Threemoons
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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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An emo conflagration: tomato leaf, black pepper, coriander, burnt cedar, and crimson musk. Okay, BPAL's Tomato Leaf Note is one of my faves, and even though I amp red musk like an absolute fiend, and have a lot of other red musk BPALs, I had to get this one for the tomato leaf. WORTH IT! In the bottle: The burnt cedar and black pepper notes are what first hit you, which to me is a great sign as in the musk is NOT a bully on this one. On, wet: The gorgeous tomato leaf immediately starts to unfold and rise to the top of things. I love BPAL's tomato leaf note because tomato leaves, when crushed, are sort of like if a plant could sweat...think clean sweat, its astringency is there but also a real cleanliness. From then on in, the magic really starts to happen. This one has low to medium throw on me but a long wear time, and it undergoes an interesting morph along the way. As the top notes of the tomato leaf die down, the coriander steps up, but both that and the leaf keep things vegetal rather than smoky or floral. The cedar stays in the background and is really more like fresh cedar bark rather than a cedar keepsake trunk or such. Then, as the day goes on, the red musk gradually creeps up, and slowly turns the whole thing gently to a cool floral on me...not quite quite any one flower, not spice, and not woody...never really "sweet" but floral, maybe crushed wildflower petals? Anyway, if you are a tomato leaf note fan, you need this in your life. It's also a tame starting point for folks wary of red musks.
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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.
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Today for my birthday: The very ends of a bottle of a very VERY aged release of this! Delightful!
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OK, been wearing this for the past 4 days solid, and it gets better and better with time. It's a perfect balance between "little kid/candy cherry" and "just starting to do grown up red musk as a teen." The sweeter side, as others have noted, really is like the red licorice Twizzlers and the cherry Free Bank Lollipops from my childhood, and the red musk just kind of hangs back in the background grounding everything but is definitely there. This is a great gateway scent if you're afraid of red musk. I LOVE red musk and therefore had to have this one, but it's a lot less potent than in other blends. Also getting pops of the Lab's maraschino cherry blend; reminds me of some of the cherry HGs from a few Lupers ago (which I may pull out later for layering purposes).
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Interesting one, starts as a "very grown up" perfume but then gets more playful as it dries down. In the bottle: A blast of Earl Grey tea. On, wet: The other notes start to peek out, with toasty marshmallow leading the way. It all dries down to a fun, somewhat sweet toasty thing with hints of the bergamot from the Earl Grey popping up here and there. Would definitely layer it with other creamy or cakey gourmands for a virtual tea party on my body!
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Truly the most gorgeous rosy sandalwood/sandalwood rosy ever. Glad I finally got this one. Been wearing it for 2 days straight and it gets better and better.
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Had to get this one despite complete lack of notes in the description. In the bottle: Some kind of light, gold floral with a whiff of incense. On, wet: The floral note brightens up a bit, like freshly-crushed flower petals -- not quite honeysuckle or daffodil but something in between? Also getting whiffs of honey and maybe some sort of skin musk. Drydown: This one stays VERY close to the skin, almost no throw. I'm left with a sort of powdery incense and gentle gold-white floral thing if that makes any sense. I wish this lasted longer on me. This is a great pick if you need something "office friendly." Could also see this being a summer sleeper as I am sure that if worn outside in hot weather, it would throw a bit more and maybe develop more.
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Wore this yesterday and pre-shower today! This is a perfect "between H'ween and Xmas" blend, as one would guess. In the bottle: Pumpkin and peppermint! On, wet: A hint of a champagne-like note pops up, and everything stays really cool due to the peppermint. Drydown: After many hours/overnight, I'm left with a sort of comfy toasty roasted pumpkin with a nice background of warm, dry sandalwood, which finally comes out. Fun one!
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Oh my, this is a lovely surprise! I initially got it blind just for the novelty of the concept, but I actually love it and may need a backup (sigh). I've never had a BPAL that was less than two stars, but this one is a sleeper five and a half stars! A very gentle, almost sweet patchouli, with a hint of, yes indeed, French Fries and a touch of dirt. On, wet: The vetiver and chypre step up a bit, but in a very gentlemany-tuber fashion and the initial French Fry note dies down, while the salt picks up just a bit. Drydown: The patch and earth notes blend gorgeously with the vetiver, and I'm left with a somewhat spicy/green patchouli, but a cool spicy, with earth and raw potato overtones. It's a real morpher and stays pretty; I just wish it lasted in its intermediate stage a bit longer (although the end result is lovely also). This is a great one if you're a little bit afraid of patchouli and/or earth notes and want to give it a sophisticated go.
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Oh, this is so so nice. Reminds me a bit of Snow Blind. It's also a dead ringer for those almost spherical peppermint puff candies--not the hard Starlite candies but the Peppermint Puffs candy if Google is giving me the right name. Not too overbearing so it would make a great body spritz or layering spray.
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OK, I am a total SO fan...and this may be one of my favorite variations yet. In the bottle: A strong, almost boozy blast of caramel/burnt sugar with a blob of vanilla. On, wet: The vanilla angle of the SO really takes off, along with sort of a fresh brown sugar cookie-ish kind of thing. Dries down to a really sexy, sweet-musk kind of thing that straddles the line of being a gourmand but not quite. Not getting any yeasty/oily notes but there is a slight cream note (but very different from the cream that I get from St. Brigid or other "cream" blends). Need backups for sure on this one, especially since I blorped some out on my workstation by mistake whilst sniffing the bottle during a boring (off camera) Zoom meeting today....