LavenderCoffee
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Black Cherry, Vanilla Bean, and Champaca
LavenderCoffee replied to Seajewel's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
This is a lovely dark cherry backed by faint vanilla for me, and the cherry actually sticks it out pretty well compared to other cherries I've worn from the lab. Very bold up front of course, and 8 hours later a faint trace remains on my forearm, but it fared better as an under the clothes type of scent. I don't get a ton of champaca, weirdly, since that is often a louder note on my skin. I'm neither here nor there on this blend, but if I were more into cherries I would put a bottle in a drawer somewhere, to encourage the vanilla. -
Fairy Lovers is a lush, balanced floral - lots of leading ladies in this bouquet of gardenia, moonflower, orchid, rose but nothing is really screaming at me. "Creamy narcotic floral" is spot on, especially with the slinky labdanum underscore. Apply sparingly for sneaky seduction.
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Oberon, Titania, and Puck with Fairies Dancing
LavenderCoffee replied to Seajewel's topic in Limited Editions
A lovely fae scent. Gorgeous light floral incense floating over a pouf of mallow + cream. and it's not even incense-y incense, and not resinous in the least, just an ever so soft suggestion. I do love the peonies in this as well. I would wear this as a sleep scent, or on a lounging around day, or a sundress day. It's dreamy. -
Please Scream Inside Your Haunted House
LavenderCoffee replied to zankoku_zen's topic in Halloweenie
Boy howdy if I was guessing blind I would have thought this had a nice rooty patchouli in it underneath the funnel cakes. Maybe some rum? I really dig this one. Getting a minor skin tingle from it, assuming there's a touch of cinnamon. -
I passed on this originally because I assumed I would not want a pear scent, but now a year later, this decant is giving me all the heady French Vanilla goodness with just a touch of pear. Serious root beer float vibes.
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I was excited to try this because I don't see (or smell) persimmon very often - it seems like an appropriate choice for a dragon! On my skin the fruit is bright but slightly tart and bitter, almost reminiscent of bergamot, and I'm getting more of a wood type of vibe from this oudh. Once it dries it is more subtle than I anticipated. It's so close to working for me, but I think it could be stunning on the right person.
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Dragon’s Blood, Honey, and Copal
LavenderCoffee replied to Seajewel's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
Ooh this smells magical! A beautifully balanced blend of honey sweetened resins. The dragon's blood is much more pronounced in the bottle than on my skin, where I get a pleasant amount of copal. Smells like good vibes and sunbeams - gonna rotate this with the Coffee and Copal blend for those times when I want a scent to help me calm down, take a deep breath, and look on the bright side. -
is this the most perfect comfort scent of all time? I would not be surprised. I'm definitely getting the coffee beans. they lend an atmospheric coffeehouse sort of vibe. rather, with the hint of spices, it's more of a homey kitchen thing: someone made a pot of coffee before baking a pan of brownies, "come on in and have a seat." so heartwarming and cozy.
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I finally started appreciating snake oil this year, and I was fortunate to receive a sample of bordello, so I snagged this bottle just before the sugar plum alchemy lab closed up shop for the season. It's a dark yummy plummy snek. Sugared, but less sweet than I had anticipated, and stays close. I get pleasant wafts of plum swirling and snaking around my personal space.
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Freshly applied, this is very similar to Alisz without the mint. As it dries, the rose becomes a bit more prominent, but it's still a gorgeously soft pillow of rose cotton candy.
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Chaos Theory V: Recursive Self Similarity v4
LavenderCoffee replied to marared's topic in Limited Editions
Recently acquired from Etsy. Bottle number appears to be DLX (560), good ol' silver marker on black label did its best. In the bottle and freshly applied, I'm getting a big hit of what smells like balsam. Oil is a vivid dark yellow. SO is way off in the distant background at the start, but starts to slither forward in the first ten minutes, and the blend becomes more balanced. I struggle with balsam sometimes but this is real nice. -
Pleasure Abundant lands in a very warm and golden place for me as well. Pink peppercorn is super subtle here, and if I was behind the curtain, I would turn up the volume on the honey. It's a gorgeous orange blossom scent and I enjoy how it works with the frankincense a lot more than I expected.
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This is such a trap for me, and I'm happy to fall into it. Honey rose goat's milk, yes x100! With just a touch of hazelnut. It does remind me a bit of my beloved Knave.
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The champagne grape in this one has a slight musty quality to it when I wear it, but it provides a pleasant complexity and counterbalance to the vanilla amber.
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This is so fun and sparkling, effervescent is a great word for it. Just when I thought peach was done with me, I am reminded of white peach. A gorgeous and subtle floral with a kiss of peach, and I love how bergamot is bringing everything together here. Brighter and cleaner than the champagne of Unarmed and Laughing.
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This is more of a dessert scent on me, where Nightengale landed in more of a breakfasty place. It has a smooth, creamy quality. Almond cakes seem to be the most prominent, and I would love to get more fig.
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I'm getting more of a hazel-eyed scent. On me this leads with toasted cardamom in a big way, followed by brown sugar and patch. It's lovely and warm, but gentle and short-lived. I bet these notes will age nicely, so it might be fun to squirrel one of these away.
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From Whose Eyes As They Glance Flowed Love
LavenderCoffee replied to Seajewel's topic in Limited Editions
Whew, this one snuck up on me. I did not think it would be my jam, but it might be my favorite of the bunch. It wears so well! I keep getting whiffs of it throughout the day and smiling to myself. I would say you ought to enjoy rose to ride this ride, and certainly these notes wear differently for everyone, but I'm getting an effect that skews more to creamy than to powdery. It's soft, vibrant, and well-balanced - not too sweet. Old fashioned in a classy, timeless way, rather than stuffy or outdated. -
Chaos Theory V: Recursive Self-Similarity v1
LavenderCoffee replied to awesomeoverlord's topic in Limited Editions
I just acquired Bottle 557 (DLVII?) from Etsy. As others have mentioned, these were numbered with silver pen on a black label and it seems to have faded a lot over the years. I'm calling this one Sailor Dorian, as it is full of, but not dominated by, aquatic goodness. In the bottle this reads as a salty sea breeze, but freshly applied on my skin there is no salt. It waves in the direction of Irish Spring soap but never goes all the way there - I think this is due to how it has blended and aged alongside the Dorian notes. I've never smelled Dorian straight up, but there is a warm, sweetened vanilla tempering the light marine experience. It's definitely not one of the foreboding deep sea scents, and any strong resemblance to Irish Spring is gone after 10 minutes or so. Now I feel like I am smelling the captivating scent of Dorian sans sailor cap, and the sea is in the background. Ahoy! -
Another morpher from the Sleeper collection, this one leads with lavender and rosemary and softens to a quiet dry bouquet. I didn't get as much cypress from this one as from the others.
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This is a lovely morph from cypress up front, into the lab's signature grave soil, and then finally ending with soft lavender incense.
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Mostly sage, tonka, and champaca for me over the background chorus of notes, which did not turn out to be a very loud group. A fleeting flight for this hawk.
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Hazelnut, Red Amber, and Toasted Sandalwood
LavenderCoffee replied to Seajewel's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
Not sure if it's just one of the notes or the combination of them, but my skin chemistry seems to be adding a dirt note. I think that has happened previously with certain sandalwoods. It's a warm, lovely blend, but I will have to locket it if I want to wear it. -
Green Cardamom, Oakmoss, and Patchouli
LavenderCoffee replied to Seajewel's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
Agree that the moss/patch combo calls back to Stung by the Cock Tree. That one is pricklier (pardon) and spicier than this one, but both have admirable throw and weartime. A wonderful gender neutral option that skews towards traditionally masculine. -
Scorched cedar, bergamot and vanilla husk are coming through most clearly for me in this one - agree that there is a lemony quality to it. Not getting much from the fruits or leather, and the oud in this is subtle, not stanky. Overall impression is that of a subtle natural cologne type scent.