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Bombastic Subtropical Turquoise Cream Pie
doomsday_disco posted a topic in Gifts with Donation or Purchase
Disclaimer: this perfume oil is not blue, it is not combustible, and it is not caffeinated. -
Ylang Ylang and White Sugar.
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Warm hands running over the well-loved tonka-sweet leather bindings of a cherished book. A flutter of gently-yellowed paper and ink suffused with luminous yellow bergamot, honeyed tea, and lavender sugar.
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A book scent with lavender sugar? Of course, there was no way I was passing that up! But woe! There is hardly any lavender sugar to be found, at least, not on my skin. I have tried this a few times and have had the same experience. I get lots of leather (which fortunately isn't a sharp variety) and bergamot at first, and then as the leather calms down, I get the honeyed tea, which is either a honeyed white tea, or the bergamot is tricking me into thinking the tea has a citrus-y quality like the Lab's white tea note. The honeyed tea is accompanied by the tonka pages of the book. This smells nice, but I am really lamenting the fact that the lavender sugar seems to be missing in action on me.
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I decided to give this one a try due to the hinoki and pine notes, and because I had success with Juniper Berry, Pine Needle, and Hemp. Unfortunately, this is mostly a champaca and amber scent on me. There's a hint of the pine, but that's it. The decant I tried has aged two years, though, so it's possible that the pine and the other notes that aren't really discernable on my skin were stronger when the scent was fresh. I don't dislike it, but I was really hoping for more pine and hinoki cypress.
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I really enjoy the black pine in this, but I'm less enamored with the olive, which adds some astringency to the scent that I don't really love with the pine. (It probably doesn't help that I'm not the biggest fan of olives, anyway.) Eventually, the pine calms down, and the olibanum gains strength, so that it's mostly a resinous scent touched with the olive, the ghost of the pine, and an herbal quality from what I think is the bay laurel. I wouldn't reach for this over other pine scents, but I think someone who appreciates pine and doesn't mind olive as a perfume note would enjoy this.
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A BPAL favorite since 2005, affectionately nicknamed ‘The Devil’s Bake Sale.’
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I blind bottled this in my Yule order and am only just now getting around to reviewing this, after testing the lotion on one hand and the perfume oil on another this weekend. This has the same syrupy sweetness as the Lab's Sugar Cookie scent, but it lacks the toastiness of the perfume version. You can tell that they're the same scent that varies somewhat depending on the medium, since the perfume version has more of that baked good warmth to it. That said, I'm still happy to have a bottle of this lotion in my collection and look forward to pairing it not only with Sugar Cookie perfume oil, but with other cookie scents.
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Calla Lily and Purple Musk.
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We have resurrected Black Phoenix Trading Post’s sensual 2009 masterpiece. Red rose buds, with amber, clove, tonka, Indian musk, fir, and tobacco.
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A row of plump, cardamom-spiced sweet buns overflowing with pooflets of lavender cream and almond paste.
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White tea, black cherries, gardenia, tonka bean, carnation, and almond.
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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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Flower Moon is a vision of nocturnal tenderness: pale ylang-ylang and moonflower absolute unfurl against sun-baked earth that is cooling under springtime moonlight. Flickers of white agave nectar and fragile, luminous stargazer lily exhale over a whisper of dark amber and wild honey, like sweet pollen dusted onto velvet wings.
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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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Flower Moon: Fossilized Amber and Wildflower Nectar
doomsday_disco posted a topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
Fossilized Amber and Wildflower Nectar. -
Pumpkin Spice & Condensed Milk.
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French A sweet whisper against the throat: raspberry coulis and cassis steeped in powdered sugar and rose syrup, melting into benzoin, tonka bean, and a soft blush of white musk.
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“O father, my father, and saw you not plain, The Erl-King’s pale daughter glide past thro’ the rain?” — “O yes, my loved treasure, I knew it full soon; It was the grey willow that danced to the moon.” Moonlit mist clinging to skin the color of ghost lilies, pearlescent and cold. A spectral musk possessing the sheen of river water at night.
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White Chocolate Cream.
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This doesn't smell like the Lab's typical white chocolate accord, at least, not to my nose -- it smells kind of like frosting to me, to be honest (this is not a complaint). It's sweet like a white chocolate bar without any cocoa edge like in most of the white chocolate scents I've tried from the Lab. The cream is probably what's making this seem frosting-like to me as there's no buttery dairy note comprising the cream in this. I enjoy this, but I haven't decided if I need more in my life yet. It will probably depend on how many Lupers I need to grab before they disappear. (My list is pretty long so far.) I think this is versatile enough that it would pair well with many other scents, but since I currently don't have any bottles of chocolate-y lotion, Milk Chocolate Froth is calling to me more.
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A sun-warmed bloom, its fragrance unfurls in lush waves: rich and creamy, like chocolate and nectar mingling in the sultry air. A scent both decadent and wild, glistening with heady sweetness.
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A tumultuous scent for tumultuous times: dragon’s blood resin, black clove, thunderous black musk, scorched 7-year aged patchouli, tabac absolute, and crushed pomegranate.
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Paris Being Admitted to the Bedchamber of Helen
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Limited Editions
I was hoping for lots of sweet pea from this one, but of course it's tuberose that takes the lead right out of the gate and holds that position throughout wear. It's backed by the pink silk note, which smells somewhat cotton-y to my nose. These two notes were strong enough on me that I wasn't able to pick out the sweet pea or the honeyed skin musk, curiously enough! Definitely one for tuberose fans that enjoy fabric notes. -
Milk Moon: Golden Grains & Orange Blossom Honey Lotion
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Lotion
I'm not a fan of orange blossom notes, as they tend to be bitter and can be headache-inducing on me, but I decided to try this when someone posted a comment on another platform wondering if this might smell like Golden Grahams cereal. In my experience, it does not smell like cereal. This is mostly about the orange blossom honey, but fortunately, while the orange blossom is stronger than the honey, it isn't as strong as straight-up orange blossom. I can tell there is something else going on in the background, which is taming the orange blossom honey and keeping it from being too strong/heady, so it must be the grains -- but the golden grain note isn't distinct to my nose like the cocoa corn puff note in Milk Moon 2026. This is not a lotion that I feel the need to grab more of, but if you're a fan of orange blossom and you can do honey, this will probably be up your alley.