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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! -
If you're a fan of Woman in Front of the Setting Sun, you'll enjoy this. It's beautiful, glowing amber with a lemony sweetness and touch of honeyed skin musk.
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This is the first BPAL weed perfume where I can actually smell the weed, but it doesn't come through until it's on the skin and I take a deeeeeeeeeeeeeeep toke off my own arm. Creamy rice milk and marshmallows with a little amber glow, and then that green and glorious weed following far behind. Very fun and enjoyable.
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This one smells like orange Smarties if they were a soda when it's in my skin. It's almost a little mentholated OOB, but that doesn't come through for me on the skin at all. I really don't get any of the listed notes, if I'm being honest. It's still really unique and interesting, and so strangely effervescent.
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I love this rice note so much! There's only one scent from another indie that I ever went crazy over, and it was because of a rice note. This BPAL rice (also thinking of the awesome rice note in Peach Sticky Rice) is just so delicious and toasty and creamy and perfect. The spice is just right, and there's a little bit of lemony-ness from the amber. I don't really find the cocoa, but if it's a drier cocoa it may just be melding with the spices for me. Sweet but not cloying, and foodie without totally reading fully gourmand. I'm so glad that this is GC!
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The "steaming black tea" really comes through as coffee for me, sort of in the vein of Kobold Barista with the spice notes and ginger. Very cozy.
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This is the first BPAL that I can describe as truly "powdery." Fresh applied, I smell like I've just been diapered. It's not unpleasant, just unexpected. Will see how it evolves and update accordingly.
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This is spectacular. Heady red musk and with spectacular citrus and warm sweetness. Just floral enough for me. Ugh, just California sun-drenched hillside in a bottle.
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For fans of Cathedral and Midnight Mass, this takes what you adore about those and adds a sweet woodiness. Just perfect.
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This is so cute and cuddly. The vanilla popcorn balls are really at the forefront when first applied, with the sweetness of the cotton candy and touch of fuzzy musk. The lavender is very present OOB, but I don't get a whole ton of lavender once applied. Its presence is there and I think kind of just adds to the cozy quality of this scent. There's also a gentle woodiness here that is not in your face or particularly strong, but just sort of grounds the otherwise sweet and cozy notes. It's very long-lasting, doesn't have a whole ton of throw, and stays pretty true-to-bottle (aside from the lavender) on the skin! I think this will be a real favorite of this Yule release. NOTE: I have never tried Mouse Circus, so I can't compare.
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I am so thrilled to have a namesake BPAL, even if it's totally coincidental. This is pure lemon balm (Melissa officianalis) to my nose. It's gorgeous and far more long-lasting than I expected from this kind of scent. Gorgeous for the spring and summer, just be mindful of the bees!
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This is my level of Dead Leaves. I don't love that note when it's the lead player, but here it's softened and sweetened by the Snake Oil you know, plus some supporting spicy and smooth elements from the additional notes. Very comfortable and cozy, capturing fall in a bottle without needing any pumpkin or apple.
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Heady. The cherry is the same to me as what's in Moon When the Cherries Turn Black, and it hits first. The deep red musk slinks around the jasmine sambac, and that hits next. If you don't jive with jasmine, this might be a rough one, but fortunately jasmine sambac works for me. The rose is somewhere in the background, not a main character. As rich as this patch must be, I'm barely finding it. It must be just keeping it all bound to the ground. Definitely not a subtle scent; dark and divine.
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This is so beautiful. Sweet, waxy, realistic beeswax surrounded by a haze of almost caramelized dragon's blood incense smoke.
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Warm, radiant amber. A little lemony, sweet without cloying. Something almost piney somewhere around the edges. Do you like amber? Buy this.