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Is that the 3 Women with Shelly Duvall? I saw that a long time ago.

I am silly - it didn't occur to me other people would want to play along! I'll start a topic in the Entertainment forum 😃

I'd like to do the 31 day scary movie challenge or whatever you may call it. I will keep track here. 10/1 Nightmare On Elm St 10/2 Deadly Spawn (also watched Ghostbusters) 10/3 Friday the 13th and It Follows, double feature

The Isle of Demons, maybe? "The scent is of wet, dark greenery, carnivorous flowers, volcanic gas, and the hot black musk of the demons and wild beasts that populated the islands".

Oh shoot - I was hoping that was it! : (

@sudenmorsian How new is your new backup bottle? I've had brand new bottles smell strange at first but smelled better after a week or two of rest.

I got mine on etsy as well! To my nose this is lots of patchouli and hay, and it reminds me of Jaunty Tater, which is great because I love that scent. This particular kind of patchouli can sometimes get a little harsh on me but it's really harmonious with the other notes here. Very nice.

This is really nice! It goes on almost soapy but not quite - just on the edge of soapy, maybe the leaves? But then the tea note comes in and whatever was soapy fades back. I agree it has a cologne-like aspect. Eventually the woods come through stronger and I'm getting a seaside feeling I wasn't expecting, kind of like the lab's cypress note that turns up in some oceanic scents. But mostly this is in the same general family as Autumn Sun I, Autumn Landscape with Flock of Turkeys, and also October 32, from memory. Might have to do some death-matching but I love all these scents and each one has its own little differences, so I'm happy to wear all of them, from spring all the way up to late fall.

The neroli is STRONG at first but that's just for a short while, it's a bit sharp and raspy. After that it smooths out and becomes more like the orange sunset scent I was hoping for. I think with some aging the neroli might calm down even more, my bottle is brand new. Like the reviewer before me, I don't get a lot of myrrh, and that's good because I tend to amp it more often than not.

This is doing the exact thing that deters me from trying most "red" scents, something bitter and medicinal that lingers for hours - I first smelled it in Voluminous Red Blanket. I took a chance on a decant because the notes sounded so yummy and nice but alas, this isn't for me. For the first half hour I smell the good things I was hoping for, red fruit, candy and marshmallow, but it turns bitter on me over time. I'm blaming my skin chemistry on this phenomenon.

This is unfortunate, it has the strange "bleach musk" note that I get with bpal from time to time. It reminds me of the feeling of having bleach fumes in your nasal passages, and I might be the only person who smells it but it's pretty much a deal-breaker for me, it dominates any scent that it's in and makes me feel very headachey. (see also Apple Butter Rum and Gentle Hands). I can smell the other notes in the background trying to come out. I don't know if it's some kind of fixative component, but whatever it is, none of these scents appear to have notes in common so it's something not in the description. Ah well, I guess I have a death-note after all, I just have to be very cautious of foody scents. And to be fair, I have lots of foody bpal scents that I absolutely love.

Right away I can smell lilies and blue lilac, as expected. But there is also something a little grassy about this, and after a while I swear there was something faintly ashy and smokey, like just a hint of woodsmoke in the air. Nobody else has mentioned this so maybe it's just my nose or my skin chemistry, not sure. After that I do get some of the soapiness coming in, and it teeters on the edge of too soapy for a while. Then, a long while later, the green tea is the strongest note and it pretty much stays that way. Never did pick up on much of anything milky. I really love this, I love how the notes interact over time and I'm really thinking about getting a 5ml bottle. I'll try it a few more times before I decide.

More ideas... Activism section: Nasty Woman - black fig and patchouli, filthy bourbon vanilla, honeyed amber oud, and loukhoum Snakes In the Berry Sonker - Snake Oil slithering into a pan of baked blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries in a warm pastry crust, topped with vanilla ice cream and molasses Through the Gloom the Sisters Rose - Blackened pomegranate, tobacco absolute, benzoin, brown sugar, and droplets of inky wine Felis Silvestris Catus section: By Day She Made Herself into a Cat - A feral eyeshine of amber gleaming through a pool of ink-black musk. (If ya like black musk!) GC: Bathsheba - carnation, sensual plum, and Arabian musk Black Phoenix - no notes given - Promotes hedonistic tendencies and extreme self-love. You won’t stop kissing mirrors for a month Fenris Wolf - Rosewood, amber, red musk and a dribble of red sandalwood Hell's Belle - Oleander with wet, sweet mandarin, lush magnolia, a rush of deep musk and a touch of spice Horreur Sympathique - blood musk, golden honey, thick black wine, champagne grapes, tobacco flower, plum blossom, tonka bean, oakmoss, carnation, benzoin, opoponax, and sugar cane Kabuki - a luxuriant, exotic blend of cherry, red musk, and star anise Sin - Thouroughly corrupted: amber, sandalwood, black patchouli and cinnamon. (Ok it might be a stretch to compare this to Smut but I feel like it fits the theme of sultry and sexy) Urd - Muscadine, black and red patchouli, cereus and nag champa.

This is fruity and fun. It doesn't do anything funky or weird. It's light on me, I can tell it's there but it's a subtle cloud of scent. Feels summery to me. I think I recognize this fig from a previous dead leaves scent. I'll keep this decant for sure, fruity scents do not always work for me and I'm happy when they do.

In addition to the awesome recs above, bpal also has Nosferatu: "As soft as grave dust and as dry as a breath drawn within a long forgotten crypt, this is Nosferatu: desiccated herbs and gritty earth brought to life with a swell of robust and sanguineous red wines" The notes are very different but it could be worth a try, same inspiration! : )