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Lucretia

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  1. Lucretia

    Autumn Scents - recommend the ones you love

    To Autumn is another gorgeous fall one. I also really like Tintagel for fall going into winter. Definitely Lambs Wool now that I have that one too.
  2. Under the Harvest Moon reminds a bit of bastet minus the almond once it's dry.
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    Under the Harvest Moon

    Wet this smells a bit like musk with some florals lurking the back. I get a hint of rose, but it's not a dominant note at all. Next up is a lavender stage that I'm not so sure about. The dry down is very much musk and amber. I was expecting more vanilla and more rose I think, but they are lurking just underneath everything else. Overall this is a really warm comforting scent I think. It's quite understated and I think very much wearable for every day occasions. ETA: this has become my go to sleep blend lately. It's really very comforting/relaxing.
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    Lambs-Wool

    This is gorgeous. My first thought was cider, but it's much more mellow than that. You can sense the milk in there and then apples (which usually don't work on, but these do) and then a whole host of gorgeous milling spices. As it dries down it has a bit of a holiday candle scent, but once it's dry it's more natural and soft. This a winner for sure!
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    June Gloom 2009

    This is super gorgeous. I almost didn't order because I was worried about all the lemon reviews on the old version, but seems totally different. It's floral and soft with some clean notes. I am bad at identifying things but I think I can smell aloe? I was getting whiffs of this hours later and thinking how pretty I smelled. So glad I got this one!
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    Looking for a BPAL that Resembles a Favorite Perfume

    anyone know a good dupe for Les Belles de Ricci? Notes: bergamot, citrus and peach. The middle notes are: lemon, honey and orange blossom and the base of the fragrance is: vetiver, oakmoss and sandalwood.
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    The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil

    I don't even really know where to place this one, but it's lots of fruit and then something else lurking in the back. This does smell a little but like gummy bears or some sort of fruit candy. For some reason this smells very festive to me, sort of like a holiday scent. This sort of gorgeous and mellow. I can't usually do sweet, but I seem to be able to handle this one really well! I don't know if this warrants a bottle for me, but I'll definitely use the imp on cold rainy days when I can use something a bit boozy and fruit scented.
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    The Antikythera Mechanism

    This is gooorgeous, and going into my top 10 for sure. I get soft vanilla mixed with something mellow and very grounding (I guess the tobacco or oak?). This reminds me of something from my childhood (some type of baby powder? some smell my mother had? lotion?) and I adore it for that. This is very wearable and I could see myself wearing this around the house or to work as a comfort scent. Loving this one way more than I expected to.
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    Aelopile

    I'm going to have to go with the reviewer who mentioned fungi on this one! I can sense the citrus and some other darker woodsy notes, but as a whole it just smells really unpleasant on me. It definitely is unique, and I enjoy the citrus in it, but there some note in the back that is making this not work out on my chemistry. ETA: Like 3 hours later I can finally smell this and enjoy it rather than cringe. That's a bit too long of a dry down for me...
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    Dia

    I love this one so much. It seems to be in the same family as Snow White in that sort of glowy, white, clean scent that you can't quite put your finger on. It's very bright and I can pinpoint the musk and the coconut (but again in the snow white sort of way rather a tropical way). I think this is going to be a favorite of mine.
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    Dee

    oooh I'm really pleased with this one. Woods and leather with a hint of parchment. This is really sexy but still suitable for everyday. I'm thinking a 5ml.
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    The Black Tower

    This sort of smokey and sweet on me. I can smell the wine and some other notes I can't quite figure out. This is pleasant but doesn't really do anything for me. It remind me a little of Queen Alice. I think I need to accept my inability to wear scents with wine.
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    Nowhere in Particular

    I keep trying to love this. At the very end, hours later, I do get a dusty road with orchards and the like, but until then it's all ozone and apples. I'm still trying to figure out the perfect time to wear this scent, as it's a little too neutral for my every day tastes.
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    Hurricane

    First on this smells really astringent but very interesting. Not like any other scents I've tried really. Dry down is much more mellow. Certainly an aquatic, an interesting mix of refreshing and dark. Oddly the smell reminds of unscented lotion.. um.. not sure why it reminds of that! It's sort of a neutral scent on me. It smells clean and I like it quite a bit. It seems like my skin is eating it up though as it's barely noticeably after about half an hour. I will definitely finish imp, and I could totally see myself wearing this around the house after a shower.
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    The Witch's Garden

    Wet this smelled really quite unpleasant to me. A blend of parsley and jasmine, neither of which I'm crazy about. Dry it's a floral with an undertone of something very natural but sort of pleasant. If you can wear jasmine you might like this, I however, can't.
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    The Miller's Daughter

    oooh this is nice, it really lives up the description. Golden amber roses! It starts off quite dry and you really get the hay, but then the amber and rose really dominate. It's little bit like a rosey brisingamen or an ambery jezebel. I'm a little worried the amber will just amp out to the point of giving me a headache as it's apt to due, but so far so good. If you like other rose blends I think you will like this. I think I'm good with just a imp, but this is really nice! Eta: I wore this again today and got much more of an aquatic feel and less rose. So there is definitely some tears in there!
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    Belle Vinu

    This smells nothing like I thought it would! In the imp it's light and a bit powdery I guess. On it reminds me initially of Oneiroi which is really weird, I guess it's the sandalwood? I don't understand it! I think I can detect the peach, but as someone said this is real peaches not the peach note found other peach scents I've tried. It's not very sweet on me at all, if anything it's sort of sharp. I get a hint of vanilla, but vanilla is definitely not predominant here. I don't know what to make of this one! I need to think about it more. I like it, it's just entirely different than I had imagined it!
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    Autumn Coolness

    This smells so gentle and cool. I think I can smell the bamboo and then the florals. It reminds of a distant cousin of the original hamadryad. The lasting power isn't great on me sadly. I'm all torn about if I need a bottle or not!
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    Swan Maiden

    Lots and lots of gardenia, and just a sensation of being covered in an assortment of white flowers. I'm bad at naming my florals, but it smells like spring to me. I absolutely love this. It's hauty and innocent at the same time. It's also "normal" enough to be able to wear to formal work occasions without getting any curious looks. This lasts for a few hours on me. At the 8 hour mark this is a lingering sweet smell on my wrists, but nothing discernable anymore. So glad I got a bottle of this one.
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    The Shattered Pumpkin

    I really enjoy this one! The leather note is very clear mingling with the dirt and pumpkin at first. Gradually the settle and it remind me a little bit of a pumpkiny penny dreadful just hkhm noted. However, I get a curious salty sort of smell that I can't put my finger on. It smells sort of like pirates ride at disneyland for some reason! I find this scent quite grounding and very nice for fall.
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    Diwali

    This smells SO good on me. Warm spices, incense, and a touch of fruit. I can't entirely place it, it doesn't smell like a spice store, more like someone baking. It's a very warm comforting scent that is "normal" enough to pass for a more traditional perfume. It's also a lot lighter than I thought it might be. I can see myself wearing this a lot.
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    Love's Philosophy

    I already know I don't do well with bpal vanilla notes, but I keep trying. Alas, still no dice! This smells somewhere between a vanilla smoothie and a vanilla candle on me. I imagine it would work for people who do well with other vanilla scents though.
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    Seven African Powers

    No description but a bit of online searching tells me that it is Hoodoo related and used for luck, protection, and power: "The Seven African Powers image most often seen on hoodoo soaps and anointing oils consists of seven saints (sometimes given orisha names and sometimes saint names) surrounding a central circle in which is shown the crucifixion of Jesus, watched by a rooster on a pedestal. In the early 1980s the Seven African Powers name entered hoodoo as an all-purpose power-enhancing magical formula, considered to be equivalent to John the Conqueror in its presumed effects, and used in much the same manner" This is a very clean, herbal scent on me. I can't really make out any of the note, but I get a very sharp, not quite lemony scent. Definitly herbs and possibly grasses, i don't have a clue as to which though. If I had to choose another bpal scent like it, I'd have to say shroud mixed with snake oil (which smelled like angel cake on me) would be the most similar of the ones I've tried, except this is fresher and cleaner. This makes me feel awake and clean, which I enjoy, althogh it's not really a scent I'd wear on a regular day. the drydown ends up to be herbs, perhaps cedar wood and something else I really cant put my finger on. I did use this to annoint a candle, which came to very good ends, so i think i will keep this for my rare uses of candle magick since this seems to be sort of an allpurpose good luck and power blend.
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    Bilquis

    This is really nice. At first I got a lot of florals, which then turned to strong almonds, and finally a warm sexy sort of scent. It reminds a little bit of Bastet, but somewhat more mellow. Also the honey note is really similar to the one in Jezebel. I could see myself wearing this a lot as a day time scent in the fall. It's a really warm, sultry kind of scent.
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    Pumpkin III (2007)

    ok, now this one I love. It's what I somehow always hoped to get from 13 in terms of the white chocolate. The pumpkin isn't the dominant note but it plays very well with the chocolate and caramel. I'm not sure I can detect the pomegranate though. This smells yummy, sort of like a warm cup of warm white hot chocolate. This is a real comfort scent and it's not too strong for me. So, yes! I'ma big fan of this pumpkin!
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