roseus
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In the imp this reminds me a bit of The Witch Queen. It has this somewhat purple tone, and a bottomless quality. Deep but not heavy. On my skin it gets much headier, it is very much about the jasmine! But is has this amber base that has slight clean facet for a bit of lift. Really makes me think of a full moon.
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Dewy florals is the perfect way to describe this. Often lotus goes waxy or bubblegum on me, but not here. I would say it's primarily water lily and lotus, but the ylang ylang trails closely behind along with the berries. The green musk gives the whole thing a refreshed, dewy quality. If I really sniff around I can detect some grapefruit but it is well blended in.
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Fiery indeed. Hot ginger and lemongrass come roaring out of the decant. The dbr and frankincense come in to stoke and support on my skin and there's an herbal element at play in the background, presumably the roots and rosemary.
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Bracing in the imp! Lemon and the soft eucalyptus blossom note I've come to adore from the Lab. On my skin it's less bracing and more refreshing with some sweetness from the absinthe. The absinthe, lemon, and eucalyptus are in perfect balance. As it dries a soft sandalwood peaks out. This is absolutely gorgeous and perfect for hot summer days.
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A beautiful mineralic seaspray! Not too salty, and with a beautiful green wash and a clean lift from the tobacco flower.
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In the imp this is very soft and cozy, mostly wool with a slight fresh green edge. It stays fairly true on my skin, the hay coming out a bit more particularly wet. It's not fresh grassy green, nor fully dried. Somewhere in between. Very soothing.
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A Nosegay of Roses, Marigolds, Larkspur, and a Bumblebee
roseus replied to Seajewel's topic in Limited Editions
Such a lovely scent! I don't think I have experience with larkspur before, and I think that's what's making this scent difficult to describe. I get a light pink rose and honey, but overtop another floral that's just gorgeous and breezy. The orris is thankfully not making everything musty! -
In the imp this is a very fruity sugar with a cocoa tinge. On my skin it get almost syrupy with a good dribble caramel. The rose sugar keeps jumping out here and there as well. It eventually settled into a cocoa dusted pastry place. Delicious!
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In the imp this is a crisp, clean incense. Incense with a warm, slightly salty musk from the ambergris. The sage and aquatic notes are giving a clean freshness to it. On my skin it is much smokier, the vetiver at the front now. But it doesn't get too harsh, just a light smoke over the sandalwood and incense. The sage and aquatic notes are detectable, but just barely.
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There's something lightly autumnal about this blend to me the imp. There's a freshness from the sage, but something about the cinnamon and patch makes me think autumn. On my skin the sage is even more prominent and the blend is overall much fresher and has a clean edge to it. I can pick out a bit of vanilla but the notes blend very well.
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On sniffing my head says Christmas. I definitely get the tomato, but I get a lot of cedar and I think the freshness of the tomato freshens the cedar. It's not dry pencil shavings cedar, but like the fresh boughs my mom put up everywhere during the holidays. On my skin I feel basically the same. I get more patchouli grounding everything but the way the tomato and cedar meld just makes me think of my childhood home at Christmas. Honestly probably getting a bottle just for the nostalgia! If I try to wrench my scent memories away, I would describe it as a fresh yet somewhat rugged scent. There's a sun-warmed quality, and yet the tomato domesticates it somewhat. You're outside, but like where someone is growing tomatoes, not the middle of a remote forest.
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In the imp it is a cloud of lilac to me. Sweet, slightly waxy. On my skin it is more lavender and violet, but the lilac is still hanging in there. It stays a good mix but eventually the violet takes over, as it wants to do on me. I had hope with so many flowers it would be kept in check but alas! The salt does keep the sweetness of the violet from going wonky on me at least.
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This one mad me feel giddy upon smelling in the decant. Mellow melon with an almost fizzy mandarin over the top. It smells like summer as a kid, so carefree. On my skin it's less fizzy, but the balance is similar. The tuberose is starting to give some light headiness but is very much in the background, it just makes the scent slightly more grown up, along with a slight bitterness from the orange. Grown up but still fun. Delightful summer blend.
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Wild Plum, Green Tea, and White Jasmine
roseus replied to Seajewel's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
Super juicy plum in the decant, a really incredible plum. On my skin the plum is most prominent, lifted with a fresh green tea. As it dries the jasmine finally peaks out on me, it's heady and sweet and melds into the plum. An absolutely stunning trio! -
Juicy, cool, with a bit of a bite. The cucumber makes up the scent in the decant with a bite of lime zest, tart and a bit bitter. The freesia is just sort of breezy around it. It stays fairly true on my skin with the lime and freesia sticking around more prominently as it wears.
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I get a light not super buttery cardamom cake with a layer of white florals. As it dries I distinctly get lily, with a cool green quality. There's other florals but I can't quite pin them.
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At first the blackberry is very juicy and sweet, almost syrupy. As it sits on my skin it gets lower, more rumbly. The lavender is sort of a haze over the top. The magnolia and datura are difficult to pick out for me, but I think are definitely adding to the vibe. Lightly sweet, but dark and sort of wispy. Like a strange dream fading.
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The desire to inflict a mortal wound on the monster, Superstition, which, from a similar origin, a few centuries ago, inflicted on European society so vast an amount of misery, and by whose influence not hundreds, but thousands, of innocent persons died in tortures, on the rack and at the stake; the desire made me wish to make the experiment, if possible, of bringing a highly sensitive person, by night, to a churchyard. I thought it possible that they might see, over graves where mouldering bodies lay, something like that which Billing had seen. Eucalyptus blossom, lime rind, and white mint coalescing into a green-tinged amber glow. In the bottle this is soft and green. Sweet lime, zingy but not sour and puckering with the softest most gentle eucalyptus I have ever smelled. I normally think of eucalyptus as purely utilitarian for use in aromatherapy bath products, but I never find it pleasant or wearable (in regards to perfume). Beth has completely transformed the possibilities of this note for me. It dries down into a truly eerie green scent. Light mint (not a chilly mint) with the lime, eucalyptus, and amber all softly mingling. I cannot stress enough how gentle this blend is, despite the potential of the notes for being bright or bracing. Very soothing and relaxing, perfect for hectic winter celebrations.
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I've also never had issues flying with BPAL! I generally prefer to keep it in my liquids bag in my carry-on but that's largely because I'm scared of my luggage getting lost. I've also gone through security with the odd bottle and imps floating around my carry-on without issue!
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2022 In the imp I get a rich robust honey and a hint of light fruity red musk. On my skin the leather comes out, warm and just a touch of roughness. The fruity aspect I got initially does back just leaving a tint of 'red' in the scent, if that makes sense. The honey is a thick sweet glaze over it all.
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Crusty bread, lightly sweetened cream and a bit of butter. Absolutely delicious and inviting.
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Oh man why did I wait so long to try this! I think I was expecting it to be be sharper. It's a gorgeous ozone-incense. It's fresh, maybe with a bit of citrus? It has the cool smoothness I associate with blue musk. The plum is prominent as well and melds really well with the ozone and incense. Something about the combination makes me think of opium scents, like it has depth but not a heaviness. Gorgeous scent!
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In the imp I get a kaleidoscope of greens all spattered by rain. Cool spiky pine, warm vegetal matcha, and dewy clean moss all dusted by sweet cardamom. On my skin it gets warmer and sweeter, I suspect from the labdanum. As it dries I get mostly a sweet, cardamom dusted moss scent with hints of pine and tea.
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A delicate fresh and glittering green! The lettuce is crisp yet delicate and the cucumber and melon make this so dewy and fresh. I get just a hint of a bite I think maybe from onion and pepper but it just gives some nuance to the green freshness (reminds me a bit of the effect of the wasabi note in Frog Moon).
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A beautiful earthy blend. The mushroom and incense meld really well. It's earthy round and warm with a beautiful sweetness from the honey.