Thuy
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This is so pleasantly strange to me. Fruity opening, then settles into salty florals that lean a touch soapy, also bitter from the mandarin rind. Good throw and wear time. I wish I got more pineapple than wet/in bottle.
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Dead Leaves, Vanilla Bean, Pink Fig, and Brandied Dates
Thuy replied to Seajewel's topic in Halloweenie
I've only ever known DL to be screechy until I let it sit for a few months and it settles....so this particular one surprised me! It's a smooth fruity with a hint of vanilla dead leaves, and I'm glad to have been frottled this. It wears well through the day with medium throw. -
At first sniff, I get inked paper and light florals, with just a touch of sweetness (is that you, honey). On weardown: floral beeswax, hint of smoke, paper and ink, polished woods. This is actually wearing really nicely. it's ultimately like a warm woodsy slightly waxy sweet frag that wears quite well and I'm going to need more than a decant. I wish I knew which leather note is in this, because it's tame and very pleasant.
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Bruh, this is like someone took the Martinelli Sparkling Apple Cider and made it wearable without the sticky sweetness! The bubbly note, effervescence, is SO GOOD. It's like the lab's champagne note but like, hold the booze. This definitely has the crisp apple to it without being tart or bitter. It's really pleasant. I only wish that it lasted longer than 3-4 hours, and didn't have a strange dry down. It faded into something oddly waxy... Otherwise it's a stellar single note.
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I want to love this one, but I don't think it's meant to be. It's a sugar plum lavender blast at first, and then settles into sugar plum marshmallow, but never really anything that encapsulates all three notes. Still quite the soft purple scent though.
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I did not anticipate to like this, but hot damn, I was proven so wrong. A sniff from the vial/bottle does not do this one justice. It has a gorgeous dark chocolate cherry vibe of an opening, and then it leans into that dark cacao and musk.... A little bit to warm up and the orchid blooms and isn't overwhelming. Just a touch sweet, just a touch perfumey, all around dark and stunning. The black musk is well behaved and honestly didn't think black musk and black orchid were going to be such a fantastic combo. Will be slathering the rest of my decant and may consider upsizing!
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Holy bananas, Batman! I was anxious about the dark patchouli in this but it's surprisingly not bothering me!!! Now to scouring the secondhand market for a second bottle.... Anywho, peach blast on the opening that then settles to be a very, very, filthy peach. Very much peach and red musk, with extra dark musk in the back and fruity fig behind it. The amber helps with anchoring the scent, and wow I got an 8 hr wear from a light application. Very juicy peach that I LOVE.
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mmm sniff impressions from the bottle: definitely a fruity floral - peach, honeysuckle and a hint of lemon zing. weardown: ahhh now it's honeysuckle, peach and then the lemon! It's a lovely mid-summer blend imo and I'm not one to go near florals much, let alone actually wear one. It did have a moment of being dryer sheet/laundry detergent on me, which was baffling btw, but it did resettle down into an ambery floral that is a touch powdery. I do wish that the peach stuck around longer but it's at least there. it wears well through an 8 hour work day! happy to have had the chance to try this!
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Sniff: whoa, perfumey right off the bat. I pick up on the bay leaf and then I think it's oakmoss and balsam after it. Nothing sweet here, so taht'll probably come out on my skin as it warms up. Weardown: very bay leaf and oakmoss, balsam hanging out. here's hoping that the fruits will come out as it warms up. oh, the fruits mellow everything out and this is gorgeous. I don't pick out one thing over another, it's all pretty blended on me. Great longevity - lasted a good 8 hours on me!
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From the bottle, it's definitively a sparkling clean scent. Something that'd help with clearing your mind for the task at hand. Once applied, holy bananas. It is STRONG with very good throw, almost alarmingly good throw for just a few test dabs! My nose was not prepared! The cedar and juniper leaf warm up, and with the elderflower, this is a heavy clear floral. Clear as in its presence is very much there but the aldehyde gives it an airiness. This could have easily worn well all day but it was unfortunately a scrubber for me.
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There was nothing that could have prepared me for this one. I have no idea what fossilized amber was going to be like, and was very intrigued by how reactor coolant was going to be captured in a perfume. On initial sniff, it's cool, kinda refreshing, which I'm guessing is that ozone that's common in these Lightning strikes blends, plus something else (maybe cucumber that was previously mentioned???). This is super pleasant to wear and it lasted ALL DANG DAY in this stupid hot humid weather currently. Something about this goes slightly bubblegummy on me, which again, was not at all prepared for or expecting, and it sits wonderfully on top of the red musk and amber. It's not sharp or overwhelming (lightning strikes literature about choked me out). I love this and may go back for a backup bottle!
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I do like BPAL's red and crimson musks, so I figured this would be a good blind buy... And it mostly has been! In the bottle it's a thick musky cherry that leans a touch medicinal but red musky. The cherry is unfortunately fleeting in the weardown, but I'm still left with a fruity crimson musk that lasts forever (read as all day and then some). It's fantastic for layering and/or as an anchor for some of my edps, so I'm glad to have picked up a bottle of this!
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What a ride this was... A bright pink apple opening with the lemon behind it, and it's fun! Has potential! Then it takes a perplexing floral turn and it's...not bad, just interesting. The floral aspect eventually settles and this is more of a fruity musk with a little zing to it. I don't get the mango, which makes me a little sad. Anyway, this fades down fast on me which caught me offguard. I barely got an hour and a half before it became a vague fruity skin musk with something that doesn't agree with my nose. Unfortunately a scrubber for me.
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Better late than never to the party...? I made myself give this one a chance despite the indolic jasmine sniff right from the bottle... It is much more pleasant (way less indolic) on the wear down with the gardenia and mallow coming out more, too. Overall this is a creamy, softly sweetened, white floral that's not too heady (still more than I care for). If you enjoy jasmine and simpler blends, you'll like this. I have no strong feelings about this menage a trois, but boy, it wears for a good couple of hours.
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I'm very pleasantly surprised that this one doesn't have the screechy DL note that I had only known of until now. The DL note here is sweet and earthy, absolutely wonderful paired with the ginger spice! It got close to becoming a yankee candle type of deal but somehow didn't, which I'm also thankful for - it's not cloying! The ginger spice is a bit disappointing imo. The ginger is very soft and I think I get more sweet cinnamon vibes. Still cozy and good in my book. Decent 5-6 hours wear