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Rooibos tea, a scattering of russet leaves, maple sap, and the fast-fading scent of once-green grass. Hans Andersen Brendekilde
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I received a tester of this in a decant circle order, and while I didn't feel the urge to upgrade to a bottle, I was pleasantly surprised by this one despite not typically getting along with the Lab's dead leaves accords. I'm not a fan of actual rooibos tea unless it's adulterated with some flavoring or other flowers and herbs, but the rooibos here kind of reminds me of Nocturne Alchemy's black tea note, as there's a hint of spice to it. The leaves don't veer into cologne territory, and I don't smell any neroli in them (huzzah!). Maybe it's because the leaves aren't dead for once, like other reviewers have noted. And the grass combines with the leaves and the lightly spiced tea note in a way that perfectly befits the painting that inspired this scent.
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Sweetly diabolical, a mischievous twist on the infernal. Rich butter melts into caramelized sugar, vanilla marshmallow, a delicate touch of cream and milky musk, and the warm, comforting aroma of fresh-baked bread rolls. Please note: this oil contains butter CO2 extract.
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This is a very milky and buttery bread scent. Yes, I smell the caramelized sugar with those notes, but it is predominantly the milky musk and buttery cream on a bed of bread on me. Although I didn't deathmatch this with anything, I'd say this is more along the lines of Unsubtle Euphemism than something like Lavender Rosemary Baguette or Lavender Avocado Toast. It was nice to be able to try this, but it is sadly too milky for me.
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The Hall of Forgotten Gods Atmosphere Spray
doomsday_disco replied to alterosen's topic in Atmosphere
This one smells like stick incense to me, like you'd find in a metaphysical shop or an indie record store. I don't really get a heavy smoke/charred note, but there is a bit of dryer sheet behind the incense. (I sprayed this on a paper towel to test it instead of spraying it in the air.) -
A fierce rush of pink pepper, carnation, pulsating red berries, and crimson musk. She used to place her pretty arms about my neck, draw me to her, and laying her cheek to mine, murmur with her lips near my ear, “Dearest, your little heart is wounded; think me not cruel because I obey the irresistible law of my strength and weakness; if your dear heart is wounded, my wild heart bleeds with yours…”
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A blend that helps you to muster the wisdom to know the right action to take under stressful situations. This oil contains solomon’s seal, hyssop, rose otto, frankincense, and rue.
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His caramel-filled and caustic sermons Poured frozen poison in my soul. With endless slandering remarks He tempted Providence; He claimed that beauty’s but a dream; Felt scorn for inspiration; He had no faith in musk or chocolate; He looked on life with ridicule- And in the whole of nature He did not wish to praise a single thing. Frozen white chocolate and the heart-stopping chill of sheared mint, fanned by caramel-touched body heat, and the diabolical sensuality of black musk, nicotiana, and sage.
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Lady of the mythical bird Roc – feathers plucked from her hair, spoken spells and hooka smoke, card readings and watching through the mirror. Honeyed hookah tobacco, spiced and dried dark fruits, smoked molasses, and champaca absolute.
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Summer Fig and Wildflower Honey.
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A grinning, glowing gourd gleaming with 40 watts of radiant white musk, sweet orange, crystalline amber, and pumpkin rind.
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Mango cream, black cherry cordial, blackcurrant, and neroli.
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A new year’s blessing! Peony, China’s national flower, with bamboo for flexibility, plum blossom and plum fruit for perseverance, courage, and hope, tangerine for wealth, orange for happiness, lychee for household peace, pine resin for constancy, golden kumquat, pussy willow, and quince for prosperity, narcissus and King mandarin for good fortune, and peach blossom for longevity, with a splash of blazing red of dragon’s blood and red vegetal musk to help you scare away the rampaging Nian.
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The surest thing there is is we are riders, And though none too successful at it, guiders, Through everything presented, milk and hide And now the very air, of what we ride. White chocolate, frothed milk, sandalwood, and leather.
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Kit Sahari, Lady of the Fennec Fox skull – deserted wanderer, a lone survivor, quick footed and silent, warm blood, bones and fur, sharpening blades by the fire. Blood, bones, and fur: russet musk, desert sand, Daemonorops cinnabar, tonka bean, vetiver, and clove bud.
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Nouria, Lady of the Barn Owl skull- Candle-lit night, melancholy solitude and somber whispers, surrounded by leather bound books and ancient scrolls, the alchemy boiling and bubbling. A Regency-era alchemist’s cologne: bourbon vanilla, incense-smudged leatherbound books, rivulets of beeswax, galbanum resin, nutmeg, patchouli root, and leather.
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Ancient, fossilized amber resins, ritual incense, witching herbs, and scorched linen enveloped in a darkly glowing halo of cinders and smoke.
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Assam and Darjeeling tea, milk, and jaggery with a blend of cardamom, ginger, cinnamon, star anise, pepper, and fennel seed.
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While previous incarnations of our Pink Moon have been a celebration of the first blooms of spring, this year’s scent is a strawberry smackdown: sugar-swirled strawberry milk with frothed marshmallow cream.
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Rain-dappled moss, golden silk, and sheer, gossamer vanilla.
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Black musk, frankincense, leather, black pepper, incense smoke, ebony, angelica root, and a splash of Stygian fougere. John Martin
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This is a strawberry-infused floral tea scent (I concur that the strawberry is more than a drop). I get the shampoo comparisons, although it's not shampoo-y in a bad way. While I prefer Party Tricks Hair Gloss over this one (with its creamy pink Starburst-like strawberry, amber, and chypre), I do think this fruity floral hair gloss will be nice to reach for on occasion (although I personally wish the cherry blossom were the main note on me and not the strawberry!).
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La Dame Aux Pamplemousses
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in The Edward Gorey House
This is definitely one for marshmallow fans! The grapefruit in this is fleeting, quickly giving away to the hella accurate marshmallow note (creamy, floofy, and coated in a little powder), but like Amoraexcena, while the grapefruit is present, I'm somewhat reminded of Gobo with its pink grapefruit and vanilla cream notes. I haven't deathmatched this with Stekk, but I have to say that this is the best marshmallow scent that the Lab has released since Stekk. I said what I said!!! Yeah, this one is going to be very popular. I'll definitely be keeping my bottle to slather on its own and layer with some of the grapefruit duets and trios in my collection this summer. I hope this stays on the website for a long time to come, because there's no way one bottle will be enough for anyone who smells La Dame Aux Pamplemousses in all of its glory. -
Well, I don't get much matcha from this at all, actually, but I do get the nerikiri very strongly, which in this case, I believe is a sakura mochi. It reminds me of some cherry blossom sake Kit Kats I once had, but accompanied by the gummy-like texture of mochi and maybe some red bean, too? Although there's no notes listed for the nerikiri component of the scent, I'm pretty confident about the sakura, sake, and mochi aspects to this scent. I still need to give this a full day slather, but I enjoy this despite it not being a tea-centric scent like I had expected. The nerikiri accord in this is so neat that I can't help but to think, 'damn, how does Beth do that!?' especially since she not only nails the texture, but also makes these seemingly discordant things wearable.
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I tested this once and then slathered it another day as my scent of the day. In both instances, the pink strawberries and cherry blossom cream were the stars of the show, with more strawberry than cherry blossom, backed by the white amber and what must be the blush marshmallow. The cream went buttery on me during my first test of the scent, but somehow didn't do that when I slathered it for a full-day of wear. The white amber in this is the same as the one featured in Hohensalzburg Fortress and Schönperchten. Despite there being cherry blossom cream here and Reflected Vulva having cherry blossom and sugared cream in its notes, the two don't smell similar. I don't get anything distinctly marshmallow on my skin like the glorious marshmallow from La Dame Aux Pamplemousses, but at least I'm not getting anything like the marshmallow in Pink Moon: Marshmallow and Candyfloss Hair Gloss or the funky marshmallow froth from Fairy Lobster Foam. I mean, I'm sure the blush marshmallow is there doing something, but it just doesn't play as big of a role on my skin as it does for the other reviewers -- I think I seem to have gotten way more amber with the strawberries and cherry blossom cream. Although I would have liked the cherry blossom to be the strongest note here, I do think this is pretty and will happily reach for it during the spring months. Hair glosses I'd pair this with: Party Tricks and Kamisuki.