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Adding to the 'agreed' pile haha! At first sniff I was like "In Templum Dei? Is that you?" but this is a little woodier in comparison, and on skin they share DNA but are cousins at best. FUOVFU dries down to a soft, woody patchouli and frankincense, gilded around the edges with a very much not red-hots cinnamon. A cuddly, personal scent. Low throw but good longevity.
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This smells wet and damp for sure. There's something sharp and bitter, the rue? It's almost like a very concentrated pithy citrus essential oil, but more green? It's only really evident if I sniff directly. The throw is herby and wet, like a bundle of freshly rinsed ingredients foraged from a wild wood. Interesting but a little too forest hag for me lol
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My experience mirrors @sea turtle's pretty closely! The vial sniff is.... not great. Almost...mildewy? But that vanished within seconds of application and it turned surprisingly fruity. A sort of mixed bag of fruity candy. Like those Twinkle candy lollipop on the long plastic sticks. A crystalline fruit candy with floral nuances and a chilly musk. Great for hot weather!
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I didn't love this in the vial or freshly applied. It was just kinda meh spicy floral with something kinda funky around the edges, but as soon as it starts to warm and dry on my skin it quite literally blooms into velvety lily petals with a really nice dragonsblood wafting around. The woodier/haylike notes get stronger as it wears and it's warm, spicy, woody floral that manages to stay airy and light enough to not be oppressive in hot humid summer weather. This went from meh to the FS contender list.
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Oh my God thank you! It's been driving me nuts. I knew it was something so familiar but not nesquik. It is totally Strawberry Ensure lmao it's a weirdly nostalgic scent for me and I'm not normally a sugary-gourmand person but this is just strangely comforting. I keep it by my laptop and wear it while I'm just chilling and playing cozy games. Fluffy, pink, and delightfully strawberry-y.
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Yep. That's coconut! The husk note gives this a kinda lightly toasted feel. It's definitely got a vintage suntan oil vibe, which is honestly what I was hoping for. It's warm, tropical, and aggressively coconutty. A little synthetic whiff occasionally but we'll see if rest settles it. Currently I am existing in a cloud of shredded coconut and I am at peace. 🌴🥥
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Deer Moon: Golden Tobacco and Beeswax
OxfordComma replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I came here to see if anyone had reviewed this because my bottle just arrived and it does in fact smell like petrichor. Like straight up wet stone/earth and nothing else on bottle sniff. I thought, surely this is mislabeled or something?? But having seen the review above I guess I'm not alone! How bizarre. I guess we'll see what some rest does but I was expecting this to be a no brainer slam dunk of a blind buy and unfortunately petrichor type scents are not my jam. 🥲 Update: skin test time! Fully agree with VioletChaos about this being similar to Penny Dreadful! The petrichoriness burns off and warm, creamy notes starts to shine through. I still get dirt vibes, but spices and occasionally a whiff that makes me think of pipe ashes become more prominent as it wears. The beeswax is there if I sniff directly, looking for it, but otherwise reads as a creamy base for this weirdo tobacco note. Not the cuddly, luxe tobacco scent I was expecting but I like it on a million times better than expected from bottle sniff. Might not get a lot of wear in this heat but we'll see how he fits into my collection! -
I was kind of expecting this to be a red, fruity bomb with some incense notes, since both strawberry and rhubarb usually have no chill. But this is... the opposite I guess! Nag champa and I'm guessing the red labdanum, no big cola vibes. A red fruity hint at first, and then the rose starts to arrive. A red rose, but not the one in Peacock Queen. More dried, like those rosaries made of crushed rose petals. In fact this whole scent reminds me of those. The leftover wafts of incense from a cathedral and a rose petal rosary. Light, airy. Good throw. One swipe on a wrist and I can smell it easily. I like this more than I expected after realizing it wasn't gonna be a strawberry-rhubarb fiesta.
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Agreed with both of the above. This is sleek and chic. Polished, spotless leather, strong black tea and airy tonka. Academia vibes for sure. Classy. Good throw and decent wear length!
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This was mostly bergamot and champaca on me, and was actually pretty enjoyable with the hints of white amber and frankincense wafting in and out but! The throw was nonexistent sadly, and the longevity was not hot either. 🥲
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Salty champaca. A little soapy, as champaca sometimes pulls, probably being helped along in that direction by the aquatic notes. This is a warm, dry scent on me. Towels that were hung out to dry on the beach. Salty, cuddly, infused with sunlight. A nap in a sun puddle, with the windows open and a sea breeze blowing. Throw/longevity were mid for me.
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I agree that this is a very sweet, melted milk chocolate. I was hoping for a more dry, cocoa powder vibe but the warm, sweet musks might be adding to the vibe there. The musks here do remind me of SO, as Little Bird mentioned. Kinda a mix of red/brown/black? Fuzzy but not too furry/animalic. Not dirty. This is on the verge of being sooo good, but is just a tad too sweet for me. I find a lot of chocolate scents read as cloying on me lately, so I assume it's a me issue. In the bottle this is stunning, but after an hour or so it starts wear on me and I end up washing it off. Great longevity and throw though!
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Soft, sweet pink rose jam and a cuddly vanilla. I wouldn't ID cotton candy per se, but definitely a fluffy sugary vibe without being too sugary for me. I've had pretty good luck with the longevity and throw here, surprisingly.
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Sadly, this was nonstop red musk on me. A very grape candy one. After a few hours, I got some rose peeking out from behind it, and a hint of amber and SO's spices. I was kinda hype for this one but the red musk never calmed down with rest. Strange. I've gotten several other SO blends lately that smelled, well, like SO, but this was just a sticky sweet red musk bomb. Maybe something in the black rose accord doesn't love me?
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Delicate porcelain violets, wispy vanilla and a decidedly airy red musk. I'm not usually a huge red musk fan, a lot of times it pulls too grapey-sweet for me, but this is a beautiful rendition. A sheer voile veil of red musk. The dry vanilla fougère and red musk linger after the more floral notes fade away but it's very pretty from start to finish. Longevity isn't astounding, but it lasts better than I'd expect for such a delicate scent. Throw is low-mid, but it has improved. I ended up full sizing this, it's just so pretty and airy and wearable.