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This is my new favorite lavender room/linen spray! That perfect cotton fabric note matches the lavender in intensity on first spray and this scent is so soothing and wholesome. Adding to this feeling are the flour and sugar notes, which appropriately read less fresh-baked cookies and more deconstructed cookie ingredients, powdery and very lightly sweet. There are some other subtle notes that for my nose remain "kitchen mysteries," as I can't quite pick them out and name them. They add some interesting subtle spicy and herbal notes to the overall impression but stay in the background. I will be spritzing this around whenever I need some anti-anxiety influences or just want to feel wholesome and cared for.
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This is the perfect hair gloss to match with all of your slushy snow scents. The pomegranate is bright and tart, the slush is chilly and icy. My nose is picking up some kind of fresh evergreen note in the background as well. This reminds me of Fresh Green Holly HG but colder and with a stronger red fruit note. While this is a gorgeous Solstice/Christmas/Yule scent, I'll be wearing it all winter and wishing it was colder where I live.
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Sniffing right out of the bottle, the cardamom and amber give a tingly sweet spice and resin combo. Wet on skin, the sweet roasted chestnut shows up immediately and I'm already in love with this scent. It only gets richer, warmer and sweeter as it dries and the caramel shows up. This combo is just so lovely and cozy! This is the perfect perfume for staying in when it's extra chilly outside and you'd just rather cuddle on the couch in your flannel pjs with your cats and drink some spiced hot beverage.
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In the bottle, Retch is straight up milk chocolate and pungent oudh, with that little bit of oudh-specific stank making an appearance (but quickly disappears). Wet on the skin, the oudh calms down immediately and steps back to become a warm, smoky-woody base. The boozy note adds some heady sweetness that blends in smoothly. This perfume dries down beautifully to a rich resiny chocolate, delicious but not a pure gourmand. Retch is definitely a bit naughty, but secretly sweet at heart.
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Christmasween is quite fruity right away, like the wassail I made for the holidays: mulled cider, cranberries and oranges. As it dries, smoky and sweet notes smooth it out; soon, the spices come out and the resins make this even more rich and complex. Later I can pick up a hint of the creamy pumpkin, some subtle balsam fir branches, and warm sweet beeswax. This is exactly what I imagined and hoped for when I saw this scent, a perfect blend of Halloween and Christmas memories, joyful and bright! I absolutely love it!
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On first applications, I'm getting my beloved slushy snow and lavender, which pair perfectly. The bubbly champagne shows up next, and the gentle musk remains softly in the background on my skin. Combined with the lavender and champagne, this reminds me of the sparkly crunchy type of snow that you want to make into a snow-woman. With le tits. Now. This is a light but sexy snow scent and a perfect addition to the Yules.
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This one took me back to my teen years in the 80s, when smudgy black eyeliner was my makeup life. I didn't have a lighter, so it went on like a cold crayon back then, but it was worth it. Black Eyeliner has that same enchanting makeup accord as the lipstick scents, with that lovely citrus-y wax and subtle floral note. In this instance, it is combined with a woody note, possibly cedar, for the pencil, along with the chemical smoke of the lighter. The way Beth blends "chemical" smells to make them actually beautiful is amazing to me! Accompanying this blend of eyeliner smells is that black leather note and subtle metallic spark representing the studded bracelet. I agree with wilhelmscream, this could be a cousin scent to Adam with the similar layering of notes. This scent is a perfect concept execution, and all of the notes come together seamlessly to form a lovely shadowy perfume. If you enjoy the lab's makeup scents, don't sleep on this one!
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This starts out on me as a beautiful sandalwood with a soft smokiness that is an incense smoke, rather than a woodsmoke scent. It's lovely right from the start, As it dries, I got nervous to pick up what might be a light clove note? My skin amps clove a lot and I was concerned that it would be the case here. No worries, though, it settles down into a soft background for the dark floral ink notes, which add an elegant complexity to the smoky sandalwood. This was the skeleton scent that I was craving this Halloween and I love it! It's dry and dark and scorched. If you are familiar with The Locked Tomb book series, this is what Drearburh would smell like if it was a perfume. If you are not familiar, it reminds me of photographs of the Paris catacombs and their grotesquely beautiful bone architecture.
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I am picturing a very elaborate, very tasty wedding cake, the kind covered in frosting flowers and lacy blown sugar flourishes. It's got a fluffy vanillic sweetness along with the soft powdered sugar florals and you almost think it's a cake you can eat. But wait, it's not a real cake, it's made of silk taffeta, chiffon, and lace! At first, the fabric note is very forward and threatens to take this into laundry territory, but it quickly calms down and becomes this lovely frothy ballgown that looks much like a wedding cake with sweet flowers. It's quite evocative of my favorite scene in the movie and the poofy white frock that Sara is wearing. Simply lovely, I'm so glad I blind-bottled this!
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This ended up being my favorite of the Skull Maskerades and probably my favorite book scent ever! The scent stays pretty true from application to dry down and has decent throw and lasting power. The leather-bound books are genuine and well-aged and the warm beeswax has dripped on them from still-lit candles. Lovely incense clouds and soft spice waft through the shadowy study, permeating everything with gentle resins. This is so atmospheric I just want to be in the space that smells like this! This suits Nouria so well, evoking her nighttime alchemy study filled with arcane tomes, complete with shadowy owl familiar.
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Wow, this is a gorgeous floral! The bright magnolia and heady lilac are so perfectly balanced and supported wonderfully with the sexy ambergris and smooth orris. The scent stays true from application to dry down, the only downside is it doesn't last a real long time on my thirsty skin. I may get a bottle anyways and just slather it a bit. It's that good. A perfectly elegant and slightly mysterious cologne for a Victorian noblewoman with a unicorn mask.
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Angora started out so pretty and pink and floral, I love it in the decant! Unfortunately, something went wrong with my skin chemistry in the dry down. At first I'm getting the Earl Grey with a great bergamot note, the pink rose, and the white musk. The honeysuckle and sandalwood stay in the background but I can juuuust pick them out. I don't know if I can pick out blackcurrant bud on its own, it may just be blending in with the other bright florals. I don't think I've ever tried a scent with a matcha note, but it seems to go janky on my skin and amped over the other notes to become heavy and bitter. I'm disappointed because it was so lovely before that happened. Stupid skin. I think I can find a way to use my decant to enjoy the loveliness of the scent without getting my skin in the way because it is very appropriate to a pink bunny girl like Angora.
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Like others have said, this isn't a sharp-edged metallic but a kind of sparkly, fizzy scent. It's bright and shiny, but not overbearing. The incense notes are solid and expectedly lovely and backing up the metallic sparkles at the top. I'm also getting an unexpected but pleasant sweetness to this. I'm not sure I recognize the note, it's almost like a sweet almond honey, but it sort of joins the other notes together. After it's dry, I'm even getting a soft woody note that I'm not sure how to describe, but it's just as smooth and pretty as the rest of the blend. I think this matches the character quite well, as she's a mounted warrior in armor but with a warm, energetic personality.
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I was leery of this one since my skin amps clove like crazy, but the opening is just beautiful! Wet, I get a smooth musk with dragonsblood and a subtle smoke-kissed vetiver. Drying, it takes on a bright, dry, golden feel and the desert sand becomes a major player in the scent profile. Tonka bean is in the background but adding a nice sweetness. Dry, the clove pops up and demands an audience, but it actually seems to behave alongside the other notes and doesn't ruin this lovely desert fox for me, just adds some dry spice. This scent is warm and slightly smoky and definitely evocative of adventures in the desert with a mystical animal companion.
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This turned out much lighter than I thought it would be and is champaca-forward in a beautiful way. Wet, the champaca does its little dance on my skin where I'm not sure if it's going to go soapy or not. The other notes stay mostly in the background. Dry, the champaca has settled into a smooth incense-y floral and the honey and spice are mild accompaniments. I can detect the darker fruity tobacco and molasses, but they are very much in the background. This is smooth, magical, and quite lovely.
