RoseThornAndOak
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This is an old, old imp one where the white label has darkened to tan. And this still holds its own! Sometimes with older imps, in the vial, it will smell older,not as intense, but a skin test reveals it's true self after a while. Salty woods, with some spice. More woods than Mary Read, but in that vein. It does bring to mind an old salty inn where you clinkedy-clink your tankards with a bunch of ruffians. Very nice! Maybe a sandalwood in here, but I'm not sure. Not perfumey, very gender neutral.
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This is light on me too, and surprisingly, perfumey on the skin. In the imp, it is gingerbread and Fruit Loops.
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I get a ton of tangy goat milk and a bit of gingerbread. The goat milk seems to amp on me. Might be good for fans of Vampire Milk!
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Super banana, then gingerbread.. Then more like banana quickbread. Then fades and goes weird on me. It's a fun sweetened banana spice in the imp though. Could be good for Noisy Goose fans but it is quite different, more bready.
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I'm surprised how light and powdery this is. It's a light green soft moss with some stoney bits. Something in this is papery, too. Something threatens to go sour and sharp, not quite getting there, but enough funk on my skin to go weird. This would be better as a room atmo for me, but YMMV, of course.
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Ok this makes me think of a gingerbread version of No Man is An Island. Where NMIAI can have an almost greenish brown vegetal side, GT&T is more subtle, less strong, less complex. It's rich tobacco, warmly gingerbead spiced, but not bready, smoothed out and softened by warm, sensual tonka. The tonka does not steal the show, as it can in some blends, but is perfectly blended here in my opinion. A bit more tonka, however, would not have been unwelcome. It is a bit like Gingerbread and Leather as well, more sweet and soft without the leather of course, but still has that deep tobacco spice edge going on. I think if you found NMIAI or G&L too harsh but otherwise liked where they were going, you might want to give this a try. If you love those, as I do, you'll probably love this, too. It's like the softer sister or brother to the others. Gorgeous, gender neutral, this would smell amazing on anyone. I probably don't need more since I have NMIAI and G&L, but if it arrives, it will be bought because it is different enough to warrant having as well. This gets the Glitter Hearts Of Winning.
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Oh dang this is good. It's a bit mesquite bbq bacon smoke over gingerbread at first, but dries down to a lovely but strong campfire blend without the bbq bits, with a dash of lovely, spicy gingerbread. The campfire has a subtle evergreen to it, everso, bit is mostly the smoky charred bits, like the embers of a Yule Log, and it's glorious. This is stronk on the campfire, just a dab will do you, so the decant will probably be enough as I'll most likely use this for layering with Gingerbread and Leather. However, if I were to see a bottle for sale, I would probably go for it.
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I remember the original Dorian being a really nice lemony tea vanilla fougere type thing on the right skin. It never really played nice on me, but on others, it was beautiful. The remake of Dorian didn't really gel on me, either. This however, smells far better than both on me and is quite fetching: I get a bit of lemon, but soft, no cleaner or artificial vibes. There's tea, but this is also soft, not astringent. Just light and airy. For the gourmand aspects, this just lends a subtle vanilla sweetness to soften the edges of Dorian, making it more wearable. It's not doughy or bready or overtly sugary to me (sugar can go plastic on me and doesn't here). It's beautiful, and I'm considering a bottle. The only thing holding me back is holy smokes does this fade to a skin scent fast, and I do have a tea scent that sticks around better.
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I had a similar experience to PumpkinGuts. In the imp, I get strong mint, Oreo type chocolate crust, and overall deliciousness. On the skin, a weird toasty plastic bag chocolate thing. Can we summon this gourmand wizard and can he assist? I agree a locket might be a great idea as it's glorious in the vial.
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Hot damn in the imp this is a gorgeous dark chocolate variety of mocoa coffee and immediately makes me want to go to Dunkin. Mmm. Unfortunately this goes weird, toasty, artificial and slightly sour on my skin. Many coffee and gourmands do this, but sometimes they don't so it was worth a try. However, I am very impressed how realistic this is in the decant and fresh on. I think on the right skin this would be a winner. There's definitely a chocolate pudding there, like a Snack Pack and I kinda want one of those now, too.
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Wolf Moon: Lupine Musk & Ambrette Seed Hair Gloss
RoseThornAndOak replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Hair
Holy smokes this is pretty! It's the cuddly, warm, version of Maple Leaves, Golden Moss, and Amber, with less sweet maple leaves. It's even more musky, and quite similar to the sweet musk used in ML,GM,&A. It is soft brown/grey, light green in hue, where the other is golden, red, and sparkling, with greenery peaking through (not green pepper or dead leaves, very distinct). They would layer beautifully. It's gender neutral. Basically a light brown grey musk. The picture it is giving me is some sort of creature in Middle Earth that has clean fur and is on the good side, or a gentlemen in grey who exhudes warmth, who feels fair and looks fair. Although this has a soft, cuddly side, it is not animalic and stanky at all, which was what I was expecting. It's very clean and wearable and not in a soapy way. I'm considering a backup of ML and a full of this before they leave. -
Rose Petals, Marshmallows, and Afterglow Hair Gloss
RoseThornAndOak replied to Jenjin's topic in Hair
Upon application, I got sweet vanilla like rose. Very Katrina, with afterglow which smelled, errr, smutty. Not like Smut, but...smut. Throughout the day, the afterglowy bits tame down about 90%, and I'm left with gorgeous sweet rosey, vanillowy marshmallow. I don't get that plastic edge marshmallow can have on occasion, and yeah this is pretty, pretty. -
Nothing weird here! Just a nice sweet, crisp apple. I'm surprised this doesn't go powdery or too artificial, and definitely not like a green apple shampoo. It's almost a single note and really nice.
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A nice crisp aquatic at first, a bit soapy, a bit classic perfume. On the drydown I get some champaca and woods. After that this stays in a nice spot between pretty, soft, aquatic soap/perfume and champaca. It's quite fine. Clean and elegant. A bit more aquatic and floral than Possessed Teen. There are other aquatics I love more, but I do like how refined this is.