doomsday_disco

“You think you just fell out of a coconut tree? You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you.” Everything is in context, including this scent: coconut meat, coconut milk, coconut frond, and coconut husk. Proceeds from this perfume will be contributed to Emily’s List, an organization dedicated to helping pro-choice women win elections. Learn more here!

Mineralic Amber.

Concombre (cucumber).

Fleur de Citronnier (lemon blossom -- the site also has this tagged with lemon).

A light, pure scent: white musk, green tea, aloe and lemon.

Summer Fig and Wildflower Honey.

Honey Dust and Oudh.

Golden Tobacco and Beeswax.

Caramel and Dark Musk.

Blackberry and Wild Lilac.

Moonstruck with music and madness: warm russet musk, toasted sandalwood, cacao, blood-tipped blackberry thorns, and oak bark. Out of the mid-wood’s twilight Into the meadow’s dawn, Ivory limbed and brown-eyed, Flashes my Faun! He skips through the copses singing, And his shadow dances along, And I know not which I should follow, Shadow or song! O Hunter, snare me his shadow! O Nightingale, catch me his strain! Else moonstruck with music and madness I track him in vain! – Oscar Wilde

Golden hay, vanilla bean, toasted amber, hazelnuts, white carnation petals, and cream. Artist - Shibata Zeshin

This smells like a melange of fruity candies. I get cherry, lime, watermelon, orange, and strawberry candy. I haven't tried it in the bath... only as an after-shower moisturizer. But it smells great and it is perfect for the summer. There's a bit of a powdery note by the end of the day, but not like baby powder or amber powder or anything like that... it's more like a powdery coating on the some of the hard candies, as if they were just unwrapped. I'll be keeping this bottle!

I wasn't planning on getting a decant of this, since I have a bottle of the 2019 version, which features the same notes. But it was cheaper to get a full set of Snow Moon decants, so I got to try this and deathmatch it with the 2019 version. I don't normally think there's that big of a difference between releases featuring the same notes, and they both are mostly yuzu, frozen apple, and white tea on me, but the 2024 version is much smoother. There's a bitterness to the 2019 version that I didn't realize was there until I deathmatched it with the 2024 version, so I think I'll destash my bottle of the 2019 release and keep the decant of this year's release. Since I had the full set of Snow Moon decants, I did layer each one with Snow Moon as Beth intended. Here are my layering results: Snow Moon + Apple Liqueur and Brandy - Makes for a more apple-y experience, of course! Snow Moon + Coconut and Icicles - The apple and yuzu of Snow Moon still was the most prominent feature, but the frozen aspect was amped up, with some coconut on top. Snow Moon + Roasted Tea Leaf and Night-Blooming Jasmine - This was my favorite of the duets, so it's not surprising that it was my also my favorite of the layering combos. It was mostly Snow Moon plus the toasty green tea note, with a bit of airy, non-indolic jasmine floating over that. Snow Moon + Yuzu and Blackcurrant - So the earthiness of the duet is still present during the layering combo... I think it must be something in the blackcurrant? The yuzu was amped up by layering the two, and I love yuzu, but I just don't dig the earthiness of the duet, which just isn't tamed by layering, sadly.

Note: I only tested this on my arm, so I'll update this once I've actually worn it in my hair. I agree with Numanoid's review. This is a deep chocolate with a cocoa-y feel to it, and it's not milk chocolate nor dark chocolate, but more of a bittersweet one with a cocoa-y quality to it. I think it smells great, but since I already have bottles of El Dia de los Reyes HG, Peppermint Cocoa HG, and a decant of Cacao & Kola Nut HG, I'll be contenting myself with just the decant for now.