Wolf Moon: Purple Sage & Pinon Hair Gloss

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Purple Sage & Pinon.

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It's official. Purple sage is my favorite sage. I knew I enjoyed it in scents like Colemanite Phoenix, Thirteen (13): January 2023, and No Man is an Island, but it is really the star of this duet. It's so relaxing and herbaceous in a way that reminds me of lavender. The piñon lurks behind it and complements it perfectly.

 

I tested this in wet hair one day and dry the next. I could smell the scent in my hair on both days, but it was far more prominent in dry hair. Whenever I would have my hair up in a bun and took it down, I would always get a nice whiff of the hair gloss, which made me feel really relaxed. 

 

I have a decant in the original bottle, and although I have very few desert-y scents to pair with this, I don't think a decant's worth will be enough. I just feel like this is one of those scents that will be hard to obtain more of once it is gone, and I can't bear the thought of running out when it is so comforting, so I am going to have to get a bottle.

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I blind-bottled this based on the strength of this review + another forumite's recommendation, and I'm SO glad I did! Purple Sage & Pinon is the absolute PERFECT complement to Wolf Moon -- it's SO herbaceous, camphorous, and a little bit smoky. The smoky/sharp camphor really brings out a surprising sappy sweetness in Wolf Moon I hadn't noticed before, and just makes me love it even more. Lovely, very photorealistic sage note (I can see the lavender comparison!), which I'm ecstatic about because I love sage and so far every perfume I've tried with sage listed as a note has mysteriously failed to appear on my skin. 

 

If you're a fan of Wolf Moon or foresty/camphorous scents in general, you'll want to grab this one before it goes down. It is what it says on the tin, and it's fantastic! 

[greylen]

So I mostly use hair glosses these days though I still buy plenty of perfumes. I use the hair gloss sometimes as a light dry-oil spray on the skin as well as my hair, often adding a complementary perfume oil. I don't see why you can't, I mean, the scalp is skin after all. Just don't spray it (or apply any BPAL/fragrance product) to sensitive areas/open skin and mucus membranes. Don't be an idiot 🙂

 

Thiiiiiiiis is a DELIGHT.  I remember being excited for the White Sage Single Note a few years back because I love the smell of sage both burning and OF fresh, culinary sage.  I didn't love it. I don't remember why, I've long since sold it, but this is way more what I was expecting in terms of what I parse as the smell of sage, herbaceous and green but also with a gorgeous sweet and smok

This also dinged a scent memory of Lush's Cosmic Dreamcatcher massage bar. I actually looked in my stash and found a very old but unopened one of those and it complements the gloss very nicely.

 

I kind of pigeonhole myself sometimes as a vanilla/foodie and amber girlie, but there's lots of other notes I like. Pinon doesn't appear to be in a whole lot of BPAL products, but I will definitely consider any blend where it features prominently going forward.

 

Purchased from Lab directly, keeping it, but likely don't need backup. HG doesn't keep for as long as perfume.