doomsday_disco
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Red Poppy Pod and Blue Lilac.
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Wild Strawberries and Patchouli.
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A fuzzy black scent flittering in bittersweet shadows: 11-year aged patchouli, dried blackcurrant, wooly tonka bean, tobacco absolute, toasted vetiver, and a sprinkling of sugar crystals.
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A mermaid’s delight: pearlescent orris butter, polished coral, lilac-blushed choya nakh, ambergris foam, osmanthus petals, salt-crusted driftwood, honey dust, white grapefruit peel, cerulean musk, golden flecks of sea-speckled amber, and bittersweet mimosa.
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I was so hoping to love Mouse, since the artwork is so cute, but I think it might be too sweet for me! This features a very syrupy hazelnut note that dominates the scent throughout wear on me. At first, it's accompanied mostly by the warm hay note (that makes me think of the hay from Rendezvous With Her Lover Behind the Rice Straws), but then it's mostly the spicy carnation and cream notes that I get with the hazelnut over time. On me, this is quite gourmand, and definitely one for hazelnut fans.
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Twin Starts is mostly a bright, citrus-y patchouli scent on me. It's a blast of lemon rind at first, but the patchouli quickly joins in, as well as a bit of lavender. The combination of fruit and patchouli is reminding me of a recent Astrid scent I tried called Mischief Maker (but aside from apple, that one featured different fruit notes). It doesn't take long for this to be patchouli-dominant, although the lemon never completely goes away, and the cashmere and (non-funky!) resinous oud notes pop up in the background during the late dry down. The bergamot and apple wine aren't super distinct to me, but I wouldn't be surprised if those notes were lurking behind the lemon in the initial citrus blast. This is more patchouli-centric than I had imagined it would be, but I'm not mad (although I was hoping that the lavender would play a greater role). While I don't think this is something I need a bottle of, I'll probably hang onto my decant!
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Note: I haven't tried the original 2004 version. This starts off strong with a bitter neroli or orange blossom note infused with some orange pith, accompanied by some rain. The rain and mist notes are smooth and are not salty, and although that aspect of the scent starts off backing the orange blossom or neroli, the aquatic notes eventually overtake it, so that it's mostly rain and mist with a hint of (now less bitter) orange in the background. It's kind of like an orange peel getting spattered with rain. I'm not able to pick out any other flowers, but neroli and orange blossom are generally very loud on me. I preferred the late drydown of the scent, but I don't think I could power through the initial blast of orange blossom or neroli to get there.
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A fable in scent: bone-white sandalwood aged with beeswax and balsam, crushed grass and juniper berries, ambrette seed, and lupine musk.
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River reeds, fen violets, water lilies, starfruit, wild berries, lily of the valley, and climbing roses.
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Strawberry Moon 2024: Red Currant and Silvered Musk
doomsday_disco posted a topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
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A paean to glorious green and glistening horrors: accords of glowering baneberry, belladonna sap, manzanilla de la muerte, and bloodied flytrap fangs.
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Purple Fig and Violets.
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Yuzu and Blackcurrant.
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Snow Moon: Roasted Tea Leaf and Night-Blooming Jasmine
doomsday_disco posted a topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
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Concombre (cucumber).
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Ylang Ylang and White Musk.
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A compound of frankincense, galbanum, onycha accord, and Balm of Gilead. An homage to Secrets of the Psalms by Godfrey Selig.
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Sugar Crystals and Mandarin.
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Dwarves have the highest standards in beard care, and we aim to please even the grimmest and grouchiest of the lot. Patchouli root, golden amber coins, jewel-bright red musk, mineral oudh, and sweet ale.
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Are you a famous, gruff, all-powerful sage shacked up in a quaint local village, dispensing advice to adventurers? Have you sent any hobbits on quests? Died battling epic demons, only to rise again? Are you the wisest, most venerable wizard in town? Well, you don’t have to be – but you can fake it with our Supahwizard Beard Oil! Frankincense, sweet pipe tobacco, and the well-worn leather and parchment of ancient tomes.
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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!
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Some consider December’s full moon to be Snow Moon, but the cold, bleak white silence of February also bears the name. Snowfall is at its heaviest, food is scarce, the past year’s harvest has been exhausted, and driving winds, sleet, and bitter cold make hunting near-impossible. It is a desolate time, a solitary time, a time of conservation and introspection; in February, we are confronted with loneliness and want, and are challenged to find strength in the darkness. Snow, endless snow, and a glimmer of hope illuminated by the reflection of Brigid’s flame. Snowdrops pushing through a pale white blanket of crystalline musk, pale white frozen apples, white tea leaf, yuzu, and angelica root.
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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.
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Enter two Clowns, with spades, &c: dried rose petals scattered among funeral cypresses, a splash of sly tonka fougere, tobacco absolute, and charred white sandalwood skulls.
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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.