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Not remotely foodie on me.  Gingery incense.  Surprisingly...sexy.  Moderate throw and lasts a good long while.

Wet: Super-amped lavender/patchouli.  Coconut sweetens it a bit in the dry-down with just a whisper of lime peel.  Later it's a not-unpleasant champaca/patchouli/coconut headshop vibe.  Good throw and hangs around a loooooong time.  Little of this will go a long way on me, but my Imp is a keeper.

Hot milky tea in the graveyard with my doggo.  In short, heaven.

First sniff is all tea and fruit.  Like a cup of strong, oxidized Oolong spiked with berries.  The kind of tea I mostly don't care to drink but love to smell.  Stays pretty faithful to this during dry-down, though a touch of smoke becomes more prominent as the berry note fades.

I agree with others about the metallic character.  Reminiscent of No. 93 Engine for me, but more classic men's cologne.  Not really my thing, but very nicely done and evocative.

Who's a naughty monkey?

Sweet vanilla and some very smutty patchouli and sandalwood going on.  The copal adds a little smack of spice.  Mmmm...this one's liquid lust.

5 hours ago, theredkilt said:

I get no beeswax, only some bright fruity floral 

Weird!

On 11/4/2019 at 9:40 AM, VetchVesper said:

Hanerot Halelu - when the Yules come out.  

Seconded.  I love beeswax, and it's the most beeswaxy beeswax BPAL I've ever tried.

On 7/11/2019 at 10:02 AM, VioletChaos said:

It's July- seems like a good time to check in about the possibility of a good old fashioned Hallowmas / Samhain / All Hallow's Eve Switch Witch, no?  

I'm in.  As always!

Apparently I ruin everything. In the Imp it smells like a lovely apple floral. On me, it's an unending source of old lady perfumey funk that amps endlessly. Much disappointment.

bumping this thread

 

love the honeycomb in No 93 engine, but getting through the wet phases isn't my jam

any ideas for a more pure honey comb scent or honey wax scents with little or minimal intereference from other resins

combo with floral (if it isn't WOAH, HELLO floral!) or herbal is okay

 

if its smells like the fresh honey out of a raw honey comb, that would be perfect

please don't say single note honey, as I would have to pawn a kidney to get that

Quintessence of Dust is very beeswax-forward, at least on me.

A bit of "In the Forest" with beeswax. Lovely!

A new favorite! I'm not even sure why I purchased this one save curiosity about the ambiguous notes. A surprisingly grounded (yet still ethereal), resinous floral. Incense-y but soft. All the notes are muted and perfectly balanced. Champa? Iron? Red sandalwood? Vetiver? Very mysterious...

Moderate throw, and it really lasts. This one screams "wear me in your hair!"

Gorgeous pumpkin spice and chocolate in perfect accord. What a rare and unexpected treat!

In the vial, it's slightly green, berry-ish, soapy.

On me it's like cheap truck stop soap. Bleh.

Like a pirate dad. A sweet one. Starts out pure almond, then dries down to incensey clove and patchouli. Overall? Pretty yum.

So...Halloween SW? Anyone know if it's happening this year? I know the Summer Round has kind of gone long, but the Halloween round is my fave, so...

There's a whole lotta childhood here. Grassy fields with clover, rolling around with one of those scented Strawberry Shortcake dolls. Very odd and oddly evocative.

I agree with the Jean Nate. Soapy '70s perfume. Sad. The notes sounded pretty ideal.

Everything about this scent screams "little girl". The kind of little girl I never was. But I can't help but love this bubbly effervescence. A sweet, candy-like fragrance that's unbelievably grounded by florals. Spring, spring, spring!

I like anise (anise seed and star anise and fennel and just about anything anise-y). But this goes pure NyQuil on me. Darn.

Ooooh...so much going on with this one. The clove is mellow and rounded, not sharp on me. The storax seems to ground it, with the patchouli blending so perfectly it's barely noticeable as a note unto itself. A gorgeous, genuinely different and exotic incense blend!

Pure apple shampoo. A little inky-ness in the dry down (really does remind me of the tinny smell of spilled ball point pen ink).

Sharp pine and...awapuhi?

In the decant: cucumber sandalwood. I'm intrigued.

Wet: the same immediate blast of cucumber sandalwood...but then the florals creep in.

Dry: florals overpowering the sandalwood and the green cuke. It's all flowers now. Very pretty, but very not me. Off to the swap box with you!