doomsday_disco
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Incandescent, glittering musks, pearls of sweet Florentine iris, and an indigo sigh of blue cypress, Italian bergamot, pink jasmine, cistus, white amber, mimosa, and black lilies.
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A heady swish of black velvet patchouli, ambre noir, silken musk, and bourbon vanilla.
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A mermaid’s delight: pearlescent orris butter, polished coral, lilac-blushed choya nakh, ambergris foam, osmanthus petals, salt-crusted driftwood, honey dust, white grapefruit peel, cerulean musk, golden flecks of sea-speckled amber, and bittersweet mimosa.
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Apple Liqueur and Brandy.
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Coconut and Icicles.
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Some consider December’s full moon to be Snow Moon, but the cold, bleak white silence of February also bears the name. Snowfall is at its heaviest, food is scarce, the past year’s harvest has been exhausted, and driving winds, sleet, and bitter cold make hunting near-impossible. It is a desolate time, a solitary time, a time of conservation and introspection; in February, we are confronted with loneliness and want, and are challenged to find strength in the darkness. Snow, endless snow, and a glimmer of hope illuminated by the reflection of Brigid’s flame. Snowdrops pushing through a pale white blanket of crystalline musk, pale white frozen apples, white tea leaf, yuzu, and angelica root.
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An icon of Poland’s history and culture, Stańczyk was King Sigismund I the Old’s court jester at the height of the Rebirth and his wit, intelligence, and eloquence is venerated to this day. His fame and influence – and the mysteries surrounding his life – are such that some consider him a myth. Jan Matejko’s depiction of Stańczyk is lush and shadowed, rife with despair and ill-omen, and so is our perfume: scarlet silk, spiced rose petals, well-worn red leather, Oman frankincense, labdanum, dried cherries, and blackberry wine.
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I tried this on the back of my hand, and applied the hair gloss on my skin further up my arm. I am pleased to report that they are very similar, with the perfume oil having more longevity and throw on the skin, and the hair gloss having a slightly deeper/richer honey (probably due to aging since 2013). This is not like Implacable Beautiful Tyrant where the perfume oil is much lighter than the hair gloss, fortunately. It's an alluring honey musk party on my skin that lasts all day, and does become a little powdery thanks to either the musk or the musky ambrette seed, but not in a bad way. This is probably one of my favorite scents from this year's Lupercalia update. I even enjoy it more than the re-release of Our Lady of Pain, which I'm wearing now. I'm glad I blind bottled it and will definitely be pairing it with the hair gloss to bask in a cloud of honey musk.
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Toffee-touched vanilla bourbon filigree, antiqued white rose petals, auburn musk, honey dust, and white silk.
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Portrait of Princess Marthe Bibesco
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I tried this twice. The first time, this was mostly toffee and the dark, toffee-like honey that reminds me of Lush's Honey I Washed the Kids and Harlow's Lace, backed by some rose. The toffee note in this is on point and I could even envision the sugar crystals and the hardened toffee. The toffee smells so realistic and does not remind me of butterscotch, which I dislike. The second time I tried this, a week later, it was more rose-heavy on me! The rose is fresh on me and not a jammy variety. It was mostly rose in the throw (and it had good throw!), backed by that toffee and honey combo that did morph into the realistic toffee scent again, but accompanied by a lot more rose. So it was way more flormand than foodie this time around. I don't think I need more of this than the decant, but if smelling like toffee and rose sounds good to you, this will be right up your alley. -
Beeswax & Pine Needle.
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Wolf Moon: Beeswax & Pine Needle
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
This is mostly a beeswax single note on me, with just a hint of green in the background from the pine needle. The beeswax is creamy, honeyed, and has a hint of smoke to it that reminds me of Candlelight Atmo. I was hoping there would be more pine in this, but I am getting even less pine than I did from Pine Needles, Frankincense, and Beeswax Absolute. Still, it's a very lovely beeswax scent. I tried layering this with Juniper Berry, Pine Needle, and Hemp yesterday, to see if that would bring out MOAR PINE, but that ended up being beeswax-swirled incense on me. It was a nice combo, though. Although I'm sad that this wasn't more pine-heavy, I'll probably keep this around for layering purposes. -
Grass & Moonlit Dew.
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Wolf Moon: Grass & Moonlit Dew
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
This starts off with the grass being the strongest note, lightly coated in dew, but it morphs, so that several hours later, I get mostly the dew note backed by a little grass. It becomes aquatic, but not soapy or salty like most aquatics. It's not something I could see myself reaching for, but I'm glad I got to try it. -
Apparently, I forgot to review this a few weeks ago when I tried it. The honeysuckle is the strongest note out of the gate, followed by the jasmine, and then the opium smoke. The honeysuckle and jasmine together give me Eostre of the Dawn vibes, but then the honeysuckle is quick to fade, leaving mostly a non-indolic jasmine swirled with some opium smoke. The opium in this is not as strong as it is in Our Lady of Pain and Madrigal from this year's Lupercalia update. I wish the honeysuckle hadn't been so fleeting on me! Alas.
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A fable in scent: bone-white sandalwood aged with beeswax and balsam, crushed grass and juniper berries, ambrette seed, and lupine musk.
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The scent of spiritual ecdysis: pale, dry snake shed winding through ground devil’s pod, singed sandalwood, clove bud, datura petal ash accord, Oman frankincense resin, and the smoke of offerings made to gods of rebirth and renewal.
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Lilac cologne and luscious blackcurrant, blonde tobacco, laburnum petals, and sugared absinthe.
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Crafted to be layered with Sphinx Skin and the Key of Solitude, but can also be worn alone as a whispering, sigh-soft shadow: clove bud, Siberian iris, fossilized amber oil, black poppy absolute, and sandalwood smoke exhaled over a sheer skin musk.
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A billowing gown of sandalwood chiffon, pale grass notes, green chypre, ti leaf, sweet oakmoss, shimmering white musk, moss, bourbon vanilla, and green amber.
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This doesn't say that it contains green musk, but I am getting some strong green musk from this, along with some amber (maybe there's some green musk in the green amber or the chypre)? Anyways, aside from those notes, this is really well-blended, and it's hard to pick out a lot of the notes individually. But the green musk and amber combo remind me strongly of 51 and Pollution throughout wear, while I believe the shimmering white musk and bourbon vanilla notes, as well as a secret note from the chypre, might be contributing to the sparkly mainstream perfume vibes that I get from this scent. I'm reminded of scents like Ava and Tomie (although the vanilla is not distinct on me, it's giving me the strong sparkly floral musk vibes that I get from those scents). It's really a shame that this was a Century Guild exclusive, as I think this would have been popular if it were more accessible! Jugendstil: Fall 1896 has hella throw and never stops reminding me of those scents throughout wear. I'm currently 8 hours in, and it's still going strong. Now that the green musk isn't as loud, I can smell the moss, ti leaf, a bit of grass, and sandalwood in this with the glimmering floral amber musk. I'd say if you're wanting a scent that smells expensive and green, this would be up your alley... although I don't foresee many people parting with this one. ETA: I actually did get the vanilla a few hours after posting this, after doing a lot of cleaning. Huzzah!
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Cynocephalic Fool with Bladder Stick Giving Jesus a Hard Time
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D is for Dog-Face: a Medieval marzipan suffused with frankincense smoke and splashed by sacramental wine. -
Snow-covered stroopwafels, ice-rimed brown leaves, and a swish of boot leather.
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A Winter’s Scene with Skaters Near a Castle
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This is strong on the Lab's cologne-y dead leaves accord, which I either smell bitter neroli or a neroli-esque bergamot in, along with some moss. It reigns for a really long time, before the leather note shows up, and it's a smooth leather and not a harsh chemical-y variety, fortunately. (A sharp, chemical-y leather with that dead leaves note would have been instant headacheville.) By this point, the dead leaves is less leaf-y and more chypre-y. Here I was thinking that the stroopwaffel note that I was after wouldn't even show up at all. But when it did? Oh my god, it was a super realistic, toasty, freshly made stroopwaffel that transported me back to April 2017 in the Netherlands. The note is more about the toasty exterior of the stroopwaffel with only a hint of the caramel-y sweetness inside, so you don't have to be averse to this scent if you're not down with caramel. And the toastiness and sweetness that the stroopwaffel note provides really smooths over the harsher notes and makes this really alluring. By the end of the day, it's mostly stroopwaffel on top of a chypre base, with very little leather. I don't know if I can keep going through that dead leaves phase to get to this stroopwaffel, but I so love that note. Please, Beth, use it in more blends! Or release a stroopwaffel single note! -
Blackened lavender and sensual rivulets of labdanum with Oman frankincense and raw cacao.