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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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Kite and Two Crows is mostly about the rain-soaked leaves on me, and the leaves are a fresh, green variety -- there are no dead leaves to be found here! This is backed by the woods and resins, as well as some dry tea. I do get a bit of smokiness from the cedar note, but it's not overly smoky -- there's just a touch of smoke that is present in the early drydown of the scent, but the smokiness doesn't last long beyond that. This has good throw and staying power, and it reads as fresh, but also somewhat cologne-like, to my nose. I don't feel the need to upgrade this one to a bottle, but if you're looking for rain-soaked leaves, this scent has got you covered!
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The Woman Clothed with the Sun and the War in Heaven
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Limited Editions
This one starts off with the cherry being the most prominent note, backed by the resins, pomegranate, and saffron, but the cherry quickly retreats, making the scent mostly about the pomegranate and saffron-infused resins until the very end of the day, when the lovely black cherry note makes a reappearance, but by that point, the scent is so light that I have to press my nose up to my wrist to smell it, and it was already a scent that stayed close to the skin in the beginning. I don't get any smokiness from the frankincense, so if you're afraid of this being a smoky scent, don't let that singed descriptor deter you from trying this. I think this is really nice, but I wish it were stronger and that the cherry lasted longer. I'm going to pair this with Pa-Pow Hair Gloss and give it a full day slather to see if I get more throw and cherry that way. -
To you the earth yields her fruit, and you shall not want if you but know how to fill your hands. It is in exchanging the gifts of the earth that you shall find abundance and be satisfied. Yet unless the exchange be in love and kindly justice, it will but lead some to greed and others to hunger. When in the market place you toilers of the sea and fields and vineyards meet the weavers and the potters and the gatherers of spices,— Invoke then the master spirit of the earth, to come into your midst and sanctify the scales and the reckoning that weighs value against value. And suffer not the barren-handed to take part in your transactions, who would sell their words for your labour. To such men you should say, “Come with us to the field, or go with our brothers to the sea and cast your net; For the land and the sea shall be bountiful to you even as to us.” And if there come the singers and the dancers and the flute players,—buy of their gifts also. For they too are gatherers of fruit and frankincense, and that which they bring, though fashioned of dreams, is raiment and food for your soul. And before you leave the market place, see that no one has gone his way with empty hands. For the master spirit of the earth shall not sleep peacefully upon the wind till the needs of the least of you are satisfied. The master spirit of the earth shall not sleep peacefully upon the wind till the needs of the least of you are satisfied: black fig, pomegranate, golden apple, dates, apricots, and frankincense smoke. The sales from February, March, and May’s scents from the Prophet series (On Giving, On Eating & Drinking, On Work, On Joy & Sorrow, On Buying and Selling, and On Crime and Punishment) benefit the ACLU because we are in desperate need of civil rights protections right now. The Take Action area of their website presents handy opportunities for speaking out against current and ongoing injustices, even if you only have a few minutes to spare.
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And finally, we’re bottling up some Lemon Chiffon Pumpkin Pie as a reminder that a little silliness, joy, laughter, and sweetness will help sustain us, fortify our spirits, and get us through to the other side.
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A cozy floof of sugared coconut. Sei Koyanagui
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Coconut Milk and Rice.
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Thank you, may I have another? A rich, earthy brick accord encased in supple, spit-polished leather and flagged with a well-worn black cotton bandana.
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Idle Moon: Vanilla Husk and a Bundle of Twigs
doomsday_disco posted a topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
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What is this choc’ed-of mystery of birth But being mounted bareback on the earth? We can just see the infant up astride, His small fist berried in the musky hide. Ruby chocolate, red leather, red musk, red berries, red mosses, balsam, and passion flower cordial.
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The Day of Kings, the Celebration of the Magi. In Mexico, on January 6th, children place their shoes by their windows. If they have been good during the previous year, the Wise Men tuck gifts into their shoes during the night. Hot cocoa with cinnamon, coffee, and brown sugar.
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I got a bottle of this when I asked for BPAL for Christmas. I knew I needed it in my life since I already own the perfume oil and the hair gloss. The atmo starts off heavier than the coffee than the 2013 perfume oil and the hair gloss, but it quickly settles down into that amazing hot cocoa swirled with brown sugar, a tame cinnamon, and a splash of dark coffee. It smells delicious, and it is my favorite atmo from the 2024 Yules. I am very happy to have a bottle.
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An oil crafted to help your emotional, mental, and physical stamina, especially during times of stress and duress. Contains: Dracaena draco, blood orange, licorice root, master root, sampson snake root chips, sassafras, and lemon.
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On me, this is mostly about the dragon's blood (the incense-y variety, not the spicy floral one that hates me), backed by some sassafras (which has a slight effervescence to it). The sassafras in this is not as strong as it is in Financial Stability. I wasn't able to pick out the other notes (certainly not the citrus ones, which surprises me!), but I did think this scent managed to get earthier with wear, so that's probably due to at least one, if not multiple of, the root notes. I didn't get lots of licorice root from this, which I'm glad about since I don't like black licorice in any capacity. I don't really have to much to say about its intent, as I was wearing and reviewing the scent last night, but I will say that I felt more focused and like I had more will-power while wearing this. I like the scent, but I'll definitely be keeping the decant around to use for its intent.
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Concombre (cucumber).
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How does this one have no reviews!? My bitch ass thought I ordered this last year, but it turns out I didn't when I went looking for it when wearing some cucumber scents last month -- apparently, I was holding off until I would definitely start using it during the warmer months, and then forgot. Anyway, this is the perfect cucumber hair gloss. It really does smell like fresh cucumber, and it has good staying power. I can smell it in my wet hair (a lot of hair glosses quickly disappear when I apply it to wet hair) and still smell it in my dry hair after a full day of wear. When it is freshly applied, I can smell it without holding my hair up to my nose, but after that, I have to hold my hair up to my nose in order to smell it. I've paired it with cucumber scents like Rendezvous at the Bath (which I'm almost out of ) and Squirting Cucumber, but it also pairs well with melon scents. This one is a keeper for sure, and I'm glad it is in the general catalog.
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Berry-stained and tousled. Sun-drenched raspberries bursting on the vine—sticky-sweet juice, crushed leaves, and a whisper of wild thorns.
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I tried this on wet hair, dry hair, and also on a paper towel. This is a mix of both candy-like raspberry and tart raspberry, with it being more like raspberry candy in my hair, but I get more of the tart, fresh fruit raspberry nuances from the sprays I did on a paper towel. There's something incense-y that I can smell in the bottle and when this is freshly sprayed on a paper towel, like there might be some champaca representing those thorns, but fortunately, I never detected that in my hair at all. On me, this isn't a strong hair gloss -- I could only smell it whenever I held my hair up to my nose, and the scent usually lasted half the day. I'll be keeping this around to pair with all of my raspberry scents.
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A sticky-sweet love letter to the stranger (coworker? lifelong friend?) who’s been sleeping in your bed: candy cigarettes and root beer barrels.
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An oil to help modulate nervous system function, encouraging rest, recuperation, and calm. Contains: tangerine, lavender, patchouli, ylang ylang, Roman chamomile, bronze fennel, bergamot, wild carrot, and Himalayan cedar.
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Levatio is definitely an effective calming scent, although I would say that it is better at making you calm enough to lie down and rest, but I'm not sure I would use it as a sleep scent since the tangerine in this is such a powerhouse. It's the strongest note throughout wear, and it is pith-y. This is a TAL, so its scent shouldn't really be judged anyway, but don't let the scent in the bottle deter you from using this. It smells a little scary, and I think it's the way the ylang ylang shouts over the other notes, but fortunately, it is not a main player on my skin. The fennel note is somewhat black licorice-y without being full-on black licorice-y like anise is, and it also calms down after the wet stage of the scent. The tangerine and lavender end up being stars of the show early on, but this morphs and is more about the tangerine and patchouli by the end of the day. I didn't get the cedar on my skin, and could not pick out any of the wild carrot. Wearing this immediately put me at ease, so I definitely recommend this TAL for its purpose. And if you're a fan of tangerine, you will probably like this, too.
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I received a tester of this with my decant order. On Buying and Selling starts off with the golden apple being the strongest note on me (huzzah!), with touches of the other fruits. I don't generally like fig (the only scent I love featuring a fig note is A Moment in Time), but it is pretty well-behaved here and never takes over even though it's normally a force to be reckoned with on my skin. I get a little waxy sweetness from the dates, just a tiny bit of pomegranate, and once the apple calms down, it's actually the apricot that ends up being the dominant note by the end of the day. I never get any of the frankincense smoke from this... just the fruits. I like this more than I thought I would based off of the notes! I think those yearning for an autumnal scent that doesn't involve pumpkin or spices should give this one a try. It would be perfect to wear during late summer/early fall.
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Note: I have not tried the original released scent. This one is hella boozy. I was immediately reminded of the tequila shot my family made me do at a birthday party a few weeks ago. I do think it gets more wine-like as it settles, but it does still smell very boozy to me. At the end of the day, I get something that smells like jello behind the booze (I'm guessing that's the jelly, but it smells so jello-like that it immediately made me think of the jiggly texture of jello). I am glad I am not getting any peanut butter like some reviewers, or the dread artificial grape! While this isn't something I could see myself reaching for, it was fun to get to try it.
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This one has great staying power and hella throw! At first, it is mostly about the wonderful black clove backed by some goat's milk that doesn't go funky on me (woot), but over time, the milk overtakes the clove, so that it winds up being a creamy goat's milk-dominant scent with just a hint of clove in the background. I could still smell this on my hand the next morning when I went to take a shower, but by then it was all milk. I have been weary of milky scents as of late, but this one is pretty nice! I think I'll hang onto my decant.
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I grabbed a decant of this after the rave reviews from those who tried it at Dragoncon. I'm not familiar with the scent of the actual flower and don't generally wear straight-up florals. I've tested this a few times, and it's just not for me. I do think it smells white and purple, and is heady, sweet, and somehow sharp as well. There's a grape-like undertone to this that became evident to me after I layered it with 13 March 2020 (the 13 containing ALL THE SUGARS), because then it reminded me of the awful grape-like sugar I get whenever I've happened to order a drink from what ends up being a bad boba tea place. And then I could smell it in the single note itself. The single note ends up being somewhat powdery on me by the end of the day, but it still retains that undertone to it. I always tell myself that if I don't like a floral single note layered with 13 March 2020, it is not for me, so this decant is headed to the destash pile.