RoseThornAndOak
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Rose Jam ditto ditto In the beginning, I get a somewhat sharp rose, with red fruits, and the fruity type of sugar floss note. The sharpness goes away, the rose smooths out, and this smells more like a soft yet old fashioned rose, with the jam turning boozy. I agree there's a bit of Hope in here as well. Alisz fans might want to take a gander as well. So rose jam, turned to sugar rose wine. It is nice, but I know I won't reach for it over other rose blends since the sugar notes are doing the Wonky Weirdo Dance on my skin that goes something like this:
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Sing it with me. It's yar yar fiddily dee, but Oud oud, oudily oud oudily oudily oudily oud! and hellbent, hellbent for leatharr! for 45 minutes or so. Then, it goes very hellbent for smooth white leather, creamy sandalwood, with a bit of oud, and maybe a hint of vanilla. I don't get much nuance past that. No fruit, incense, boozy cognac (just the creaminess mentioned), or even particulary smoky or pipe-ish notes. I love a good opium or tobacco blend, and I wouldn't have guessed either as notes sniffing this blind. It's nice past the initial blast, but I'm more of a White Rider girlie, and there are other leather scents I enjoy more as well. I will say that Concert is fairly similar, I would wager they share a similar oud-like note.
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Quite stoney, green, lush atmospheric in the bottle. On the skin, fresh, clean aquatics emerge in force. There's something sharp that is not agreeing with my skin, I believe it's the amber that smells beautiful, commercial and high end, but rarely works on my skin. This would make a great atmo. I feel like I have entered the painting when sniffing the bottle. I suspect on the right skin, this would be a nice, green, clean amber fit for a dryad or nymph.
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I'm getting a sweet, more floral version of an Opiate Vapor. There's a little green, but not much. This reads very blood red, gothic rose. Not dewy, not decayed, but deep, lush, and velvety. The poppies smell like incense a bit, but in a soft way, about 75% floral, 25% incense. I really like this and I'm surprised there aren't more reviews.
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Holy jasmine, Batman. We're flying south from Gotham. New Orleans calls for aid! Sharp jasmine/honeysuckle combo with very little smoke. Green and snappy, fresh, not indolic, I'm digging it. I have yet to find a hyper realistic honeysuckle, it is so hard to replicate in perfume. However, this is nice. Hot humid day vibes. It's stronk, I would apply less than I did. It is similar to Trumpet Honeysuckle and Lemon Bee Balm from the Louisiana duets.
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Holy good night. What did I stumble upon? I wasn't going to get this, but after being shocked by how good Lupine Musk and Ambrette Seed HG was, this seemed like a safe bet. It's not as feral as I thought it would be. On the waft, it's a beautiful sweet, clean but rich musk, with snowy sweet Snow White vibes. There is a green/woodsy bite from the grass, balsam, sandalwood, and juniper. It's kinda like a more beeswax, musky green forest version of Snow White without the florals but also not like a Christmas tree/conifer. Not grassy though, either. Everything together creates a different green altogether. Juniper and balsam don't usually work on my skin but they're quite subdued here. It goes a little sharp on me at times up close, so it's not perfect. But I otherwise love the F outta this.
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I'm getting sweet, tropical, almost verging on Red Lantern coconut + floral with a hint of spice. This is a warm coconut plus extra sexy floral cousin, less gooey rich than RL, more spicey/dry, floral rich. I picture a beach at night, with a night market warmed with candlelight, tall ships in the distance, with humid tropical, night blooming florals gracing the air. There are spices, tea, tobacco, fresh coconut, and green sugar cane wands for purchase. Heaven, I'm in Heaven
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Worm Moon: Bourbon Vanilla and Teakwood
RoseThornAndOak replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
Oof, this is good. I agree with the above. Your skin but better, green but dry vanilla with woods. Soft, not much throw but holds it's own. It's not super bourbony on drydown. Another old world vibe kind of blend. Stands alone well, and I think this would layer gorgeously with The Storm, Raptures and Roses of Vice, Antikythera, No Man Is An Island, Inez, maybe even Diptyque's Eau Duelle, and maybe some tea blends. Fades kinda quick. -
A frottle from the Lab! I'm getting a melange of fruits and smooth metal. Kind of like if Liz had fruits replacing leather. Very nice if fruits work on your skin.
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I haven't tried the original, but the 24 version is interesting. This is one of the only fragrances where the patchouli hits hardly at all upon first sniff, but wait a few seconds, there it is. I'm getting something musty, not bad per se, but definitely in a vintage things kind of way, like I just visited an old record shop. No lavender. Sexy blood musk (kinda metallic, kinda red musk) and incensey opium on the waft. Okay, more vampire vibes. So a record store run by vampires.
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A new frimp from the Lab! Holy heckedy heck violet. Sweet, floral, a lot like those violet candies you can get. I'm not getting much gardenia or vanilla, which is unfortunate, but I am enjoying this. The vanilla emerges a tad on drydown. Considering a bottle.
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Berry notes tend to go wonksville on me, but this is a pleasant surprise. I'm getting a softly grassy, softly aqautic vibe, but not oceanic, more puddle and reeds, with a drop of dark fruit. The florals initially blend so well it is hard to distinguish them, but I do find violet now that I know it's there. Maybe lily. Ok yes, there's lily of the valley. I don't know why it's making me think of the Ren Faire, like maybe there was a floral fragrance available there. Actually, it might be because this reminds me of some Deep Midnight Perfumes blends, particularly the Grail series, but this still retains a BPAL aura, if you will. The florals do start to amp up and dominate as this wears, mostly lily of the valley with a bit of green pollen dusting them. I like it!
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I was expecting this to be more aquatic, however Treasure is far more sweet, rich, balsalmic, and I agree, caramelized. This doesn't read as most honeys do on me: powdery and cloying. This is sweet and nice! I'm sure comparisons to Lyonesse will be made, it's much different. This is much more like if there was a salted caramel swirled with honey dust taffy, with some toasted notes, and there's shells and old driftwood decorating the taffy stand. This taffy stand only sells the rich, caramely kinds, and it's seeped into the boards along with the seaspray. It's threatening to go weird on me, probably the amber again. Otherwise, lovely!
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Banana! Banana nana nanna! Some interesting spicy BPAL notes emerge, but yeah. Nana.
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In the bottle: dark, heavy amber, with shadowy velvet curtains, with a black bite of something sinister lurking, clove maybe. Evil little cloves. 😎 Heavily indolic fresh on, very similar to Smoke and Lace, with some powder from the champaca and rose. A fresh linen type note appears, which makes this much more pleasant, with indoles still present, but getting buried. Dries down kind of powdery and ambery on me with some greenery from the florals and something sharp some ambers do on my skin, like in News From Afar. It's almost glorious on me. I think on the right skin, this would be a lovely, gothic, dark velvet floral with conventional, high end amber. I might have to stick to a locket. It reminds me of an old gothic manor draped in mystery, like the soft things you would see here and about, so it's a keeper for now. "You've done terrible things, Lawrence."