doomsday_disco
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I just really, really need it to be spring already. A crisp, green, and snappy vegetable perfume. Guiseppe Arcimboldo
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White Peach Fougere.
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“Piglet,” said Rabbit, taking out a pencil, and licking the end of it, “you haven’t any pluck.” “It is hard to be brave,” said Piglet, sniffing slightly, “when you’re only a Very Small Animal.” Rabbit, who had begun to write very busily, looked up and said: “It is because you are a very small animal that you will be Useful in the adventure before us.” Piglet was so excited at the idea of being Useful, that he forgot to be frightened any more… Pink clover and wild strawberries, red bean paste, pink vanilla, sweet acorns, apple blossom, caramelized almond, and a shy puff of sugar.
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Honey, Tonka Bean, and Toasted Vanilla
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Lupercalia
This one is strong on the honey. I only tried two scents from this year's Honey Pot, but I believe that this scent and Honey Milk Tea Boba contain the same honey note, which is thick, goopy, golden, and somewhat floral to my nose. This is backed by the tonka and vanilla, which combine with the honey to smell somewhat baby powder-y on me (woe). Eventually, I do get a nice vanilla in the background, but it takes several hours to get there, it's still buried beneath the honey, and the scent stays close to the skin by that point. I am glad I restrained myself from ordering more Honey Pot decants this year, as I thought this would be a winner based on the notes! -
Honey, Tonka Bean, and Toasted Vanilla.
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This one is predominantly a honey scent on me. I do smell some tea in the background, which is most noticeable early on -- but the tea note is more like an iced tea note to me (because it reminds me of a summer tea wax melt I have). There's nothing creamy or milky about this to my nose, and sadly, I do not get any boba, which was the main draw of the scent for me. I hope other folks have better luck with this one.
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Honey Milk Tea Boba.
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Strawberry Moon: Zante Currants and Lime
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I grabbed a decant of this duet because of the lime, but it is the currant that is the main player on my skin. So I'm getting tart currant and a squeeze of fresh lime that is not candy-like at all. It's reminding me of the lime in Griotte, Lime, and White Musk, actually. I realized after trying this that pretty much every scent I have with currant as a main feature also contains some sort of sweet note. So this tart currant scent isn't really my thing, but I look forward to layering it with its moon to see how they play together. -
Zante Currants and Lime.
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Strawberry Moon: Wild Strawberries and Inky Musk
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
The wild strawberries are the star of this duet. I think this features the same wild strawberry note as last year's Strawberry Moon: Wild Strawberries and Amber Hair Gloss (okay, it wasn't released last year, but two years ago -- what is time, wtf). The strawberry note is super ripe and sweet, but it's still a realistic strawberry that doesn't smell like strawberry candy. The inky musk plays a background role, and I was worried the fruit plus musk would be off-putting to me in the way that red musk is, but nope! I think it's just there to support the strawberry. I'm not sure exactly what type of musk this scent contains, but I usually don't do well with the darker musks, so if it is one of those, it is very well-behaved. I need to spend more time with this one and layer it with its moon to see if I need more of it, but I enjoy it enough to keep my decant to pair with the aforementioned hair gloss. -
Strawberry Moon: Wild Strawberries and Inky Musk
doomsday_disco posted a topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
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This is one of my favorite hearses, if not my favorite of them all? (Don't make me choose.) I already had the atmo that was originally released and loved that (it's my most-used hearse atmo), but I wasn't sure how it would play on my skin as a perfume with notes like petitgrain and bay rum (which made me wary). Still, I knew I was blind bottling this anyway as the warmer months approached, and fortunately, the perfume version did not disappoint! This behaves very similar to the atmo on my skin (huzzah)! The lime is the strongest note throughout wear on me, and it's sweeter than an actual lime rind is, but that's not a bad thing in my book. I think the citron lurks right behind it, and the white musk and bay rum help to ground the citrus notes so that they stick around. There's a hint of black pepper that's slightly more noticeable than it is in the atmo, and it combines with the bay rum to give this a bit more sophistication than a straight-up citrus scent. As for the petitgrain, it usually is bitter and neroli-like on my skin, but fortunately, I'm not getting anything like that from this, and for that, I am glad. I definitely need at least one back-up bottle of this before it goes away next month... maybe two. This is definitely one for lime fans.
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A shiny, genteel, vintage ride for all those who feel dead inside: lime rind, citron, petitgrain, white musk, a swish of bay rum and a bit of black pepper.
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“Good morning, Eeyore,” said Pooh. “Good morning, Pooh Bear,” said Eeyore gloomily. “If it is a good morning,” he said. “Which I doubt,” said he. “Why, what’s the matter?” “Nothing, Pooh Bear, nothing. We can’t all, and some of us don’t. That’s all there is to it.” “Can’t all what?” said Pooh, rubbing his nose. “Gaiety. Song-and-dance. Here we go round the mulberry bush.” “Oh!” said Pooh. He thought for a long time, and then asked, “What mulberry bush is that?” “Bon-hommy,” went on Eeyore gloomily. “French word meaning bonhommy,” he explained. “I’m not complaining, but There It Is.” Every solid friend group has at least one goth kid representing. Soft grey musk, pink thistle, lavender ash, tea leaves, pale iris, grey lilac, and rain-soaked moss. Each purchase of Gloomily, Gloomily comes with a 1/32 oz imp of The Donkey’s Tail. The Donkey’s Tail is not available for sale on its own, and make sure you keep it safe as you never know where it might end up.
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The tart red currant stands out the most to my nose. It's backed by the strawberry (I'm not getting much of the cream part of the strawberry cream) and the pumpkin candyfloss, which is not overtly pumpkin-y -- it just adds a touch of spice that makes this have a baked good quality to it behind the fruity notes, even though the pumpkin is supposed to be in candyfloss form. It's kind of like if you took Red from the Fraggle Rock line with its red currant, made it more pink, and then added some warm spice for good measure. It somehow makes me think of fruit punch with a bit of pumpkin cake (sans frosting) nearby. I do think this is nice, but I don't think it's a lotion I need a full size of... I'll happily use up my little sample pot, though!
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Pumpkin candyfloss with strawberry cream and red currant.
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Roselight is a gentle love-bonding oil crafted to help fortify partnerships and relationships during challenging times. A balm for frayed nerves and sharp words, it coaxes remembrance of shared laughter, of private language, of the sweetness that first took root. Anoint the wrists, the pulse at the throat, or the space above the heart before speaking hard truths or making heavy decisions. Wear it to bridge divides and bring comfort. Let it serve as a promise to protect what is tender, to fortify what is faithful, and to keep choosing one another with patience, warmth, and deliberate grace. Contains: three rose oil variants, heartsease, violet blossoms, angelica root, orris root, benzoin, lavender, ylang ylang, jasmine sampaguita, and a touch of warming spices.
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I'm not able to pick this apart note-wise in the way that I usually do, but like its atmospheric spray counterpart, this is very pink! It smells like a really fruity and fizzy drink. There are moments when I can pick out the fruit notes -- like, oh, there's some grapefruit! Ah, there's the guava! Oh, now I get some strawberry and blackberry! But the note that is most discernible on my skin, sticking around throughout wear instead of popping in and out, is the champagne, which I feel like is the most accurate champagne note I've come across, as I can smell the champagne itself and not just its fizz. I bought the atmo last year, and now I'm happy to have the perfume oil in my collection!
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A dream hearse for anyone who grew up presiding over numerous doll funerals: flashy pink guava, strawberry jam, sugared pink grapefruit, blackberry, bergamot, and pink champagne adorned with a gleaming chrome Landau bar.
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The French lavender is the star of the show throughout wear, backed by what I think must be the cherimoya. I've never had it or smelled it before, but it is bright, fruity, and somehow combining with the lavender note to make me think of A Conscious Slumber, even though the only note these two scents share is lavender. (I'm not mad -- I should have grabbed a back-up bottle of A Conscious Slumber while it was available, as it is one my most effective sleep scents.) The coconut and ube aren't main players on me, but I think the coconut cozies up to the lavender after it has been on the skin for a while like it does in Daybreak, and the ube may be doing the same (since it often ends up being somewhat coconut-adjacent on me after a while). I'm going to need at least one bottle of this to wear as a sleep scent, maybe more.
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French lavender, Thai coconut, cherimoya, and ube.
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The sweet ube candyfloss is the dominant note throughout wear on me (and it is truly sweet like candyfloss as opposed to being the usual starchy, coconut-adjacent ube note), backed by the red bean paste wrapped with rice paper. I love Beth's red bean paste so much, and although I don't dislike the ube candyfloss, I wish the red bean paste were the strongest part of the scent! It is present throughout wear, but it is at its strongest when the scent is freshly applied. I need to spend more time with this one to see if I need more than my decant -- but the decant is definitely a keeper! Now I'm daydreaming about Beth using this red bean paste note to make a dorayaki scent...
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Gigil. I don’t think there’s an exact translation for this in English, but this is basically Cuteness Aggression, Filipino-style. Good gigil is the feeling of being absolutely overwhelmed by cuteness – VIBRATING because of someone or something’s intense cuteness – like you JUST CANNOT HANDLE THIS LEVEL OF CUTENESS. It’s a feeling somewhere between adoration and agitation? The uncontrollable urge to squeeze someone’s cheeks? Clenching your teeth because you cannot handle the cuteness you are experiencing? The feeling you get when you see a puppy or kitten so cute that you want to cry or scream? I know y’all know what I’m talking about. So, what does nanggigigil ako sayo translate to? It’s sort of… I CANNOT HANDLE HOW CUTE YOU ARE. IF I DON’T SMORSH YOUR CHEEKS I AM GOING TO LOSE MY MIND. Ok, that’s not the literal translation, but you get the gist. (Bad gigil, on the other hand, is when you are about to go volcanic with irritation. When your eyes are watering and your hands are clenching and your teeth gnashing because you are frothing with frustration. There’s too much of that in the world right now, so we’re not going to go there. I’m all bag gigil’d out. I’ve had enough bad gigil to last me a hundred lifetimes.) A scent for all of us who have been exploded by someone else’s cuteness: ube candyfloss and rice paper-wrapped red bean custard candy.
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This one starts off being mostly about the tea (more standard green tea than jasmine green tea at first) and lemon, with a bit of a camphorous quality from the hinoki cypress. Over time, the jasmine part of the jasmine tea emerges -- but it doesn't really smell like actual jasmine tea, just like a floral note hovering over the tea note -- as well as the resins, making this a floral tea scent accompanied by resins (I get more sandalwood than frankincense). They don't share the same tea or floral notes, but this is bringing to mind At the Tea Drinking from the 2023 Shunga collection, with resins instead of orange. I liked this one best during the wet phase of the scent, before the resins became more noticeable. I wish that I had gotten more hinoki from this, but I still like this enough to hang onto my decant. I'm going to give this a full-day slather to see if I need more of it -- and maybe I'll get more hinoki that way -- as I do think this is pretty. I look forward to pairing it with Informal Tea Hair Gloss.
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Jasmine tea, lemon slices, black frankincense, hinoki cypress, and golden sandalwood.