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Black Butterfly Moon: Vanilla-Infused Frankincense and Raspberry
doomsday_disco posted a topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
Vanilla-Infused Frankincense and Raspberry. -
Black Butterfly Moon: Vanilla and Tobacco Flower
doomsday_disco posted a topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
Vanilla and Tobacco Flower. -
Black Butterfly Moon: Tuberose and Sparkling Blackberry Wine
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Tuberose and Sparkling Blackberry Wine. -
Black Butterfly Moon: Myrrh and Black Berries
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Myrrh and Black Berries. -
Black Butterfly Moon: Black Orchid and Crushed Berries Hair Gloss
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Black Orchid and Crushed Berries. -
Black Butterfly Moon: Black Currant and Black Rose Lotion
doomsday_disco posted a topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
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A glass of midnight stout, thick with black chocolate and roasted barley, its foam kissed with bitter espresso. A pale disc of buttered shortbread rests against the rim, crumbling into the inky depths. A strange eclipse of comfort and shadow: warm, crumbly biscuit and golden butter swallowed by a swirl of dark malt, molasses, and cocoa.
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the butterfly having disappeared my spirit came back to me — Wafū, trans. R. H. Blyth Wings unfolding in darkness, an echo of silence, the softest flutter, and then gone. Shadow-dappled tuberose and black orchid, buffeted by crumpled violet leaves and ink-dipped tea roses. A glint of obsidian musk slinks beneath, woven with scorched vanilla resin, dusty myrrh, and the faintest touch of crushed blackberry skin.
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Golden Peach and Butterscotch Soda.
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Peach Lipgloss.
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As many of you know, we recently moved the whole BPAL Carny Show to Philadelphia. It was a huge change for all of us in myriad ways, not the least of which was the adjustment of moving from a lifetime in a Mediterranean / semi-arid zone to a humid subtropical pocket of the mid-Atlantic. What is “weather”? What is “rain”? What is this white stuff falling on my head every winter? Wait, I have to salt the Earth? What does that mean? Like I said, it was a huge change for us Angelinos. Even though Pennsylvania is green and gorgeous, lawns aren’t the most ecologically-friendly option for your yard so when we moved here, we began the process of replacing our lawn with clover and wildflowers. Semi-meadowing, if you will. Last year, our neighborhood opp took issue with our garden design choices and reported our place to the city for being overgrown and neglected. This scent is for everyone that’s had to deal with That Guy in your neighborhood: a sinuous stream of Snake Oil slithering through meadow flowers and clover.
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Black Lilac and Black Tea.
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Mist-shrouded woods: Siberian fir needles, white pine bark, aspen leaf, wild lily, bergamot, wood violet, thimbleberry, sun-star, golden bell, snowdrop, heartsease, and bloodroot.
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A rare, complex, and challenging serpent, the Sang-de-Boeuf is born from fire, pressure, and chance and treasures masterpieces of beauty that reveal themselves under heat and duress. Its scales are a deep, passionate red draped in lacquered shadows: glazed black cherries, Kyphi smoke, plum wine, and red sandalwood.
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Sang-de-Boeuf Dragon starts off with a burst of black cherries, which are glorious, sitting on top of a bed of Kyphi smoke and incense. Alas, the cherry note does not stick around for very long. This quickly becomes an incense and resin blend on me, touched by what remains of the cherry, and the plum wine, which is not sweet like the Lab's other plum notes (fortunately!). I think the Kyphi smoke has some champaca in it that went a bit dryer sheet on my partner and me, so that's the other downside to this scent. However, if the cherry note had stayed as strong as it were initially, I wouldn't even care about the somewhat dryer-sheet incense smoke. I tested this twice, and the second time, I deathmatched it against The Woman Clothed With the Sun and the War in Heaven, because they both feature resins and black cherry (Celestial drama. Radiant pomegranate crowned with golden amber and saffron, a waft of singed frankincense, and velvet black cherry). They don't smell alike, as The Woman Clothed With the Sun and the War in Heaven isn't nearly as dark. I don't get the singed quality from the frankincense in that one, so it doesn't have a smoky aspect, and it is also sweeter thanks to the cherry being backed up by the pomegranate. Of the two, I prefer The Woman Clothed With the Sun, since it lacks the smokiness, the cherry sticks around longer, and the cherry and golden amber combo is more up my alley and perfect to pair with Pa-Pow Hair Gloss. I haven't decided if this one is a keeper yet. If the cherry weren't so fleeting, it definitely would be, as that black cherry note is amazing. But I don't love the Kyphi smoke, which becomes the dominant aspect of the scent on me. If I do keep it, I would probably slather it on my partner more than myself. I'll have to spend more time with it before I make my verdict.
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Unreleased scent from a fantasy film. White taffeta, silver glitter, and pale florals.
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Prototype for a perkygoth project: red velvet cake with strawberry buttercream frosting.
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Jasmine Absolute and Champaca Petals.
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Moss and River Silt.
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Sugar-dusted and overflowing with Luxardo maraschino cherries and a hint of blackberry.
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The tiniest of dragons, these flirty, silly, and theatrical beasts build their nests in gilded opera boxes, toy stores, and above confectionaries and sweet shops. Their scales blaze like a handful of maraschino cherries and red currants bathed in fluorescent lighting, sparkling with sugar crystals and drizzled with vanilla liqueur.
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I am reviewing the scent after I sprayed it on a paper towel, but will update this post with throw and longevity in wet and dry hair if I do end up testing it out in my hair. I bought a bottle of this hoping I would love it just as much as Dragon Bouffant HG, which was a Dragon Con exclusive of yore that sold out pretty quickly. My bottle of that one is not long for this world, so I am hoping to find another cherry hair gloss that could fill that void when it is gone. Based off of the notes, I thought that this would be a sure win and was the Dragon Con exclusive that I was most looking forward to this year. But you know when there's a descriptor in a scent and you're not sure if it is just poetic fluff or an actual note? Well, when I originally read the description and the reviews from people who sniffed it at the con, I had figured that the fluorescent lighting was just poetic fluff. But it's not. And it's a note that hovers over the rest of the scent. What does the fluorescent lighting note smell like? Well, it smells like a firework mixed with what I believe is the glowing amber of the blow mold scents. It was actually my partner who pointed out the firework aspect and said this smells like a sparkler that was just lit. I think that is a very apt description of this accord. I didn't try Pumpkin Sparklers, but I can't help but wonder if Beth happened to use whatever accord she used in that scent and incorporated it into this one, like she has been doing with her perfected lipstick accord in the various make-up scents that have been released since then (according to other reviewers). Beneath the sparkler-esque fluorescent lighting note, there is an absolutely lovely candy-like cherry note accompanied by the sugar crystals and a dry-smelling vanilla liqueur. I'm not really getting the currant, although I suspect it is lurking beneath the cherry. If it were not for the fluorescent lighting note hovering over the other notes, I think I would love this. The cherries and sugar smell exquisite. I'm going to hold onto the bottle and see if I can come to love it despite the unexpected industrial note in this. But if the Lab ever releases another sugary cherry scent sans a sparkler-like note, I will probably end up grabbing it and destashing this one. ETA: I get the firework note only when this is applied to wet hair, but fortunately, the scent doesn't really last very long. In dry hair, after the initial firework blast, I do smell the lovely cherry -- but I can't comment on the longevity because I got busy and forgot to pay attention to that throughout the day.
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Peaches and Smushed Grass.
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Peaches and Smushed Grass Atmosphere Spray
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Atmosphere
This one is different than I had expected, because the smushed grass note has some flowers in it. I'm not exactly sure which type of flowers -- definitely not dandelion -- but I'm smelling some white florals along with the grass, that make this smell somewhat soapy to my nose. I also get some fuzzy peach beneath those notes, but there's not as much peach as I was hoping for, and the atmo itself didn't have great throw when I tested this out on a paper towel last night. This would be best for someone looking for a fresh sort of scent. I haven't decided if I am going to keep my bottle yet -- if I do, I'd probably spray it on wool dryer balls to scent batches of laundry. -
These are dark times indeed... so here's a gourmand for the brooding scholar. The warm, nutty richness of roasted macadamia folded into the dry papery musk of time-worn tomes bound in crackled leather; golden drips of beeswax candlelight flicker against polished teakwood shelves, while the smoky warmth of fireplace smoke lingers in the air. (Nutty portmanteau absolutely intended. Don’t @ us.)