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Bergamot, Himalayan Cedar, and Lemon Peel
Threemoons replied to Jenjin's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
On me, I get a really nice balance of bergamot sharing the stage with the lemon, while the cedar stays somewhat in the background after drydown. Citrus notes usually fade on me waaaay too fast and this one is holding on nicely. -
As a total fan of All Things Snake Oil, I love this. For anyone who thinks that SO may be too strong for them -- can I call this one "Baby's First Snake Oil?" I LOVE it. It's a little fizzy and sweet, not too strong, office-friendly! Long wear but low throw. Give it a try if all other SO blends sound too heavy for you!
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Tardy to the party on this, but broke out my frottle proto of this today. LOVE IT, but I wish the grapefruit was longer-lasting. At the end of the day this dries down to a sort of light white floral musk on me after the initial glorious blast of grapefruit and sugar.
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This isn't my usual style of blind-buy, but I glad I got it. Oddly enough, on me I get some kind of vaguely soft woody note, not much blackberry, but there is a hint of some kind of sweetness there. Definitely not a tea note and not a gourmand, but I like it!
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I let this one rest for a while before breaking it out, and now I wish I had ordered a backup. Delicious, dry cocoa with smoky mossy notes. SO nice. Great on its own; I also layered it with Cacao & Patchouli Root HG.
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I was a little nervous RE the tulip and daffodil notes as they can go pooey on me, but I'm SO glad I got this. Starts out sweet but dries down to a sort of light pink floral musk with notes of strawberry bubblegum. Dries down to stay very close to the skin, which is great because if you wear it on a grossly hot day out (like I just did) you won't be "that person" amping perfume all over the room. Shockingly, though, it did last a LONG time after drydown even after I sprinted 10 blocks each way in humid, pre-thunderstorm 98-degree NYC weather. Sooo nice.
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Bought this for the green musk and it did not disappoint. In the bottle: Wet, cool earth and damp mosses with a little something floral in the background. On, wet: Getting an almost cut-grass fresh green note, with a bit of petrichor. Dries down to a glorious dark green vegetal musk -- no animal musky notes to speak of here, no leather, just glorious green musk. It's as hot as blazes here today and I had to do a quick outdoor errand and when I got back into my AC'd work area I could smell the awesomeness of me sweating off some of this. Wish I had gotten a backup.
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OK, was really looking forward to trying this one, glad I got a backup. Like many have said, this is NOT what I expected but I like it anyway. In the bottle: Getting BPAL's Snake Skin plus a bit of dark wet stone. On, wet: The spikenard especially runs to the front of the line, along with a tiny wee bit of incense and a bit of a dried plum afterthought. Drydown: Granted, I put this on and then had to take a very brisk walk for a chore, and threw on a denim jacket because it was cooler this AM but was hot when I got outside. So, I worked up a good sweat. When I got home, this had settled into a VERY new leather/leather polish/shoe repair shop blend -- the resinous side of this one got amped into infinity on me. Still, I LOVE Snake Skin and the Lab's leather and resin notes in general, so this was a happy accident for me. If you really dig STRONG leather notes this one is for you. It may be a skin chemistry thing but on me, I wouldn't know this had a fruit note if it wasn't for the power of suggestion of reading the notes. I know what my "go out dancing on a hot night" scent is gonna be because this is leather goth in a bottle.
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Well, it's a good thing I really like this one because I just spilled the entire bottle of it on my bed and pants by mistake. Anyway, this is really all about the rose and violet together, with the resins taking up the third seat mostly. Think of it as a non-sweet version of Hope and Faith. Liking this a lot!
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On me, this dries down to an amazing salty, almost milky peach blossom with some glistening citrus streaks in it. Incredibly wearable. Takes a few hours to develop from a seawater and plum blast to the final item, and it's lovely all the way.
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Been wearing this for 2 days now and it may be my new favorite Snake Oil variation. It's by far the most "office friendly" blend. It nails the "bruised roses" note perfectly -- this is "Snake Oil goes to a florists' shop and buys a dozen roses from the discount rack." Absolutely perfect balance of Snake Oil, spicy rose, and a hint of what I'll call rose amber. PS I got 3 backups already but may need to order more.
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Well this is different in a good way! Reading the notes, I was expecting a fruity resinous red thing. Instead, I got a bunch of red fruits that dry down to the most amazing light, daytime wear friendly red musk with little hits of berry. Nice!
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Wore this one to a Special Fancy Grown Up thing, and it was the right pick. This is a very sophisticated blend that goes from Snow White's florals tinged with sandalwood to a lovely white leather and sandalwood with little sparkles of white rose all over it. It starts out very femme but spends a long time in a neutral zone, before drying all the way down after many hours to that lovely white leather and sandalwood with snow.
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This smells like idealistic childhood kindness in a bottle! In the bottle and on the skin initially I get a lot of sweet mintiness along with the cotton candy note; as it dries down the peppermint takes a back seat to the lovely blueberry cotton candy note, with an occasional brighter berry note popping in from the strawberry notes. Pulled this one out for the first time in honor of Trans Visibility Day!
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Agree with everyone else noting that this one is summer sunshine in a bottle. Wore it for a schmancy fundraiser yesterday; today, layering it with Honey & Neroli HG. Anyway, this trio is absolutely amazing...somewhere between home-made old school lemonade, lemon slices sprinkled with sugar, and a bit of fresh cut honeycomb. If you are leery of the Lab's beeswax note, I am not sensing any of it at all here, so slather away! I almost couldn't make it out of bed this AM and woke up to no Internet (had to tether my phone to my work deck while half-awake) but after brushing my teeth and freshening up and a liberal re-application of this, my mood was much boosted! And it really does lend itself to layering; glad that my eye fell on my bottle of Honey & Neroli HG. Could also see layering this with some of the Shunga HGs from years past, especially the V*lvas.