zankoku_zen
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Lemon cupcakes with honey and buttercream frosting.
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Oman frankincense, Greek sage, and white juniper.
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A convention-inspired goodnight blend crafted to help you get the sleep you need in order to be refreshed for the next day on the floor: lavender, palmarosa, sandalwood
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The suffocating, leaden burden of grief: deep grey ambergris accord and salt-rimmed black oud, bitter galbanum, white sage, carrot seed, black tea, birch tar, charred driftwood, and angelica seed.
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Geared to help you decompress and recharge yourself between events or before heading out to any nighttime activities: ylang ylang, geranium, and helichrysum.
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Hmm, did they hide all the green goodness in the donut, or in the glaze, or both? Better lap up every crumb n’ speck from the wax paper sleeve, just to be sure.
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Sugar, tea, and rum.
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Neon pink threads of guava cotton candy and strawberry milk.
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Peach, iris root, King mandarin, and lime rind. UGH. Was not expecting to be the first one. Peach X is pretty peachy, with a big hint of mandarin citrus and a touch of iris. It's a soft, delicate peach blend. For me, iris root becomes very powdery on the drydown, which gives this a very Pez-like dimension. I mean PEACH PEZ. Which immediately amps up the nostalgia factor, for no reason at all, whatsoever. Peachy, powdery, nostalgia.
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A sassy strawberry red musk chypre. So neither BPAL strawberry or red musk have been great notes for me. With that huge caveat, Jaunty Cap is probably the most surprising dragon to me. I've been loving the BPAL strawberry note that has been in use lately (ever since 2012), since it stays fresh and sweet on me as opposed to turning to plastic. That said, sometimes it would be too sweet. And here, the red musk has been sweetened and tamed. For me the strawberry is more like strawberry leaf, as there's quite a bit of fresh greenness around the edges. There's also another element on the drydown that grounds the musk down. I've decanted all of the 2017 dragons, and this is the one I'd keep for myself. Part of me wanted to lie in the review and go "Horrible, give to me for proper disposal". Medium throw and great wear length.
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Umber champaca, saffron, frankincense, yellow bergamot, well-worn leather, a cluster of pampas, and a faint whiff of rose petals and baby’s breath.
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The knife’s blade of temptation: sweet pomegranate and fig, carnal tuberose, tobacco leaf, and a trail of smoke.
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Squishy, fudgy, and pleasantly dank, with those chewy edges you like.
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Incense smoke, green cardamom pod, white tuberose, orris root, cedarwood, beeswax, white chamomile, tea leaves, and moss.
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A bright, sparkling scent, effervescent with joy and fiery with rekindled hope: golden musk and crystalline amber with Calabrian lemon peel, ti leaf, sweet vetiver, ginger root, neroli, and lime blossom.
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A scent of triumph, of defeating your oppressor through mockery and guile: orange blossom, honey and beeswax, sweet orange peel, khus, ti leaf, amber, and white patchouli.
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Sea spray with an undercurrent of leather, Bay Rum, and salty, dry woods.
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HAHA GET IT? Not bees, B’s. Might not be that funny to anyone else, but I haven’t had much sleep, so it’s hilarious to me. Dragon’s blood resin, wildflower honey, and beeswax. Honestly, this was like a ginger type honey on me. I think it may have been the dragon's resin combining with the honey. Delicious. Good throw and wear length.
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RUDE. Sweet black patchouli and pink peppercorn right in yer face. Ash and smoke! This is really a smoky patchouli with a slight peppery edge to it. Good throw and wear length.
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A braaaaaap of oakmoss, labdanum, lightly-chewed villager, and smoke. Citrusy-edged smoke, aquatic oakmoss and a tinge of labdanum. This one is an interesting mix of both smoke and aquatic. Medium throw and wear length.