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LiberAmoris

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  1. As sweet as death, as deep as the grave: pomegranate, raspberry, gardenia, plum, and rose with patchouli, black pepper, rose musk, and a hint of blood accord.

     

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  2. Dark, spicy, animalic: Nagdi frankincense, bois de cade, beeswax, Somalian myrrh, and Laotian oudh.

     

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  3. I had considered calling this “Naughty Dragon”, but y’all might be burnt out on my stupid jokes by now. Get yourself untangled with a soothing blend of lavender, hops flower, ambergris accord, white musk, black currant, and dried blueberry.

     

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  4. A stop sign red linear holographic filled with holo microflake and a bit of copper shimmer.

     

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  5. Tiger orange linear holographic filled with holo microflake and a bright gold shimmer.

     

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  6. Bright, lemon yellow linear holographic filled with holo microflake and a coppery sheen.

     

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  7. Kelly green linear holographic filled with holo microflake and sparks of blue and green.

     

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  8. Royal blue linear holographic filled with holo microflake and sparks of metallic turquoise.

     

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  9. Red-based purple linear holographic filled with holo microflake and sparks of rose.

     

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  10. The Scepter of the Empress may be my favorite from my last order. The mandarin rind and bergamot are so beautifully bright and energetic, and the amber oudh gets in there and dirties it up juuuuust the right amount. The oudh is definitely detectable here, but it's really different against citrus notes which pull so strongly against the animalic smell of oudh. My favorite stage is drydown, when everything mellows and the citrus dies back a bit—this ends as a orange-amber skin scent on me, with the oudh just adding a bit of complexity to make things more interesting.


  11. Matthew 18:6 is another lovely vehicle for champaca (I'm so excited that this note is popping up in so many places!). Champaca is a glowing, incensey floral on me, and the sandalwood and honey give this a slightly sweet and powdery edge. Simple in the best way—pure. Feels perfect for summertime.


  12. If you love amber and clove, do not pass on Luke 10:25-37! This is gorgeous, with golden amber as strong here as it is in Inez. The clove follows closely behind, and the white sandalwood and saffron trail. And it truly smells golden to me, the kind of scent that plunges quickly into 'skin scent' territory, but not before drowning one in sticky, chewy, resiny, nearly caramelly amber for a good two hours of decadent bliss.


  13. Ugh, I love this. Like A Girl is deeply in the skin musk category, like if Grooming Scene in a Brothel + Morocco pulled back so far that they were almost sheer. This is beautifully wearable everywhere; vanilla and sandalwood is like the smell of skin in heaven. Also, what a lovely cause to support! I will likely need another bottle before this skates on.


  14. I dreamed I reviewed The Eternal Queen but it was all a charade. I bought this because tuberose is my homegirl. Gardenia is beautiful. And I'm obsessed with the vegetal modifier in BPAL...it always goes somewhere interesting. The Eternal Queen does not disappoint. This is 'go big or go home' white waxy florals, with ambergris, vanilla musk, and amber—and a hint of something vegetal, rooty. Like carrot or parsnip, in a good way. I agree that this smells tropical (thank you, white florals) but it's truly 'queenly' in the most sheer way possible, as this is the kind of scent that confidence pulls off beautifully. It's gorgeous, but you gotta love gardenia and tuberose, my doves. If you love those notes, invest and profit.


  15. O Venus, beauty of the skies,
    To whom a thousand temples rise,
    Gaily false in gentle smiles,
    Full of love-perplexing wiles;
    O goddess, from my heart remove
    The wasting cares and pains of love.

    Red rose petals, benzoin, honey myrtle and ambrette seed.

    The Queen of Love smells like a classic BPAL, like Persephone or Spellbound, something unified through the prism of red rose. Red rose is the dominant note on me, closely followed by benzoin. The honey myrtle adds both a honeyed and a honeyed floral note, and the ambrette throws a musky blur over everything. It's a resiny (incensey), red rose, musky, honeyed blend, managing to be sexy, comforting, and nostalgic in equal measures. So glad I picked this up, it definitely telegraphs Venus but also love in so many dimensions. :D

  16. Blood red pomegranate with tobacco absolute, Haitian tobacco leaf, and oudh.

     

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  17. A goblin’y take on Smut! Smutty Goblin Musk sweetened with sugar and tonka, and woozy with dark booze notes.

     

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  18. A goblin’y take on Smut! Smutty Goblin Musk sweetened with sugar and tonka, and woozy with dark booze notes.


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