DiZZysTARdust
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definitely agree with the last few reviews. very snuggly and powdery. i assumed the rusty musk would be a red musk but sniffing the bottle it seems like it may actually be more of a black musk based on how powdery it smells (black musk on me is very powdery). i’m guessing that’s also the myrrh coming through. on at first is very warm, powdery, and golden. not in a baby powder way, i agree with other reviews calling it “snuggly”. i’m not getting an orange note myself. i also don’t detect much of the tobacco chewiness. as it dries the powderiness tones down just a touch, just enough to allow some of the licorice to come through without becoming licorice candy. it’s not too sweet, it actually kind of cuts through the snuggliness to give kind of the vibe of metal/rust coming through. i adore this. definitely much less scary than i was expecting based on previous experience with the scent krampus that is very bold, woody, and red musky. this is a much gentler, quieter krampus wearing a christmas sweater
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Wolf Moon: Lupine Musk & Ambrette Seed Hair Gloss
DiZZysTARdust replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Hair
this smells soooo good. fresh from the mailbox so an unrested impression. it’s definitely very musky and well-blended. there’s something almost camphoraceous when wet, but it warms up as it dries so it’s like a little hint of forest in some fur. i feel like i’m getting hints of dried grasses, hay, and flowers as well as this dries but nothing is coming out strongly as a recognizable or dominant note (definitely a musky scent and not a floral/green scent but like those may some part of the musk). just super well blended musk with a touch of sweet powderiness. i applied a test patch like a perfume on my wrist and can’t stop huffing it -
i could not wait to get a bottle of this. i was hoping for something like vital fluid based on the reviews. this is not at all what i was expecting. fresh from the mailbox so i will def have to retest but first impressions in the bottle i can detect the bandaid all the other reviews are mentioning, very spot on. freshly applied the bandaid note does morph in a way, it’s almost still there in some way but other notes are coming through to change it from bandaid to something vaguely foodie and familiar on me. as it dries it becomes almost like a root beer on me. it’s not root beer as in a fizzy pop root beer type of note but definitely a root beer/cola like vibe, sort of in a medicinal way like birch. smells sort of cold, almost like a snow or frozen note but possibly in a surgical way. very atmospheric definitely continues to tone down and blend into the drydown. i will be retesting at a later date to see how things settle but atm this is reminding me strongly of the 2006 weenie carpathian mountains.
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Bullfinch and Weeping Cherry (Uso, Shidarezakura)
DiZZysTARdust replied to Seajewel's topic in Limited Editions
bullfinch scared me at first because in the bottle this smells very soapy. that is sometimes how cberry blossom seems to go for me so i was expecting it to take that turn. much to my surprise and delight, upon application bullfinch blossoms into an absolutely gorgeous white floral musk. it’s really well blended, with the cherry blossoms coming to the forefront as the most recognizable note. the other notes don’t seem to come out on their own, but blend seamlessly to give the vibe of a department store perfume. very much a pink/white floral musk. sadly my skin eats this up. it’s almost completely undetectable on the skin after about an hour of wear, although my clothes abosrbwd the oil where i applied it and the scent lasted on them for much longer, with a crazy strong throw. -
i’m testing a frimp i received. nyx is super strong and super perfumey. freshly applied i thought this seemed like a green floral at first. i’m strongly reminded of the lab’s daffodil note which comes across to me as green in a perfumey way, like not grassy or herbal but sweet green floral. upon checking the note list i can see it’s jasmine coming out loud and proud out of the gates. def agree with some of the other reviews that it’s like an elevated jasmine. the rose seems to be adding some sweetness without being identifiable to me as a note on its own. the myrrh seems to come out more into the drydown, taking this from the jasmine show to a sweet, powdery, floral tinted department store perfume. throw is strong af. i swiped the imp stick twice across my wrist and distributed that to my other wrist. even with that amount it was basically all i could smell the first half hour. in a like “what is that smell? oh damn it’s me!🖤” kind of way
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this is honestly one of my top ten bpals. i agree with some other reviews that this is all about the frankincense with some added spice from the clove. the clove and tobacco aren’t very prominent on their own but give the frankincense a really gorgeous base to shine from. the clove is more of a suggestion of spice than anything else but compliments the frankincense beautifully. this lasts forever on me, after 8+ hours a hint of it is still there
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i was very intrigued by this note list and excited to test this. so it's only been a day out of the mail. i wasn't sure what vibe to expect. the only thing that was a potential no for me was the raw leather aspect, but for leather ampers like myself have no worries because the leather doesn't amp for me here. it's actually barely noticeable at all for me, i completely forgot it was in the note list until rechecking after application. in the bottle this smells like celery seed. i suspect this is the mushroom because once applied it goes from celery to like a yeasty greenness. it's definitely very green, but not fresh cut grass or leafy green. more like a green musk. to my nose, i would say this veers masculine in the sense that it's well blended and gives off more of a cologney vibe rather than a sweet perfume. i would guess that's the sandalwood or oak adding a little base but neither one is really detectable on their own. after an hour or so the yeastiness fades away leaving the musky green cologne and omg this scent is so good. it's got a moderate throw and it laaaasts all day on me, 6 hours before the throw starts to fade and by 8 hours it's fading but still faintly detectable on the skin (my skin eats perfume so this is a long last for me). another well-blended painting, 10/10
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i received chellah v4 as a frottle. i am super intrigued by it and trying it on fresh from the mail, so it may need some resting time to fully come out. so far, other reviews are spot on about the dirt note. in the bottle this is fresh, crumbly dirt with streaks of something greenish/leafy. freshly applied the dirt stays very present, but as it dries there is definitely a sweetness of something else underneath the dirt, but the dirt note is so strong and fresh that it's really tough to ID. maddening, but in a pleasant way. the dirt note does fade somewhat as this dries to a more dusty top note at 10 minutes into the drydown, leaving a very warm, musky scent. really beautiful but well blended and hard to pin down. looking forward to retesting after some settling time
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Old Buddhist Monk Penetrating a Rapturous Skeleton
DiZZysTARdust replied to zankoku_zen's topic in Lupercalia
the orris is very strong in this initially. when i first received it in the mail it was all i could smell in the bottle. after some resting i still get a strong bloom of fresh orris upon application, which fades to a powdery, soft, gentle orris base backed by the other woods. i agree with other reviews that the sandalwood is probs the most prominent. it's a very golden and powdery sandalwood, with no real piney or balsamy-ness from the balsam and no headshop champa for me in the freshly applied drydown stage. light throw, but it makes it a very snuggly up-close skin scent. -
i get strong florals from this, heavy on the jasmine and honeysuckle at first. settles to a strong but well blended florally musk. more floral than green or graveyard dirt for me. as a floral lover this is lovely.
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I'm surprised this doesn't have more love in the reviews. This is super gorgeous. It's very well blended but I think the frankincense is the most prominent in the bottle. It's very syrupy, and the way it blends with the pines and mosses seems almost citrusy in a really delicious, almost foodie way without smelling like an actual food. The citrusy aspect fades as this dries down and it becomes more golden sandalwood and vanillic resins and greenery. Strong throw and good lasting power. ETA i think the amber silk come out for me as a thread of sweetness, almost floral-sweet but definitely not floral, that kind of ties the whole blend together and outlasts the other notes
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i picked this up hoping it would be similar to mysterious garden, ie a perfumey scent. it is perfumey although there are definitely differences between the two blends. this strongly reminds me of mr. hex’s black cat, which is i believe a dupe of black opium? i’ve never tried black opium but this def reminds of black cat. maybe a little lighter and less cloying
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i picked up this blend due to the reviews mentioning “crimson blossoms”= red musk. i don’t get much red musk, or even really anything like “crimson blossoms”, or even any lilac. this is all about the apple. it’s a really pretty apple blend, but i’ll be revisiting this sometime in the future to see if any red musk pops out ETA 1/23/24: retesting this, the apple is a little less dominant. It's very sweet and golden on application, as opposed to the more tart/fresh/green version of apple if that makes sense. After an hour or so the apple fades somewhat and the lilac comes more to the forefront. Still very fruity when I sniff it but there's definitely a hint of the sweeter base notes underneath
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sexy indeed! i was sure there was red musk in this as i was trying to remember the notes because it’s almost fruity in the way some red musks can be for me. i think that must be the red peppercorn, which is not at all spicy to me, giving a little oomph to the sweetness of the myrrhs. i don’t get much patchouli until hours into the drydown. it seems like red patchouli, very light and sweet and blending well with the others notes. good throw and staying power. the patchouli-dominance in the dry down is something i hope ages to be more present ETA this has crazy strong lasting power, i woke up still smelling it 12+ hours after application. this is unusual for me as my skin eats the bpals up but a very pleasant way to wake up
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i wasn’t sure about this scent because of white tea and the “lightning-struck amber”, however when these were coming down the yellow champa called to me so I jumped on a bottle. Glad i did because neither of those notes make this too astringent or soapy. In the bottle it seems like the champa and white tea are fighting for dominance, with the result being that this DOES seem like it might be astringent or soapy. freshly applied though they both settle, with the white tea only slightly in the lead. overall this is pretty well blended. i’m not getting any strong honey and if there is frankincense it’s not the strong, syrupy, almost piney variety but def more subtle. in the drydown this does start to become very golden and powdery. but the tea keeps it somewhat bright and almost watery in a way. rains of good indeed
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this is absolutely gorgeous. it's hard to say which floral is the strongest. there is a vaguely herbal-lavender note in the bottle but once applied and into the drydown no one flower stands out in particular. this is super pink to me, like in the way of a high-end perfume. not much of a resinous feel from the labdanum. my past experience with this note is either somewhat medicinal or almost fizzy-cola. In this blend it's not coming out strongly but rather seems to be more giving everything else something to stick to and definitely adding to the pink vibe.
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the lavender is def present in the bottle and freshly applied. i do not detect rose at all, and i usually amp it. lavender milk is a good description, to me this is almost like a pink lavender. like it's there in a delicate and sweet way as opposed to aggressively herbal. not getting any champa or cypress either. Almost an hour into the drydown, the lavender loses some of its dominance of this blend. The other notes are still not coming out strongly for me, but the lavender dissolves into a well-blended pool of milky floral sweetness. After an hour and a half, the lavender is gone and I can detect a hint of pink roses coming out, definitely very subtle and powdery.
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White Sandalwood, Purple Orchid, and Tuberose
DiZZysTARdust replied to Seajewel's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
in the bottle the orchid seems to be peeking out around the tuberose. wet on the skin the tuberose really blooms and dominates, although the sandalwood and orchid seem to be giving the tuberose a very clean vibe, so this is a very pink and frilly tuberose as opposed to the rich floral tuberose of some other bpals with this note. not to say this is not floral, it def is but a very light (tho not high pitched, soapy) floral. as it dries the tuberose REALLY comes out more, and this does indeed become a richer heavy tuberose note. The sandalwood is more present for me; this is almost like a tuberose incense. light throw. -
totally agree with the other reviews, this smells like straight sandalwood when freshly applied! reminds me of al azif or challenege of the ascetic. this does not change much through the drydown, still staying very reminiscent of sandalwood. low throw on this one. up close to the skin it’s an elegant blend of resins. the throw and what sticks to my clothing is more reminiscent of the “blackened, burnt” qualities but in a gentle charry way, no bonfire smoke here
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i was nervous about this one with blackened lavender as the first note in the description. indeed, other reviews are spot on that this is predominantly lavender in the bottle and freshly applied when wet. once applied, there is a few minutes of morphing phase on me where the lavender tried to stay dominant while the other notes begin to peek out. after 10 minutes the lavender is much less present. the other notes blend together seamlessly, so this becomes a resinous floral closer to the skin with a cloud of herbal lavender lingering in the throw. i don’t get strong champaca- or patchouli-head shop vibes from this while wet. it’s more of a rich resinous floral. initially the frankincense seems to be coming out the strongest of the notes, giving the other notes a golden base to stick to and complimenting the lavender. around the 2 hour mark the lavender and frankincense have burned away. there is still a rich dark floral. the champaca is coming out more but still not in a head shop type of way, just sweetening the scent now that the herbaceous lavender has mostly faded. i wore this both on my wrists to test and on my torso to scent myself, and my clothes where they touched the scent still have a more strong throw of lavender also at the two hour mark.
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i really expected to love this. i’m a huge fan of tuberose, beeswax, cardamom, cedar, incense… the whole thing sounded like a win. in the bottle it was surprisingly more aquatic than i expected. on the skin, this is mostly about the tuberose, but it’s more like tuberose cologne than the heady floral i expected. it’s very light and sheer, i don’t get much beeswax, cardamom, or cedar on their own. it’s definitely a beautiful scent although on me cologne tends to veer toward soapy. this isn’t pure dove soap but definitely smells like an expensive soap in a fancy bathroom
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the caraway is strong af when first applied. i agree with the celery comparison, definitely a very fresh greenness. once the celery vibe wears away after about ten minutes, the caraway takes a back seat. this becomes a delicious herbaceous spiced sandalwood. almost like a sandalwood tea. weirdly addictive, i can’t stop huffing my arm
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We Believe that Death is Not the End of Man
DiZZysTARdust replied to Dark Alice's topic in Lupercalia
i picked this up secondhand because the notes sounded really beautiful and this is indeed a beautiful combination. in the bottle it’s not exactly “piney” but somewhat camphoraceous, i think it’s the frankincense coming through. freshly applied this is all about the frankincense and sandalwood, in a really warm, golden, resinous way. the pine and chestnut are definitely not prominent at this phase. i’m not fully confident about my chestnut identification abilities but they seem to be blending in with the other notes rather than giving this blend a nutty or foodie vibe. the throw is moderate and decreases as the sandalwood and frankincense fade from prominence (around the 2 hour mark for my small test patch). they are still in the background but the pine comes out a little more strongly for me at this point. -
i absolutely adore humanite. i’ve worn it many times but reviewing for the first time because i’m committing myself to reviewing all my scents. absolute love from the bottle. the notes blend together really well. i am a huge tuberose fan and this note definitely doesn’t come out strongly to me. it also doesn’t come across as a very “fruit” forward scent despite all the fruit notes. the one aspect that is the most notable for me is the “caramelized” aspect. it smells like caramelized flowers to me. strangely edible although not exactly foodie or floral. very unique and delicious. does not morph much from the wet to dry phase, with a strong throw. my little test patch lasted 2+ hours before decreasing in strength, although still smelled very much the same closer to the skin
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vetiver and myrrh fan here. i was excited to see which one dominates. i agree that in the bottle and freshly on this is like straight peanut butter. not even sweet or powdery peanut butter for me, just pure nutty peanut butter. i will be tracking to see how it morphs. freshly on: PB! very foody, around 10 minutes: i feel like the peanut butter is starting to turn to vetiver. 20 minutes: omg, the peanut butter has disappeared, no vetiver, but there is something powdery and sweet now. there is a slight, slight woodiness under the powder which i think supports very well. 30+ minutes: the woodiness, which i think is actually the vetiver, and powderiness of the myrrh are more evenly balanced. low throw on the small test patch i applied but this is a really nice warm woody unisex scent. i agree the vetiver is not the typical aggressive vetiver, this might be why the myrrh is able to come through so much