patina
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Misketonic U. has failed me. Whatever was buttery in it turned it into pure butter. I amp roses, so Mata Hari's probably out. Centozen Tenochitlan turned into a jelly sandwich. Bizarre. It would be nice to find a dark coffee, without too much milk. Maybe even with non-foody notes like musk.
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I want a BPAL that smells like Bath & Body Works...
patina replied to sihaya09's topic in Recommendations
To me, the milk in Lamb's Wool was hard to detect underneath the cider, orange and spice scents. (I know the description doesn't list oranges, but it smelled like it had them to me.) -
I was looking forward to something dark and licorice-y, fearing that it might smell of cats or worse. On smelling it- Oh, anise heaven. The civet seems to be behaving itself as well. Then oakmoss comes out and I can sort of see the cave-floor thing. My only problem is that I'd really prefer a cooler anise blend. On me this is brownish (the vetiver?) and the civet warms it up a lot. This works much better in the winter or in cold weather on me. Funny story, I wore this to bed once, thinking "wow, this smells good, I can't imagine anyone thinking it's scary." That night I had a Dawn of the Dead-style nightmare (the new one with fast zombies). I never have bad dreams. I think my subconscious picked up on the canabalistic associations of the name and ran with it. It's still a good smell, though.
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This is a zoo. Yep. Exactly the smell of the bottom of a cage. I'm almost afraid to apply this, but when I do, I get zoo, with the occasional whiff of cherries. I've tried a blend with civet before (Hi, Black Annis), but I didn't get a fecal scent from it. On me, this is worse than Satyr, (which at least had lovely ginger and mud notes.) Edit: Apparently this is an acquired taste. On trying it again, two years later I actually like it. The opium is smooth and black and sheer and the musk is very red. It still smells feral, but not actually horrible. I'm not about to slather this (the throw's too strong and I'm afraid other people won't like it) but it's really starting to smell good to me.
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First of all, when I read the name, I keep thinking "Dead Morose." This is wet and minty, almost melony, but there's amber and wood to back it up. This smells pale-green to me. If it is a forest, it's a winter forest in the morning, after a rain (is that the snow note I smell?). This may be better in the summer- I'm just not sure how I feel about this one.
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I want a BPAL that smells like Bath & Body Works...
patina replied to sihaya09's topic in Recommendations
If you're looking for mulling spices, that makes me think of Lamb's Wool or Fearful Pleasure- which are actually Halloween scents, but they have cider. Unfortunately, they're LE, but you might be able to find them on the forum sales. I second looking into Tintingel. -
Mangos? For a second I thought I smelled mangos, but really this is a very soft pine and clove. No other way to describe it. I recognize the clove from the Hell-Gate of Ireland, but to me, the Hell-Gate's reisens and musk do something to sweeten it. This is just dry and manly. Too much so for me. I'll have to come back and test this again later.
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It's the red musk from Mircalla! Hello, red musk from Mircalla. This Diable is in fact female. Very female. Inside the redwood and teak box, she has red skin, currant-black eyes and hair and she smells strongly of peach-blossoms. This is lovely, but far too perfumy and sweet for me. EDIT: I must have been having an off chemistry day. The next time I tried it, it was much more woody and smoky. Might be good on a guy.
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Strawberries? Why do I smell strawberries? Must be pimento mixed with vanilla. Such a surprise- I expected something darker, like Melainis. Not that this isn't dark, but it's somewhat red-tinged in my mind. The patcholi shows itself too, and the labdanum. This will probably get better with age, but right now I'm not a fan of the "hippie air-freshener" effect. Edit: This is insanely long lasting, even after a bath and two days it's still there. The labdanum, patcholi and ginger have become more prominent, but it still smells too much like strawberries for my liking.
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Yes, like most people have commented, I get a rootbeer/cola from this. Maybe sassafrass? I know there's none in here, unless it's substituting for the mandragora. Hmm. It reminds me of a non-beery, lost-in-the-woods version of Devil's Night. Which might not be the best comparison, but there's the musk and spice, maybe? It's like Coyote too, as others have mentioned, but darker. This is how I'd hoped German Expressionist Horror would smell. On drydown, it becomes somewhat more fusty, though the "spice" and pine keep if from being overbearingly so, at least to me.
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Freshly applied: Oh, my. This smells like lemon dishwashing soap. I bet one of Mr. Ackerman's toys involves bubbles. Ginger slowly becomes apparent. Dried: This isn't soap at all. In fact it's a lemony honeydew melon. There's some ginger and just possibly wood-shavings below, but this is overwhelmingly HONEYDEW. (Or possibly canteloupe.) I'm just not sure about this one. (Edit: Occasionally, I do get something that could be lemon pledge, but this still smells more melony than lemony to me. And then it turns glassy, shiny, cologny...hmm?)
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I have a sample of this from '08. I'm a little sad that this is a bath oil, not a regular oil. Don't bath oils have a sleightly shorter life-span? Anyhow, this has got to be one of my favorites. This blackberry is just beautiful. Iced, with white roses, wood and amber. Somehow I'm reminded of The Girl, but this has no vanilla. Pleeease, Lab, make this a perfume. I will hoaaard.
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People keep saying "mint." I don't get that. True, there's some deep herbal funkiness, but mostly this smells of roses to me. Very perfumy roses, with maybe patcholi at the bottom? Also: I've found it's not a good idea to put this in an oil diffuser- allergies! I've been wearing this with a focus on getting unstuck in my life. The first two times I've tried this, I got a friend of mine calling me to suggest I come for a visit. Both times fell through though. Being asked on a trip was a little more literal than I had in mind- perhaps this is a sign I need to do more work before I can get unstuck. But it's a pleasant enough scent, even though it's more perfumy than my normal choices.
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I got a faint apple, a lot like a fruit salad. Also, this smells like bubblegum. Pink bubblegum with powdered sugar. Occasionally there are hints at something deeper, some underlying reisen. The colors I get from this are the same as on the lable- bright florescent pink edged with florescent blue. (The lable art is extremely awesome.) This is a light, clean, pretty fruit oil. I like it far more than I'd expect from a bubblegum-esque scent.
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Sniffing the bottle: Caramel Popcorn! Weird. Dried down, this is cookies. Spicy cookies. Not very hot spice, but there's nutmeg in there, some cloves. You know, I think I'll pass this on. I'm not a big pure-foodie fan. Later: Accidently layered with Black Annis this was much more interesting. But I don't see any reason to keep something just to layer it. Much, Much later: You know, eventually the cookies disappear for me and I get a lovely vanilla and spice. Still, I don't know if this is worth more than a decant for a non-foodie fan.
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Whoa. Based on just smell alone I think this is one of my very favorites, if not my favorite perfume. It smells of white pepper (not hot), with very subtle white flowers (ginger lillies?) and pencil shavings. This isn't a bad thing at all. Applying it, I feel instantly calmer and cleared of whatever torment I happened to be going through at the time. This is a surprisingly strong effect. There's a chrystaline calm, (which to some people might feel disturbingly like being distant from the world). I'd use this whenever serenity is called for. I also suspect this might be good for people that have poor boundaries and soak up too much. People who are feeling alienated, maybe not so much? It makes me feel clean inside.
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As the other reviewers have said, this smells like non-foody Samhain. Or maybe Voo-doo. In any case "bracing" is a good word for it. It's both grounding and bracing. I'm wearing this, close to my Saturn Return, to remind myself that I'm grownup now, need to take responsibility. As for the effects, I don't get any kind of immediate emotional reaction that I get from blends like White Light. It's subtle, serious and maybe a little calming. Since wearing it, I've had a few realizations that might have something to do with the scent. Edit: Recently I've taken to avoiding it since it reminds me of rather depressing thoughts.
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At first I get Vetiver. But then the scent calms down. What I mainly notice is the leather, a lot like DeSade, but not as harshly leather as that. I think the reisens calm this scent down. There's something (the metal-myrrh combination?) that smells like medicinal aftershave. This should be on a guy, so I'm gonna trade it off. The picture I get is this man who wears leather armor and is horribly burned underneath. There's not any charred smell left over, but there is disinfectant ointment under there. As stated before, I'm sure this would smell better on a guy! EDIT: As it dries, this smooths out some. Resolve...weakening. I may hold onto this for a while.
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Out of the imp: This is mushrooms! Straight-up mushrooms! On skin: Dirt. Exactly damp dirt with bits of bone-chips in it. Drydown- Flowers come out. Something lily-like I assume is Angel's Trumpet. But the flowers play nice- they're not loud and shrieking. And there's some lovely, lovely spice mixed in. I suppose this could smell a little sour on certain people, but it's not on me. The only thing that makes me sad about this is that it becomes very faint. I have to sniff my wrists. Which is good- who wants to amp dirt? But this is so lovely, cool and damp I hope it doesn't just disappear.
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I don't like plumeria. I don't like citrus. I'm not crazy about vanilla (this smells like vanilla somehow.) But copal. Oh, I love you, well-aged copal. Copal totally makes up for it. This isn't for people who can't wear florals at all. The plumaria/ jasmine-like tropical blooms amp up, but with my chemistry, at least the copal sits on them- a rich cross between amber and pine. I swear, it smells like vanilla. Rich, non-foody vanilla with orange and aforementioned blooms. This is sweet, womanly and very pretty.
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At first my nose was puzzled. I thought "vetiver?" Then I was sure there was a reisen in it somewhere, but no, it's the black narcissius I recognize from Hades. It's musky and clean and just good. I agree that it's not foody or super sweet- I think it falls into the "femme-cologne" category. And yes, slinky.
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... This is the scent of autumn night, fires in the distance, with a touch of boozy swoon, playful sugar and thuggish musk. Hmm, this smells a bit like The Hell-Gate of Ireland, except not as spicy. The musk, reisen and smoke are nice, but I'm not sure about the Beer!beerbeerbeerbeer! smell going on. Overall, it's smoky and sweet- not candy sweet, but yeasty sweet. This would be good on a guy.
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I love it! No, I don't like it. Yes, I love it! No... The reisens, patcholi and vanilla and musk are wonderful. It's soft and spicy. But something in here smells like cough medicine just a tiny bit. Too sharp, in a choking perfume sort of way. I think the pomegranite is responsible. I'll have to come back to this one later. EDIT: I should have waited longer. It's smoothed out something wonderful. Why are there so many temptations, why?
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I had a bizarre scent memory from this one. There's some kind of unusual cleaning fluid that smells like something in this. Maybe the heather. Also it made me think of pizza. I'm not kidding. It must be the sage meeting spicy anise that turns into oregono. And of course, it's green and herbally. EDIT: Trying this a second time, in sleightly cooler weather, this is more pleasant and the elements blend together well. It's a soothing, relaxing smell, but I still don't think I'll get a bottle. EDIT: Great in cold weather. It smells so crisp, like something that should be worn with a button-down shirt. Deep, lovely herbs.
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I love cloves and laubidanum, though the musk and brimstone initially worried me, they only serve to give the scent some depth and darkness. It has pretty good throw so far- a winter and fall scent. It's almost sweet enough to smell like spice cakes, though it's not foody. This is what I thought the Smiling Spider would be. The Spider was just a bit too woody and masculine for me, so this is perfect.