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On me this is deep red apple, with a bit of a sensual quality that I attribute to the patchouli. The patchouli isn't strong but I can find it if I sniff up close. Then there's something a little "sparkly" about it that I think is coming from the apple blossom. So it's deep red apple with a little sparkle. Usually when I see apple (scent-wise) I don't really care to try it one way or the other, but I had the opportunity to try this out and it's actually really nice. : )
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Swarmageddon is very much like rolling around on the forest floor in my opinion - not sure if that's exactly what you're looking for but it's worth mentioning!
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The Lab has a particular kind of rose note that turns sour on me, and it's in this scent. (Sorry I can't remember where else I have smelled it). This is kind of soapy, almost a grassy rose scent, possibly white rose? But it's a rose that doesn't work for me. : ( I can't make out what else is in this because on my skin the sour rose stomps all over anything else that might be here. I really wanted to love this, I love The Dark Crystal so much.
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For me this is a fuzzy purple blackberry scent with myrrh in the background. Myrrh sometimes amps on my skin but it's pretty well behaved here. There's a suggestion of chypre but it's mostly like a blackberry incense scent (I'd love to smell the purple chypre accord on its own). My only complaint, I'm trying to think of a word, it's a little murky maybe or just everything blended together in a way that doesn't do much on my skin. This is absolutely a lovely scent but somehow it just doesn't grab me like Blackberry Moon, which I have 2 bottles of. I'll enjoy the rest of my decant of this for sure. It might be better on my skin when fall comes around and the weather cools off.
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When I wear this I think of Kingsport, an incandescent misty feeling, even though this isn't an aquatic scent. Maybe Kingsport had some cypress or it's something about the tonka fougere, I am not sure. None of the notes really stand out strongly to me, but I can pick out the rose petals if I try. I think it's mostly about the cypress and tonka fougere. It's unusual that the sandalwood doesn't stand out at all on me because I tend to amp that note. Also tobacco can sometimes misbehave on me, which is why I tried a decant first, but this is lovely and I ended up with a bottle. It smells clean and misty, but again, not aquatic. Reminds me of an early foggy morning.
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My bottle is very new, I just got it last week, but I will report my initial feelings about it. : ) To me this smells like the cut stem roses of Rose Red, but maybe not purely rose? I don't know floral scents very well but I feel like there's a hint of something else, like lily of the valley, or baby's breath or something? Is it lilac I'm smelling? I'm just not sure. To me this is like a floral illusion, like Beth took non-floral notes and made an otherworldly floral scent out of them. "Shimmering" comes to mind too. The "green" part is not strong, but it's there if you go looking for it. It's a very smooth green. I don't really smell anything berry-like at all. It's definitely a lighter scent on me and it's mostly gone after a couple hours, except for a skin scent that is so faint it's hard to even describe. It could be the "bloodied flytrap fangs" I'm smelling at this point because I thought to myself "dragon's blood? Is that you?". But it's hard to say. I am happy to reapply, I really like this scent. Edit: I forgot to mention my bottle has a thin dark layer that separates at the bottom, so I turn it upside down and back a few times to mix the layers. (I always do this anyway but this one requires a few more times to mix the layers).
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My skin takes this particular sandalwood note and amps it like crazy, I've noticed it in a couple of other scents too. I had to put this decant away for a few months because it was like sandalwood foghorn when I first tried it. It's better now but when I wear this, I need to be in the mood to smell like sandalwood aaalllllllll day long. It's not a bad thing, I do like sandalwood. It's just one of those things that - after a while it could get kind of monotonous. I can pick out a little frankincense and maybe some moss but it's mostly sandalwood on me.
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I smell the dusty wood for sure. It's a little dusty, but I'm also getting wisps of oil paint in there. Something about this reminds me of some kind of bitter grains, almost a rye or caraway note but not quite. I think for me the amber kind of softens the whole thing and smooths out any rough edges. Pipe smoke? I get a little of that too, if I sniff up close. I am very faintly reminded of Globe, a Luper scent from a while back, but overall I agree this is really different from anything else I've tried. I always wanted a perfume that smelled like this old duplex house I lived in when I was little. I was friends with the kid downstairs. The house had a smell like - wood, floor polish, books, kind of an old museum smell? But clean. This isn't quite it but it might be the closest thing I ever find.
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When I first got this, for a while, it was about 80% lilac with a subtle smoke/incense background and I was happy with that. I put it on today and it's more like a tobacco + sugar cologne situation with a little bit of the other notes present. The lilac has taken a back seat to the tobacco, at least it has today, on my skin. I'm still loving it, but I have to say it's almost like a different scent now. I wonder how it will behave for others. I will enjoy wearing this, It's pretty light for me.
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On me, I'd describe this as dark, incense + vanilla, and when I sniff up close there is something deep and a little earthy. It's almost like the scent has an up-close layer and an outer layer. I can't really say what silken musk smells like but I would guess it's in the family of black musk based on what I'm smelling here. I'm not picking out much in the way of individual notes. It's incensey amber/musk/vanilla, not like Snake Oil, but if anything closer to King Cobra. But it doesn't really have the Snake Pit family resemblance in my opinion (if anyone was wondering). I think this is something special that non-foody vanilla fans are going to love. Oh and like the person stated above, my oil in the bottle is slightly cloudy. Edit: tried this again today, ahh - THERE'S the patchouli! For some reason it's showing up in full force now. Not sure how I didn't notice it as much before, but maybe the scent is still getting over some travel shock or something.
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I don't remember buying this and I think it might have been a frottle from the lab. I mostly smell the lab's champaca note, and a pillowy backdrop of vanilla and amber. Black nutmeg is a note I might have avoided based on past experiences, but I can't smell it here. This smells great, but I already have a few other champaca scents that I probably would pick before this. I'm grateful I got to try this.
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Death: My Irony Surpasses All Others!
forspecial_plate replied to Jenjin's topic in Limited Editions
I haven't tried either of those scents the previous reviewer mentioned but I have to say, I agree with the general sentiment of the review.. Black musk can threaten to go into aftershave territory on me. It is mostly well-behaved here but I have to go easy on application or I'm headed back to the 70's or 80's.... something that might be a plus, for some. It's a strong black musk on me with an industrial or chemical aspect, almost like a hint of motor oil or burnt tires. That might not sound so great but it's not a bad thing and in the right mood or setting could be just the thing needed.. Also I'll add, later in the drying stages, I'm getting a little tiny bit of dry spice, not quite cinnamon but something, hard to pin down. -
White Chocolate, Orange Blossom, Sugar Crystals, and Champagne
forspecial_plate replied to Jenjin's topic in Lupercalia
On me the orange blossom is the strongest note followed by the white chocolate, with the suggestion of champagne and sweetness in the background. It's kind of sweet and sour. I really like this even though it's not what I expected, it manages to fall into the comfy and cozy category for me. The champagne note is not at all like it is in the 2 Sufficient Champagne scents I have (Snake Oil, and Blood), where the champagne stands out above all else. The orange blossom reminds me a lot of Vixen and if you love that scent I would recommend trying this. -
Strong and sharp on me - I like these notes but it would have to be about half this intensity for me to enjoy it. I'm mostly getting a citrus + champagne scent with some floral accents but not strong rose - I think the violet sugar note is actually coming out stronger than the rose. I like how it smells, maybe I can handle like teeny tiny dots of it on my skin. I will try that.
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This was an unfortunate fail on me, I wanted something kind of bright and zingy, frosty and refreshing. On my skin, I can tell there is snow and something gin-like, but there is something musky about it too. Whatever the muskiness is makes this into kind of a muddled mess on my skin. It's just not appealing on me. : ( I'm blaming my skin chemistry because I'm not getting as much gin or juniper as the other reviewers talked about. It's more like musky snow on me.