Lucchesa
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This is quite lovely on me. It starts out as an intense blast of lavender, but as always the lavender is fugitive on my skin. It gives way to a not overly sweet fig and a delicate cedar. The late dry down is mostly fig on me, just hints of cedar and the memory of lavender.
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Rose almost never works on my but I was curious about Hearts because the other notes are all terrific. Yep. Rose. So much rose which as so often goes sour on my skin. No hearts for me. If you can wear rose, this is a big scent with good throw and staying power; I can still smell it more than 12 hours after applying. Thanks, @Teamama, for letting me try it!
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This decant was a gift from the fabulous @Teamama and went exactly the way I imagined based on my skin chemistry and history with rose/resin scents: sour rose. Oh, well, I shall pass it on.
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Lilies amp on me, and this is a whole lot of lily. I can smell the tea in the imp, but on my skin the lilies overpower it, the way a bouquet with stargazer lilies will smell like lilies and nothing else. Great throw and wear length. Thank you, @Teamama, for letting me try this one!
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With these notes Les Passades should be fab on me, and it's only OK. I agree with the last three posters that there's something fizzy and even cola-esque in here, and it is quite prominent on me. The patch and vanilla are quiet; it's more of a gentle musk with Pepsi and amber. I have so many BPAL patchouli blends that I absolutely adore that I don't need to keep this decant.
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This More than Bloody Deed reminded me at first of Against Idleness and Mischief, which I haven't worn for a minute. Both feature a strong wildflower honey note. Eventually the red labdanum comes through, warm and tending toward cola, but always in the background compared to the honey. I never get the vanilla at all; I think the honey just kind of subsumes it. But this is a lovely honey blend and I will keep my decant, a gift from fabulous @Teamama!
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Rose is iffy for me (this decant was a gift from the incomparable @Teamama), but it is not strong here and reminds me of the dried rose petal note that often works better on me. Wet it's musk and myrrh and I would have said amber so it's affirming to see Casablanca mention that it's related to labdanum, which I wasn't aware of. Dead roses on an altar with sacrificial chunks of resins not yet burned as incense. Goth AF and swoony.
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Breathing Destruction From Their Lips Like Flame
Lucchesa replied to Seajewel's topic in Limited Editions
Breathing Destruction is very sweet and almost pink on me. Wet it's the berry candy smell I usually get from berry notes. I don't read it as specifically dried fruit. Cranberry and pomegranate, maybe some cherry or even grape as starbrow suggests because that is always a very sweet note on me, and I feel like it's the pink fig I smelled in another blend recently. It does develop into something a little richer, but the vetiver never shows up on my skin, and that's what would have made this work for me. -
Oh, this is gorgeous if you like the kind of scent that leans lumberjack. It's fairly sharp evergreen when wet, but it quickly settles down into a welcoming forest with the addition of very soft leather, a hint of the sweetness of maple leaf, and an extremely wearable patchouli. I love patch in all its forms, but I know that's not true for everyone, and this one on me is not at all head shop, more of a gentle hug. Throw is quiet, which is normal for my skin chemistry, but it lasts a long time. Utterly without gender. I need more.
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Wolf Spider has aged beautifully. It goes on my skin as a still pretty gritty tobacco with the herbal notes, sage and chamomile, but it softens up quickly with the sweetness of the coconut and the warmth of the tonka and vanilla. White musk can be high pitched on me but any tendency in that direction has aged out of it. Just a warm, cozy, sexy unisex cuddle -- kind of the opposite of the feeling most people get when looking at an actual wolf spider. And yet there's a ruggedness and rawness, especially when wet, so it works with the name. So thrilled to have this one!
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A gorgeous addition to the handful of lilac scents I wear for about three weeks when the lilacs are in bloom. As they are now! Lots and lots of sugared lilac with no appreciable blackcurrant or absinthe and just a bit of tobacco. This just arrived by mail two days ago so I wonder if the tobacco will become more prominent as it did for @forspecial_plate, which would be fine for me as long as the lilac was still present. So pretty, so much spring!
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Dead Leaves, Scorched Pumpkin, and Marshmallows starts out a lot like Dead Leaves on Fire, a signature scent from that dumpster fire of a year, 2020. If there's pumpkin and marshmallows, they're scorched, too. It takes the better part of an hour for the burnt leaves smell to recede, but since I own and wear DLoF, that's not a deal breaker for me. Eventually it's smoky dead leaves and roasted marshmallows with a little bit of pumpkin in the background. Just pumpkin, no pie spices. The toasted marshmallow note lasts the longest, as a skin scent. Very nice.
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I can't believe that Wayfaring Stranger has only two reviews. It's a gorgeous and unusual addition to the Lights of Men's Lives family of candle scents. This one starts out harsh, with the raw whiskey and tobacco notes in the forefront. This is not a lovingly aged scotch and a smooth tobacco; this scent starts out a dive bar. I get rust but surprisingly little dust, which can be a strong note on me. So yes, the opening is kind of foreboding. But as the booze and tobacco warm and soften, the sweeter coconut husk and especially the beeswax emerge, and the combination works really nicely. I love elissamay's description of an ofrenda -- it's very evocative of the vibe I get from this. My favorite 2023 Weenie so far.
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I’m a tiny bit puzzled why I chose to buy this decant. Dragon’s blood and red oudh are rarely a success on me, and red musk is touch and go. Black currant, amber and woodsmoke sounds nice, though, and they are. Like white_jenna63, though, I mainly get dragons blood and fruity red musk. There’s a bit of pepper and a nice backdrop of amber, but they’re definitely secondary. I hope the woodsmoke lasts longer as it ages as the early phase of this with the smokiness apparent is my favorite.
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On me, this is PEONY with fir and blue musk. The musk sort of blends with the peony, and the fir doesn’t stand a chance. Big pink floral with a hint of baby blue musk, cool in tone.