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An experimental version of 2024’s Pink Moon. (Pink Moon 2024: 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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I deathmatched my decant of this with what remains of my decant of Pink Moon 2024. You can tell these are related, but I prefer the released version. I think this might have the same cotton candy note featured in Pink Moon: Marshmallow and Candyfloss Hair Gloss, which wasn't a hair gloss that I enjoyed (but at least this is more pleasant than that hair gloss). But it doesn't have the Nesquick strawberry powder, dairy, or marshmallow of Pink Moon 2024, and I also don't feel like I get the chunk of fresh strawberry that I also get from Pink Moon 2024 after it has been dry for a while. This one is more candy-like thanks to there being so much pink cotton candy cozying up to the strawberry note. I don't need more of this one, but it was fun getting to compare the two!
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This one is way too sweet for me. It smells like a thin, cloying honey note over a caramel-y tobacco, to my nose. It has great throw and longevity -- I woke up the next morning and could still smell it, even though it had been on my skin for twelve hours. To me, French Tobacco is still king. But the name is appropriate. So if you're looking for a super sweet tobacco, this might be up your alley.
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Hubris shattered: roiling incense clouds of divine fury, scorched leather, smears of labdanum and golden pitch, bitter almond, smoldering black amber, and naiad’s tears. Peter Paul Rubens
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A spooky summer read! A salt-crusted paperback with a scratch n’sniff pumpkin bookmark.
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Rain-soaked leaves, lightning-struck wood, gleaming black myrrh, smoked cedar, hinoki, and black tea. Yosa Buson
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Hungry Ghost Moon: Wildflower Honey and Sweet Amber Lotion
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I got a decant (a tiny sample of lotion -- think of it like the size of a little thing of paint) from Ajevie, so I can't comment on the packaging of the lotion. However, I can't imagine that one would have an easy time getting it out of a bath oil style bottle, since it is a thick lotion. It's not as thick as Epically Epic's whipped body butters (which they no longer make ), Blood Moon Botanica's body butters, or Strawberry Boo's frosting-like body butters, nor is it thin and liquidy like Paintbox Soapworks' lotions or Moonalisa's potion lotions or avocado butters. I haven't had one in a while, but I would say the thickness is probably most comparable to Haus of Gloi's pumpkin butters, but this might even be thicker than that, and it is somewhat stickier. If I try to press a finger down into this little pot of lotion, it feels a bit sticky and starts going up the sides of the small container instead of covering my finger in a lot of lotion -- but I like that this is on the thicker side, because I live in the desert and have very dry skin. I find that this doesn't take long to sink in (but again -- I have very dry skin, so you may not have the same experience). As far as the scent goes, this mostly smells like the wildflower honey, which is a golden variety of honey that is very floral. I'd probably pair this with scents like Venus Verticordia, It's All I Have to Bring Today, and Honeyed Weed and Dandelions. I applied this to the back of my hand, and I could still smell it for hours whenever I raised my hand to my nose, but the scent doesn't have much throw, at least, not as much as when you use a bath oil as a moisturizer -- but that could just be because I applied a small amount to the back of my hand, and the result might be different if I had enough of this to slather all over. I was not able to pinpoint the sweet amber note in this, but that's fine with me. I'll probably grab a bottle of this before it goes away to pair it with the above mentioned scents in the spring time. -
Dried Fig Root and Vetiver.
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An unused prototype for a literary series.
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(I have a decant of We're #1 and probably should have deathmatched them, but I was too lazy to dig it out because I'm trying to get the some prototypes tested and reviewed before the Dragon Con drop on Friday.) I smell something akin to chopped up macerated strawberries on top of what may be a somewhat ozonic shaved ice note. I'm not getting any booze note from it. It's fortunately mostly about the strawberry on me, but I couldn't see myself wearing this over other strawberry scents in my collection, so I won't be upgrading to a bottle.
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I agree that this one does not feature the blue raspberry from Aces Wild, nor is there any blueberry representing the blue. I also agree that there is something in here that's snow note-adjacent representing the slush. It makes me think of a lemony eucalyptus cough drop from this during the wet phase of the scent, and later, I get a lemon lime situation that's sweet and a little creamy. I don't mind where this ends up, but the wet phase was unexpected, and I'm not really reminded of a blue slushie. No bottle upgrade for me.
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Who better to care for your young ones than a nanny that can psionically anticipate junior's every need? A fresh-scrubbed, hypnotic astral musk with a hint of milk.
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This review is for the 2022 version, which I blind bottled back in 2022. I bought Moroccan Pumpkin because I adore Morocco and Moroccan Pumpkin Patch, and I'm almost out of the latter. Unfortunately, no matter how many times I test this, I don't love it like the original or the other pumpkin variant. I think it is because this one is drier, the pumpkin is more vegetal to me instead of the spicy, syrupy pumpkin note from the 2013 Pumpkin Patch scents, there's less pumpkin than there is in 2013's Moroccan Pumpkin Patch, and although I hate using gendered terms to describe fragrance, I would describe this as less unisex than the other two scents -- probably because of how dry this is on me? I keep holding onto this and trying it every year hoping it will age into something I love. I mean, it's not bad by any means. I just don't love it like the others. Maybe I should just put it up for swaps/sales and try to find another bottle of Moroccan Pumpkin Patch. If only I had gotten back-ups of that one!
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This one is angsty, all right. The almond is fleeting on me, leaving me with the darker notes as the lemon peel does its best to try to brighten up this party (but it, too, isn't around much longer than the wet phase of the scent). Although this is a scent for a teapot, strangely, it is all of the other dark notes that take turns in the spotlight -- sometimes, it's the vetiver at the forefront, but other times, it's the patchouli, and by the end of the day, the tobacco ends up being the star of the show (and it is not a sweet variety). It was fun to get to try this, but there just isn't enough sweetness in this to smooth over these bold, earthy, and sharp (in the case of the tobacco) notes.
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A light, pure scent: white musk, green tea, aloe and lemon.
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This is definitely the fresh and clean Embalming Fluid you know from the perfume oil, but surprisingly, this really lasts as a hair gloss? I could still smell it when applied to wet hair (which doesn't happen with some hair glosses), and when applied to dry hair, I could still smell it after an eight hour work day and whenever I released my hair from its clip. This hair gloss is great for the summer and for pairing with green tea scents! I will be keeping my decant and will upgrade to a bottle when I get low on my Informal Tea Hair Gloss.
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Snowy vanilla slush, chilled coconut rice, and condensed milk.
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Copoiba balsam and sour rhubarb churning with fir needle, blackcurrant bud, red grapefruit, red ginger, pepperwood, and olibanum. Edvard Munch
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Black Fig and Cacao.
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A stunningly lovely flower that only grows in California. It is integral to the health of recently burnt areas: its roots spread rapidly, anchoring the soil and preventing further erosion. Vanilla-soaked sweet pea, white sandalwood, and almond milk.
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A deep rumbling purr: myrrh, sweet almond, spiced rum, brown sugar, honeyed dates, golden amber, scorched marshmallow, and toasted vanilla musk. Cornelis Visscher
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Solace in darkness, the personification of shadow: lavender, black vanilla, white melon, night-blooming jasmine, rose, cedar, cyclamen, violet, and hyacinth.
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White Peach Fougere.
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Pink Peach, Summer Strawberry, and Candied Amber.
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Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter’s oven? And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives? When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. Some of you say, “Joy is greater than sorrow,” and others say, “Nay, sorrow is the greater.” But I say unto you, they are inseparable. Together they come, and when one sits alone with you at your board, remember that the other is asleep upon your bed. Verily you are suspended like scales between your sorrow and your joy. Only when you are empty are you at standstill and balanced. When the treasure-keeper lifts you to weigh his gold and his silver, needs must your joy or your sorrow rise or fall. Bittersweet pink grapefruit, golden peach, lime rind, and amber.