wilhelmscream
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In the bottle, through the dense cloud of fruits and incense, I absolutely smell Snake Oil! On the skin, the fig, pomegranate, blackcurrant and apple are pretty prominent. I keep picking up on the vanilla and musk from the Snake Oil. I'm sure you're wondering: what is this iridescent serpent scale accord? So am I! There is something in here that has almost a fizz or a shimmer to it? Maybe a bit of an aldehyde? Overall, very interesting and beautiful spin on Snake Oil. I always love the variants.
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In the bottle, I can't really make anything out! It smells rich, warm, dense. On the skin, I get the warm wool and leather, the wild honey and cedarwood. That deep, dark pomegranate. This is really sexy! Has a real rush of heat to it, wears a little closer to the skin but has some throw!
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In the bottle, super lush floral and rich, heady incenses! On the skin, a lot of rose and frankincense. A few minutes later, I can detect the iris, red saffron and warm, glowing amber. A bit of the beeswax. Oh, there's the myrrh! This is such a dramatic fragrance! High throw and guaranteed to turn heads.
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In the bottle, it smells like salty sand and warm metal. I like how summer-y this smells. Like a long day at the beach. And surprisingly soft, considering notes like armor and metallic blood! You'd think it would have more of that coppery tang, and instead I almost get the faintest hint of something soft and sweet, like incense, which makes me wonder if dragon's blood is a part of the blood note?
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In the bottle, I mostly get that clean skin musk, a bit of fig and that crisp apple skin, and a whiff of smokiness. On the skin, smoky and lightly musky, with a bit of sweetness from the fruit notes. Then I really began amping the smoke note and had to give it time to settle down. It did, but it just gives me this image of burnt apples. Ultimately, I don't think this one is working out well on me, but I do like it in the bottle!
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This is Millennial Pink and Snake Oil's love child and it's an instant favorite! I love the ruby chocolate note and I love Snake Oil. It's so beautiful and rich, has a high throw and really hangs out on the skin all day.
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In the bottle, ooh! Fruity! Sweet! Tart! Smells like fruity candy. On the skin, the intensity of the fruit gets to settle down immediately. I smell the sweet strawberry nectar and the tart lychee individually. There is a definite sugary element from the rock candy and all of that is really crowding over the sandalwood, so I'll have to give it a minute... Something... kinda... peeking... through... Okay once the sandalwood starts coming out, this turns into such a gorgeous, fun, fruity incense. Truly the life of the party!
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Raspberry coulis? How American Psycho. In the bottle, sweet, yummy, slightly syrupy raspberry heaven. On the skin, rich raspberry and cassis, the powdered sugar really pops, the rose syrup isn't too overpowering, just accompanies the fruit notes well. This sugary, boozy berry concoction crashes head on into a haze of crumbly, soft incense and musk. It's absolute magic. Sweet and heady!
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Okay, I'll save you the googling, Kirschenmichel is bread pudding. In the bottle, definitely smell a kind of boozy, chewy, bready cherry? On the skin, I immediately smell the blue chamomile in a way I couldn't get at all in the bottle! Everything settles down rather quickly and beautifully into this wonderful gourmand goody and warm cup of tea place. It's absolutely delightful!
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In the bottle, mostly a chocolatey cherry. On the skin, I'm sure everyone's wondering "okay but how grassy is it going to be?" I'm here to say it's like, the suggestion of something fresh, something green is there, but it isn't grassy. It's very much a rich, gourmand, chocolately cherry brownie cookie... but like, you're maybe having it by an open window on a clear day? Or in the park? This is so rich and heavenly, doggone it!
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In the bottle, I smell cedar and slightly cottony red leather. On the skin, it starts off really leaning into this cozy, warm cedar and cotton... But then the leather starts to grow and grow in its powers, pushing the cedar and cotton down to the base. I've always thought the red leather note was really fun. It's got such a wicked edge to it. This is a playful, warm, woody-leather-bit of metal fragrance. Like you're in the dog house but you kinda like it in there.
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In the bottle, I smell paper with peony shyly peeking out from behind it. On the skin, that paper note really POPS! But it smells like paper made of peonies. The longer it sits, the more the peonies begin to conquer the paper. The black amber begins to warm up beneath that. It's not a sweet amber. Crisp, fresh, tidy. Simple but not impersonal. I've sent my RSVP.
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In the bottle, a rather approachable lightly musky-pale floral classic! On the skin, super clean, soft, light. Pale musk, pale florals. I'd be lying if I said it wasn't soapy, and that's not a matter of the perfume *turning* soapy on me, these notes are guaranteed to bring to mind words like "soapy" "powdery" or "grandma". And I say, to hell with it! Let Champion Bitch be the soapy, powdery grandma she wants to be. She earned it. She's exquisite. In a collection that is often drowning in gourmands, musks and rich fruits, I admire Champion Bitch's aloof simplicity. This isn't necessarily my go-to in terms of notes or scent profile, but I'm absolutely charmed by it and can't stop smelling it!
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In the bottle, two words - PLUM! BRANDY! On the skin, oooooookay lets give this a moment to settle, because the plum and brandy notes truly come unleashed. I'm getting the faintest glimmer of clove and anise but it's still such a plum powerhouse. It has quite a throw too (but I also know I tend to amp plum). [Five Minutes Later] The clove and anise have officially joined the party! The clove adds a really nice dry, smoky tinge to it, the anise gives it just a bit of an herbal-medicinal chill. Dark, spicy, a little boozy. A real shifter, too. What I'm smelling now barely resembles what I smell in the bottle/first applied to the skin!
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In the bottle, creeeeeeeeamy blueberry with that glimmer of cardamom in the background. On the skin, if blueberry is your thing, then oh my GOD this is intoxicating! Rich, creamy blueberry with a cardamom edge. It does have a nice bit of chill to it too. (Back in April of 2020, we released a Menage a Trois of blueberry, cardamom and cream. This IS similar, but different. Creamier, spicier! I'm happy to see that combination of notes live on in a new way!)
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In the bottle, mostly strawberry and apple! On the skin, well... mostly strawberry and apple! This is really fun and flirty. The sweet cream and blush amber keep it light and playful. It's just a very *pink* scent! Playful!
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In the bottle, wooooooooooooof! Rich, creamy, fruity rose! On the skin... Oh this is gorgeous. Fruity, floral gourmand. The honeyed cream really is the base to this, all of the other components are luxuriously drowning in it. Dries down into something dreamy and soft.
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In the bottle, hellooooooooooo black cherry liqueur! Very strong. I detect my beloved red amber and some cinnamon sugar hiding behind the cherry. On the skin, immediately pick up on the strawberries, which takes the potency of the cherry down a few pegs. Hmm the cherry and the spice remind me of... Oh! Blood Kiss! It's got some major differences, but the spicy cherry of it all really brings that to mind. It has a similar dark, playful energy.
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[Googles cloudberries] Ohhhhh, cloudberries! Sure, sure. Not a salmonberry. Kinda close. Its colder climate cousin. In the bottle, it's lemon zest and some ambery, frothy ambergris musk. On the skin, uhhh... Fascinating. [A few minutes later] Okay, the only way I can think to describe this is... post-sex skin smell? It's a little salty, a little sweet, even a little sour? You've got the salty muskiness of the ambergris, the sweetness of the amber musk. It's like sweat on sweet skin. A little tangy from the lemon zest. I don't know what a cloudberry smells like, but there is a definite berry smell in there. Really fascinating!
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In the bottle, I get mostly the vanilla and creamy mascarpone. On the skin, immediate change! The candied fig takes this somewhere else. A sort of sticky, pulpy, chewy place. The fig really dominates everything for a few minutes and then settles beautifully into the rich gourmand backdrop. Creamy, smoky and sweet. A very subtle throw, just a light whiff of figgy vanilla cream. Almost like root beer? Just delightful, and a significant stand out from the darker, fruitier scents in the Love Bites series!
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Okay, so Funnel of Love is tied with Banshee Beat/Revenant Rhythm as my favorite BPAL of all time. It was a really big go-to for many years, especially my first few years living in LA and starting to work for the company. That was like, my "signature scent" and for the longest time, I couldn't pick apart any particular notes in it (now I know it's the patchouli and champaca that I'm really drawn to). It has always been a synesthesia thing for me of seeing this amorphous hot pink cloud on black velvet. That is Funnel of Love to me. Snake Oil variants I'm used to, but a Funnel of Love variant might break my brain. I'm going to try on both so I have the original to compare it to. In the bottle, they're drastically different from each other. Funnel of Love is sweet and incense-y and heady, Funnel of Herbs has a very fresh spiciness. On the skin... After letting the -GREEN- of it all settle down a bit, I begin to find crossover with Funnel of Love. The leather and soft, aged patchouli... the vegetal musk... the champaca and night-blooming jasmine begin to creep out... It's almost like that very clean, green from Foolish & Vacuous. It softens very nicely. I think this'll be fun in the summer.
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Well, this is a Creamsicle in perfume form and it's absolutely divine. Lots of bright, juicy mandarin at first that slow fades into a creamy vanilla cloud. I'm going to wear this all summer.
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Pale, peppery, powdery sandalwood in the bottle. On the skin, the chalk is very apparent, but not in a dusty blackboard kinda way, just very soft and crumbly. It's got an air of gentle sophistication. Wears close to the skin and fades into a dreamy whisper of a ghostly cologne.
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The Donkey's Tail
wilhelmscream replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Gifts with Donation or Purchase
Like Gloomily, Gloomily, this really lives up to its color palette scent translation. Purply-pinkish-grey. A little sweeter and more fabric-focused than it's companion, but having some parallel notes of thistle, lavender and grey musk. It has a very clean but lived in cozy feel to it. A kind of dreamy familiarity to it. Your favorite hoodie or fleece blanket kind of feeling. That thing that brings you great comfort no matter what. -
In the bottle, I smell mostly sweet, chewy oats, crisp lemon verbena, with a bit of carrot, white tea and vetiver. Herbal, earthy and very tidy. It smells very of the earth, or of the garden. Like you're having a cup of tea in the garden. But there is a sense of urgency in there. Don't get too comfortable in the garden and outstay your welcome. After about an hour, what remains is a sort of herbaceous oat-milk-honey musk.