sudenmorsian
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I'm not familiar with the perfumes mentioned but I'd recommend these spicy florals from The Eternal Collection: Morocco (Arabian spices wind through a blend of warm musk, carnation, red sandalwood and cassia) Mouse's Lond and Sad Tale (Vanilla, two ambers, sweet pea and white sandalwood) Vixen (The innocence of orange blossom tainted by the beguiling scents of ginger and patchouli)
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You May House Their Bodies But Not Their Souls
sudenmorsian replied to Seajewel's topic in Limited Editions
A woody, deep patchouli with bourbon vanilla, rich amber, and soft golden skin musk. Smelling right from the vial I got a little bit confused because all I can get is skin musk and patchouli, but this really needs to be tested on skin. This one is a morpher. After couple of minutes on skin the strongest skin musk and patch take a sidestep and golden amber is getting front, luckily, because I really needed some tender sweetness. The patchouli is definitely the same as in Anne Bonny, maybe in Goblin, too. At this point I don't get the bourbon vanilla, but my bottle is new and I think it would benefit from aging and I guess the scent will grow deeper with time. After all this is pretty amber, patchouli and skin musk scent, slightly sweet and fizzy, very wearable and comfortable. -
Oh, this is unusual and stunningly beautiful! I didn't know what to expect, I had no idea what bamboo would smell, but I'm always willing to try new cardamom scents and usually tolu balsam is very nice on my skin. It's difficult to tell exactly what notes I'm getting, surely cardamom cream, but everything else is very well blended. I can recognize bourbon, but it's not heavy at all. Hinoki always smells kind of misty to me, I can't describe it differently but it's like haze or mist surrounding all the other notes. I don't get anything "toasted". Cacao is also present and I think the rawness in it keep the scent from being dry at all. This is decently sweet, a bit fruity, rich and absolutely a winner.
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There's definitely champaca in this scent, because my skin always turns it to body odor/ sweat 😅 Luckily it's most prominent only in the wet phase and after a while the fruits get stronger. I do get the musks and tiny touch of spices from the Snake Oil, yet pomegranate and apple are stronger notes. If your skin goes well with the champaca this should be a winner for people enjoying fruity Snake Oil blends. This is not for me and I'm happy with other pomegranate Snake Oils.
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This is surprisingly pleasant even it's not something I'd usually wear. At first it's mostly skin musk with a hint of apple skin. Oh, there's also smoke, very gentle and just a whisper, but realistic smoke I like so much! The smoke isn't heavy at all, maybe other notes keep it grounded. The scent is light, delicate and airy. I think I recognize the fig sap but the skin musk, apple and smoke are still the main players. I'm not really getting any pomegranate.
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Fruity, fresh and juicy strawberry and lychee. Beautifully sugary sweet and definitely a summer scent. After drying the sandalwood is also present, but subtly, a bit powdery.
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Yup, I agree with the brown sugar mentioned above, I'm quite sure it's the bourbon cream. It's really much on the front and somehow it reminds me like... toasted brown sugar? It all mellows down remarkably when completely dry. I get mostly cardamom and bourbon cream but sandalwood is also present. Later phase is so much better than the first sniff from the vial, again a reminder that skin testing is often almost necessary.
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I haven't tried too many realistic smoky perfumes but Hearthflame and Incense is the smokiest BPAL I've ever found. It's a Yule scent and maybe bit tricky to find right now, but I have it from 2024 Yules and it's very realistic tar and woodsmoke with only a hint of sweetness from the incense. It's not a sweet scent in any way though. I haven't tried it myself but I've heard Witches Burn Back is smoky scent too.
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It's been out of stock for a couple of years, or at least four or even more? I think it's not officially discontinued but I wouldn't have high hopes for its return.
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Wet this is pure pine and sweetish amber, and I loved this phase. Completely dry there is no pine anymore and all I get is ash. Ash single note.
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This is so freakin' deliciously lovely that I have to fight my urge to drink it. Sweet, fruity and still candy-like or ice cream like mandarin with soft fluffy vanilla. Exactly what you would expect to get based on name and description, but even better. Perfect summer scent and I've slathered this a lot lately.
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2025 version. I'm not often saying this but this was bit a disappointment for me. I was expecting spicier Snake Oil but I got a lot of the same sharpish red musk that's dominating new Snake Oil iterations. My experience is quite similar to Liquid Sword's above: heat from the ginger, sharpness, cinnamon, vanilla isn't showing up much. I like Gingerbread Glory Hole over this, but I'll let my Snek rest for a year at least. I hope it would get softer with time.
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I fell in love with this. Gingerbread in this is definitely gingerbread dough, sweet and spicy. I've learnt that I really like brown musk, it often feels soft and cozy and it blends beautifully with spices and patchouli. Patchouli is beautiful in this scent and it's not screaming for attention. I like this over Gingerbread Snek as this is softer and more balanced.
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Oh, this is sweet. I'm surprised because I don't get much of cherry - usually I can clearly smell cherry whenever there's some. On my skin this is mostly pomegranate syrup and vanilla resin. Definitely RED scent but in a candy-like way, there's nothing sinister or dark. Quite a playful and lovely scent.
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This one needed at least a month to calm down, straight from the mail it was quite sharp and biting. But now when it's rested it's much softer and lovely. Yup, there's clove but it's not dominating at all on me. Pomegranate is very evident now but it really needed that rest. I get a lot of dragons blood (I always get when there's some), clove, musk and patchouli and the pomegranate is giving juiciness and sweetness to the whole. This is dark, resin-y pom scent with some spice. This is going to age beautifully.