Cali
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Dirt, but not the zombi dirt, this is grittier, darker and perhaps... wetter? Strong and sharp white florals and greens, and a patchouli that's more of a lighter yellow one? It's kind of moldy to me. Not for me unfortunately.
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A beautiful spicy, musky and strong rosewood. Not too complicated, but beautiful - I understand why this gets written off as masculine, it has a slight fougere-y feel to it, but I think this can go both ways.
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This was surprisingly soft, summery and relaxing. Honestly I don't have much more to add, the notes are all there - 'tis indeed sluggish/slow, and I found it quite nice to dab a little bit before sleeping.
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super strong metallic note, on top of soft patchouli, amber and very green oakmoss - the cardamom and tonka i can pick out too, they kinda dance around. On drydown the metallic strengthens the oakmoss at some point on me and I have to scrub this off too. Too much for me, but other people would love this!
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Clean sheets, not familiar with tolu balsam, but this is a very herby - cotton scent. Weedsmoke is another note that's standing out here, though it's almost more akin to a lemon, not the nasty stuff I smell on the street here. There's slight pink-yellow playfulness in the background, but mostly this is herby clean sheets on me.
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Oooh! A smokey apple, with in the background a thick dusty plum casmere and labdanum. It's whiskeyish without the alcohol. Warm, cozy, crisp - almost a skin-scent even.
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Ooph. A big of thrash of musky animalistic patchouli, balsam, and rootsy greens right in our face! Below that a dusty spicyness, sweet honey and a soft beeswax. Almost a touch chocolaty on drydown. It's giving me a headache, unfortunately.
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A beautiful lighter purple version of snake oil. The poppy petals are a big floral swirl of blue, and the plum and laudanum wetish (not aquatic) purple slightly overpowering the snake oil (of which I mostly get the vanilla, a lot of it has dissapeared but that happens on my skin). Another quite fancy, intoxicating version of snake oil!
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This is overwhelming at the start, but it dries down to a softer, deep red, heavy velvety goodness. A backdrop of soft tobacco, beautiful bed of red musk, labdanum and dirrrrrty patchouli, lightened slightly by the juicy fruits and a veil of heavy vanilla, topped by the clearly smoked rose petals. None of the dark notes are overpowering or too dark, and the 'smoked' note nor tobacco here drag any other notes down with them - they're there, but soft, and almost powdery. Very beautiful palet. Bougie. Don't need more, but very happy to have finally tried this!
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This is what I was hoping an other blue scent I've tried so far was like. It's just purely delicious blue candy goodness on my skin, comforting and soft, while it has a pretty decent throw (while the other blue scents tend to dissapear on me or go weird). This stays blue! Need me a fullsize.
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Cherry that borders sliiightly on almond in the bottle - but on my skin definately goes more into cherry territory (that difference is small, but important to me lol). A strong red rose, and a touch of very light pink pepper; with indeed a vanilla bean wax at the centerpiece. The cherry on me comes in in wafts, not as strong at all on me as for example in stańczyk. The velvet rose and wax are the strongest notes on me.
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Not familiar with some of the notes here, so i won't have all the right words, but i'm guessin it's the carmine here that's reall strong, and the blue lotus(?) which reads as a white floral to me - and otherwise it's a lot of dusty, dry spices. As in, sahara sand dry. Well done! Dry, the carmine and floral are still there, but much quieter - and it's MOSTLY spices on me then. Low throw - the one luper i've tried so far that I wish worked better on my skin. :c
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Starts out super fresh - akin to eucalyptus. with.. something slightly purplishly dark in the background.... Oppoponax? Don't know, been a while since I smelled that. It's not something i would have picked but this is a lovely surprise. Even though these notes to me seem like the shouldn't match, they sure do! BPAL keeps me on m toes, hahah. While it's slightly more hyperactive/scream-y wet/in the bottle, it quickly calms down into a more lavender quality - the same notes but softer, with maybe a mint in the background. Dry it's even more herb-y. Very pretty and calming. ^^
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Oh so pretty (I'm yapping today but i have so many pretty new treasures so bear with me) - A delicious soft vanilla (indeed creamy, but not the cream that goes "off" on my skin chemistry), the softest of soft mosses (indeed sitting by a soft babbling stream, but not dipping into aquatic), and the balsamic and tar deepen this while never taking this to a nighttime-type of dark, but indeed the woods, with spots of sun beaming through the thick greens of the trees. I think the balsamic is a bit "tangy" and weirdish on my skin, but not weird enough to make me not like this; this is beautiful and i'm definately keeping this around to see what happens with this beauty!
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Dragonfruit AND hibiscus? Count me in!! This is a hyper candied-floral with a sharp white edge and a soft, greenish base. It's super pretty, indeed fresh (stemmy fresh). Vaguely reminds me of the vibe of matcha powder (just the vibe if anyone catches my drift), that with swirls of pink. Dries down about the same. Decent throw, longlasting. Prettyyyy. 💗
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@bheansidhe hit the nail on the head. The cross of the red fruits, the resiny-labdanum ish thing that overarches this... It does, besides that, absolutely read as dragonfruit to me though, which is great cause it's my favourite fruit and I was so excited seeing that in a bpal product. The patchouli is barely there to me, this does feel like more of a candied-scent, slightly aquatic (more in a "this scent has layers/feels deeper" and not in a "common-masculine-male-perfume" type of way). Very much like this, happy to see this age.
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2007 version. I was super excited to try this, and while i like it, i'm not sure if I love it just yet. I'm not getting as much champaca as i'd hoped; it's spicy from the sandalwood, and I get all the notes (except that i'm not as familiar with the date palm or davana) which makes for a warm, reddish blend, but for some reason, this to me feels like 'old lady perfume'. Or at least, something about it. Maybe it needs to settle a lot longer, this one, cause everytime i've put it on since I've had it (a good few weeks now) it's different/a bit stronger. I'm doing something I honestly barely do and give this a little more time within my claws, it's intriguing and I want to love it so desperately.
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I KNEW I'd love this. Snake oil with a dirty dirty patchouli and that beautiful realistic black leather bpal does so well (and that tends to amp on my skin). WILF and snake charmer resurrected's sibling. So, so sexy. This should age beautifully.
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Pinkish white florals (lOTS of florals), sliiiiiiiightly soapy (but a SUPER expensive one), has a sugary tropical feel to it but remains soft. Beautiful!
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Oh damn I do vaguely agree with the car freshener, only because i've JUST smelled one a few days ago (not a regular occurrence to me) but I did not hate it(!). That said, other than that (I wouldn't call this soapy though) there's a delightful deep foody vanillafroth, something slightly salty and doughy, and a beautiful fresh pine that works remarkably well here. Goes buttery on my skin (dunno if my skin chermisty is just bleh as of late) but it goes to exactly where i want it for a few seconds, and then, just butter. Ooooph the wasted potential *clenches fists while shaking them angrily at the sky
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Unfortunately I seem to not be the right person for this - I see why this is loved, but my senses just can't seem to make peace with these notes, gahh! Mouse circus meets a foodier (and woodier?) TKO. There's, to me, something somewhat unpleasantly "murky green" lurking in the background that I can't quite place. Wish I loved this 'lil creature, but luckily other people do.
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This is absolutely delightful - absolutely could be the scent of a cocktail i'd gladly gulp away anytime. There is a definite fizzyness to it, a bouncy, almost hyperactive (but not overwhelming) bubble that's a bundle of joy in scent-form. It's vaguely reminiscent to whatever's in the champagne note in The waltz. The grenadine is obvious, a gorgeous crimson red tinge in this swirly colourful aromatic cacophony - fruity but not too light. The lemon-lime lifts the whole thing up into a fresher territory (without being overpowering, which these notes often do for me), the maraschino to me is barely there, but a slight, light candied cherry note on top, coupled with that amber note the ghost blow mold has - it all sounds so strange and i feel like this should not work, but by god this is just a joy. Absolutely hate to note that this just turns to lemony amber on my skin - this should do wonders for someone else. It should, because MAN I wish this worked on me.
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This is a lovely, dusty, and soft like fresh sheets kinda comfy scent; vaguely spicy (guessing that's a mix of the fir, khus, myrrh and sandalwood mix - not "spicy" but more it's alluding to spices), vaguely tropical(? stating this as a very broad grasp of a vibe i am getting, akin to a memory from Bali), sweet and full of compassion indeed. Not really tethering on foody nor perfumy, it's is own thing. To me, a lot like a vague, but lovely memory. This does not work at all on my skin, and mostly dissapears aside from leaving me with mostly just... Dust. Too damn bad, this is so sweet.
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Ooo now that's different! Heady and mysterious - this remins me of a scent (although a more luscious version) they may use in an attraction like 'Fata morgana'. Getting strong middle eastern vibes from this. It's just so soft and classy, yet with such an intoxicating feel to it; i wasn't familiar with the datura note yet, but regarding what I heard from the yt channel about it that may be pulling a lot of the weight here. In such a good way. A dark, delirious floral with soft sugary candies in a bed of soft frankinscense and oudh. Don't know if I have a need to keep it, but this is gorgeous!!
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This is just suuuuper cherry (the almondy-one again) forward on me, softened by red musk and even softer amber. There is indeed a floral quality to this, but all the other notes on me are in the background. That said, this is super wearable and not too strong on me, aside from maybe that cherry/red musk combo. Sexxyyy. On drydown, the florals/pulpy mix comes out a bit more, and the jasmine starts bubbling up to the surface, playing nice with the red notes. It gets pretty close to Our lady of pain on me after that, pushing the red squishy notes to the background, becoming a more vegetal base with a frankincense feel. It's nice but i loved the stage before this. Whyyyyyy skin whyyyy
