doomsday_disco
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There's no spooky note in the blackened lavender -- no heavy smoke or vetiver. The labdanum lurks behind it, and it definitely feels different, like it's deeper, and less sweet, than some of the cola-like varieties that have appeared in a lot of the Lab's lavender blends as of late. The Lapsang Souchong note lends a welcome tannic quality to the scent and also isn't a smokebomb. Orris can be a tricky note for me, but I'm not getting a ton of it in this one (the same cannot be said for Je Suis Toujours la Grande Isis). And I can't pinpoint the tonka, although I wouldn't be surprised if it were doing its thing in the background -- it's just not a main player on me. Of the two lavender paintings of the month from the March Double Lunacy, I prefer this one... but I don't think I need more than my decant.
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This starts off mostly being about the amber-infused skin musk on me, with a twist of some of the sugared lemon. I don't really get the vanilla cream from this, and it takes several hours for the golden honey to appear -- but when it does, it becomes the star of the show, combining with the sparkling amber musk and what's left of the sugared lemon to remind me of scents like It's All I Have to Bring Today and Venus Verticordia... making me think that the golden honey must have a floral component. I think this is pretty, but since I already own scents similar to the final drydown of the scent, I don't feel the need to upgrade this one.
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A glorious blend honoring the benevolence of spring: Sandalwood-Infused Vanilla, Vines of Pale Spring Blossoms, Honeysuckle Nectar, and Sweet Cream.
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The heavens awaken, piercing the darkness with the first rays of sunrise, scattering demons and chattering imps to the wind. The sun’s promise of redemption, the renewal of grace, and absolution for all sins: glowing amber, white bergamot, orange blossom, and petitgrain.
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Leather crackling under your touch, ink-smudged vows scrawled on incense-stained parchment, the metallic tang of blood and a whiff of brimstone.
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The sacred reborn in darkness, a baptism of liberation: defiled holy water and lily of the valley suffused with black musk.
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Dark frankincense, rose smoke, and oud swirling around splinters of cypress, cedar, and pine in an act of transgressive liberation.
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Flowers long dead twine with petals as-yet unfurled – ghost jasmine, pale heliotrope, asphodel, and black violets – swirling in windswept darkness.
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Animalic musk thrums with forbidden heat, while smoke and honeyed sweat braid into an ecstatic frenzy around a crackling bonfire.
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Goose Moon: White Sandalwood and Black Poppy
doomsday_disco posted a topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
White Sandalwood and Black Poppy. -
A dirge sung to Atropa bella-donna: caramelized patchouli root, crushed purple berries, and opium tar.
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The silent, obsidian pool of narcosis, a dark reverie whispering horrid secrets: indigo oud, laudanum accord, myrrh, red musk, and black kyphi.
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A Guardian Angel Serves a Small Breakfast
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Limited Editions
This is mostly about the Rosenkuchen with a splash of coffee in the background. It's too cinnamon-heavy for me, but I'm at least glad that it wasn't strong on the milk note. After a while, the celestial amber musk emerges, and it ends up being all about that note on my skin by the end of the day. I don't dislike it, but I wish my skin hadn't amped the cinnamon in the baked good note and that I had gotten more coffee from this. -
Belladonna Berries and Sugar.
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Death Moon: Belladonna Berries and Sugar
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I don't know what happened with this one, but it didn't smell particularly sugary or strong on the berry note in the vial, and on my skin, it was all soap. I was expecting this to be like the belladonna berry note in Beautiful Death, but with some sugar, but this isn't like that at all. -
Death Moon: Absinthe and Lavender Tar
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
This duet is heavier on the absinthe than the lavender. It starts off being very black licorice-y but then ends up calming down to a citrusy herbal green swirled with a bit of lavender. Definitely one for absinthe lovers. -
Boney Moon: Piñon and Blackened Lavender
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I really thought this would be a win and almost blind bottled it, but I ended up going the decant route, and I'm glad I did. I get lightly smoked lavender and pine and then, wham! An unlisted red musk note emerges, and I amp that note, so it is a very musk-swirled lightly smoked lavender with a hint of pine on me. WHY -
This reminds me of Madrigal from Lupercalia 2024 (somnambulic lavender, wild plum, Siamese benzoin, and sugared opium tar) without the lavender. This is mostly about the perfume-y opium tar on me, backed by the plum cognac (which isn't as plum-y as the straight up plum in Madrigal), and a tiny bit of Snake Oil's musk and spices... but my god, the Snake Oil is hella light here and cannot hold a candle to that opium tar. I'm really surprised, since Snake Oil is generally a powerhouse on its own, although it has been lighter in color and throw since I think 2019... I think I'll hang onto my decant to see how this ages, but I don't think this is Snake Oil-y enough for me to warrant a bottle (and I'm no longer getting bottles to age just to see if I love them in the future).
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I'm getting a heady white floral note and a fuckton of red musk. The ink is there at first, but it gets overtaken by the heady floral note and the vat of red musk after about an hour, and the red musk is the dominant note by the end of the day. My skin amps red musk, and I'm not a fan of the note, so this isn't a win for me.
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Cake for Breakfast is mostly about the bread of the pain au chocolat for me (I'm actually not getting the chocolate) and the black tea. I get a light touch of peach silk (which is like a light peach note) and a bit of the cherry during the wet phase of the scent and for a little while after, but after that, it's all about the bread and tea. The cream emerges and makes this a buttery bread backed by some tea after several hours of wear. I wish I were getting more cherry like the other reviewers! As it is, it's a good bread scent, but I have enough buttery bread scents that I don't need more in my life.
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A rare wild herb that only grows in California, primarily where fires have recently erupted. A scent of renewal, a vibrant cascade of crimson, orange, and russet: tangerine, scarlet musk, honey absolute, red amber, pink peppercorn, and champaca. Please note: this oil is not vegan.
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Lychee tears soaking through a blindfold of opium tar.
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Alas, I'm getting black licorice too. No opium or lychee, just black licorice on my skin. Wahhh.
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Corvissa, Lady of the Yale skull – gold-plated armor and warm, sweet promises, steel striking steel, stolen glances and secret kisses. Gleaming gold-plated armor, sharpened steel, fossilized amber, and frankincense tears.
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The isolation had been dreadful, but anything was preferable to this. Scarlet musk, red oud, opium poppy, and tobacco absolute.