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This is so good! Creamy butterscotch, buttery pumpkin, warm slightly sweet dark ale. Absolutely delicious; I keep reaching for it!
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Lemon, sugar, brandy, rum - exactly what you'd expect from a warm Victorian holiday punch-bowl! It's bright and festive and a little old-fashioned, and I've been reaching for it during the gloomy weather this week!
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Mmm, this one's nice! I primarily get a thick creamy cheesecake, plus the same graham cracker note that's shown up in a few other scents lately. Not overly sweet, more creamy vanilla - I don't really get pumpkin, and I think the ube is contributing to the creamy not-too-sweetness, like a sweet potato pie, perhaps. I like it!
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This goes on very big and loud: mostly coffee, plus the dark caramelized almost-burnt swirl of brown sugar. At first I don't get much vanilla or milk; I would like it to be a little more balanced. My husband really likes it though - he loves coffee! As it dries it gets a little sweeter; maybe some of the vanilla is sneaking in there. I like it better at this stage, I think!
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This is primarily about the angel food cake on me: lightly sweet, airy, white cake! There's a little buttercream that's adding some sweetness and creaminess, and just a whisper of slightly artificial strawberry - not artificial in a bad way, more like, well, exactly when you have a scented lip gloss or chapstick, and it's got that hint of wax/solidity to it. But, again, that part's very light; on me it really is mostly light white cake and some buttercream. Which is actually very nice, if you want an uncomplicated fluffy white cake scent! This seems like it'll be good for layering with other scents, too.
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Oh, first! Let's see... Very pink, sweet, sugary strawberry, indeed! I don't really get the sufganiyot part; it's very much about the strawberry preserves with extra sugar and the addition of marshmallow: a distinctly fluffy airy creamy marshmallow. Fun and sweet - if you think you'll like this one, and you like candied strawberries, you'll probably like it! Good throw so far, though I've only put a little on, as I'm testing a few.
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2025 version! I couldn't find any other thread, even the older ones. Very similar to 2024, I think - sweet vanilla peppermint. Not as loud as some of the other years have been, and pretty much exactly what it says!
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Hungry Ghost Moon: Hazelnut Spread and Mini Marshmallows
splendidissima replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
Delicious! Exactly as listed: creamy hazelnut chocolate, with an added marshmallow note. Low throw, but it does linger on my skin. I like it! -
My husband and his whole family are Filipino, and we couldn't resist getting this one! (Though he says he'd spell it differently...maybe dialect variation...?) Big tropical flowers + sticky sweet desserts! This is a loud cheerful scent with a lot going on. I'm not typically a florals person but I was hoping the desserts would balance it out, and they kind of do, though it seems like everything's shouting! It's hard to pick out individual gourmand notes, but I do get banana (the cooked caramelized turon kind) and a sweet sticky rice like when my mother-in-law is making bibingka. It actually really does smell like we walked into her kitchen while she was making desserts for a party, and we happened to bring a big bouquet of tropical flowers with us. So if that sounds good to you, this is exactly that!
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Agreed that it's similar to PS Hot Buttered Rum, except this version is lighter on the spice and more about brandy butter and creamy pumpkin. Not too boozy, just warm and golden. Good throw, and long-lasting!
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Fried dough (just like at a fair!), cinnamon sugar, buttery pumpkin! Good throw, too. Perfect late-summer-carnival-into-autumn vibes!
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Warm pumpkin bread - definitely a bread, not a cake! Plus, as everyone says above, a very clearly chocolate sprinkles note - super-realistic, down to the not-very-sweet kind of powdery quality! It's so nostalgic - childhood treats. This is a warm cozy domestic autumn scent, not too spiced or too sweet.
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Malty, cozy, crumbly shortbread, cocoa (not super-sweet), and coffee, in that order. Good for cool weather!
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Golden Peach and Butterscotch Soda
splendidissima replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Event Exclusive Oils
Sweet caramelized butterscotch + syrupy peaches! A dark orange-brown-sugar sort of scent, dripping and molten. I like it! -
White mint, the Lab's icy slush note, and citrus! I don't get the vanilla cream at all - I wish I did, because that would add some sweetness. But I do like it - it's crisp and refreshing, and wintry in a snow-and-citrus way (you know how oranges are associated with Christmas, and also lemon drops, and maybe citrus-y gumdrops? it's like that, with snow-slush) - so it's kind of a nice change from the usual peppermint or cinnamon or gourmand types. My bottle label has a misprint, just fyi for any others out there - the art and name on the front is right, and the scent is right, for Yellow Snowballs, but the description section on the side talks about a blood-red voluptuous rose! (Might be Peacock Queen?)