LiberAmoris
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Gaudeamus omnes in Domino, quia Salvator noster natus est in mundo. Hodie nobis de caelo pax vera descendit.Apologies, I looked for my bottle of Cathedral so I could compare the scent of Cathedral Incense atmo to it (thought that might be most useful to others), but am unable to find it so am working from memory here. But I do think that Cathedral Incense is strongly reminiscent of Cathedral, and that people who like it would like this! I'm getting similar resiny-herbal-sweet vibes, with what smells like frankincense and myrrh with maybe benzoin and styrax? There's a hint of what smells like candle or incense smoke as well, although I wouldn't call it heavy on that element. It's really beautiful and smells like Christmas mass. So glad I got a bottle!
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Because nothing says “scrappy indie perfumer with authority-figure issues” like a pachyderm who’s too P.O.’ed to poop.
Ambergris accord, Mysore sandalwood, ambrette seed, cypress, nagarmotha, and grey agarwood.
God, I really hope someone asks me what I'm wearing when I have this on some time.
Constipated Elephant Alchemy Lab is a nuzzle-y soft heap of pale greys and browns, earthy and woodsy and with a vocal hit of ambergris that always smells to me salty, caramelized, and resiny. Wet, I get a terpenic shot of the cypress and nagarmotha, outdoorsy and gently bracing. It quickly shifts to whispering woods, with the agarwood and sandalwood both detectible and the ambrette seed adding something both slightly nutty and gourmand but also amberishly, resiny smooth. The ambergris reinforces this smoothness, filling in the wood's grain with a natural sweetness and a touch of the sea. It's beautiful.
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Gilded vanilla orchid, cherry blossom, crystalline pale petals, flecks gold leaf, and drops of daemonorops draco.
Unf, I love Delicate Dragon HG. Cherry blossom can be a bit too much for me, but here it's cut by the vanilla orchid and daemonorops draco (dragon's blood). Those notes take down the sweetness and innocence of cherry blossom a bit without making it less delicate. I'm not sure if I'm detecting the pale petals and gold leaf, but I'm sure they're here, helping to make this well-blended beast as pretty as it is. It smells pale pink, and although there are loads of flowers in it, I wouldn't classify it as an overt floral. It's really difficult to describe but I will enjoy using every drop. -
I love the Lab's peony note so had to try this. Miss Nellie Harding HG makes good use of that peony note, and this smells like living well. The white musk and white moss throw a veil over the white rose and peony notes, so they're almost blurred. Because of the florals and the white musk, I think this is the kind of scent that people might call 'soapy' or 'powdery', but to me is retro in the best way. It's very pretty, and would be an excellent hair gloss for me to wear to work, as it smells clean and polished.
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Cabbage White Caterpillar is so delicious! I get marshmallow, lemon, and mint in that order. It smells like lemon meringue candy, and I absolutely love it. So fun, and yes, would be so great to layer with other complementary marshmallow scents!
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Golden Apple, Golden Sandalwood, and Amber HG in my hair is apple-forward at first, with apple doing the driving. The golden apple note is really mellow but luscious—almost juicy? And is very autumnal, perfect for this time of year. As the hair gloss wears on, the sandalwood and amber step forward and assert themselves, although the apple is always present, bringing sweetness and that sense of juiciness. I wasn't quite sure what to expect from the intersection of these notes, but I like how they work together to create a total fall vibe. I think this would layer well with a lot of my Halloween scents, in fact, and can't wait to do some experimenting!
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I also love The Serpentine and had to have the hair gloss—and this doesn't disappoint. It's a fluffy lavender with Dorian, a light floral, and vanilla. The effect is of a downy, creamy lavender with a killer Dorian-tinged trail. Another hair gloss that's perfect to spray when I shower shortly before bed, as the smell of this on the pillow is very soporific!
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I bought Hidden Purpose BO as an after-shower moisturizer. It's straight-up lavender with dark oudh intercutting it, making it less herbal and more animalic and 'perfumey'. I love the combo—simple and effective. Layers beautifully with lavender perfumes and hair glosses, and is perfect for days when I shower late and want something comforting and beautiful to usher me through the remaining hours to sleep.
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Wild plum oudh and crushed violets.
Ugh, I love The Violet Window HG. I love violet in general, so there's that. But the plum oudh falls like a purple shadow across the floral note in a way that makes this so huffable and addictive.
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King mandarin, wildflower honey, cognac, labdanum, honeybush and blood orange.
The Orange Window HG is like an orange-lovers' dream. The king mandarin and blood orange are in the forefront, with the honey. The cognac, labdanum, and rooibos trail, making this a bit boozy/resiny and adding a subtle tea note. I think this is my second-favorite of the Halloween hair glosses I've received this year, and would layer so beautifully with any orange-dominant perfume or Snake Oil. -
Red musk, saffron threads, molten honey, and tobacco oudh.
Red, red, red. The Blood Red Window Panes HG smells like dark red incarnate. I would call this a red musk-prominent blend, but the other notes really get their fingers into it. The saffron and honey sweeten this and turn it sideways, and the tobacco oudh makes it smell decadent and perverse. It's a bit like if the Infernal Lover took a dose of debauched tobacco oudh and went out on the town. The oudh is definitely present, but I wouldn't call it overpowering. -
With a cinnamon and maple glaze.
This is so much lighter than I thought it would be! Pumpkin Donut HG has a fresh pumpkin note that smells like it's just been scooped out—it's nearly floral. The baked good aspect of this is very subtle. The cinnamon and maple are in fact more perceptible to me than the donut angle. That said, it does smell like dessert, it's just not a heavy scent. The sillage smells more like pumpkin donut than it does during application/wet, so interesting. I like this, and it's even more wearable than I thought it would be (sometimes the foody scents are too much for me to wear to work). -
Lily of the valley, osmanthus, white oakmoss, silvered orchid and ambergris accord.
The White Window HG does smell white, like a white flower extravaganza. Lily of the valley (one of my fave notes), plus osmanthus and orchid—supported by ambergris and oakmoss. If you love white florals, don't miss this! It's really elegant. -
Rocky Mountain Goats HG is a piney delight. This is a dry, brushy, pine/fir scent with an herbal undernote of sage. To me, this smells like high summer scrub and trees, with the heat making the oils more volatile and fragrant. Lovely.
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This smells like Samhain with a glug more apple in it, a modification I'm in full support of.
It's almost like a cross between Samhain and one of the NYCC apple hair glosses. I love it! -
Lily of the valley, cedarwood, chamomile, vanilla orchid, white sandalwood, and polished oak.
I love lily of the valley so was super excited for this atmo. And lily of the valley is definitely the star here. The cedarwood, sandalwood, and oak cut the sweetness of the floral and give this a woody base. The chamomile and vanilla orchid give it a slightly herbal edge/additional floral that skews a bit waxy and spicy. Super pretty! -
A maddeningly festive blend of warm, buttery rum, cocoa, coconut, vanilla and a jolt of peppermint. It’s a sweet, decadent, slightly silly scent, reminicent of rum-laced holiday cookies.This post is merely a placeholder for future reviews. Whoever is first to review, please report this post using the report button below, so a mod can merge it with yours. Thanks!
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Black currant, rhubarb, mushroom, champaca, and myrrh.This post is merely a placeholder for future reviews. Whoever is first to review, please report this post using the report button below, so a mod can merge it with yours. Thanks!
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Black currant, rhubarb, mushroom, champaca, and myrrh.This post is merely a placeholder for future reviews. Whoever is first to review, please report this post using the report button below, so a mod can merge it with yours. Thanks!
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This Clytie knew, and knew she was undone,Whose soul was fix'd, and doated on the Sun.She rag'd to think on her neglected charms,And Phoebus, panting in another's arms.With envious madness fir'd, she flies in haste,And tells the king, his daughter was unchaste.The king, incens'd to hear his honour stain'd,No more the father nor the man retain'd.In vain she stretch'd her arms, and turn'd her eyesTo her lov'd God, th' enlightner of the skies.In vain she own'd it was a crime, yet stillIt was a crime not acted by her will.The brutal sire stood deaf to ev'ry pray'r,And deep in Earth entomb'd alive the fair.What Phoebus could do, was by Phoebus done:Full on her grave with pointed beams he shone:To pointed beams the gaping Earth gave way;Had the nymph eyes, her eyes had seen the day,But lifeless now, yet lovely still, she lay.Not more the God wept, when the world was fir'd,And in the wreck his blooming boy expir'd.The vital flame he strives to light again,And warm the frozen blood in ev'ry vein:But since resistless Fates deny'd that pow'r,On the cold nymph he rain'd a nectar show'r.Ah! undeserving thus (he said) to die,Yet still in odours thou shalt reach the sky.The body soon dissolv'd, and all aroundPerfum'd with heav'nly fragrancies the ground,A sacrifice for Gods up-rose from thence,A sweet, delightful tree of frankincense.Tho' guilty Clytie thus the sun betray'd,By too much passion she was guilty made.Excess of love begot excess of grief,Grief fondly bad her hence to hope relief.But angry Phoebus hears, unmov'd, her sighs,And scornful from her loath'd embraces flies.All day, all night, in trackless wilds, aloneShe pin'd, and taught the list'ning rocks her moan.On the bare earth she lies, her bosom bare,Loose her attire, dishevel'd is her hair.Nine times the morn unbarr'd the gates of light,As oft were spread th' alternate shades of night,So long no sustenance the mourner knew,Unless she drunk her tears, or suck'd the dew.She turn'd about, but rose not from the ground,Turn'd to the Sun, still as he roul'd his round:On his bright face hung her desiring eyes,'Till fix'd to Earth, she strove in vain to rise.Her looks their paleness in a flow'r retain'd,But here, and there, some purple streaks they gain'd.Still the lov'd object the fond leafs pursue,Still move their root, the moving Sun to view,And in the Heliotrope the nymph is true.Excess of love begetting excess of grief: heliotrope, frankincense, muguet, osmanthus, and neroli.This post is merely a placeholder for future reviews. Whoever is first to review, please report this post using the report button below, so a mod can merge it with yours. Thanks!
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This Clytie knew, and knew she was undone,Whose soul was fix'd, and doated on the Sun.She rag'd to think on her neglected charms,And Phoebus, panting in another's arms.With envious madness fir'd, she flies in haste,And tells the king, his daughter was unchaste.The king, incens'd to hear his honour stain'd,No more the father nor the man retain'd.In vain she stretch'd her arms, and turn'd her eyesTo her lov'd God, th' enlightner of the skies.In vain she own'd it was a crime, yet stillIt was a crime not acted by her will.The brutal sire stood deaf to ev'ry pray'r,And deep in Earth entomb'd alive the fair.What Phoebus could do, was by Phoebus done:Full on her grave with pointed beams he shone:To pointed beams the gaping Earth gave way;Had the nymph eyes, her eyes had seen the day,But lifeless now, yet lovely still, she lay.Not more the God wept, when the world was fir'd,And in the wreck his blooming boy expir'd.The vital flame he strives to light again,And warm the frozen blood in ev'ry vein:But since resistless Fates deny'd that pow'r,On the cold nymph he rain'd a nectar show'r.Ah! undeserving thus (he said) to die,Yet still in odours thou shalt reach the sky.The body soon dissolv'd, and all aroundPerfum'd with heav'nly fragrancies the ground,A sacrifice for Gods up-rose from thence,A sweet, delightful tree of frankincense.Tho' guilty Clytie thus the sun betray'd,By too much passion she was guilty made.Excess of love begot excess of grief,Grief fondly bad her hence to hope relief.But angry Phoebus hears, unmov'd, her sighs,And scornful from her loath'd embraces flies.All day, all night, in trackless wilds, aloneShe pin'd, and taught the list'ning rocks her moan.On the bare earth she lies, her bosom bare,Loose her attire, dishevel'd is her hair.Nine times the morn unbarr'd the gates of light,As oft were spread th' alternate shades of night,So long no sustenance the mourner knew,Unless she drunk her tears, or suck'd the dew.She turn'd about, but rose not from the ground,Turn'd to the Sun, still as he roul'd his round:On his bright face hung her desiring eyes,'Till fix'd to Earth, she strove in vain to rise.Her looks their paleness in a flow'r retain'd,But here, and there, some purple streaks they gain'd.Still the lov'd object the fond leafs pursue,Still move their root, the moving Sun to view,And in the Heliotrope the nymph is true.Excess of love begetting excess of grief: heliotrope, frankincense, muguet, osmanthus, and neroli.This post is merely a placeholder for future reviews. Whoever is first to review, please report this post using the report button below, so a mod can merge it with yours. Thanks!
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Chaos is the score upon which reality is written. – Henry MillerAn old take on Chaos! A new take on Chaos!This year, we are offering the traditional chaos of the original Chaos Theories, manifested as Eris’ Tilt-A-Whirl, and a new Recursive Self-Similarity series.Each CT:6 scent under the auspices of Recursive Self-Similarity, has a base of Amber, in wildly varying proportions.From these bases comes a new series of flowing, fragrant fractals that emanate from these three roots. Random combinations of oils have been added to every individual bottle, retaining their sensitivity to their initial component, resulting in a truly unique blend that swirls merrily around its core oil.This is an exercise in the joy of chance and uncertainty! Each is a one-of-a-kind, utterly random combination of scents, the composition of which is based on whim, mood and gut instinct.This post is merely a placeholder for future reviews. Whoever is first to review, please report this post using the report button below, so a mod can merge it with yours. Thanks!
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A 19th century euphemism for the area that is now called Chelsea. During that time, there were at least forty-night bawdy house, twenty-two of which were on West 27th Street alone.Moldering wood covered by velvet-flocked wallpaper, a splash of rum, pipe smoke, and cologne.
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Moonglow Bath Oil
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Agree with above. Moonglow bath oil is absolutely honey biscuits with cream. Strong on the honey, with the carb and dairy trailing, but totally delectable. If I sniffed this scent description unseen, I might say it's honey with a shadow of something that makes my mouth water, but I'm not sure I'd call out biscuits and cream. Those notes are very subtle on me, although present. If you like honey and foodie scents, this is a lovely, simple one.