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A frosted cake scent with an olive twist. I would describe this as a pretty standard cake, foodie scent. I don't get much in the way of lemon. The vanilla of the frosting is stronger and gives the impression of buttercream on vanilla cake. Except for the olive oil, which is very noticeable without dominating the scent. Much like actual cake with olive oil, it's interesting, but not enough, for me, to warrant more than a slice/decant.
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This is largely kyphi tar on me. The labdanum only adds to the deep resin nature of the scent. I get whiffs of silk and benzoin in the background. I can just pick out the rose, but not the carnation. Overall, it brings to mind a scene very close to the inspiration art: a dark room, filled with almost sticky incense, with floral scented drapings in the background.
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Strong pale florals floating on mild, sweet fruits. The lotus is ever so slightly the strongest note on me, with the lily not far behind. The two mix to for the strong floral nature of the scent, which still reads as pale, despite its boldness. I get hints of the other notes, but cannot pick them out individually. Overall, it smells like a light base of very sweet citrus and other fruits. While I cannot pick the note out itself, this background reminds me most of the apricot. Lastly, I don't get much in the way of an aquatic note. Like the other notes, it's very light and relegated to the background. Overall, a lotus and lily dominated scent, as the flowers bloom over a toned down, shallow pond of soft, sweet citrus.
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Fig dominated frosting on me. I get the fig note the strongest. The other notes come together to give the impression of a frosting heavy cupcake. I don't get any honey or patchouli, just buttercream with big chunks of fig. Despite it being a fruit, fig on me doesn't read as foodie. So on me the buttercream and strength of the fig note felt a little at odds. The former, and the other notes, wanting this to be a gourmand scent, and the latter not so much on me. I think this comes down to personal taste though, so if fig cupcakes seems strikes your fancy, this might be the scent for you.
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A lavender dominated, deep, dreamy purple scent. The lavender is by far the strongest note on me. And it's a deep, almost wet version of lavender. I think it's being taken in a more floral, voluminous direction by the rose and aldehyde notes. I'll get whiffs of the ambrette and violet leaf, but outside of that, any other notes blend together to make a very purple background. Overall the scent is noticeably floral and slightly plant like. I'd describe it as thicker, night time, dream like scent. It reminds me more of a thick purple blanket of lavender and other plants and flowers, than the sheer, airy purple of the art inspiration.
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Pink Moon: Sugar Crystals and Mandarin
samanare replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
On me, this was close to a mandarin one note. Among the Lab's citrus notes, mandarin has always struck me as arguably the sweetest. And in this scent that's just amped. I was hoping for something a little more nuanced, but it's a pleasant, sweet orange scent. -
An ambergris dominated scent. I get a lot of the ambergris and salt notes. They also, unfortunately, go to a slightly soapy territory on me. I do get whiffs of the citrus, but it sits really close to the skin and doesn't really break through the brine. It reminds me of very fancy, citrus in the ocean themed soap. It's a pleasant scent, but too ambergris dominated for my tastes.
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A lilac heavy, orris scent, with a touch of ambergris. The orris-lilac duo is the strongest on me. I can just pick out the osmanthus, but it really doesn't hold its own in the scent, rather plays support to the lilac, giving it a more full body roundness. The ambergris is there, but similarly playing support to the orris, almost melting into it. I also get what reads to me as a porcelain note. I suspect it's the coral and cerulean musk mixing with the florals. Among the remaining notes, I can only pick out the honey, giving the scent a prick of full body sweetness.Overall, I'm reminded of tea cups filled with lilacs. I wouldn't describe this as an aquatic scent, instead there's enough ambergris to bring to mind a cool spring day. Maybe, at most distant salty air over a orris heavy garden party.
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Hopefully this is just me, the fig milk and pear and are not playing nice with each other. The fig and pear are the strongest notes on me here, with the fig being slightly stronger. The mix of the two ends up reading as more of a pear bubblegum, just sharp and artificial. Aside from that, the fig note does have a milk or thinner cream quality to it. I can pick out the honey cake in the background and the rest of notes add to the sweet, slightly dense, dessert quality of the scent. Despite not being the strongest note, I think the pear is just a little too much for me in this scent, and cuts through the other notes in a way I don't personally like.
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Medieval Fool Breaking the Fourth Wall
samanare replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Limited Editions
Tart berries and scorched milk. The blackcurrant-plum duo is the strongest on me, reading a little more deep than I'd expect from blackcurrant alone. Scorched milk is right. The milk note has an almost metallic tang to it, and reminds me of milk heated up a little too long in the microwave. I get a hint of the scarlet musk and rose amber. Overall, the scent is red, coming off more like redcurrant dominated than red musk. And the rose amber softens the scent, as opposed to being noticeable on its own. I'm reminded of Knave of Hearts, though I recall that being more foodie than this one. I think it might be the scorched milk note that takes it a little away from gourmand for me, at the very least makes it less sugary sweet than Knave of Hearts. -
Euer Narren lache ich allen, denn nur ihre Kolben tun gefallen
samanare replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Limited Editions
One of those different than the sum of its parts scents. I can pick out the mandarin, peppercorn, and floral root, but combined together they make something that is not really any of the them. Despite the mandarin being the strongest note on me, and aided by the peppercorn, overall this scent is more of a floral root scent. I cannot pick out the mimosa or lotus specifically, but definitely the root nature of the latter. The result ends up being surprisingly not all that citrus for how strong the mandarin is. I'd shelve this under root scent before anything else, it's noticeably floral, while the other notes bring a sweet bright zest that doesn't particularly read as citrus. -
A sunny day under the apple tree. I don't get grass so much from this as greenery in general. And that ends up being the strongest note on me. Next is the apple. I don't get the currant, instead I could have sworn this had some type of floral note. Overall the scent is soft and sweet, reminding me of both of fresh apples and apple blossoms. The greenery of the scent and the apple combine together and bring to mind a day spent under an apple tree, the tree itself and wild grasses and flowers softened under sunlight. I was reminded of The Solitude of Springtime from last year's Lupers. In comparison, this scent is softer and trades some of its apple/citrus for more greenery.
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There's a fair amount going on in this scent. I get the molasses, gingerbread, and almond cream. Those notes come together to make a more ginger dominated sweet spice, foodie note. I also get the lemon, which is light and envelopes the scent, giving it a citrus lightness in the background. I also get the honey and the floral notes, though it reads as more a general floral note than any one note in particular. And while I can't pick out the other notes, there is this overall red edge to the scent, without screaming red musk. The foodie notes slightly dominate the scent for me, but this is far from a foodie scent for me. The feast more being how much is going on in the scent. At its core, I'd describe this scent as a sweet gingerbread scent, the other notes of lemon, floral, almond, honey, etc pull one's attention, but without making the scent discordant.
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The Extraction of the Stone of Madness
samanare replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Limited Editions
A woodsy floral scent. The cedar is slightly the strongest note on me, but the cypress, moss, lavender, and amyris are not far behind. The mix results in a very woodsy scent. The lavender just takes it away for lumber yard, but the lavender registers more as herbal-y floral than lavender specifically. There's a slight sweetness that more adds to the floral nature of the scent, which I think is coming from the bergamot, but I cannot pick it out individually. Overall, the blend results in something greater than the sum of its parts, woodsy, but floral, herbal, and sweet enough to not be a wood scent. -
Pretty much a ginger single note on me. Ginger is the only note I can pick out. The others combine to give the ginger a very earthy and spicy angle to it. I'm reminded of patchouli or something similar. This is noticeably away from more of a fresh ginger spice and much more towards an earthy, non-foodie spice.