angelicruin
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This scent is :love!: on my skin. It's a beautiful blend of vanilla, red currant, and a bit of citrus tempered with sage and cedar.
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Heavy sherry note in this one with a slight smoky quality. Very nice!
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Lavender and patchouli are definitely the dominant notes on my skin. I get traces of the cognac, but not really any other notes.
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This is a perfect ice wine scent on my skin. Very nice and I may keep the decant for myself, but I don't think I need a full bottle of it.
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All three notes are fairly evenly matched on my skin. Even the vetiver is not taking over like it usually does on my skin. Dark, alluring scent, but not too harsh.
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The evening’s celebration winds down with a traditional German folk song: rice porridge, candied fruits, heavy cream, powdered clove, and Lebkuchen.
Smells of buttery baked goods and orange on my skin. I agree with the comparisons to Huesos de Santo. I'm just not sure if this is something I really like on me. Maybe I'll just keep the decant and see how it goes. -
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This one is mostly vetiver on me. It's not as brimstone and fire vetiver as other blends, probably due to the other notes in the blend, which I sadly cannot really discern, but are probably saving this from being a harsher scent on me. I didn't figure this would work on me, but with the lavender in it, I had to give a decant of it a try.
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This is heavy wisteria & frankincense on me. I had hoped the black currant would be stronger. I don't even smell the black current over the floral and incense notes.
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Mint and honey are strongest right after application. I get periodic whiffs of apple blossom, but it pretty much stays in the background.
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I get citrus and tea notes as strongest on me. The violet note emerges as it dries while the mandarin note begins to fade into the background.
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Sweet almond, rum, and light rose. It is very lovely and not outrageously strong as almond and rose scents tend to be on me. The almond and rum notes fade a bit as it dries and the rose becomes a bit more predominant. I also begin to smell the white musk as it dries more on my skin.
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On my skin, my best description is woodsy patchouli. It's actually not too bad on me, but also not really something I see myself wearing, so this decant is off to the swaps/sale pile.
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This is mostly strawberries and cream on my skin. Occasionally, the peach note wafts about, but I'm definitely amping the strawberries. Definitely a foody and fruity lovers delight.
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The Soldier
in Yules
THE SOLDIER
Red musk, vanilla cream, black tea, black pepper, leather, and pie.
Creamy red musk, leather, and black tea are the strongest notes on my skin. The black pepper note give the scent a little snap to it. The more I smell this, the more I love it. I think this may be a very popular scent with the red musk & leather note lovers out there. -
A COLD, CLEAR WINTER DAY
“Good Heaven!” said Scrooge, clasping his hands together, as he looked about him. “I was bred in this place. I was a boy here!”
The Spirit gazed upon him mildly. Its gentle touch, though it had been light and instantaneous, appeared still present to the old man’s sense of feeling. He was conscious of a thousand odours floating in the air, each one connected with a thousand thoughts, and hopes, and joys, and cares long, long, forgotten!
“Your lip is trembling,” said the Ghost. “And what is that upon your cheek?”
Scrooge muttered, with an unusual catching in his voice, that it was a pimple; and begged the Ghost to lead him where he would.
“You recollect the way?” inquired the Spirit.
“Remember it!” cried Scrooge with fervour; “I could walk it blindfold.”
“Strange to have forgotten it for so many years!” observed the Ghost. “Let us go on.”
They walked along the road, Scrooge recognising every gate, and post, and tree; until a little market-town appeared in the distance, with its bridge, its church, and winding river. Some shaggy ponies now were seen trotting towards them with boys upon their backs, who called to other boys in country gigs and carts, driven by farmers. All these boys were in great spirits, and shouted to each other, until the broad fields were so full of merry music, that the crisp air laughed to hear it!
Winter tuberoses bending gently in a crisp, cold breeze.
The usual minty snow note mingled with tuberose with a creamy vanilla quality in the background. Just lovely.
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On my skin, spicy baked pastries at first and then I get the pine note. I smell the orange and chestnut notes the more it dries.
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CHANGING THE SHADOWS
“Am I that man who lay upon the bed?” he cried, upon his knees.
The finger pointed from the grave to him, and back again.
“No, Spirit! Oh no, no!”
The finger still was there.
“Spirit!” he cried, tight clutching at its robe, “hear me! I am not the man I was. I will not be the man I must have been but for this intercourse. Why show me this, if I am past all hope!”
For the first time the hand appeared to shake.
“Good Spirit,” he pursued, as down upon the ground he fell before it: “Your nature intercedes for me, and pities me. Assure me that I yet may change these shadows you have shown me, by an altered life!”
The kind hand trembled.
“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach. Oh, tell me I may sponge away the writing on this stone!”
In his agony, he caught the spectral hand. It sought to free itself, but he was strong in his entreaty, and detained it. The Spirit, stronger yet, repulsed him.
Holding up his hands in a last prayer to have his fate reversed, he saw an alteration in the Phantom’s hood and dress. It shrunk, collapsed, and dwindled down into a bedpost.
The dawning of hope and the blossoming of charity: vanilla, orange blossom, white sandalwood, mate, red tea, and carnation.
The orange blossom is STRONG right after application. Within a minute or two though, I pick up the vanilla and red tea notes which really blend together with the orange blossom. The carnation note emerges the more it dries on my skin, but is still not very strong against the other notes mentioned. -
Winter-Time
in Yules
I just love the lab's Snow scents.
And this one is another winner on my skin. There is the familiar creamy mint-like note of most snow blends on my skin, but something else. Maybe a soft white musk? And just the faintest, very faintest, hint of woody smoke.As other reviewer said above, this a clean scent that just wraps around you. I have that image of being "fresh out of a hot shower" on a cold winter night when I sniff it.
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This scent on me is soft creamy vanilla with light mint infused within it. I get the fir needle note right after application, but this scent gradually fades to vanilla and light mint on my skin. If you like Snowblind from prior BPTP Inquisitions, I recommend trying this, as it is quite similar on my skin.
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This smells like I wish the perfume did on me. Burning leaves, distinct red apple, and warm spices. Can't wait to actually try it.
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Great apple cider scent. I have not used my sample yet, but it smells so fragrant on my desk right now.
Sugar Plum Fairy
in Yules
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Sugary sweet plum, apricot, and amber define this scent on me.