zankoku_zen
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Madrid, is that you? This smells like luscious red wine, grape juice, and a swab of patchouli to keep it grounded and woody. Good throw and wear length.
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Wisteria, lilac, and clove. This one is a very wisteria-lilac blossom in your face. The clove/champaca/black pepper make a very dark background after you get through the floral assault. Good throw and wear length.
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Green tea, honey, orange and a touch of bergamot. This is fresh, clean, skin scent. UGH. So good. Low throw, good wear length.
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The Midnight Reunion with His Lost Wife
zankoku_zen replied to annemathematics's topic in Lupercalia
Woodsy, mossy vetiver. I get smoky woods and moss. Way more masculine than I expected. Good throw and wear length. -
Diligent Instruction for the Bridal Night
zankoku_zen replied to SadariEvenstar's topic in Lupercalia
Sweet strawberry candy sugar. Yup. Low throw and average wear length. -
Leather. Smidge of Snake Oil. Well, huh, a snake oil variant that doesn't completely suck on my skin. I can finally smell some of that sexy Indonesian and vanilla spice that everyone seems to love.... EXCEPT ITS BLANKETED IN CHEMICAL BLACK LEATHER. *sigh* Great throw and wear length.
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Apple, lavender, and pillowy vanilla cream. This ends up somewhat plasticky on my skin. Great skin scent though. Low throw, great wear length.
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A Source of Sexual Knowledge to Individuals and Couples
zankoku_zen replied to Bassmastadroog's topic in Lupercalia
Honeyed green tea and a whiff of fresh wasabi. I actually really liked this. It was definitely a Shunga, but it smelled so bright and clean that I forgot about the wasabi. Hmmm, I may have to find a partial of this. -
Myrrh, tobacco, smoke and a touch of agarwood which at turns smells both sour and like olives. Dark, woodsy, olives. Very masculine. Good throw and wear length.
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Red musk, frankincense and a touch of labdanum. Soft, resinous, musky. Low throw, good wear length.
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OMG black oudh and I do not get along. I get amber, and some vicious smelling perfumey toilet cleanser. Except worse. ... OFF to wipe this off. It smells rank. ETA: That was worse than Gore Shock for me. OMG. EW.
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Ambergris, bay leaf, cedar, and oudh. This is a manly, woody ambergris blend. I'm really amping up the bay leaf which is interesting to smell without the rum. Masculine, sophisticated, dark. Good throw and wear length.
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Oh man, this one is really interesting. It's a sweet mandarin note especially on wet on top of chamomile and tobacco. Whoever called this a masculine creamsicle sort of nailed. Deliciously delicious. Good throw and wear length.
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Peony, carnation and phlox. This disappears into a mix of fresh, slightly sweet spring florals. Very springy, very girly. Good throw and wear length.
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Creamy orchid with a whiff of vanilla. This one is a sophisticated floral. The vanilla smells evaporates as it dries, and you're left with a more jungle/plant smelling orchid. Good throw and wear length.
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Cherry red musk. Yup. If you like either of them, take this out for a spin. Good throw and wear length.
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Red musk, red leather, red spices. *squints* Is this Melisandre of Asshai from Game of Thrones? I sort of suspect that she sort of smells like this. Overwhelmingly red + musk + leather + spice. Fierce, seductive, deadly. Great throw and wear length.
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Fresh fir, apricot, white tea and a touch of oakmoss. This is fresh, bracing, and toggles between cool firs and apricot white tea. I actually sort of enjoy the movement. The apricot ends up a little too sweet for me, but its sure a pretty scent. Good throw and wear length.
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Chewy tobacco, lavender, and rum. Oooh. This smells slightly pirate-y to me. Masculine, oozing danger. Yes. Good throw and wear length.
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Bloody lavender oceans? This one is a weird one. I get salty lavender, red musk, planty musk and a touch of incense. So take lavender, make it bleed musky red, and then drop it into the ocean? It's much more masculine and robust, and dark than I expected. Good throw and wear length.
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Violet, apple, angelica (hi absinthe!) and a touch of tobacco. On wet, I got more of a juniper touch. As it dries down and warms up, I get the angelica and the tobacco coming through. So like a violet version of absinthe but with tobacco. This one is a strange one for me. Good throw and wear length.
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Sweet, cool peaches and creamy gardenia. Yup. Peaches and gardenia. But hurray, one blend where the gardenia does not smell like wet wool! That said, this may be too sweet and peachy for me. Great throw and wear length.
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White tea, honey, and a brush of olive blossom. This one is pretty much a sweet white tea blend. Cool, fresh, clean. Good throw and wear length.
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Anise, absinthe, and a touch of patchouli. The anise and patchouli are present on wet, but it dries down to an absinthey blend. Kinda wispy. Medium throw and wear length.
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Golden, spiced carnation with touches of ginger and honey. This is sweeter and more floral than Morocco. Spicy Oriental floral though.