elissamay
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Am I the only one who gets freshly peeled rhubarb from this blend? Anyone? It's fresh and tart and very enjoyable, especially as a warm weather scent.
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I ordered this because a) I wanted the book and b) I fancy myself a sensuous witch. I might not be the best person to review it since florals generally aren't my jam, but this blend is dark and stormy enough that I'm almost reading the flowers as fruit. Except for the tuberose - that one stands out unmistakably among her covenmates. It isn't loud or taking over, but I can discern it specifically. (I don't love tuberose, can you tell?) The oud and patchouli are truly grounding and centering this one, and the vanilla has a smoky, dry sweetness that is probably helping to keep that tuberose high priestess in check for me. One thing I definitely can't pick out yet is honey. But this is brand new, so I will give it some time. Recommend for anyone who loves an intoxicating, dark blend where the patchouli and spice take a bit of a backseat to the other players for a change.
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This is so interesting because OOB I get so much nag champa incense, but imagine if nag champa incense was, like, really, really classy. I think I'm also reading the bergamot as an almost sparkling or fizzy aspect. I can't wait to wear this!
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This is so effing good. I just picked up a second bottle because I always wished I had done so when it came out. I'm wearing it now and damn, if it isn't one of my favorites. It has aged into the perfect amalgamation of every single thing you love about these three scents, somehow kicked up to 11. Hippie, occult, headshop, maybe? For me, that's just what I want my whole world to smell like!
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Cardamom and rice are two of my favorite notes, but I never thought I'd find them together in a perfume that wasn't very much a gourmand. Until this one! This is sweet and creamy, but not terribly foody. The warm amber and the musk keep it out of "rice pudding" territory for me, even with the milk and honey.
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I'd like to jump inside this bottle and soak in it. This is one of those BPALs that made me pause for a brief moment and say, "That's it. That's the one. I don't need any more." Of course I will always need more, but this is one that blends together several things that I love -- black musk, rum, vetiver -- and turns them into something sublime and beyond just the sum of their parts. It's dark, kind of creepy, kind of sinister, but it's sweet and sexy all the same. I could wear this every day and never tire of it, much like my original ride or die Anne Bonny. Now if only I could find a couple aged bottles to appreciate how much more gorgeous this brand-new bottle will eventually become!
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Anne Bonny fans, take note: this is the frankincense in that blend or I'll eat my shoe! I would layer this with Anne Bonny and add the Palo Santo & Patchouli hair gloss and smell better than 99.99% of the human population on any given day. Such an essential Duet!
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This is stunning. I have been really, really behind in inventory-ing all of my scents, and I just took a deep inhalation of this and was transported to a shrine of worshipful contemplation. I have no idea what iron oxide smells like, but there is a vaguely metallic shimmer at the top of this one that enhances the lemony (but not screechy or Pledge-y) frankincense. Behind it is that wine and crimson musk, sweet and reverent. I find the linen in a sort of dusty quality that grounds the whole thing, and the saffron threads it all together. So beautiful, and little bit sad.
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This is pretty much as described: Deep, dark and spicy. I don't get any fruit or patchouli. It's an incensey, non-floral dragon's blood sweetened by amber and spiced with clove. I was going to say it's Dragon's Milk-adjacent, but it isn't that kind of creamy-sweet, and it's certainly more spicy.
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Sweet and toasty as others have said, but if you're like me and gourmand isn't your main vibe, this is a stunner paired with some filthy patchouli or woody perfumes. Amazing staying power!
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This is really lovely. There is a leather-bound quality to this scent, and sweetness with a faint crinkle of paper. In that sweetness, I might be smelling a little spilled wine, or maybe blood, and there's possibly a wee splash of faded cologne. There might be just a bit of warm beeswax, but it isn't a waxy or honey scent. Leather doesn't always jive with me, but this is old and well-worn leather. Not sharp, not punch-you-in-the-face leather. Antique-books-on-a-mansion-library's-carved-wooden-shelf leather. I posted this review after I knew I'd secured a second bottle just in case. So selfish!
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Wet this is so green and full of dewy clover, and it's like nothing else in my collection. A bright and sunshiney meadow of Snake Oil that dries down later into the most spectacular, vintage-smelling SO you ever did smell.
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This gives me Nag Champa Snake Oil, which is something I am absolutely here for. Floral isn't my thing, but the line "I’ve created something for myself that I want to share," made this one a must-try, and I'm happy I did!
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I love the cardamom in this and I could wear this all the time (if I didn't have 600+ other BPALs to pick from, lol). My husband thinks it smells like a deodorant brand, which is annoying, but whatever. It is more of a skin scent, but since it's GC I really pour it on.
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A Guardian Angel Serves a Small Breakfast
elissamay replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Limited Editions
There is so much fluffy, yeasted bread in this scent for me. If I breathe in a deep whiff off my skin, I get a tingle of cinnamon spiciness, but that warm, fluffy rosenkutchen leads by a mile. Definitely bread, and not pastry. This isn't pie crusty or doughnutty, even. There's no fried note or anything other than very specifically a yeast-risen bread, all tender and tear-apart. As it evolves, there's a milky creaminess and maybe just a whiff of coffee. No sourness or sharpness at all to the milk. What I don't immediately really find is the musk, though I think it's part of the warm spiciness I'm getting. Overall incredibly comfortable, comforting, and absolutely perfect for fall/winter hygge-type-things!