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In Frostbitten Knave of Hearts, the Knave is buried under a ton of bright, citrusy snow (more of the slushy sort of snow than the sugary pine/fir snow, Snow White's sweet snow note, or the mentholic one). I get some blackcurrant at first, but then it becomes mostly all about that snow note on me with just a bit of buttery pastry behind it. After a few hours of wear, the rose emerges, so that it's the bright snow note plus a tart rose. I was originally going to blind bottle this one since it is a Mad Tea Party variant, decided to hold off and see if I could find a decant or partial since the reviews said it was so snow-heavy, and ended up having to grab a bottle anyways since I couldn't find anyone parting with any. Maybe I should have held out a little longer. I'm going to hold onto this for a bit, retest it in a month, and see how it goes. It's not bad, and I am glad that I seem to have gotten more of the pastry than most reviewers seemed to, but I would appreciate this one more if it featured less snow or a different snow note. At the moment, I have to say that I prefer the original Knave.
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Solitary and Abhorred is mainly white tea and black patchouli on me. It's the brightness of the white tea over a dark patchouli that ends up becoming more prominent with wear. This isn't for me, as I always need some sort of sweetness present in order to appreciate patchouli scents, but I am glad that I got to try this Frankenstein scent.
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V'al Hanissim is predominantly a honeyed beeswax scent on me. It's definitely in the same family as The Lights of Men's Lives, and it resembles it enough that I don't think it would be necessary to own both. But it is lovely. No bottle for me, since I didn't get enough amber from this to differentiate it from other beeswax scents, but if you love beeswax and need beeswax ALL THE THINGS, you will probably love this.
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I love lavender and amber and the fact that this is a Gaiman scent, so I went for it. But alas, it does not work on me. I have tested it twice, and both times, the oudh ruined the party. The glorious lavender is accompanied by a strong, stinky variety of oudh. My boyfriend said it smelled like "funky butt" and recoiled whenever he got a whiff of it. So if oudh is problematic for you, you may want to try and see if you can hunt down a decant of this before committing to a bottle. Sadly, I'm going to have to destash this.
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Frostbitten Alice is like Alice and Snow White had a baby. It's the honeyed carnation of Alice with Snow White's sweet snow note. In other words, it's a beauty. I get more Alice than Snow White snow on me, but that may be because I tend to amp carnation. That said, the snow note does gain strength with wear. A keeper, for sure, and one of the highlights of the Yule update for me. If you love Alice, and you love Snow White, don't skip this.
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This is really lovely. The bush nut is the most prominent note on me. It rests on a bed of moss and dry grass with touches of the cinnamon and lemon myrtle. It's warm, nutty, and comforting. The cinnamon myrtle isn't straight-up cinnamon, so there's no cinnabomb here, and the lemon myrtle is like a ray of sunshine, adding a happy, hopeful quality to the scent instead of a blast of lemon. I wasn't sure how this would work with its list of notes, but The Kangaroo is such a pleasant surprise. If you're looking for a nice, warm, nutty scent, look no further. I'm glad I bought a bottle.
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I took a chance on Berlin Girls because I was interested in the book and was curious about another Berlin-inspired perfume, even though the notes didn't really resonate with me. (Gleaming black leather sounded like it could be the chemical-y variety, smoky vetiver isn't really my thing...) Well, the perfume is a pleasant surprise. I'm not generally a fan of fruity scents, but the star of the show is the sweet blackcurrant, and it is one of the varieties in Eat Me. Beneath it is the bright pink pepper note. The scent goes through a sharp phase, but eventually mellows out. I get touches of the vetiver and patchouli, but no strong, chemical-y leather here. Berlin Girls is Eat Me's flirty, fun-loving, convention-defying sister. I'll be keeping her around and pairing her with Eat Me hair gloss.
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I can't compare this to the scent of clove cigarettes, but I will say that it is a clove-dominant scent with a bit of a cool aspect in the background, and it is goth af. There is no sweet or dank tobacco note here... it's more like a clove incense. I tested this against Sweet Clove SN, and the latter was warmer and stronger than this scent. Since it didn't have lots of throw when I tested it, I decided to do a full day wear test by slathering it along the length of both of my forearms. Even then, I could not smell it over my boyfriend's Jareth (and he only used three dabs). So it's definitely one that needs to be slathered (at least in a dry climate) and absorbed into some clothes. If you love clove, you need this. My decant will not be enough.
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Did the Lab's atmos used to have an alcohol base? Because that's what I get from the decant when it is first sprayed. But then that goes away and it becomes a really nice, warm, nutty scent that just gets better over time. The hazelnuts are the star of the show, but the chestnuts become more noticeable after a while, making the scent sweeter. I really enjoy this and think it would be wonderful to spray around during the colder months.
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I was gifted a decant of this one and had the same experience as the above reviewer. I once had Samhain Atmo, which I ended up destashing because the scent was so strong that it was overwhelming to me. This doesn't smell like Samhain to me at all, although it is also overwhelming. It's very sour, and there's also a leaf-y scent beneath the sourness. I get no Samhain, cinnamon sugar, or candy from this whatsoever, sadly. I sprayed this on a paper towel to test this and ended up having to throw the paper towel away because the scent was so bothersome. It seems like there may be a batch variation with this one according to the reviews?
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If you missed The Mountebank but wish you could have tried it, try this. This is the same lavender and brown leather from that scent sweetened by tonka. It starts off as mostly being a sweet lavender scent with a hint of leather, but the leather ends up becoming more prominent with wear until it is one of the main players. This is really lovely, and if I didn't already have a bottle of The Mountebank, I would grab a bottle of this.
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This one did not work on me. Right out of the gate, I am hit with a blast of vinegar, which is either the labdanum or woodsmoke being acrid on me. I suspect it is the labdanum, which appears to be a sour variety here, but I have had some smoky scents turn acrid on me, too. It does mellow out over time, with the fuzzy brown musk becoming more noticeable with wear, making this a warm, musky, resin scent with a wisp of smoke. The beginning is far too sour on me, though.
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Fuzzy brown musk, sunny bergamot, and a whiff of grass is what I get from Bub. I think there may be some spiced amber at play, too? It's a happy, cozy scent that becomes more fuzzy and musky over time. I think it's nice, but I prefer the wet phase when the bergamot and grass are more noticeable, before the musky amber almost completely takes over.
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Note: I have never tried Devil's Night. I feel like the above reviews are pretty spot on. Devil's Night in the Pumpkin Patch is the 'cool guy' scent in this year's pumpkin patch. The dark musk is the star here, backed by some light spice, a bit of booze, and the suggestion of a leather jacket. There's no buttery pumpkin or syrup-y pumpkin spice here. It's nice, but I also know I am not likely to reach for such a musk-heavy scent, so I don't think it's a keeper for me. Definitely one of the highlights of the pumpkin patch this blends I tried this year, though.
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On me, this is mostly about the chilly, slushy snow. After a while, it goes through a bit of an odd phase. I think one of the lunar oils is a citrus-y note that doesn't play well with the snow note on me? But mostly, I get the slushy snow note. I decided to try this one because I always feel like I should try the scent that goes with the shirt I buy, but this scent isn't one I could really see myself reaching for... I prefer other scents with the slushy snow note more.
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The Poinsettia Gown would be right at home in the Lupercalia update. I get more jasmine than rose from this one, and it's a softer variety of jasmine, not a super heady, indolic one. Both floral notes are accompanied by an exquisite cream that takes this into flormand territory, kind of like if you had some floral-infused scones with cream nearby. I thought this might be too similar to Allegory of Chastity, but I think I may like this one more? It's creamier and less rose-y. I am not sure I need a full bottle of this, as I do not reach for scents starring jasmine that often, but I do think this is a really lovely flormand, and I'll definitely be hanging on to my decant.
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White Gardenia & Vanilla Cream
doomsday_disco replied to zankoku_zen's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
This is a really strong scent. It smelled so strong without the vial being open that I had to put it in a tin and place that tin several feet away so that I couldn't smell it anymore. I got myself to test it last night, and while I can smell both notes in the vial, the gardenia is the star of the show, and it's SUPER LOUD on me. I do not get much vanilla cream on my skin, sadly, although I know it must be hiding in the background, afraid to join the gardenia on the center stage. If you love gardenia, you'll probably love this. But the vanilla is not strong enough on me to make me love it like many flormands. -
This is mostly about the hearthsmoke. The chestnut note isn't the dessert-y, Mont Blanc sort of chestnut that I adore; rather, it is more like chestnuts being warmed on some cast iron at a Christmas market, whose hard shells need to be pulled away to reveal the curiously fuzzy interior that surrounds the nut. So.... more like the smoke and the outer shells than the edible part. Not bad, but not a scent I could see myself reaching for.
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This one starts off strong on the cardamom (the good kind!), backed by some coffee bean. Over time, the cardamom softens, and the coffee bean becomes the star on me, sweetened by a bit of the vanilla. There's just a tinge of cardamom left after a few hours if I go looking for it, but it's not nearly as prominent as it was before. This was my favorite of the coffee scents that I tried from the Yules. I'll have to wear this one on its own to see if I need more of it before the Yules disappear. But if I don't upgrade to a bottle, I'll definitely be hanging on to my decant.
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Smelling this in the vial, I was surprised that it was oddly bright? I looked up aguardiente and saw that it is be a generic term for some alcoholic beverages and it could be fruit-based. Well, that explained the brightness and the orange that I got from it once I applied this to my skin. Cola de Mono is mostly the orange-y aguardiente on me backed by some coffee, sugar, and spices. At first, the combination is oddly sort of appealing, but then it goes through this funky phase before mostly becoming a sugar-dominant scent on me with touches of the other notes. I would have kept the decant around if it weren't for that funky middle phase, but alas.
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Black Coffee and Old Books is predominantly a black leather scent. It's got a strong black leather note backed by some coffee, but the coffee is pretty timid compared to the leather. Over time, the leather softens, the scent becomes more powdery, and I get some of the actual book pages -- but by then, the coffee was super faint. Not bad, but not my type of book scent. I was hoping to get more book pages and coffee from this one.
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On me, Dusk in Autumn was mostly dead leaves accompanied by some black tea leaves and a bit of sweetness from the currant cake. I didn't get a distinct cake note, which I had been hoping for, but I also didn't get a ton of smoke from this, for which I am thankful. I am glad I got to try it, since I was curious about it and ended up culling from my list of possible decants, but I can't really see myself reaching for this one since I was hoping for some more sweetness.
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In Omnibus Caritas is my favorite of 2019's Black Friday imps. It's a sugary, honeyed, vanilla-ed mallow flower dream, with some white sandalwood lurking behind in the background. The mallow flower really blooms with wear, adding a lovely floofiness to the scent. Orris, usually a powdery note of doom that overtakes everything on me, is somehow behaving itself here. This would be right at home in the Shungas from the Lupercalia update. As a lover of sugary floral scents, I am a fan. I'll cherish my two imps.
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In Necessarias Unitas
doomsday_disco replied to zankoku_zen's topic in Gifts with Donation or Purchase
This is mostly a mossy, earthy, woody scent on me. The oakmoss, patch, and woods are the main players, but the mahogany is somewhat sharp on me. The honey only adds a tinge of sweetness to the scent on me. The vetiver here is not a BBQ variety and just contributes to the earthy aspect of the scent. This one isn't really my thing, but I'm glad I got to try it. -
This is an excellent hot chocolate scent, made with real chocolate and adorned with melted, creamy marshmallows. I do not get much booze from this at all. This one is all about the hot cocoa and the marshmallows. And it has good staying power, too! I could still smell traces of it on my hand the next morning. I already have The Other Hot Chocolate, Muddy Puddles, and El Dia de los Reyes, so I am not sure I can justify adding another hot chocolate scent to my collection, but I will say that this one is really nice, and if you don't already have a hot chocolate scent in your collection, you may want to consider this one! It's the Lab's most marshmallow-y hot chocolate scent!