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Apparently, I neglected to review this one last year. Full disclosure: I sprayed this on a paper towel and not in my hair. I wash my hair every other day, so if I am not sure how a hair gloss will go, I test it this way so that I am not stuck with the scent for two days. Ginger Cardamom Hair Gloss features an effervescent ginger note backed by some cardamom. The cardamom is very fleeting and does the disappearing act not long into the show. It leaves behind the scent of fizzy ginger ale. I like this, but I have absolutely no idea what I would pair it with in my collection.
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Italianate Landscape with a Goat and Sheep Hair Gloss
doomsday_disco replied to Roogna's topic in Hair
Full disclosure: I sprayed this on a paper towel and on my arm and not in my hair. I wash my hair every other day, so if I am not sure how a hair gloss will go, I test it this way so that I am not stuck with the scent for two days. Italianate Landscape with a Goat and Sheep is a lot nicer than the note list makes it sound. It features lightly caramelized woods that become creamier over time, spiked with some black pepper. I do not get any leather from this at all. I like this more than I thought I would based on the notes. I probably won't hang on to the decant, just because I can't see it pairing well with scents I already have in my collection, but it is nice. -
This is primarily a creamy, sweet coffee scent with some milk chocolate swirled in (but it does not remind me of mocha). While I get the tangy cheesecake note in the vial, it did not present that way on my skin. There's not a ton of chocolate here, so if you're worried about that, don't be. It's mostly about the creamy coffee. I'll be hanging on to my decant!
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Colemanite Phoenix is stunning. I am not familiar with a lot of these notes, so this review won't be very helpful in that department, but I do get the desert dandelion and a coniferous note that I really love. I am not a big fan of sage, but the sage in this scent is unlike the other sage notes I have come across from the Lab. There's just this wonderful melange of green floral warmth that shifts from sniff to sniff, and I am here for it. I wasn't expecting to love this, but it it's actually my favorite of the Anniversary scents I tried this year. I don't have any desert scents in my collection, so this is a strong contender for a bottle purchase before the phoenixes fly away.
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Native Gold starts off strong on the sassafras, reminding me strongly of Stimulating Sassafras Strengthener. In the background, I get some of the mineral-y aldehyde, but the sassafras is queen. Over time, the sassafras loses its strength, giving way to a tobacco-forward blend backed by some warm cedar and a bit of the mineral aldehyde from before. This would be a good sassafras scent for those who want classy root beer that is tobacco-ed instead of vanilla-ed. I prefer my sassafras with the sweetness of vanilla, so I'll stick with Stimulating Sasssafras Strengthener and Tombstone.
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Epidote Phoenix is a lovely forest scent. It features a realistic pine needle note backed by the sweet redwood and moss, and it is definitely the scent of sunlight streaming through a coniferous forest during the summer. If you're a fan of Theoi Nomioi, you will probably enjoy Epidote Phoenix as well. I already have several bottles of that scent, and I have a bottle of The Forest of the Empress, which I love even more, so I am not sure I need to spring for a whole bottle of this. But if I didn't already have those scents in my collection, I would be contemplating a bottle of this one. (I'll be retesting my decant before this goes away just to be sure, though.)
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I was originally going to blind bottle this one when it was live, but then other releases happened with scents that called to me more. Note: I am reviewing this by testing it on my arm. I did not try this in the bath. Moonglow is mostly about the honey. It's more like HONEY biscuits. It starts off as honey backed by some cream on me with just a hint of buttery cookie, and it remains that way for a few hours. The biscuit note does gain strength over time, and it reminds me of the pastry note in The Knave of Hearts. I wish I had gotten less honey from this and that the biscuit note didn't take so long to assert its presence. I am glad I got to try it, though!
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Sophisticated cedar draped in a cloak of dry, very lightly smoked vanilla, which is sheer and almost more like a vanilla musk, because I also get a traditional perfume sort of quality to this. This is the cedar for all of those that dismiss cedar. I don't think I need to find more of this, but I'll probably keep my decant.
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I recently got to try The Lurid Library, which was more like a cologne-y incense than a book scent to me. I was hoping the pumpkin patch version would be more to my liking. Alas, it's more like a powdery incense on me. I get zero pumpkin from this whatsoever. Wherefore art thou, pumpkin? If you're looking for a library full of books plus pumpkin, this isn't it. The Lurid Library's Pumpkin Patch is not for me, since I didn't get books or pumpkin from this one.
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I typically avoid scents with black musk, as lighter musks agree with me more, but Haunted is one of the few scents in which the black musk just works with the golden amber on me. Unfortunately, that's not the case with the pumpkin patch version, which I feel is stronger on the black musk than its GC counterpart. The golden amber is still present, but I feel like it isn't as prominent as it is in the GC. There's no obvious pumpkin pulp or pumpkin spice note to my nose, but I do get some of the green pumpkin vine note in the background, which isn't really my thing. This would be good for someone looking for an unconventional pumpkin patch scent due to the lack of pumpkin spice or buttery pumpkin in this one (provided they really like black musk).
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Sustained Boos is a wintery version of Destructive Vagina of the Fox Spirit. I get the chilly aldehyde, reminiscent of a snow/cool wind note, with the same coffee bean and champaca found in Destructive Vagina of the Fox Spirit, and there's some clove thrown in for good measure. The resins play a background role on my skin. Champaca can quickly overtake other notes on me, but it is playing well with the coffee bean and clove in this one. The scent starts off chilly but transforms into a warm scent over time. I don't think I need more of this since I already own a bottle of Destructive Vagina of the Fox Spirit, but I do think this is really nice. I'll be hanging on to my decant.
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The starry white vegetal musk isn't the usual white musk note that you'd expect from the Lab, and it's the star here throughout wear. This is really well-blended, and it's difficult to pick the notes out, but I will say that the white vegetal musk and chilly (but not minty!) wind notes are the main players at first, with a bit of fir in the background. It's a bright scent, with the balm melissa adding a bright lemony aspect that is also very prominent throughout wear. Although I was worried about the champaca, it's actually pretty tame here, just contributing a bit of warmth in the background. I was kind of hoping the fir, cypress, and white cedar notes would be more prominent, but it just arrived yesterday, so perhaps that will change with age. In any case, I do think it fits with the winter sky theme. It's not a love right now, but I am going to hold on to it for a bit to see how it ages.
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Songs of Autumn III is dusty, floral, and smoky. Something in it also had a leathery quality on me, but I am not sure which note was doing that. It's more smoky than I had expected it to be in the beginning (must be the cinders), but it becomes dustier and more floral over time. This one was out of my comfort zone, but I decided to try it because I live in the desert. Well, this doesn't really smell like the desert to me, but maybe that's because I live in a city in the desert. I'd like to find a scent that smells like the desert after it rains, but this is definitely not that, so I will pass my decant on to a new home.
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Hypnotize Me is a super herbal mugwort and sharp lavender blend that I liked a lot more on me than I did in the vial. I tested it last night, and I liked it enough to slather it before going to bed. I found it to be an effective sleep scent, and it pairs well with The Hypnotic Eye atmo, which shares these two notes. The decant is definitely a keeper, and I may consider upgrading a bottle to use as a bedtime scent before the Weenies go away.
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The white sandalwood and palo santo are the notes that first hit me, with a bold finish by the rosewood and lavender. The lavender is not as prominent as the other notes on me, and the rosewood gains strength over time. The palo santo is the minty type found in the Palo Santo and Sandalwood duet, so this scent is very much like that with a generous dose of rosewood and a bit of lavender. I find this to be a relaxing scent that would probably be great for bedtime, but I am not sure I need more than my decant. I kind of wish the lavender played a greater role on me.
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Candy Corn Snake Oil is the most Snake Oil-y of this year's new Weenie Snake Oil variants. It's a much sweeter version of Snake Oil, with a ton of sweetness coiled up around the snek. I also get more vanilla from this Dangernoodle than the others, to go along with its sugar. This is the snek for those that like Snake Oil, but would love it more if it were sweeter.
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Well, sour gummi is right. It's actually not as sour as I thought it would be: most of the sour powder can be found during the initial application, with the gummy part gaining strength over time. I got very little Snake Oil from this. I agree with the blue raspberry and citric descriptors in zee_zee's review as well as its spot-on gummy quality. Sour gummi candies are not something I am fond of, but I bet those who do like them and want to smell like them would be delighted by this.
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This is one of the best Dangernoodles that I have tried. It's like kettle corn drizzled with a thin layer of caramel-y sugar over some Snake Oil. I was pleasantly surprised that it was more like kettle corn than buttery popcorn, and I didn't expect to like this as much as I do! The only downside: it does wear rather close to the skin compared to all of the other Dangernoodles I have tried (Candy Corn is the only one left on my to-try list). I may try to find a partial of this one before it goes away, because I don't think my half-decant will be enough, but I'm also not sure I need a whole bottle of it as nobody seems to like it when I wear popcorn scents. ?
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Red Hot Snake Oil is exactly what it says on the tin: red hots and Snake Oil. It's like an extra cinnamon-y Snake Oil, and I think it may be better than Saw-Scaled Viper because it doesn't have Saw-Scaled Viper's red ginger note. This is also the Dangernoodle with the strongest Snake Oil component that I have tried thus far. I don't think I need more of it, as I have plenty of spicy sneks, but I like it more than I thought I would!
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Caramel Apple Snake Oil is green apple and Snake Oil on me. I am not really a fan of fragrances that are heavy on the caramel, and this has less caramel on me than I thought it would -- the apple is stronger than the caramel on my skin, and the caramel is not a thick layer. I do not like this as much as the OG Coral Snake, so no bottle for me, but I would recommend it for those looking for a green apple snek.
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Mega-Sized Chocolate Bar Snake Oil is like Snickers + Snake Oil. I get the same milk chocolate you'd find on a Snickers or Milky Way bar, draped over Snake Oil. I also get a hint of saltiness from this, but maybe my nose was drunk or it was a skin chemistry fluke, since nobody else mentioned it! Boomslang features a deeper chocolate note with its cocoa. This features a sweeter milk chocolate that has better longevity on my skin than the cocoa from Boomslang. Since the chocolate lasts longer on me, I think I may like this more than Boomslang? (Heresy, I know!) I'll have to deathmatch the two before this goes away, because I don't think I need both.
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I was really curious about this just because it sounds so unique. Alas, Wax Vampire Teeth Snake Oil is not a snake for me. This features a chemically sort of black leather and possibly a latex note. There's something in the background that kind of reminds me of those wax soda pop candies that you have to bite the wax off in order to get the sugary soda out, but it is buried beneath the leather. Snake Oil's spices are definitely present on me, but I don't get any of the vanilla sweetening up the mix like I do with Snake Skin, so I vastly prefer that one over this. This is one weird snek.
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This smells like a tart lollipop over a base of Snake Oil. I am not sure exactly which flavor it is, though I agree that it is like a blowpop without the bubblegum. The lollipop component is far stronger than the Snake Oil, although the Snake Oil emerges more over time. This is one of the best Dangernoodles that I have tested thus far, although I think I would prefer the lollipop without the snek.
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I really wanted to love this one, because I am always on the hunt for cherry scents that hold true to pair with my Dragon Bouffant HG. But sadly, this is not a bottle upgrade for me. In the vial, I get lots of maraschino cherry that almost verges on cherry tootsie pop. However, on me, that quickly changes into tons of simple syrup with the cherries, and it reminds me of cherry cordials, which I am not a fan of. The cherry note gets fainter over time as the simple syrup declares dominion over the other notes, with the Snake Oil playing a background role. I think this could be good in a scent locket or on someone that doesn't amp the simple syrup as much.
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I almost blind bottled this. If I had, I would not have been disappointed. The cool milk and sweet, snuggly musk are the main players on my skin, with just a bit of dirt. I think there may be a bit of coconut contributing some sweetness, but it is not super prominent by any means, and for that, I am grateful (as I am not really fond of coconut-dominant scents). It gets sweeter over time, as the dirt retreats and the musk gains strength. I think Lucchesa's alternate names for this scent describe it perfectly! I find this to be really comforting. I will likely end up with a bottle of this before the Weenies disappear.