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Madame Mew

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About Madame Mew

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    evil enabler
  • Birthday April 18

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    Portland, Oregon
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    United States

BPAL

  • BPAL of the Day
    Our Lady of Pain
  • Favorite Scents
    Revenant Rhythm, Silky Bat, Boo, Snake's Kiss, The Grave Pig, Swans on the River, Frostbitten Snake Oil, (and Dorian and Alice and TKO... all of the Frostbitten variety) Paper Phoenix, Queen Mab's Lace, Atsui Mono, Love's Philosophy. Notes: patchouli, fig, vanilla, honey, incense, cream, pink peppercorn, rose, honeysuckle, gardenia, marshmallow, vetiver, cherry, plum, raspberry, strawberry, tonka bean, sugar, leather, ambergris, champagne, amber

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    She/Her
  • Interests
    cats, camping, wandering, libations, cemetery touring, sleeping, dining, organizing, baths, dancing, yoga, drawing

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    Rabbit
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  1. Madame Mew

    Wolf Moon: Amber & Grey Musk

    As mentioned above, no brainer backup scent. It’s beautiful and grounding, warm, amber but instead of being akin to a hug, it’s more of a perfect weight down comforter? It’s so pretty and not easy for me to summarize but the feelings I get when I smell this are just so much YES.
  2. Madame Mew

    Drowsy Voyeur

    Very much enjoying this! Beautifully blended, almost fuzzy in texture and quite the journey on the skin over the last few hours. Every stage has brought out another note. Musky and fruity at the drydown with patchouli as the base but I wouldn’t say it’s obviously patch unless you know what to look for. If you do, it’s the delicious, chewy kind. Blind bottle win!
  3. Madame Mew

    Asahina Yoshihide in a Tug-of-war with the Little People

    Got my order and let them rest - about a week? The lab’s caramelized anything can be a deal breaker and I took the chance knowing it could be a fail for me. Freshly applied to the skin, it’s the burned sugar note from sugar cookie that does not please my nose in bottle or on me. As it sits a bit, it seems to be a dissipating top note and I can detect the sticky date fruit underneath. I will definitely give this more resting time and try again since there is some promise as it warms up on my arm.
  4. Madame Mew

    Terrible Moon: Cardamom and Black Amber

    Spicy! Obviously, cardamom is a spice lol. It’s really nice and has not had any time to rest so I can already tell it’s going to be a good one! I look forward to seeing how this smells on my husband, too.
  5. Madame Mew

    Pomegranate and Black Fig Lotion

    As a fig obsessed human, can confirm with the review above! Yum. Barely ripened fig and tart pomegranate. It smells lovely and will be a great base for so many of my figgy BPAL oil blends. I also love this formula. Not sticky at all.
  6. Madame Mew

    A Doll's Doll

    This has been sitting in a drawer since I got it. When I first got it, I was not about to put it on my skin since it was likely going to be aldehyde forward. Aging helped this one a lot. in the skin, I thought I was smelling from the little wafts I was getting was sweet pine. Actually, what I wanted from marshmallow snow - pine and sugar. When I bring my nose closer, I smell the snow berries and a bit of the smoke but you have to look for it. No carnations, which I’m pleased about because my skin amplifies it and usually makes any blend with it turn to all of the spiced element of the flower that’s usually subtle. I like it!
  7. Madame Mew

    Les Feuilles de Patchouli Hair Gloss

    So very beautiful! It’s almost an etherial patchouli. Will pair beautifully with the bloodmilk patchouli forward oils. It’s more of the minty patch than the gnarly chewy kind and I thought I preferred the latter, but I’m loving this. Will be upgrading to a full size.
  8. Madame Mew

    Bourbon Vanilla Hair Gloss

    This is nice! Perfect bourbon vanilla that will be perfect for layering with so many things. Additionally, just want to mention there’s no booze note in here, for anyone that’s wary (like myself)- bourbon vanilla is a type of vanilla, ex: Madagascar, Bourbon, Tahitian - and this does not have a bourbon (alcohol) note. A very safe blind buy, IMO.
  9. Madame Mew

    Hallway of a Train Station

    In the imp, this is lovely plum and a promise of something special, but sadly on the skin I had a very similar experience as laughing seagull…. Olfactory horror it is. I’m sad that it started off so promising but turned into a disaster, but you can’t win them all, right?
  10. Madame Mew

    Lavender Earl Grey Cookies

    I don’t have more to add than what has already been said, but I will say this is delicious and my favorite of the lavender kitchen release.
  11. Madame Mew

    Blackberry Apple Sufganiyot

    Delicious! Not much apple, which is a plus for me. Also, not as fried dough as some other iterations which is fine with me too. I would get a full bottle if it wasn’t gone on my skin in 40 mins. I thinnnnk it’s a me problem. I’ve tested a few times, but won’t give up yet!
  12. Madame Mew

    Blizzard

    Big love for this. I love Cat at the Table, and this definitely started out very similar but the drydown is definitely leaning a bit more “clean” and wintry than the former. It’s very peaceful and again as stated above, less bright and gender neutral, even though I didn’t think of CatT as fem. Definitely bottle worthy. Quite zen.
  13. Madame Mew

    Halfway to Halloween

    There may be something wrong with my sniffer. All I smell are Gushers, as in the 90’s gummies. Not mad about it, but even with weeks of rest for this blind bottle, that’s what I’m getting!
  14. Madame Mew

    Morello Cherry, Ginger Root, and Black Musk

    I love this! It does start out with a cough syrup note as a top note, be warned. Once it’s dried down though, it’s a gorgeous sweet black musk balanced by the ginger which by the way, I don’t really detect. Almost like a brighter and cleaner Moon When the Cherries …! It’s not got the same base, of course, but it’s kind of scratching that itch.
  15. Madame Mew

    A Girl Knitting

    In the decant- fruity! Not sure what kind but that fruity zebra gum that you’ve chewed the life out of comes to mind. I am sad to report I’m getting that fresh laundry vibe that tickles my nose, once applied. Sadly not a winner for my skin chemistry but it’s got promise to be pretty on others.
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