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This is definitely a rich and sultry scent, but not as heady as the description might sound! I get mostly a mix of sweet tropical white florals in the opening - not-punchy tuberose and a tame jasmine with a teeny hit of bell pepper greenery (à la certain dead leaves), which complements the floral notes super well. As this dries down, a soft orange blossom note takes the forefront, with the other flowers taking a supporting role. I feel like this and the other floral fragrance (Night-Scented Orchid) from the Hurricane Melissa relief release both fell under the radar, but I would highly recommend trying this if you're looking for a rich but not overwhelming tropical white floral scent.
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I agree with ShadowEtienne that this is a wonderful jasmine perfume! This starts out as a tame, moderately humid sweet jasmine that goes quite indolic about 20 minutes in (moth balls galore!!) then comes back to its senses shortly afterwards, retaining a bit of funk at the very edges. The description mentions a breath of citrus and it's pretty accurate - I find this sweet and almost fruity, but not explicitly zesty. On me this was pretty low projection and strength, very subtle but quite lovely. I get a bit of a mainstream vibe from this one but because it's so soft, it's not screechy and headache inducing as some mainstream-y perfumes can be. I feel like this and the other floral fragrance (Jamaican Bellflower) from the Hurricane Melissa relief release both fell under the radar, but I would highly recommend trying this if you're looking for a soft but well-balanced jasmine.
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Wow, I just realized I've posted my praises for Lavender Prickly Pear Shaved Ice everywhere but here 👀I don't get a lot of outright lavender from this one, but the prickly pear ends up smelling like a chilled honeydew and the lavender gives it a minty feel. This is an excellent green melon + mint salad, very refreshing, uplifting, and summer-y! I can see it going plastic/artificial for some folks - on me, it toed the line of fake melon & realistic melon, and I think the minty note helped it stay realistic enough
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I also get a lot of sour, almost mineralic (Flintstone vitamins, anyone?) berry in the drydown, with minimal Snake Oil, vanilla, or molasses ? It's a shame because in the bottle, this was a yummy cooked berry jam
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I'll be the only outlier here and say that this is super toasty to me, even after a bit of rest ? This smells like dry roasted rice with a syrupy lightly poached peach. Not a lot of coconut to my nose
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This opens with a strong! Boxed yellow cake note, highly processed and artificial (and super nostalgic for me). As it dries, however, the lemon and olive oil do a lot of work to tame the cake mix and it turns into a lightly lemony yogurt cake batter, to me -- raw, unbaked, kinda flour-y. It's like smelling a cake get unbaked! Very soft and short-lived
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This was tested with the smidge of oil left in a freebie sniffie -- very fresh and cool! The coldness makes this read vaguely masc cologne-y to me, but it's like a 3.8 on a 5 point scale (where femme = 1, neutral = 3, masc = 5), but I don't think this would be out of place on anyone regardless of their gender identity. This feels like if they made a masc flanker for Theodosius, the Legerdemain (Earl Grey tea leaves, a white fougere, jasmine leaf, pearlescent white musk, and vanilla bean.)! I'm glad i got to try this because the notes sounded very appealing, but this is a bit more cologne-y than I expected. As others have mentioned, I don't get much smokiness as well.
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Pink Moon: Ylang Ylang and White Musk
sea turtle replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
This is predominantly ylang ylang on me -- lush, tropical, heady, a little bit stinky yellow floral. This is somehow simultaneously harsh and soft to my nose, which I attribute to my partial anosmia to floral notes (perhaps the white musk is rounding the harsher edges of the ylang ylang?) Edit: Tried this with Pink Moon 2024 and it's pretty fun! The ylang ylang + strawberry combine to make a tropical fruity vibe that you can't quite pin on a specific fruit - strawberry in one whiff, orange in the next, and mango-y when you're not paying attention. -
I was hoping to get Strawberry Nequik like many other reviewers but unfortunately all I got was an intense strawberry hard candy ? No creaminess here!
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Pink Moon: Sugar Crystals and Mandarin
sea turtle replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
Uncannily similar to orange Skittles. Not a super realistic citrus imo, but it hits a certain spot ? -
No reviews yet? Well, here goes... I'll preface this with the caveat that I'm likely anosmic to the white florals in this mix because I get no flowers here! This is like one of the duets from earlier in the year (Wolf Moon: Grass & Moonlit Dew) with a vegetal layer on top -- blue ocean-y potpourri with something akin to raw carrot. The veggies and potpourri burn out after a bit and you get left with a puddle of (albeit, refreshing) river water. This was much more aquatic than I expected!
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This is my favorite of this year's Lupers! Interestingly, I get a certain minty coolness in the opening, despite the listed notes, but this dissipates somewhat quickly. The red currant and honey combine to an almost-mainstream fruity sweetness, but the coconut milk really keeps it in check with a creamy smoothness. The coconut milk isn't coconut-y to my nose, but is instead a neutral milkiness. Comfy and snuggly without the usual "fall" or "winter" snuggly vibes if that makes sense! The only thing keeping me from immediately FS-ing this is that after a few hours, this turns a bit waxy on my skin.
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Wolf Moon: Grass & Moonlit Dew
sea turtle replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I got a decant of this for the grass and like Biocarbons, got ocean potpourri instead ? This is a perfume-y reimagining of that potpourri note and pleasant enough, though it remained dewy for most of my wear. -
Must be the tamest orgy ever because this smells like high end baby oil — a little powdery, a little soapy, and overall very clean. I think this is a decent "your skin but better" scent, but it's not for me. As an aside, this is the most viscous of all my Luper samples!
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The lavender note is the only thing i smell in the vial, but it literally disappears seconds after I apply this! What's left is an unremarkable plantiness and subtle sweetness from an underripe fig and some cedar wood shavings. Low/medium throw and not nearly as titillating as the poem that inspired this fragrance