Little Bird
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Beaver Moon: Blackcurrant and Iced Lemon
Little Bird replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I full bottled Blackcurrant & Iced Lemon after trying a sample. It smells masculine to me, but I love wearing scents that give off manly vibes, so that's all good. I was worried about the 'iced' part, but the iced lemon smells like lemon sorbet tastes and that part only sticks around for about a half hour on me anyhow. It's not a snow, aquatic, or ozone ice (nothing minty, sharp, or soapy to my nose). After a short while, it's all black currant, but not the usual, syrupy, jammy, sweet black currant that I tend to go for. This smells like black currant found in a dark, chilly forest and then dried and turned into a black leather. It's gourmand like fruit leather candy, but it also literally smells like a black leather jacket soaked in black currants. It's really good and doesn't remind me of any other bpals in my collection (though it's a bit like a very stripped down version of Mancera's Cedrat Boise with a stronger black currant). It also has impressive throw and staying power for a fruity scent. I'm really glad that the 'iced' in the name didn't scare me off entirely because I've really been enjoying this blend. -
Tart, slightly sour cherry that reminds me of cherry Kool-Aid powder, but the blood orange also quickly joins in, and then it smells more juicy, fresh, and exotic. I would really love a single note of this blood orange, or a blood orange and vanilla. As Die Sweetly Die dries down, the blood orange unfortunately disappears and the scent turns towards a very powdery amber with hints of that cola smell that resins can sometimes have. I thought that this would be more floral but the jasmine and tuberose quietly linger underneath the ambers as a haunting, cool toned breath of flowers. I'm not getting any of the soapiness or rubbery sharpness that tuberose and jasmine can sometimes turn to. An hour in, though, the scent loses all of the little touches that I enjoy, and I'm left with baby powdery amber swirled with a little cherry Kool-Aid powder.
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You Are Mine, You Shall Be Mine, You and I Are One for Ever
Little Bird replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Halloweenie
Reminds me of LUSH's Silky Underwear dusting powder - creamy/powdery with sweet, heady ylang ylang that reminds me of the jasmine in Silky Underwear - with spicy clove and a little extra sunshiny sweetness from the honey. I never get any black currant at all. After an hour, it's much the same, but turning a little too powdery for my tastes, and the ylang is a bit sharper. The new formulation of The Wild Men of Jezirat al Tennyn remains my go-to for a clove scent (along with my hoard of Three Witches, Pickled Imp, and Thorns Clove Cigarette). I love the clove in You Are Mine, but I'd never reach for this over the others in my collection. -
Starts off with a tart cherry juice that I enjoy and then goes through a mid-stage that reminds me of The Elephant is Slow to Mate (which is a blend that I didn't care for), and then it settles into a dry, very sour, potpourri rose that I cannot stand. The rose amps up on me and most of the other notes never manage to come through. It smells prettier and more complex in the bottle. Lasted for hours on me with lots of throw until I scrubbed it away.
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I wore Goose Moon yesterday and it smells like a bitter, very dark, red wine, which must be the sour cherry and red plum, a little bit of powderiness from the sandalwood and orris, and a dark, earthy undertone from the tobacco. I found myself wishing that it were sweeter, but at least the red plum and cherry go towards bitter red wine and not cough syrup on my skin.
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I almost skipped this Lunacy blend, but I'm glad that I ultimately ordered it. It reminds me of blends like Sea of Glass and Bayou with their smooth, blue-green water feel, but a bit chillier and brighter (from the bergamot) like Sea of Glass and not as mossy as Bayou. It wants to veer soapy but it never goes to full on soap on me. I love the jasmine in here. It makes me think of jasmine vines that are a bit scraggyl and salt-crusted on a seaside cliff, but the sweet, sunny jasmine blooms still come through, and the beach below is covered in sea glass that's shimmering in the sun and chilled from the water. Recommend if you like Sea of Glass, Bayou, and jasmine.
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White Rabbit is a bpal that has always fascinated me and that I appreciate so much, but I find it really difficult to wear. I've been wearing White Chocolate Rabbit for the past four days now, trying to understand it. It is softer, easier to wear, and doesn't have the 'clean linens' that tend to dominate plain White Rabbit. The tea here also smells more green than black to me, brighter and more vegetal than toasty. The first hour of wear definitely reminds me of the OG Thirteen from 2005, which is a blend that I've grown to love and have hoarded over the years. The white chocolate in that Thirteen and this blend manages to smell more milky and not as sweet as most white chocolates you could buy at the grocery store (so it smells like good white chocolate that's more milky than sugar bombed). The clean tea and sharp citrus in Thirteen make it refreshing rather than sickly sweet. The clean tea here does the same thing for me, with perhaps the ginger & pepper mimicking that almost citrusy bite. After an hour when it's all settled and dried down, there's something weirdly floral here, though. It smells like green tea with sweet, pink flower petals floating in it and a little bit of cream and honey. My husband also says it smells like flowers (but.. then again.. he thinks almost everything smells like flowers - unless it's blatantly earthy and dark - and I still love him.. he's mine and I'mma stick beside him). I don't think that I'd know this was supposed to be White Rabbit if I just smelled it blindly. It reads very differently.
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I always wanted to love Mouse Circus but something in it went weird and peanut smelling on my skin, and I never felt like the notes meshed together well on me. Lavender Kitchen Mouse, however, is so wonderful. The popcorn doesn't smell especially salty or buttery to me, but is a cozy, delicately sweet, clearly popcorn scent. No butter and no salt popcorn with a little sweetness to it. The lavender cotton candy isn't overly sweet either, but it's the most floofy, soft, cotton candy cloud of lavender I've ever smelled, with a cool, airy feel to it. It's rare for me to find a lavender scent that I want to keep, but I think I'll hoard a couple bottles of Lavender Kitchen Mouse. Popcorn is one of my favorite scents and the lavender here is very pretty.
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There's a strong, icy aquatic note in this that ruins the whole thing for me. It smells like cleaning fluid. Then there's a weird, powdery honey scent that I think is the chocolate or marzipan going weird on me. I get a blast of sharp cherry almond at first and then it's more grainy and sweet. I don't get a lot of Snow White, personally, though I guess I can kind of see a hint of vanilla-y, Snow White-adjacent something after a half hour. Midnight Marzipan is sour and weirdly clean on me.
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I will be full bottling this one in my next Lab order, for sure. I agree that the lavender is reminiscent of TKO (sweet, syrupy, dark purple, dreamy) but I like this more because it has a frothy, milky latte tone to it. I was worried about the hazelnut but it just adds a little toasty warmth and sweetness that feels appropriate in a coffee scent. TKO whipped into a deliciously milky latte with lots of foam. My surprise win of the Yule 2024 lavenders.
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Grape lollipops and spice. Reminds me of my scratch and sniff sticker collection when I was little, where I had grape scented stickers and taco scented stickers. The spice isn't quite taco-y, but it has a peppery bite to it. My Wild Heart is so sweet that it's cloying to me. Candy sweet grape & berry with some spice.
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cold first winter rain poor monkey, you too could use a woven straw cape Compassion: pink lotus root and fig milk with ylang ylang, bourbon vanilla, soft myrrh, fir, khus, and sandalwood incense. I bought this mostly because of the adorable monkey on the label and the cute description, but it has wound up being one of my favorites of the Yule scents I purchased this year. Poor Monkey is a very foodie fragrance on my skin. I love the lab's fig note, and the fig and lovely bourbon vanilla are the strongest notes on my skin. It's like figs drenched in milky vanilla cream with a slice of moist vanilla cake and slight, sweet spice to it. There's a soft swirl of sweet lotus floral perfume, temple incense and sweet myrrh, and a hint of fir that fades in and out of the fragrance. But it's mostly fig milk and bourbon vanilla, with the other notes keeping things interesting and more perfume-like in the background. I really love this one <3
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Beaver Moon: Violet and Vanilla Chiffon
Little Bird replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I initially passed on this scent because violet tends to underwhelm me, but I was lured in by the Antique Lace comparisons. To me, Violet and Vanilla Chiffon is a whole lot of powdery, sweet violet (reminds me of orris powder after about an hour). The vanilla isn't creamy; the extra sweetness reminds me more of sugar than vanilla. Powdery, sugared violet. -
It is as promised - Traditional Sheet Ghost with coconut and tobacco. It's like soft, clean sheets washed with coconut water and cream, with the tobacco lingering as something dark and mysterious underneath those notes. The coconut part actually doesn't smell oily or like cheap suntan oil (a scent that I tend to hate); it's more refreshing and delicately sweetened by the marshmallow fluff. Traditional Sheet Ghost itself reminds me of Black Lace mixed with a less-sweet-Boo, and the tobacco here really takes it into Black Lace territory for me, except it's like Black Lace with coconut. I really love the Sheet Ghost series ❤️ if you haven't tried at least the Traditional Sheet Ghost, it's one that I would highly recommend.
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I was hoping for sweet lavender and heavy amber/labdanum, but this is all hazy, sharp incense and starchy, clean sheets. There's not enough sweetness here for me, and this is the rare incense scent that I don't enjoy because it's so sharp and dry. No lavender or labdanum ever show up. I can still smell the incense on my sweater the next day, so it's lasting great on fabric.
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My sample of this smells absolutely nothing like Snow White or Pink Snowballs (I get zero vanilla and not much sweetness, actually). There's a blast of cherry at first and I was confused, but I checked the notes and that's just the almond extract thing and it burns off after a few minutes. Then it's all tart, fresh rose with an undertone of sharp musk that reminds me of hair spray. Lasted about 2 1/2 hours total.
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The smell in the bottle is like a delicious, fruity cocktail with tart, pink, tropical fruit and banana. Once applied, it reminds me of celebrity fragrances, particularly like it could fit into the Britney Spears' Fantasy line of perfumes (which I collect and love). Pink, tropical fruit cocktail with a squish of lemon and something that turns cupcake-y on me. I thought that this would be more green and freshly fruity (though it does have something that smells like kiwi to me), but it's sweet and gourmand leaning on my skin. There's nothing soapy or laundry-esque here. I wasn't sure what to expect from Tropical Sheet Ghost but I really enjoy it.
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Hunter’s Moon: Chestnut and Patchouli
Little Bird replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I don't tend to enjoy hazelnut or almond but I always love chestnut notes in perfume. I love the toasty, gourmand quality of chestnut, the aromatic spiciness at its edges, and the slight coolness underneath the warmth that always makes me think of snowy Christmas markets. It doesn't smell like snow or ozone; it just has that vibe, like a hint of chilly air. The patchouli here reminds me of my most favorite single note blend (Smoked Caramel, Himalayan Cedar, and Patchouli) but the patchouli is much stronger here. It's a patchouli that smells of forest floor in autumn with a crunchy, spicy, dead leaf scent rustling over rich earthiness, which is delightful with the roasting chestnuts scent. It also has great throw and lasts all day on me. -
Sweet lavender with a splash of Sprite (fizzy lime? barely there), dumped into a vat of strong, chemical soap. It's how I imagine it smells when they wash hotel sheets and have to use industrial strength cleansers and high heat on fabric. Dries down to that awful soap smell and no lavender. I have trouble with clean scents and I can't pull this off.
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One of my favorite fragrances is Tom Ford's Black Orchid (after it's been aged/macerated, fresh Black Orchid is underwhelming to me) and this smells like a less complex, less strong, stripped down TF Black Orchid. The juicy, sultry floral note is the same, the touch of bitter yet delicately sweet cocoa is very similar (though it goes powdery/dusty on me after a while in this blend), and the black musk adds a dark, almost peppery, incensey tone that's also similar to the Tom Ford. Loving Me To Death starts off with a good mix of orchid, cocoa, and black musk, then goes through a weird dusty/powdery mid-stage that I dislike, then settles into mostly cocoa powder and a hint of black musk. By the two hour mark, though, I can barely smell it at all.
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The black cherry is a juicy, tart, rich cherry and not a cheap almond extract or fakey, bright red, American maraschino cherry. Unfortunately, as my skin amps and reacts to spices, I get a slap of cinnamon from this that makes me break out in swollen hives wherever the oil touches. There's delightful cherry and powdered sugar, but then skin burning cinnamon. Some of the Sufganiyot scents have gone granola/fig Newton territory for me, but this smells like cherry filled donut with powdered sugar glaze. I like the way it smells even as my skin hates it.
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Pumpkin spice cookies with a good dose of burnt, brown sugary sweetness (and while I usually dislike this type of scent, I didn't mind the sweetness here). Definitely pumpkin spice baked goods and not "pumpkin guts." The only Lust part I get is a grape-y red wine tinged red musk. No patchouli, ylang ylang, or myrrh to me, as those just get swallowed by the sugar and spice.
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Cold Moon: Jasmine Absolute and Champaca
Little Bird replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I sampled this, fell in love, and just ordered a full bottle. It's funny to me that, as a teen and in my early 20s, I used to avoid jasmine scents and I considered jasmine to be my #1 death note. At some point, I started drinking and obsessing over jasmine tea and growing different varieties of jasmine, and now I also tend to love jasmine perfumes. The jasmine here is wonderful and sweet with nuances of vanilla and honey, with the champaca giving it a warm, incensey haze, so the whole fragrance feels like sunshine and a warm hug. I love the sweetness and creaminess that it has, and I love fragrances that give off this vibe of being in a temple full of incense and offerings. It has none of the soapiness, sharpness, or funk that jasmine can sometimes have. -
Perfumey apple, tart lemon, and a vanilla-y caramel scent that turns slightly powdery. I don't like molasses but the sweetness in this is really pretty. It's like a vanilla caramel apple with lemon for the sour part. Only lasts about two hours on me, though, with no throw.
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Beaver Moon: Blackberry and Tobacco Absolute
Little Bird replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
Oof. This smells exactly like grape Dimetapp from my childhood, which made me hate grape flavored things. The blackberry goes straight to fakey, purple, sugared grape, and the tobacco adds the bitterness to take it right into cough syrup territory for me. As with most fragrances I dislike, it's intensely strong with monstrous throw and staying power. I envy what other reviewers got with this fragrance, lol.