

Here's the descriptions:

 

ONE PALE WOMAN

Apple and white mint layered with tobacco flower, pink pepper, white jasmine, bourbon vanilla, orange blossom, and champaca flower.

DAYLIGHT KISSING HER WAN HAIR

White pear, honeyed apple, ambrette seed, star anise, and a drop of clove.

THE GAS LAMPS’ FLARE

Glistening red apple and a drift of dark, smoky black copal, saffron, galbanum, sweet orange rind, and myrrh.

LIPS OF FLAME AND HEART OF STONE

Red musk and red apple with bourbon vanilla, tobacco absolute, Indonesian red patchouli, black clove, and khus.

I don't have any scent suggestions, but if you like survival horror games, the tell-tale games version of walking dead is awesome...I got very emotionally invested! Season 2 is already in progress...

If you can get your hands on Burning Book SN, that is perfect, IMO...

 

The smoke isn't too overwhelming, it;s just perfect, and sweetened by a vanilla/paper note, but it's not overly sweet.

There is also the leather, which again, is not overwhelming - it's just perfect.

 

I feel it's very Unisex, as I can totally see a guy wearing it, but I also like it layer it with Snake Oil.

Glittering Apple of the Stars is one of my favs...it was a Halloweenie from 2011 I think...

 

Glittering Apple of the Stars: Heirloom Malus, ylang ylang, white and blue musks, crystallized vanilla, tiare, frangipani, and bergamot.

 

I should mention - when I mentioned aged Elegba, I have a 10ml Blue cobalt bottle from 2006...it's 8 years old and DIVINE. It's all creamy sugared coconut - the booziness is toned WAY down, and almost in the background at this point. I've gotten so many compliments on it when I wear it, and it's AWESOME for layering if you want to add a little coconut to another blend.

 

If you have an imp, or bottle, seriously just put it away for a LONG time...it'll become incredible, I promise!

 

Alainn - if you're looking for a toasted coconutty scent vs the creamy vanilla/coconut one, I'd look for blends containing Black Coconut. Those seem to be the more "nutty" coconut blends to my nose rather than the sun tan lotion types. some good recommendations would be:

 

Death Adder: Snake Oil with vetiver, black coconut, vanilla, and opoponax. Totally a bonus if you love Snake Oil too! Although it is an LE, the Carnival should be coming back *soon*

 

Goblin: Black coconut, gnarly patchouli, and sweet benzoin - GC item in Diabolus

The Ambergris is definitely the strongest player here on initial application. As it dries, The ambergris fades a little into the background. I am getting that "cinnamon" note that people are describing, only I don't read it as cinnamon (I think it's the cedar and ambrette seed making this happen). as it dries, it (surprisingly) has a similar yet less strong feel as Mopsfledermaus from the Bat's day scents a couple years back - and feels like it could be a distant cousin to Shub-Niggurath without the foody aspect (that cinnamon/ginger/musk is what I pick up)

 

Love this! so glad I got a bottle!

This is amazing...something in the blend, when used as an in-shower moisturizer (on my skin) is VERY reminiscent of the Candy Butcher! I think it's the dark chocolate/cream (fig milk?) note combo that stands out the most on my skin...this is gorgeous!

This is so refreshing! This will be PERFECT for those hot days in the summer! Chilly mint with a fresh splash of grapefruit and lime! It doesn't quite smell like Lush's calacas, as for me, the yuzu grapefruit note outshines the lime. This is awesome!

This is super sexy...resiny, dark, musky, and a hint of sweetness. I may buy a backup of this one!!

If you missed Eldritch Dark, and love red musk and rose go buy this now! It's seriously amazing!!!

 

It's super sexy and the two strongest notes for me were red musk, rose, and a touch of sweeter patchouli... Love!!!

This is stunning - I get the pine wet. And in the bottle, but on my skin, I mostly get brown musk, carnation, and Clove! I have nothing like this in my collection, and I love it! I didn't slather which could be why I am not picking up much leather or vanilla (the the vanilla could be what's adding that "snuggle" factor. I love this, and I think it will only get better with age!

Omg, this is awesome! I have tricksy bathoil, which comes across more woodsy patchouli with the undertone of sweet honey - the perfume though is actually quite different to my nose (though aging could be a factor?) there is almost a floral undertone to the honey in this - and fear not, the patchouli isn't over the top at all. This is stunning! It's right up there with the Illustrated woman in terms of comforting patchouli and honey with just a little something extra

Just curious as to the similarities between

 

Sudha Segara and Vespertillo Proterus?

 

I have VP which is a creamy vanilla/spicy ginger that to me, kind of smell like a Gingerale float made with vanilla ice cream - akin to creamsoda, but have never tried SS...I am wondering if they would be too similar? I'm kind of hoping it randomly gets tossed in as a frimp on one of these orderes...LOL

 

 

can anyone compare the two for me?

ITB and wet on skin - this was mostly a pumpkin spice single note - not a buttery pumpkin, (or at least not the same buttery pumpkin from Jack) but more of a pumpkin pie without the crust, and a bit more spice.

 

As it dries down, the morocco I know and love starts to assert itself alongside the pumpkin - the pumpkin becomes more creamy, but not quite vanillic (at least not yet- I'm dying to see what will happen as this ages!) and the musky incense that I love so much becomes more apparent mingled with the pumpkin. If you love morocco, and you love pumpkin, this is seriously a no brainer!!!

 

It's sort of in the cusp of foody and gourmand - to me personally, it wasn't quite sweet enough to kick it firmly into the foody category.

This is gorgeous- I can't decide which I like better, haunted houses or Phasmophobia -

 

At first sniff and wet on skin, the wood note to my nose almost has a patchouli like quality similar to that in Banshee Beat - there is also that pure white shimmery floral peeking through, which is just lovely! This is way less sharp then phasmophobia, so floral haters, do not worry! The wood and dust notes take center stage in this one, with that soft floral lingering perfume of an entity floating in the background. This is really evocative!

Lycanthrope hit the nail on the head - this is an amber/lemon verbena/ black musk sort of scent - it's gorgeous!

 

If you are a fan of Haunted, definitely check this out, it's like like Haunted's lemony cousin!

 

Love!