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samanare

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  1. samanare

    Puff Pastry Apple Roses

    Lemon and apples with rosewater. Foodie, but not very baked goods smelling on me. I can barely detect any of the spice notes, and instead get a scent that is surprisingly fresh and citrus. It reminds me a lot more of the lemon-rosewater bath the apple slices are in, before they go into the pastries. A bright, enjoyable scent, especially for apple or citrus lovers, but not if you're wanting a pastry scent.
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    The Garden of the Hesperides

    Sweet golden apples with greenery in the background and just a touch of mint. The apple note is the strongest note, but just barely. And it reads more as a golden apple. A lot of the other notes blend together for me to make a green, almost prairie note. It brings to mind apple trees against a background of green meadows, with various flowers and plant life, without being noticeably floral. And there is just the tiniest bit of mint, but it's there, and very green, like somewhere in the distant there is mint growing in the meadow as well. Overall, I'd describe this as a golden apple scent, with a bouquet of greenery in background that is not particularly floral, vegetal, or minty, but adds to fresh quality of the scent and brings to mind the tree that grew the apples.
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    Marlborough Pie

    A very boozy fruit scent. Almost equal mix cut fresh fruit and alcohol on me. I can pick out the apple specifically, not so much the lemon. Overall, between the sherry and fruit notes, I more get a general fruit quality to the scent, and it reads pretty fresh to me. That freshness is tampered down by how strong the booze note is here. And I don't get a custard or pie quality to this at all on me. Overall, it reminds me of a homemade fruit punch bowl, with chunks of fresh apples and citrus, heavily spiked at the holiday party. More cocktail than foodie scent, imo.
  4. samanare

    Vintage Wise Man Blow Mold

    Lemon resin. Even as a lemon/citrus lover, this was a pleasant surprise. I would describe this as more of a lemon, frankincense, and myrrh trio as I personally don't get any amber. The scent is a very compelling duo of lemon and resin. The lemon slightly dominates, keeping the scent bright and light, but the usual tart freshness of lemon scents is mellowed out by the myrrh and frankincense. For me, this is noticeably different from the typical fresh lemon scent, and is more lemon resin, more yellow than fruity, but airy and light. I'm surprised by how unique this is among my lemon scents, and this is a favorite of this year's Yules for me.
  5. samanare

    Lavender Earl Grey Cookies

    Lavender and bergamot cookies. The bergamot dominates the earl grey component of the scent. And the strength of the bergamot note reminds me of Dad Let Me Do Your Makeup, and brings to mind cookies being fully submerged in earl grey tea. The lavender is also strong here, and it is the sugary, sweet lavender of other lavender gourmand scents (like Carry Me). The cookie note of the scent is more sugar cookie in nature, and rounds out the scent, without being lost. Overall, lavender and bergamot sugar cookies, that are more lavender and bergamot than cookie, while still being foodie.
  6. samanare

    Coffee Cream Pie

    Very much reminds me of Bah!, as others pointed out. I get more strong brewed coffee with a fair amount of cream and sugar than a baked good. Personally, I'm not picking out the chocolate or the crust/cookies. Overall, this is another of the Lab's sweet, strong coffee scents, as opposed to a baked gourmand scent.
  7. samanare

    Oatmeal, Rose Petals, and Sugar

    A jammy, sugary, red rose, almost single note. The rose note dominates on me. And I read it as a red rose scent, though it's not as deep as other red rose scents. The sugar is not so much its own note, as added to the rose, making it a sugary rose scent, but still more of a red rose, as opposed to a pink or tea rose to me. I cannot pick out the oatmeal, but there is a softness to the scent. Overall, while the sugar and oatmeal are adding something to the scent, it ends up reading as a rose single note on me. As a rose lover I was torn about this one, but decided on sticking with a decant, as opposed to getting a full bottle.
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    21 Snowballs

    Gin slush. On me, this is a gin and snow duo. The snow note here isn't fluffy so much as icy, snowy slush. But in a good way, like you made your own in slushy by filling a cup up with snow and poured gin over it. Overall, smells like a simple, wintery, slightly icy cocktail.
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    Vintage Candy Garland Blow Mold

    Smells like a catch all candy bowl on me. I get the various fruit candies, and the after dinner mints are there too. I also get a hint of chocolate candies, more milk chocolate ones with candy coating. I don't get the amber so much as it smells like the candy bowl got left too close to something that gives off heat and they've all started melting together. It makes this candy/halloween haul potpourri. I can pick out the various notes but they all come together without being overwhelming.
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    Snowy Cross

    Snowy incense. I cannot pick out the rose in this scent. I think the snow note is overpowering it, but the frankincense is definitely there. And the scent overall very nicely balances the snow note with the surprisingly deep, resiny frankincense. Pleasant, but I was hoping for more rose.
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    Snow-Covered Cathedral

    The snow note here is coming off more silvered note on me. I do get the stone note. Overall, this reads more like a silvered, chilled stone scent, than a snow covered stone building. It's pretty, but comes off more sharp than snowy to me.
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    Gingerbread Hot Cocoa

    Gingerbread and chocolate. I'm definitely getting gingerbread. The hot cocoa reads more as chocolate, make a sweet chocolate bar or chocolate chips. And I don't get a marshmallow note, more a cookie, baked sweets note. Overall, it reminds me more of gingerbread cookies with chocolate chips, or chocolate chip cookies with gingerbread cookies where the latter is fresher out of the oven.
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    Lavender Lemon Bar

    A bright lemon lavender duo. This is unfortunately not a foodie scent on me. The lemon lavender duo of the scent is quite strong and reminds me more of Happy Baby in a Long Dress than a baked good. The scent does not go full cleaning supply on me and is still very enjoyable (as someone who likes lemon lavender duos), though doesn't stick out among the similar scents I already have. I'm happy with an imp, but not tempted by getting a full bottle.
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    Lavender Brownie

    Brownies with lavender on top. This is a soft, but not weak, foodie scent on me. The brownie and lavender are pretty equally matched. The brownie is a brownie note, and has a noticeable gooey quality to it. The lavender is surprisingly floral/plant like, without taking away from the baked goods nature of the scent. Overall, a soft gourmand duo.
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    Lavender Coconut Cream Pie

    More of a lavender cream pie on me. The coconut is there, but it's soft and ends up getting eaten up bu the cream pie nature of the scent. And the scent is definitely a foodie, fluffy, pie filling scent. Though it smells more like soft, whipped lavender cream filling. A very pleasant, light, foodie lavender scent, but ends up being a little simple for my liking.
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