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Jasmine tea, yuzu rice, and smoked vanilla.
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So... I got a bottle of this back in 2015 when it was released, became too depressed to review it, and then neglected to review this for many years after that. Time to change that! Comparison of Celebrated Beauties is a beauty. It's mostly cool, floofy vanilla cream and almond blossom on me, with some additional floral sweetness from the mimosa in the background. If you've tried Almond Blossoms, which was released a few years ago, this is in that vein, as this features the same almond blossom note, only there's vanilla with the almond blossom and cream, and the vanilla is one of the main players here. It's very pretty and perfect for late winter/early spring. I really love this and am glad I bought a bottle back in the day.
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Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon which your reason and your judgment wage war against your passion and your appetite. Would that I could be the peacemaker in your soul, that I might turn the discord and the rivalry of your elements into oneness and melody. But how shall I, unless you yourselves be also the peacemakers, nay, the lovers of all your elements? Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your seafaring soul. If either your sails or your rudder be broken, you can but toss and drift, or else be held at a standstill in mid-seas. For reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction. Therefore let your soul exalt your reason to the height of passion, that it may sing; And let it direct your passion with reason, that your passion may live through its own daily resurrection, and like the phoenix rise above its own ashes. I would have you consider your judgment and your appetite even as you would two loved guests in your house. Surely you would not honour one guest above the other; for he who is more mindful of one loses the love and the faith of both Among the hills, when you sit in the cool shade of the white poplars, sharing the peace and serenity of distant fields and meadows—then let your heart say in silence, “God rests in reason.” And when the storm comes, and the mighty wind shakes the forest, and thunder and lightning proclaim the majesty of the sky,—then let your heart say in awe, “God moves in passion.” And since you are a breath in God’s sphere, and a leaf in God’s forest, you too should rest in reason and move in passion. Rest in reason and move in passion: smoked rose attar, honeyed saffron, red sandalwood, red tea, clove bud, and frankincense.
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Honeyed Fig and Sandalwood.
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Toffee-touched vanilla bourbon filigree, antiqued white rose petals, auburn musk, honey dust, and white silk.
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When these great princes do not appear immediately on the foregoing Citations, or if they hesitate in their obedience, then take frankincense and myrrh, and cast them upon burning coals, and when the smoke arises, place the spirit-seal thereon… Ink-scratched parchment suffused with the smoke of Oman frankincense and Yemeni myrrh.
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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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I grabbed a decant of this in a decant circle last year and am only getting around to testing and reviewing it now. This is indeed peach and red bean paste, and I swear there's like... the buttery, yeasty bun of a red bean bun along with the red bean, too. I get it when I first spray the hair gloss and can also smell it in my hair. I have had daifukus and doriyakis and can say that the red bean paste note is on point, and I think the peach may be a yellow peach, but I'm not totally sure -- in any case, I can say that it's definitely stronger on the peach than Peach Glazed Honey Cake Hair Gloss, which was also released last Dragoncon and which I also grabbed a decant of last year. I applied this to wet hair yesterday and dry hair today and found that I could smell it with both ways (huzzah! some hair glosses just seem to disappear when applied to wet hair), but it has better longevity in dry hair, where I can still smell it in my hair after eight hours (I can't smell it without holding my hair up to my nose, though, so even though it has good longevity, it doesn't have a ton of throw). I will be keeping my decant and will reach for it when pairing it with peach scents, or when I want a fix of that red bean paste (such a unique note, and so well done! ).
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Toasted rice, almond cream, champaca resin, fig, and roasted coconut meat.
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I had gotten a decant of this from a swap, and then ended up buying a bottle of it later on. Yet I had neglected to review it! That's about to change! This hair gloss is perfect for summer. The tea aspect of the scent isn't super noticeable, except when I first spray it, and it reminds me of the Peachy Lychee iced tea I get from my favorite boba tea place. There's plenty of lychee to tag along with the peach tea, and I agree that it has a touch of a floral aspect to it. The fruit notes are swirled with the white musk, which I think helps ground the fruit notes. This one has good throw and staying power in both wet and dry hair, but especially in dry hair, where it is still going strong after 8 hours of wear. I like pairing this with Extravagant Foreplay, Pink Peach, Yuzu, Grapefruit, and Pink Musk, Peach XII, and my lychee scents from Astrid Perfume. I'm really happy to have a bottle.
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Hungry Ghost Moon: Charred Cedarwood and Smoked Black Pepper
doomsday_disco posted a topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
Charred Cedarwood and Smoked Black Pepper. -
Graham Cracker and Hazelnut.
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Bottled sunshine.
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Treat this more as an impression than a review because I sprayed it on a paper towel and did not do a test in wet and dry hair like I usually do with my hair gloss reviews. Valencia Orange Hair Gloss is more about orange blossom than an actual juicy orange. I get the bitter pith of the orange peel pretty strongly at first, but once that calms down, it mostly becomes a floral orange to my nose, although fortunately, having this around me hasn't given me a headache (that sometimes happens with orange blossom and neroli scents, alas). I grabbed a mini decant of this from Ajevie long ago and am only just now getting around to spraying it. I can't see myself reaching for this over the blood orange gloriousness from The Geisha and the Samurai Hair Gloss, so I won't be keeping my decant. This is definitely one for orange blossom fans.
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Golden Tobacco and Beeswax.
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Deer Moon: Golden Tobacco and Beeswax
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I tried this a few times last year but apparently neglected to review it, so I retested it again last night in order to write this review. I am glad I went the decant route on this one. I would have thought this would be a home run based on the notes, but I agree that there's something petrichor-esque in this because I get some dirt when this is first applied (that does quickly fade though) , and then there's what I think may be a rain note that, when combined with this tobacco note, makes this scent more sharp and cologne-y than expected. The beeswax is doing its best to try to smooth things over with its creamy honeyed sweetness, but alas, this is just too sharp for me. -
This smells AMAZING! It's definitely one for honey fans. I get a sexy, musky honey infused with ylang ylang and some velvety myrrh. The almond is adding some creaminess to the scent that keeps making me think there's vanilla mingling with the honey when there's not. I haven't deathmatched this with anything, but I think it may share some similarities with O or Formula 57 Massage Oil (the latter does have honey and ylang ylang). This has fantastic throw, too. Ugh, this is swoon-worthy. I feel very lucky that twilighteyes sold me a bottle of this one.
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Strawberry-chunked prosecco.
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Oops. I forgot to review this when it was available, so I retested this again last night for this review. This smells exactly like the description: chunks of strawberry in a glass of prosecco. It doesn't take long for the prosecco note to become the main aspect of the scent on me, and it is on point. It may be one of the most realistic alcohol notes I've come across from the Lab, with its crisp fruitiness and fizz. Alas, my skin does to this what it happens to do to some scents for some reason where something in this goes a little tomato soup-y on me. Wahh. I have no idea what could be causing that. But anyways, if the scent description sounds good to you, definitely give this a try. It was pretty nice until my skin ruined the party!
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This is mostly about the leather and the leaves on me. Leaf and leather... leather and leaf. It is somewhat sharp at first due to these both being very loud notes, leaves being generally sharp on me, and the leather taking some time to settle down into a musky well-worn leather. I get a little cypress behind those two notes, along with some warm cedar, but the patchouli is somehow not very noticeable on my skin (I've tried this twice). There's never any point at which the leather and leaves are not the dominant notes on me, though. It was really nice to get to try this, but the sharpness of the leaves and leather in the beginning and the fact that this is a leather scent without any sweet note means that it is unlikely one that I would end up reaching for. But if you do want some leaves with your leather, look no further!
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Sultry, sticky crimson juice dribbled on bare skin, a flash of teeth, a breathless laugh in the dark.
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I applied this to wet hair yesterday, dry hair today, and did a side-by-side paper towel spritz test with this and Strawberry Moon: Wild Strawberries and Amber HG. This hair gloss smells like a big, red, juicy strawberry! It's sweet and realistic, but not as sweet as Wild Strawberries and Amber HG. I am really glad that it's not candy-like, and it has amazing throw. Seriously, I could smell this after applying it to wet hair (a lot of hair gloss scents fade pretty quickly when applied to wet hair, in my experience), and I've been able to smell it in my dry hair all day. My hair is down to my ass, and I often wear it in a clip, in a bun or ponytail, and today, every time I've taken my hair out of the clip to fix it, I've been greeted with the most amazing whoosh of strawberry goodness. I'm writing this review eight hours in and can still smell it in my hair! This would pair perfectly with any strawberry hair gloss, and I'll definitely will be keeping it in my strawberry HG decant arsenal (along with Wild Strawberries and Amber and Party Tricks). When my decant gets low, I would definitely upgrade this one to a bottle. I love how it's so realistic and has such great staying power.
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Wild Strawberries and Amber.
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Strawberry Moon 2024: Wild Strawberries and Amber Hair Gloss
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Hair
I have worn this in my hair many times and have applied it to both wet hair and dry, and today I'm finally reviewing it after deathmatching it with Les Fraises (with a side by side paper towel spritz test -- I do not currently have both strawberry glosses in my hair ). This is really lovely. I had already known that wild strawberries tend to be sweeter than the strawberries most of us are used to, and I could tell when I received my Les Fraises HG decant that it was not quite as sweet as Wild Strawberries and Amber, but the paper towel test still managed to surprise me with just how much Wild Strawberries and Amber is sweeter than Les Fraises. The Wild Strawberries and Amber HG is waaaay sweeter than Les Fraises, like the tiny wild strawberries were super ripe and distilled into a hair gloss. I've never gotten the amber from it in my hair, and I previously wasn't able to detect it on a paper towel test, but now that I have Les Fraises beside it, I am able to isolate the amber -- it's dry and there's just a touch of it in the background. The strawberry has decent throw and hangs around in my hair throughout the day, too. I'm happy I grabbed a decant of this when it was available and will keep it (along with Les Fraises and Party Tricks) to pair with strawberry scents during the summer. -
This features a very sweet, syrupy pumpkin note, kind of like the pumpkin note from the 2013 pumpkin patch scents, but more syrup-y and less spicy. It's backed by what I think may be a powdery sandalwood -- which I'm not really digging with the maple-y pumpkin note. I can smell a champaca-esque incense from the spray cap, but oddly enough, that's not what I smelled when I sprayed this on a paper towel to test it. And there's way more pumpkin than incense, to my nose. This is hella strong, too. I sprayed only one spray on the paper towel and could smell it strongly at my desk without having to reach for the paper towel I sprayed on at all -- although I still did from time to time to see if the scent differed up close. The scent was so strong that I could smell it all day. I think it was fun to get to try this, but this isn't an atmo that I could see myself spraying around my apartment, so I'll frimp someone the mini decant next time I open my swaps/sales page.