Tamarinda
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It's a lightly floral, lightly spiced plum that fades to a stick-your-nose-to-your-arm grade skin scent in about 15 minutes. It's nice so I wish it was a little louder but thems the skin chemistry breaks.
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Beaver Moon: Violet and Vanilla Chiffon
Tamarinda replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I always stick vanilla pods in my sugar. Sometimes, I would blitz the bajeezuz out of that sugar to make my own powdered sugar. This perfume smells like that homemade powdered vanilla sugar plus violets. It's much nicer than it was when I got it. When I got it a little over two months ago, the violet was very bitter. Now it's a bit of a tangy floral to go with the powdered vanilla sugar. No idea if it's anything like Antique Lace since we've never met, but this does not smell like any of the laces I have. Still a nice, sweet, floral vanilla. -
Goose Moon: Tobacco Absolute and Cherry Chypre
Tamarinda replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I don't have much experience with chypres but this smells wonderful for about 15 minutes before it fades away to nothing. Before it utterly evaporates from my skin, I get a complex, slightly woody cherry. I don't notice any identifiable tobacco but I'm guessing it blends right into the "not-cherry" aspects. It's so gorgeous so I'm sadly disappointed at how fast it burns off. -
In the decant: Incence, which is how I register champaca. Wet: Fruity incense. This is promising. Dry: My decants are only a few days rested so this will probably change some, but so far I'm getting fruity incense. Just slightly sweet. Thankfully no sign of molasses, which usually smells awful on me, and unfortunately, I'm not recognizing any tobacco. This gives me medium projection and a minimum of eight hours wear time. I tested this at night and showered before it could fade away. This is great so far, but I'll give it another two weeks to see if the molasses rears its ugly head.
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In the decant: Greenery. Wet: Greenery and a pleasant woody smell. Dry: This goes back to mostly greenery when dry and something about it is just a dash soapy, but not in an unpleasant way. This is quite nice, actually. Something about it makes me think of rose bushes even though I don't smell roses. It has moderate projection but I haven't done a longevity test. I've been wearing it for an hour and figured I should give an official account. Hopefully I'll remember to edit this review in a few hours to report if it's still around. UPDATE: Sad that this fades after about three hours. It was lovely while it lasted.
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I was worried that the patch in this would be the kind that goes dirtacular one me. The patch is fine. It's a sophisticated, subdued patchouli. But the honey? The honey in this blend is the type that goes powdery on my skin. It smells fairly awful on me, but I'm not mad. I appreciate this perfume sparing me from the gimme gimmes. UPDATE 12/15/2024: Not sure what made me try this again but I did last night and damn, this is much nicer than it was when I wrote my review. It's a gentle, lightly sweet patchouli fragrance with no hint of powder (yay) and moderate projection. It lasted at least eight hours on me.
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I keep forgetting to take notes when I wear this, but suffice to say, it was a blind bottle win. I get a dark, spicy rose with a resinous background that makes me feel like there should be tom toms playing while I walk. I agree with the old movie glam and the smokey descriptors. Like foggy scenes in vintage movies. I would say that the smokey/foggy vibe comes from the orris. I get eight hours or more, depending on how much I put on. This is one of those perfumes that gets exponentially louder with moderate application. I'm usually a two-cap-dab kinda broad, and that gives me moderate projection. But four cap dabs turn this into a Mae West "come up and see me sometime [eyelash bat]" type of perfume but if Mae West was Scorpion with his grappling hook from Mortal Kombat.
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UPDATE 5/24/2025: A year later and this perfume continues to dazzle with its biting raw ginger and earthy sweetness. Its long-lasting and the projection is strong. I definitely don't need to put my arm to my face to smell this. Holy toledo, this perfume is amazing. It stays consistent from the decant to my skin, with a nose-catching raw ginger supported by the blood musk and the sweet earthiness of the beets. I'm really loving that this smells like young raw ginger, all fresh and spicy and utterly drool-worthy. The blood musk is behaving on me, for once. I amp this note like crazy so it's the only reason I didn't go ahead and blind bottle it. What a beauty! I need moar. I get medium plus projection with modest application. It goes strong for at least six hours and doesn't fade until around the nine hour mark.
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In the decant: Blueberries, roses, and lavender. Wet: Lots and lots of blueberry! Roses and lavender play supporting roles along with some background sweetness. Dry: The blueberry has left the building and now I'm left with a sweet, rosey lavender scent. I normally hate the smell of lavender but this perfume seems to be the exception. Lavender is the dominant smell and I'm not sure if I'm just sensitive to it or if I amp it. The roses in the background are very lovely and it's overall a beautiful pefume with strong projection and an 8 hour plus lifespan. UPDATE: 2/24/2025 Age has not made this one any subtler. This is a non-medicinal, non-herbal lavender plus rose powerhouse. The blueberries still burn off after a few minutes but leave behind a lightly fruity sweetness to add to the agave. The projection remains strong and while some perfumes wear off when you sweat a little, this gal stays put. A gorgeous, sweet but non-foodie floral.
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This is roses and geraniums the whole way through. Very pleasant but I wish I got more of the other notes. It's a slightly dusty rose to me and I would attribute that to orris, but it's not listed in this perfume. This is a nice perfume for dusty rose scent lovers.
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In the decant: Kinda fruity, kinda rosey, kinda red. I don't know what rhubarb smells like but I'm guessing it smells fruity? Wet: Roses and a hint of strawberries. Just a tad smokey but not quite incense to my nose. Dry: The roses stay and the strawberry fades to the background to make room for the red amber, which smells musky to me. This is so lovely for about an hour and then it fades away. I really wish it had lasting power, it's such a fun take on roses. The projection was not quite moderate on me, but I wouldn't say it has low throw. Maybe two clicks above a skin scent.
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Alas. Powder. This seems to be a thing with both white musk and white honey on my skin lately. It's a very pleasant smelling powder, but not what I was looking for.
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I don't know what this smells like, but it is interesting. I suppose the note I'm smelling is the lotus. Honestly, I have no idea how to categorize this. It smells smooth, which must be the cream accord. I don't notice any amber, powdery or otherwise. I can't place anything woody, which I'm fine with because most woods smell bad on me. And the lotus does not smell floral, but I've never smelled lotus flowers before, so what do I know? The verdict for me is unfamiliar, but interesting. I like what I'm smelling even if it puts me off just a little because it's so novel to my nose. Hopefully time will bring out the other notes in a pleasant way. I like this. I do not understand why, but I do. GVaRB lasts at least six hours and has moderate projection on my skin. I do not regret blind bottling this perfume even though it was a total gamble. May it continue to play well with my ever-evolving skin chemistry! UPDATE: 2/24/2025 I still don't know what it smells like but it smells gooooood. I assume it's my skin chemistry but the "your skin but better" does not apply for me. I've never met skin that smelled like this. It's also fairly loud and lasts at least eight hours. I get vague notions of the cream but I suppose it's all unfamiliar lotus and unfamiliar teak. It's one of those scents that has you sniffing yourself in public like a weirdo. Still a winner!
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A beautiful greenery and rose scent that fades in about an hour. Kind of amazed that anything with oakmoss would fade on me since I tend to amp it. It's lovely for as long as it lasts. Hopefully a little bit of age will help it last longer.
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In the bottle: Smells like sweet taro and coconut cream. Wet: And there's the white chocolate to join in the taro cream. This is nice. Very edible. Dry: The white chocolate mostly goes away on my skin and what's left is the smell of a taro mochi. I'm a fan. It's creamy and earthy and sweet. It's got medium plus projection and lasts at least eight hours. This is such a cozy, lovely scent. I try to rotate my night scents but I've been coming back to this one a lot lately.