amoray
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Totally goblin tested right outta the mail and OMG nom nom nom this is a sweet gorgeous Nag Champa. I'm not getting a ton of cookie dough, but it makes the whole blend a bit sweet and cozy. LOVE THIS. If you like Nag Champa and like gourmand leaning scents this is the one. Edit to update: The dry down is even more spectacular. I am almost certain (gonna have to test) that this is the cookie dough from Pandemic Vanitas! This is back up worthy. I don't think one bottle will be enough.
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It's November 2019. A year before Biden is elected and you hear Harry Styles singling "watermelon sugar hiiiiiiiigh". It will become the song of the summer. You smell like watermelon sugar and it seems like things might just be ok. They aren't. Yet, one day, 6 years later, you get a whiff of watermelon sugar and are hit with a wave of sad longing for the endless days of the watermelon summers of the pandemic. Somehow the dread was less and more then.
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This is a sour, funky honey blend. I think it has a bit of a russet patchouli happening. It went too far into funky town for me.
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Oh it is lemony. The beeswax was very nice, but it then goes very lemon...lemony frankincense? It seems to end up as a warm beeswax with incense. I don't mind the drydown, but that citrus lemon phase smells like furniture polish.
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I got a sample of this in my last order. I've never tried it which is a shame. This is just floaty vanilla goodness. I have no idea where the slightly powdery clean smelling vanilla ends and the sweet pea begins. Does the sweet pea give the vanilla that slightly laundry detergent smell? But it's barely, like a good blanket that you breathe in after taking out of the dryer. I don't get much sandalwood, but it's a very white linens type scent to me so it is definitely white sandalwood. This is a comforting lovely scent that is perfect for spring. So sweet and cute.
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Oh this is gooooood stuff. The dragon's blood is gorgeous mixed with a herbal lavender fir. It does have a bit of smoky incense at the back of the scent. LOVE. It really could be a sleep scent. I'm so glad I got a bottle of this.
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Sultry peachy gorgeousness. I think I like the red musk in this even more than Heartshow! This is a stunning juicy peach note that is held up by some raunchy red musk. I don't really get a lot of black musk/patchouli or any of the other notes. Perhaps they are just solid supporting players. Definitely a favorite.
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2025 version I've also tried the hair gloss. Wow wow wow the throw on this is VAST. One tiny little drop and I smell a mile away. And my god I smell like creamed honey. I think I get a bit more vanilla than I get in the hair gloss. There is also the smoked aspect in the background. I don't get any pumpkin. This might be one of the strongest scents I have. I do really well with the lab's honey notes though so this gonna get some wear.
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Yes, this has a lot of moonflower, iris and musk as @theseagrowsstated. It is a bit floral for my tastes. However, something absolutely stunning happened. I went to wash it off and only the top notes came off...and what remained...was Zorya P. I kid you not. I sniffed my arm and was astounded. I was ready to sell this one off as I am not much into florals these days, but it may need to sit and stew in my resting box to see if some of those deeper notes blossom over time. I think the honeyed beeswax may be reading as Amber? This was quite a journey.
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Oh yes this is the lavender of coconut lavender cream pie free imp!!!! And it’s foodie and gorgeous. Off to layer this with Cat Sleeping on an Armchair and see how closely I can recreate that imp. Soooo glad I ordered this.
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Beaver Moon: Lime Blossom & Amber Sugar
amoray replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
The dry down is swoonworthy. I get a very key lime pie scent, with a little bit of back and forth between the amber and lime blossom when wet. However, the dry down is candied lime. The sugar in the Amber sugar really comes out. I'm also going to have to try layering this with Syrnk for a lemon lime cheesecake! This is truly gorgeous as almost everyone else has said. It's hype. -
This is a bit of a skin fail for me. It smells a bit sharp and powdery on me. I don't think tea scents work well on me and it makes me sad 😭 I wanted to smell the amazing floofy filling.
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Did I review this already? I thought I did. Anyhooo. Oh. ooooooh yessssss. ssssssnake. Ok this seems to have more red musk than my bottles of Snake Oil. What is not to love about extra spicy snake oil? And then it begins to dry down into this cozy dredges of a pumpkin spice latte. There isn't much coffee but that suits this just fine.
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Cinnamon cologne. Sexy Santa?I don't get any coffee. But it is a lovely cinnamon! I finally bought myself a locket, so now I can wear cinnamon perfumes.
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I smelled this and immediately felt I was giving Eeyore a great big hug. Oh you sweet sad goth boy with your pink bow and dislike of small talk, you are loved.This scent smells sooooo soft, and is a grey pink lavender moment. Lavender but make it *pastel*. This scent feels like being protected and a sweet gentleness like being carried to your room after a long car ride. This scent felt like childhood and was so nostalgic I almost cried the first time I wore it.
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2025 version: Spicy red musk! I tend to amp red musk and spices, so I don't get the floral that other reviews talked about. Maybe this year is different? This is so smooth and smells amazing. I kind of can't wait for it to age and the red musk to get even deeper. This is my perfect Halloween/Fall scent.
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I don't get pumpkin from this. It's creamy vanilla honey. It smells amazing though. Although, it's very strong. I wore this and a friend thought I had accidentally spilled a bunch of honey somewhere. She kept asking "do you need to clean up the honey before we leave?"
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Photorealistic coffee beans. I used to work at a coffee shop where they roasted their own beans. This is what it smelled like when they would bring in a big barrel of freshly roasted coffee beans. No cream. And this is a blend where the "other" notes stand up to the snake oil. It is also a bit of a morpher as it goes from coffee to snake oil and ends up a very realistic coffee perfume. I have never found a coffee note that doesn't go weird on me...until this one.
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Cool bone and ash. Underneath I smell a bit of fire, but more of a smoky ashy fire. This is what I think Princess Mononoke would smell like as she rushed into battle. It's a very emotional scent. It smells of cold and death, but there is something awakening underneath (mossy stones?) and a reminder that in destruction there is creation. From death comes life.
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This smells like I crushed up those hard meringues and a porcelain doll and mixed all the powder together. And then I took a taupe suede leather poof and patted it on my arm. At first it was definitely powdery, but then it began getting a bit more creamy as it warmed up on my skin. I may need a bottle of this. It's weird and nice all at the same time. Edit to add: It reminded me, as I wore it, of Batty Lace, but without the caramelized leather....that did not work on me. But it's what I thought Batty Lace would smell like? It has a brittleness to it that makes me think of bits of hardened lace breaking.
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This is so pretty! The black velvet reminds me a bit of the sleek black musk from Black Silk Orchid, and the red lame reads as red musk to me at first. This is an unoffensive rose, and for someone who does not get along with rose all that often, this is STUNNING. I don't get anything plasticky. It's well balanced.
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This smells like...papaya? Or guava. It's definitely fruity. It smells great, but nothing like what I expected. There is no patchouli or smoked vanilla. Not sure how this happened. I've tried this on various parts of my body to see if the scent somehow changes and nope. Tropical lotion.
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Oh THIS IS THE STUFF. I smell like the day after sitting around a bonfire. There might be a little bit of beer, but it's mostly sweetened wood smoke and dried leaves. I usually don't like anything with dried leaves but this is straight up magical. I've been wearing this almost every day since getting it. I layer it with gingerbread sometimes.
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Oh did I never review this?!? I bought a decant of this at a time when I wasn't into incense scents. I also don't think I was in the correct head space to really understand this scent, and I wasn't ready to really face it. Recently, I went to try it again and it became an instant favorite. This is my everyday scent now. It's a dark slinky incense that smells dangerous, and isn't sweet. AT ALL. I am a survivor. Other people of marginalized genders saved me and became my community. This scent absolutely resonates with strength and righteous anger rooted in love, protection and compassion in the face of injustice and oppression. I'm buying a bottle, and I'm glad I finally was brave enough to give this scent another try. I honestly get a bit overwhelmed with emotion reviewing this one. It's something very special.