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Paris Being Admitted to the Bedchamber of Helen
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Limited Editions
I was hoping for lots of sweet pea from this one, but of course it's tuberose that takes the lead right out of the gate and holds that position throughout wear. It's backed by the pink silk note, which smells somewhat cotton-y to my nose. These two notes were strong enough on me that I wasn't able to pick out the sweet pea or the honeyed skin musk, curiously enough! Definitely one for tuberose fans that enjoy fabric notes. -
Milk Moon: Golden Grains & Orange Blossom Honey Lotion
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Lotion
I'm not a fan of orange blossom notes, as they tend to be bitter and can be headache-inducing on me, but I decided to try this when someone posted a comment on another platform wondering if this might smell like Golden Grahams cereal. In my experience, it does not smell like cereal. This is mostly about the orange blossom honey, but fortunately, while the orange blossom is stronger than the honey, it isn't as strong as straight-up orange blossom. I can tell there is something else going on in the background, which is taming the orange blossom honey and keeping it from being too strong/heady, so it must be the grains -- but the golden grain note isn't distinct to my nose like the cocoa corn puff note in Milk Moon 2026. This is not a lotion that I feel the need to grab more of, but if you're a fan of orange blossom and you can do honey, this will probably be up your alley. -
This really does smell like pumpkin and cocoa puffs. You can tell that the pumpkin marshmallows are dehydrated because while they are pumpkin spice-y and sweet, they lack the usual marshmallow floof. Although this is a cereal scent, it never becomes super milky on my skin, and the sweet pumpkin is always the star of the show. The cocoa puff part of the scent is most noticeable during the first few hours of wear, and eventually, the scent settles into a syrupy pumpkin scent. Layered with Milk Moon: Matcha & Pumpkin Rind - When I wore the duet on its own, the spicy pumpkin was stronger than the matcha. When I layered it with its moon, the matcha was the strongest note, hovering over the pumpkin notes. Layered with Milk Moon: Milk & White Musk - This adds a milky layer over the moon and makes it seem more like a bowl of cereal. I think this smells lovely and think it would be nice to wear during the autumn. Since there's not much of an autumn where I live, I'm going to have to deliberate on whether or not I need a full bottle of this before the scent departs. But I'll definitely be hanging onto the decant!
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Milk Moon: Milk & White Musk
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I didn't order a decant of this one, but my decanter kindly included a tester in my decant order. The milk is the star of the show in this duet. It's definitely a dairy milk note and not a plant-based sort of milk. I don't really know what to say about it except for that it smells like cow's milk, and it smells, well, milky, but it doesn't go funky like some dairy notes are wont to do on my skin, and it doesn't morph into butter, so that's nice. The white musk in this is confined to a background role. It's not an effervescent sort of musk, nor is it too clean. While I don't feel the need to upgrade to a bottle of this myself, if you're looking for the closest thing you can get to a milk single note, you should give this a try. -
Milk Moon: Matcha & Pumpkin Rind
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
This smells like spiced pumpkin mixed with matcha (and the matcha does have the bitter, somewhat vegetal quality of matcha and does not smell like the Lab's standard citrusy green tea note). I was surprised how heavily spiced this smelled in the decant and when I applied it to my skin, and I thought for sure it would burn me like Nocturne Alchemy's Scaretastic Tea does (which is another pumpkin spice and matcha scent!). However, despite this smelling like I fell into a vat of pumpkin spice, this didn't leave any redness or welts on the back of my hand. (That said, I would never risk applying this to a sensitive area like the crook of the elbows or the neck). Both notes cozy up to each other and are present throughout wear, with the spiced pumpkin being the stronger of the two notes, but eventually, the spices do calm down after several hours, and it smells like syrupy pumpkin with a touch of bitterness from the matcha. I like this and will definitely be keeping my decant, and I'll have to retest it to see if I need more before it goes away. (I think it really depends on if I can only wear this on my hands/wrists or if I'm able to slather it without it aggravating my sensitive skin). This will be great to wear in the autumn. -
Spring Wildflower Honey, Grass, and New Mown Hay Atmosphere Spray
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Atmosphere
I can smell the soft petals of the wildflowers mixed with some green grass and some warm hay, all sweetened by some honey. I've tested this on a paper towel twice, and both times, I could smell all of the listed notes at all times, without any of them fading away. If I spray it just in an open area, like over my couch, I get the blast of green but get more honeyed wildflowers in the throw. It's a very pretty spring scent that makes me think of a green meadow dotted with yellow flowers with some hay nearby. I don't get to use my atmosphere sprays as much as I used to these days, so I probably don't need a whole bottle of this one, but I'll definitely be keeping my decant. -
This starts off as a fruity floral scent on me, with the grapefruit being the strongest note at first, followed by the rose, until they switch places, so that it ends up being a pink rose-centric scent backed by a hint of grapefruit, which eventually disappears, leaving the pink rose backed by some light, warm, dry resins and skin musk. This is not sweet like Razors in a Doll's House Hair Gloss, and I only get the barest touch of vanilla in the background if I go searching for it, but it is very sheer and faint since it is buried beneath the rose, resins, and musk. I have a lot of rose scents in my collection, and this one isn't really grabbing me even though I've tried it three times. I think it's because I gravitate more towards sugary florals than fruity florals and florals plus resins, but there are even some non-sugary rose scents that call to me more than this one, so I don't think I need to keep my decant.
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Honey Buttercream Cupcake Atmosphere Spray
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Atmosphere
This smells exactly like it says on the tin: it's a honey buttercream cupcake! The honey buttercream is the most prominent aspect of the scent to my nose, but there is definitely a golden cake note beneath the frosting. I think this smells lovely and will definitely be keeping my decant in the original bottle, but I don't think I need a whole bottle of this one. -
The first time I tried this, it was soft and sweet: oat milk, sweetened by honey and vanilla, and a bit of bread in the background. But the second time I tried it, it was salty and buttery as hell. 😭 I mean, yeah, there's butter in the scent, but where's the salt coming from!? The bread!? I think I also get the wheat with it, too. In any case, it was too salty and buttery for me. I'm not sure why I got this out of it the second time around when it was such a soft, cuddly, sweetened oat milk scent the first time I tried it. I don't need more of this one, but I hope more people experience the sweetened oat milk and not the butter bread bomb!
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Turn any perfume into a friggin’ glazed donut. Glazed Donut Troll? Glazed Donut Perversion? Glazed Donut Black Annis? The options are endless, really.
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A neutral sheer musk that radiates freshly-washed skin. Can be utilized as a fragrance fixative base beneath more complex BPAL oils.
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You asked for it, you got it. Petrichor is the smell of rain hitting dry earth and is one of the most universally beloved scents in the world. It's cool and green, with a deep, almost mineral dampness underneath, like wet clay or stone that's been sitting in the sun. There's something alive in it too: a faint earthiness that comes from the soil itself, mossy and organic, with a clean freshness that feels like the air has been completely renewed. It's neither sweet nor sharp, but inhabits a soft, grey-green space that feels both ancient and immediate.
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Honey-Dusted Skin Musk
doomsday_disco posted a topic in Single Notes, Layering Scents & Simple Blends
Comforting and uncomplicated: a toasted honey note, almost caramelized at the edges, that softens into a powdery musk that reads as clean, warm skin that's been kissed by something sweet. -
Ambergris carries a primordial, radiant muskiness: pale and quietly luminous, threaded with hints of sea air, driftwood, and ocean-splashed sunlight. Raw, it holds a faint brininess; aged, it mellows into something smooth and gently sweet, with whispers of tobacco, sandalwood, and open water. This is not a scent that announces itself boldly. Elusive by nature, ambergris works as a fixative, extending and softening whatever surrounds it rather than stepping forward on its own. It is the kind of presence you sense more than smell: it makes other notes linger longer and bloom a little fuller. This is a vegan accord crafted to evoke ambergris and contains no real ambergris whatsoever.
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It’s my heritage, and I can be silly if I want to. Tayabak petals, loose and dreaming, butterfly pea steeped to deep ink-blue, languid, heady sampaguita, sweet jackfruit, and calamansi beams radiating from an ube-purple moon.