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The reviews made me very curious about this one, despite not normally going for chocolate scents. This smells like rich hot chocolate and a whiff of...goat. Surely the oudh, but I can't help but think of goats. It's not stanky per se, but more... animalic in a furry or hay way. No pooudh here, for me anyways. I don't detect any booze at all, surprisingly. I don't drink so those notes usually stand out to me, but I'm not mad about it. It was the note I was most concerned about haha. Or maybe it's rather peaty and combining with the oudh to give me the hay impression? 🤔 Longevity is not supreme, but throw is good. Growing up we always went to a holiday event held by a large church in our area that went balls to the wall on Christmas lights. Acres of em. They served free hot chocolate that was approximately 600° in little styrofoam cups and you walked around holding it for warmth more than anything because it was undrinkable for like a solid hour. They also had a petting zoo of little goats and ponies and rabbits. This smells exactly like those nights. It's the scent of riding the little train because my mom loved it and scalding the fuck out of your mouth because the cocoa smells drinkable but is actual magma. The Yules this year really came for my nostalgia, man.
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For some reason both fresh and now months later, this smells like nag champa incense and clove to me. I have no idea where the spicy note is coming from but it reminds me very much of the clove cigarette smoke in Black Lipstick. So, yea. Spicy nag champa. 🤷♀️ No idea why lol
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I just found my Weenie 'maybe' pile to retest before they come down! So here we go. I... also get lime? I remember this reminding me of *something* when I tested it originally so maybe it was Mr Nancy? I don't really recall getting lime before but maybe??? Otherwise, I get a lot of dirt so I'm assuming I didn't get a Lime Green mixup. Maybe some weird combo of the moss and Dorian is resulting in a pithy lime vibe? 🤔 Regardless, I actually like this a lot now. It's dirt but like...✨suave dirt.✨ A little snake oil vanilla sweetness peaking through, a little airy Dorian clawing out of the grave. The dirt note is milder now than I recall, less petrichory. I think I shall toss a bottle in my order. It's got a kind of 'nice bog witch' energy that I strive for.
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There were so many great Yules this year but this might be my favourite? Soft gingerbread, cuddly brown musk, and a dusting of warm patchouli. It's so comforting. Baking unhinged gingerbread cookies has been a family tradition for decades and this is the perfect scent for that. Spiced baked goods and cozy vibes. Not super foodie but not not foodie. Great throw and longevity.
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This starts out very leather centric with a splash of an aquaticy-cucumbery thing that I've heard other people get from some lab paper notes, but I don't think I've encountered? There's something vaguely chemical/dye feeling that I often get from old book themed perfumes. I'm assuming it's something used to add a dustiness or aged feel but that reads really wonky to my nose. It's not as strong here as it has been in other scents, and burns off quickly. This dries down to well kept leather bound books, mixed with worn clothbound books, and a bit of old paperbacks. Maybe something like soft incense, but that may be an errant woody note. I can't fully shake the aquatic note, which ends up smells like cool damp air. Kind of adds a feeling of being inside on a cool day with the windows open and it's gently raining. It's not terribly strong, but it's a nice 'clean but cavernous bookstore' scent.
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Frog Moon: Iris and Wild Patchouli
OxfordComma replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
Really, really lovely. The way these notes combine is an almost atmospheric gardening scent. The iris is purple and airy. Simultaneously dry and greenly floral. The Patchouli is earthy and rooty without being the usual hippie patch. In fact my patch-hater partner didn't ID this as patchouli at all, and actually likes this perfume quite a bit! Smells like a cool toned dusty purple. I hope the lab does more patch floral combos like this, it's such a stunner. -
This was one I grabbed a sample of at launch and then decided not to keep... But then I kept thinking about it and thinking about it and wanting to smell it again. So I grabbed a bottle. The first impression was, and is, not great for me haha. It reminds me of this nail polish remover I had, like, in the 90s. Scented, pink, with a built in felt pad scrubby thing. Super effective, probably full of carcinogens. Anyways, that's what this smells like at first. But after that brief foray into yesteryear, it emerges triumphant in all it's pastel neutral-tone fair isle knit glory. Dry crunchy leaves skitter at your feet, the cool autumn wind whipping them into dust devils. But you are cozy and warm in your fuzzy sweater and scarf combo (matching, of course). Nice throw and incredible longevity. I could smell it on my sweater days later when doing the laundry. Sidenote: the DL here is not the cronchy bell pepper one or particularly cologney imo. It's a much softer, crumbly dry forest floor vibe. Not sure if it's a different version of the note or just the way it combined with the other notes but, I realllllly like it.
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A misty river bank, lined with dewy night-blooming lilies, gently illuminated by the moon peeking between the clouds. The musk is aquatic without being blue musk, ozonic without being shrill. The lily note is really lovely, but not overt. Like smelling flowers on the air but you can't pinpoint where it's coming from. This is really pretty and perfect for the line, but maybe too aquatic for my tastes. If it were an Ars Anni scent it would be something like Steck's Ophelia. Tragic, moody, and softly luminescent.
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The "little full, lotta sap" scent from Christmas Vacation now conveniently bottled for your wearing enjoyment. A face full of sticky sap, romanticised with glowing golden amber and lightly dusted with fireplace ash. All the Yules I've tried this year have a lovely sort of nostalgic whimsy to them and this also kind of has that vibe to me, but maybe it's just my associations with the movie haha. Pretty solid throw and wear length!
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When I first got this I was wondering why I ordered so many beeswax scents. 😅 For some reason, in the bottle this had that same vibe of the lab's warm, sweet beeswax note. On skin though, it's a whole other story. This is incredibly pretty. It's soft without being a low throw/skin scent. A sort of lightweight, easy elegance. It's creamy and floral and spiced but not overtly any of those things. It's a pastel neutral kaleidoscope of sheer notes and cozy vibes. Great everyday scent.
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Echoing the above reviews for 2025! I'm not Filipino, but I grew up in a very Filipino community so the nostalgia hits hard here. When I first got my bottle, the sticky sweet turon/banana, sticky rice and custardy flan notes came across as way too much for me, who isn't much on gourmands. But either with some rest, or because the weather has warmed up (by Scottish standards), this has quite literally blossomed. A riot of lush humid florals and turon piled on a sweet base of rice, ube and flan. And if I sniff close to the skin, I get the delicious chocolatey scent of champorado! Makes me homesick haha. Starts out with crazy throw on me, but settles into a much more public transit friendly level after half an hour or so.
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I'm an absolute fiend for Turner, his art just does something for me, so since the notes also sounded innocuous enough, I had to grab this. It starts off very.... Gun? Like a well kept antique gun. A scent I grew up with, so quite a bit of unexpected nostalgia. I might have to return to this and re-review it when it's not so unexpectedly lever-actiony, but as is, if you wanted to smell like a slightly rugged gunslinger or a noir detective, this one's for you. Re-Review: ok, still smells gun-adjacent but I can parse out the notes a bit better if I sniff point blank. Brown leather, ash and a subtle sweet edge from the burnt sugar, which smells like maybe turbinado or something similar to me. Smoky without being too heavy. Curious to see how this wears as the weather starts to warm, I could see this being a neat summer scent in cooler climes. Another Ars Anni that really nails the vibe of the painting!
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I've tried a couple things with white honey and I'm not sure I've ever been able to pick it out before, but here I think I can finally put my finger on it. A sort of crystallized honey with an almost menthol hint, drizzled over fresh pansy petals floating in cream. Fully agree with the Poinsettia Gown comparison. This feels like a slightly more Golden Afternoon version of that scent palette. Up close, it does read powdery to me, but the throw is very creamy. Not quite as gourmand as a floral buttercream but not so cosmetic as cold cream. This feels really nice and wearable in any setting but it's absolutely perfect for Mother's Day afternoon tea, which is what I'm wearing it to today haha
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This does feel very much like a Victorian Christmas card in scent form. Fir dusted with honey powder, draped with dried floral garlands and velvet and chiffon ribbons. One of those Victorian-inspired 90's holiday magazine spreads where everything is white and cream, gold accents against evergreen branches. It smells fancy but whimsical, and it's a really unique holiday/fir scent in my collection. Absolutely fits the painting perfectly.
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I waffled on this one in my first Yules order (hahaaaaa🫠 it's a dangerous time of year for me), but the reviews convinced me to trust the process and ignore the pumpkin, which never agrees with me. Thank you forumites and your reviews! This is perfect!!! This is the holiday parties of my childhood in 4k. The spiced fruitiness, the cozy warmth. You know that scene in the Wilder Willy Wonka movie where they go through the kaliedoscopic tunnel? It's that but with every lovely holiday scent imaginable. A melange of nostalgia. It settles into a cozy spiced fruitiness, gilt with resins and wax. Really lovely. Perfectly executed.