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This starts off with some sugared cherry, accompanied by some chestnut and moss. I don't smell the cola-like labdanum that's usually present in the Lab's labdanum scents, so if you're worried about this turning into flat cola, fret not! The cherry chypre in this scent reminds me of Gen Z Feminist Cenobite, only more sugared. To my dismay, the cherry in this scent is super short-lived, though, and it becomes an earthy scent that is mostly about the moss and chestnut. Come back, cherry! This is not something I need a bottle of, but if you're looking for something similar to Gen Z Feminist Cenobite, you may want to give this a try. This is like it's earthier cousin (although I think the cherry in that Lilith scent sticks around on me longer).
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This is mostly about a very bold leather note on me, accompanied by a cucumber-like paper note, and some incense-y hearthsmoke. I don't love this leather, paper, or smoke. The lavender is missing in action on me, and I only get a hint of rosewater after it has been dry for a few hours. At least I didn't get a bunch of linen with the leather, paper, and smoke notes, though. I'm not sure what is representing the lamp oil here, but the leather, cucumber-esque paper, and incense-y smoke were so strong on me that it was hard to detect any other notes. I'd say I wish I had gotten the lavender, but I don't think that would have made me enjoy this one.
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Orris and I aren't friends, but I decided to try this anyways, because this Black Friday imp of yore worked on me, despite its orris note, and this scent shares a few notes with that one. The orris in this didn't make me smell like I had fallen into a vat of baby powder, but I still didn't enjoy this scent as much as that Black Friday exclusive imp. I believe this is mostly about the osmanthus on me, and it is much more floral than I was expecting, with very little lavender (it fades away before the scent is even dry on my skin). However, I'm not familiar with the scent of angelica, but I didn't smell anything green, herbaceous, musky, or woody, which Google says angelica smells like. After a while, the mallow adds a light sweetness to the scent, and the orris adds a dusty floral quality to it. The vanilla wasn't noticeable on me, sadly. I wanted more lavender and more mallow and vanilla. Wahh.
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I tested this twice. The first time, I tested it alongside an aged imp of Croquet, and I preferred this champagne variant. It was mostly fizzy champagne and nectarine, swirled with some citrus on me, with the musk only coming out several hours later, and I wasn't able to detect the patchouli. Meanwhile, the imp of Croquet was very musk-forward throughout wear on me, and I did get the patchouli in that, and far less nectarine and citrus. (But it is an aged imp, after all, and citrus notes don't tend to hold up as well with age.) The second time I tested this, I had a much worse experience, but I had just gotten over having COVID. It smelled like tomato soup and fizz on me. Some scents do go wonky in that way on me, so I'm not sure if that second skin test was skin chemistry-related or COVID-nose related. Needless to say, I vastly preferred my first test of the scent. I don't need more of this, but I will likely have to test this for a third time to see if the decant is a keeper. I preferred the first test to the GC scent, but of course, I don't want to smell like fizzy tomato soup, if the second test wasn't a fluke.
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This features the Lab's effervescent, soda-like champagne note accompanied by the musky current iteration of Snake Oil. The musk and patchouli of the Snake Oil end up being stronger than the champagne on me, with the champagne lingering in the background. Eventually, I do get some vanilla from the Snake Oil, which is much appreciated after the patchouli goes through a somewhat musty phase, which it also sometimes does when I wear the Gingerbread Snek 2023 Yule scent. There was also a phase where the Snake Oil component made me think of root beer for a bit, but it was brief. (I enjoy root beer perfumes, so I was actually digging that phase of the scent.) Although I've tested this twice, I'm going to have to spend more time with it to see if I need more before it goes away. I do like it, but not as much as some other Snake Oil variants.
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I tested this alongside an imp of the GC Delirium. While the GC is all about the rose with a bit of apple and lemon peel, the champagne variant is mostly a dry champagne infused with apple and lemon, with more apple at first, then more lemon once it has been dry for a few hours, and no rose that I could detect (meanwhile, the GC scent was all rose in the throw). While I prefer the champagne variant to the original, I don't like this as much as other champagne scents in my collection. It's just drier than I'd like it to be.
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Curls of monastic incense, moss-stained stone, snow-laden cypress, medicinal herbs buried deep in winter soil, and glittering icicles splintering from a gargoyle’s frozen scream.
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Pomelo, Mandarin, and Pink Grapefruit
doomsday_disco replied to Jenjin's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
This was originally going to be a blind bottle, but I have the Pink Grapefruit and Pomelo duet, so I decided grab a decant so I could deathmatch the two. As soon as I applied this trio, and sniffed the bottle of the duet, I could tell that the deathmatch wasn't really necessary. Pomelo, Mandarin, and Pink Grapefruit is mostly about the mandarin on me throughout wear, backed by the other citrus fruits, but full disclosure: my bitch ass isn't super familiar with pomelo. This trio reads as more orange-y to me than grapefruit-y, so if you happen to have the duet, and you are like, ugh, can I really justify another grapefruit scent in my collection? The answer is yes, if you're like me and you're a citrus slut (so long as you can justify another orange scent). I'm really surprised how the addition of the mandarin makes this so different from the duet, although I suppose the ratio of the pomelo and grapefruit notes might be different here. Like Little Bird, there is a phase where the mandarin threatens to go slightly soapy on me after a few hours, which can happen to me when I wear a scent with a pith-y mandarin note, but I think the grapefruit and pomelo notes keep it in check so that it remains a juicy citrus scent that isn't allowed to veer into soap territory. This is a win, and I'll have to grab more of it to slather on during the summer months. Side note: All three of the trios I tried from this release were lovely. I don't think I've had this kind of success with trios from an update before. My wallet may be weeping if I get them all, but this one is a definite since it's such a great citrus and has huge throw. -
Juniper Berry, Pine Needle, and Hemp
doomsday_disco replied to Jenjin's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
The pine is most prominent when freshly applied, backed by the juniper berry, with the hemp in the background. But the pine quickly calms down, and the juniper berry and hemp come forward... with the hemp eventually becoming the dominant note on me. The juniper berry adds a fresh, clean aspect to the scent, while the hemp has this sort of sexy incense-y quality on me. I disliked the leather and hemp combo of Rogue, but love Revenant Rhythm, which I always thought was mostly about the black patch and than swoon-worthy vanilla, but maybe the hemp in it was adding to a lot of that swoon-worthiness, and I'm only just realizing it now. Although I was hoping this would be more pine-forward, this was still a really pleasant surprise, and I'm debating whether a decant will be enough. -
This is mostly about the sugared strawberries on me, backed by a twist of lime that's most noticeable during the wet phase of the scent. It reminds me of the sugared strawberry mixture you'd put on top of strawberry shortcake, with a sprinkling of lime juice. And it reminds me of summer. I didn't get a ton of throw from this one. I tested this and two other duets from the same release in different areas, and this is one, I had to put my hand up to my nose almost every time I wanted to smell it, whereas I could smell Pomelo, Mandarin, and Pink Grapefruit and Juniper Berry, Pine Needle, and Hemp just from their throw. I am going to have to deathmatch this with the most recent Strawberry Moon, but I really enjoy it and am considering a bottle. Maybe the throw will be better with a big slather!
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I will be attending Gallifrey One beginning on Thursday, February 15th, and I will return on February 19th. I am unlikely to reply to any PMs during these dates.
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"If I say that my somewhat extravagant imagination yielded simultaneous pictures of an octopus, a dragon, and a human caricature, I shall not be unfaithful to the spirit of the thing. A pulpy, tentacled head surmounted a grotesque and scaly body with rudimentary wings… It represented a monster of vaguely anthropoid outline, but with an octopus-like head whose face was a mass of feelers, a scaly, rubbery-looking body, prodigious claws on hind and fore feet, and long, narrow wings behind. This thing, which seemed instinct with a fearsome and unnatural malignancy, was of a somewhat bloated corpulence…" A creeping, wet, slithering scent, dripping with seaweed, oceanic plants and dark, unfathomable waters.
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This is so pretty! The lavender and amber are the standout notes during the first few hours of wear. The jasmine tea gains strength over time, but the jasmine in it is really well-behaved, and the nicotiana, which is a background player, doesn't smell like the tobacco flower used in the Lab's recent scents (which is good, because it lets the other notes have more of a chance to shine). The leather in this is subtle; I only noticed it after it had been dry for several hours of wear, and it's a smooth leather. There's a floral creaminess to this at the end of the day that I think may be due to the osmanthus, but that's not a floral note I'm particularly good at sussing out. There's a sparkling quality to this that appears in some of the Lab's more mainstream-esque perfumes, but I'm not sure what note is contributing to that... perhaps the dry amber, or maybe it's the nicotiana. This is great in all of its phases -- the wonderful lavender amber one, the jasmine tea-dominate one, and the creamy, sparkling floral and amber scent that you get after several hours of wear and can't stop huffing. Honestly, I'm surprised this isn't more popular. I'll cherish my decant. Thank you to the extremely kind soul who sent me a full decant of this beautiful scent!
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I tried this last year, but then forgot to review it. So I tested it again. Mermaid just reads as an aquatic scent to me. I am not able to pick out the notes, which means that the orange blossom is well-behaved here, even though it typically tends to be a bully on me. No floral notes stood out to me in particular; the only note from the note list that stood out to me was the sea salt. I think it was fun to try this, but I'm not big on aquatics, and this one didn't really change my mind.
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Lush, creamy vanilla and the honey of the sweetest kiss smeared with the vital throb of husky clove, swollen red cherries, but darkened with the vampiric sensuality of vetiver, soporific poppy and blood red wine, and a skin-light pulse of feral musk.
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This is mostly about the red wine on me, which is infused with some cherry, but the cherry does not stick around in my hair for very long. The other notes weren't distinct in my hair, which made me sad, because aside from the cherry, I wanted that vanilla and clove! I wore this a few times in wet hair and a few times in dry hair. I would say that the scent sticks around better in dry hair, but I never got wafts of it going about my day. I could only smell it whenever I lifted my hair to my nose. Weird, because I thought this would be a pretty strong hair gloss with its notes! If you're looking for a wine-heavy hair gloss, this might be up your alley. I'll probably hang onto my decant to see how this ages... I hope the other notes will pop up with some age!
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"Come not between the dragon, and his wrath: a rolling crack of Daemonorops draco and red peppercorn, billows of incense smoke, honeyed Cambodian oud, blackened oakmoss, flame-gold amber, a delicate membrane of leather, and a curved, sharp sandalwood claw."
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"Nothing about him looked particularly demonic, at least by classical standards. No horns, no wings. Admittedly he was listening to a Best of Queen tape, but no conclusions should be drawn from this because all tapes left in a car for more than a fortnights metamorphose into Best of Queen albums. No particularly demonic thoughts were going through his head. In fact, he was wondering vaguely who Moey and Chandon were. Crowley had dark hair, and good cheekbones, and he was wearing snakeskin shoes, or at least presumably he was wearing shoes, and he could do really weird things with his tongue. And, whenever he forgot himself, he had a tendency to hiss." Infernal musk, red patchouli, lilac cologne, mahogany, lemon rind, oakmoss, leather, and vanilla husk.
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"Many people, meeting Aziraphale for the first time, formed three impressions: that he was English, that he was intelligent, and that he was gayer than a tree full of monkeys on nitrous oxide. Two of these were wrong; Heaven is not England, whatever certain poets may have thought, and angels are sexless unless they really want to make an effort." Ethereal musk, blonde woods, and dusty Bible accord.
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Bronze gears spin inside a polished wooden case, and an entire universe dances within. Teakwood, oak, black vanilla, and tobacco.
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"Nothing about him looked particularly demonic, at least by classical standards. No horns, no wings. Admittedly he was listening to a Best of Queen tape, but no conclusions should be drawn from this because all tapes left in a car for more than a fortnights metamorphose into Best of Queen albums. No particularly demonic thoughts were going through his head. In fact, he was wondering vaguely who Moey and Chandon were. Crowley had dark hair, and good cheekbones, and he was wearing snakeskin shoes, or at least presumably he was wearing shoes, and he could do really weird things with his tongue. And, whenever he forgot himself, he had a tendency to hiss." Infernal musk, red patchouli, lilac cologne, mahogany, lemon rind, oakmoss, leather, and vanilla husk.
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"Many people, meeting Aziraphale for the first time, formed three impressions: that he was English, that he was intelligent, and that he was gayer than a tree full of monkeys on nitrous oxide. Two of these were wrong; Heaven is not England, whatever certain poets may have thought, and angels are sexless unless they really want to make an effort." Ethereal musk, blonde woods, and dusty Bible accord.
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2023 version. I can't differentiate this from other Samhain vintages or even the atmo I've tried in the past. Full disclosure, I am not a Samhain fan, but if you are a fan of the stuff, you will be pleased to know that this is the Samhain you know and love. On me, it's just too mulchy. I really get a lot of damp woods from Samhain, accompanied by the red apple, spices, and patchouli. The red apple doesn't smell like a fresh apple, but something of a mix of apple peel and apple cider vinegar (but not as acidic). Those are the dominant notes throughout wear on me (please note: I'm not familiar with the scent of mullein and cannot speak to that). The pumpkin in this is very subtle on my skin. I do think this is very evocative of autumn. It's just not up my alley.
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I expected to enjoy London Smoke more of the two recent Haute Macabre scents I grabbed decants of, but actually, I think I may enjoy Got the Morbs more. This was unexpected, as I generally don't like scents heavy on black musk, and this has it listed as the first note. But during the wet phase of the scent, and for the first few hours of wear, it is mostly about the opium tar and the clove on me. The opium tar is somewhat dryer sheet-adjacent, but also incense-y and sweet. (Sexy dryer sheet???) The clove in this reminds me of the clove in Constellation, but I did not deathmatch the two. Over time, the clove fades, and the musk and myrrh mingle with the opium, and with the myrrh being one of the dominant notes by the end of the day. But it is not a sharp variety and helps to deepen the blend. This never becomes a musk bomb on me, but I do think the musk may be cozying up to the opium tar and myrrh to create the alluring incense I get from this. I'm going to have to spend more time with my decant to see if I need more of this.
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This is mostly about the black tea fougere on me, accompanied by the tobacco flower, and backed by some faint grey amber. I agree with HerbGirl that this particular black tea has no anise or licorice aspects to it whatsoever. The tobacco flower lends To a Wreath of Snow vibes, but also brings to mind scents like Pediophobia, Zorya P, and Fake News... only, this is more floral (and does not have vanilla like Pediophobia and Zorya P). And I agree with amoray that the floral aspect is probably coming from the fougere as opposed to the tobacco flower itself, but fortunately, after that initial burst of floral during the wet phase, the black tea fougere actually becomes stronger on the black tea on me with wear. I'm really surprised the tobacco flower is allowing something else to dominate the blend, because usually, it takes over most scents that it's in on me! I like this, but I don't think I need a bottle of it. I think I'll be hanging onto my decant for whenever I want to experience that lovely black tea fougere again, though!