Miyabi
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Ohhh, I was hoping I'd like this one. No cream to bring things down! Plum blossoms! Clean white musk! But all I got was cherry blossom-tinged generic soap, which was just boring. Scrubbed it off and put on Cluster of Cherry Blossoms instead.
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Sweet without being sugary, and creamy/vanilla forward without being foody. The saffron has a note that smells like rubber or plastic for a few seconds, but ultimately calms down into something that grounds the entire scent and makes it gender neutral. It's not for me, but I'm glad I got to try it.
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When I applied this, the lotus came in WITH A STEEL CHAIR, followed by the sugared cream. Pretty much a fluffy floral candy explosion on me. It calms down once dry, and is pretty, but not for me, although the wear length is better than Mangetsu. ::sobs:: Right now it's cherry blossom cream candy on my skin, which is...nice? But as someone who already has a bottle of Cluster of Cherry Blossoms, my gold standard for Shungas, I guess that's a warning about creamy/milky scents in general, even with exceptions (Dildo with Boxes of Lubricants and a Plum Blossom Twig had zero cream in my hair).
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Dildo, Boxes with Lubricants, and a Plum Blossom Twig Hair Gloss
Miyabi replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Hair
I...don't think I'm getting any plum blossom from this, which is fine. What I do get is currently a fruity candy, so probably a combo of grapefruit, apricot, and honey. Absolutely fine that there's no amber cream, given how that note seems finicky on me. The throw seems to fluctuate--sometimes I can smell it, sometimes I can't. This is similar to the throw level of Pomegranate Slush, I think, so I may get a bottle, depending on how the second try with this goes. I will say the lower throw probably makes it more appropriate for when you're going out in public or at the office, at least. -
This scent is very green and leans a teeny bit masculine--I mostly get the green amber and white musk, which brings to mind a cool rainy spring day. Didn't get any oolong tea, grass, mandarin, or flowers, though, and I do wish it might have lasted longer (it's pretty much gone on me after about half a day), but it was nice while it lasted.
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2026 version: Getting zero tea or boba out of this one. The wet-on-skin phase gives me CREAM, and once it dries down you can sense the rose petals floating on top. Definitely a gourmand, but not for me, as I'd hoped for tea to cut through the richness (much like it does with White Rabbit).
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This reminds me of the orange blossom honey hand soap they had at Trader Joe's once upon a time. Pretty much a single orange blossom honey note. It's really lovely, although I have to think on whether I would need a bottle (still have more decants to try out!)
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Beaver Moon: Lime Blossom & Amber Sugar
Miyabi replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
This went from "ah, maybe this has the tartness I was looking for in the Yuzu/Honey duet" to "overpowering cologne/bathroom cleaner" on my skin. Pass. -
Beaver Moon: Yuzu & Warm Honey Drizzle
Miyabi replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
Wet, it almost smells like green apples and honey, no yuzu. Dry, the honey takes over completely. I was hoping for something like the Korea yuzu tea in jars, which is a perfect balance between the two, but oh well. -
Lightning Moon: Golden Amber and Plum Blossom
Miyabi replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
It's got plum blossom, but only for the first hour or two. Eventually it dries down to straight up golden amber, which is nice, but since I got the decant hoping for ALL THE PLUM BLOSSOM, I don't think a bottle's in my future. -
This is nice. It's what I was hoping for BPTP's Lemon Blossom HG. To me, it's a golden-ish green: lemony and green, but with a sweetness that keeps it from being overly sharp or reminiscent of cleaning products. The sweetness also is just right--it's not cloying at all. I think the only issue I have is that it might fade a bit quickly, but I'll just have to keep trying my decant again to make sure before investing in a full bottle.
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Oof. Very heavy on the sandalwood. I usually don't mind it, but there's a dirty resiny quality to this one that's making me recoil, and I haven't even sprayed it on yet.
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This is much more demure and mindful than the name suggests. I don't get the similarities to O in my sample (which is what I was hoping for)--it's definitely lighter, and maybe soapier, although it doesn't exactly smell like soap. I'm glad I got to try it, though.
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This is very clean! But perfectly so--it's not outright soapy, nor is it too musky/cloying. It's just a pretty light scent that charmed me more than I thought. Not sure if I'll get a full bottle, but I'll use the imp again.
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To my nose, this is soap. Fancy soap, lots of white musk that's a bit creamy and maybe a hint of florals, but very much soap nonetheless.
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Concur that this is a deeper sort of floral--to my nose it's a pretty rich neroli. Still on the fence on how I feel about it, but it is very floral and fades a bit after some wear.
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Oof. I was expecting something like an O hair gloss, which was sexy without being raunchy or heavy. All my nose gets is heavy foodie sweetness that's really cloying.
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Alas, like Flowering Peonies, I get neither lychee nor peony. I am, however, getting a lot of rosehip tea and curiously, mint. This is more interesting than Flowering Peonies (which was, sadly, tuberose and dryer sheets), but it's not for me, I don't think.
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Limited editions equivalents in the general catalog?
Miyabi replied to Absinthe's topic in Recommendations
I managed to pick up Cluster of Cherry Blossoms from last year's Shungas. Curious to see if there are any available perfumes (maybe Gynotize!) that have that similar floral skin-musk that's clean without being soapy? -
I nabbed a decant hoping it would be gin and the minty slush note that I'm so fond of. Sadly, I got zero slush. It was, however, very green and herbal? Very much like soap but in a masculine cologne-ish sort of way.
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A fresh honeyed floral that never turns soapy, screechy, or overly resinous. I've noticed that I keep reaching for the decant throughout spring, so I think a bottle is in my future.
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Starts out with a very bright candy cherry brought down by an indolic jasmine sambac. Cherry fades, but the indole calms down to leave some sort of resiny floral that's very much like Dior's Dolce Vita. I might share the decant with my mom to see what she thinks, since she'd been using the Dolce Vita lotion for a long, long while.
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I get fancy soap at first, and then warm florals that are cut by the peach blossoms and grapefruit. The peach blossoms aren't screechy this time, thank goodness, but when it all dries down, I get the milky honey from White Rabbit with a touch of dryer sheet. It's nice, even comforting, but I think I'll just keep the imp.
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Very fruity floral white peach tea is what I get upon first sniff, and that impression doesn't go away when it's been on my hair. It teeters between fresh and sometimes sickly-sweet. I've already got Peach Tea, Lychee, and White Musk, so I think I'll keep my decant, but I won't look for a bottle.
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Sniffing it from the bottle, I get labdanum and honey in that order: sweet perfume, almost reminiscent of some hair product I used back in the early 2000s. Sprayed on, the plum comes out to balance things with fruity tartness, making this unique and refreshing. If there's any lemon amber, I assume it's just amplifying the tartness. Overall, my impression is basically a honeyed plum candy perfume, which is not what I was expecting, but delightful nonetheless. I'll need to compare this to Pink Peach Blossoms and White Plum Flowers, but I may want a bottle.