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Wet: vanilla marshmallow and a hint of strawberry. As the oil sits on my skin, the rose (white rose?) opens up and becomes the dominant note. It's not as sweet as was expecting. I like it, but I'm not sure it's something l'd wear. A nominally sweet, rose and pink marshmallow scent.
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I swapped for an old, partial decant of this. On sniff: I can smell caramel outside the sample vial. On me: red musk, a little bit of caramel, vanilla, and spices (cardamom forward, maybe nutmeg?). A little bit foody but not a full on gormand. I expect you could get a similar scent by mixing scherazade with a vanilla cardamom scent. It's also similar to red lantern, and dark Delicacies which have a similar musky, spicy caramel base.
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Incensy/spiced (nutmeg? Anise?) earth and deep moss. A bit soapy. The mystical bookstore in my hometown used to sell an incense that smelled like this.
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This is fresh and grassy, with a punch of woody ginger. Lightly aquatic. The grapefruit rides alongside. Like if you mixed tennis match with lady of schalott.
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I get powdery pink marshmallow with sandalwood (and a hint of strawberry). More sophisticated than rope pulley and less candy. Marshmallow fans should try this one.
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This started out as cold steam with screechy rosemary booze and white tea, but settled into this refreshing tea and steam smell. I think this would be very refreshing to wear on a hot day.
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Super earthy with an edge of brown banana peel, mixed with fig. The silk blends into the earthy notes and doesn't stand out to my nose. I really like this.
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Wet, this was a soft matcha with sugar water and little bits of floral and fruit. Now its green tea and sakuma drops candy (fruit flavored hard candy). I really like how this one wears, but it's not quite what I was hoping for.
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Sharp, cold pine needles. This is more bitter than I was expecting. I'm not mad about it. I think this would be refreshing during hot weather.
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Wet, this was artificial mixed fruit flavor narcissus and wax, but after it settled, I got an interesting vintage blend of narcissus and rosewater with a nutty date note and a mineralic quality. Try this if you're interested in scents like Gun Moll or the Century Guild Kickstarter blends.
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Couple Engaged in Intimate Acts as the Man Pours Tea
Biocarbons replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Lupercalia
LOUD gas station Jasmine incense and buttery vanilla rice. Epic skin chemistry fail. -
This smells like a thin mint cookie, or an andes mint. The mint in this sticks around, so if you were disappointed by the mint in the 2024 lick it hair gloss which had a chocolate note, try this. It doesn't smell like Hohensalzburg Fortress on me, unfortunately.
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The Great Battle of the Vegetables and the Fish
Biocarbons replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Limited Editions
The veggie scents are always the ones I'm most curious about the lupers, and this is basically a Shunga. Upon sniff: fresh, breezy aquatic with lettuce and what smells like jamica instead of radish, and pepper spice. On me: I like it so far. It's fresh and light. I can smell wasabi, but it doesn't have that burning quality of horseradish (most wasabi in the US is mostly horseradish). I get a bit more starch as it dries down and the aquatic becomes a bit perfumey. It's settled, and it's a radish starchy aquatic. Still fresh, but that slightly spicy edge is mostly gone and that's what I liked most about this scent. -
I picked this up for the Angelica root. This does indeed smell rooty. Dry, dusty and rooty with a nutty edge of what smells like cacao to me but is probably tonka? I didn't get much bourbon upon initial sniff, but the bourbon and vanilla blooms quickly on my skin and becomes noticeable. There's eventually a slight sweetness I am assuming is from the fig wood. The root note here is similar to other BPAL scents with root notes such as screaming mandragora, and The Wind and the Willows: Badger. The nutty dustiness also reminds me of Haute Macabre: As Above. Try this if you like the Haute Macabre, and Bloodmilk scents. I like this after it settles on my skin. This smells like a drier version of Bloodmilk: Grief Moth part 1 on me.
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I picked up a low partial out of sheer curiosity. Upon sniff: grassy hay, a bit of sweetness from the apple, barnyard oud. You're walking by a horse stable during hay bailing, and you can smell that 'horses poop here' distant scent. Skin test: about the same, but the oud is getting a little louder. Okay, it's settling. Dank musk forward, grassy hay and apple. I don't mind it. The musk eventually settles completely into the background. If I could go straight to the dry down I'd get a bottle. Compared to In lctu Oculi, this is more generally wearable with the musk settling as a smooth background note. This is also a bit sweeter.