HerbGirl
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Snake Smut. ??? There was a fleeting moment of Snow White that ran screaming from Smut, I suppose. Very interesting how so many of the oils over the past year have been 'not what I expected to smell based on the notes'. Frustrating.
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I love this so much and wish I had bought 2 bottles instead of one, but I'm so happy to have this. I smell something akin to apple as a few folks have mentioned, but it is most likely the petals (?), opium and cognac doing something wonderful. Zero patchouli. I bought this immediately and have been wearing it since May '22 and still zero patchouli. I'm ok with that because I feel patchouli would not fit in here. This is one of the most addictive perfumes I have ever worn. It smells like May to me, can't explain, but definitely not an Autumn scent. Enchanting, for sure. Eta: And after wearing it in May and early June '24 it does smell like Autumn ? One of my greatest loves.
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I have had this since the end of it's release, and am wearing it today so I figured I would chime in. I love a good dark fruity red musk blend so this is lovely. Definitely red musk and dark berries, reminds me a lot of Hollywood Babylon with a twist of Mania (I love both). I am so glad I decided to get a bottle.
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Now I get it. When I first got this, and even the first few weeks, it was an Old Spice jumble of a scent. Now, I smell almost all of the listed notes, interestingly in the order they are listed, which is neat with a long list. Mostly I get the black musk and cedar (lovely), with a touch of carnation, amber and cinnamon as an afterthought with the clove as the punctuation. This is really nice.
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I really like this and have been wearing it the past few days. Mild blackberry meshed with cade (not a huge fan but it isn't a deal breaker here) and just barely a hint of ylang ylang and possibly patchouli (if I really try). Not sure why it is soooo light though. The scent is amazing, if only it was a bit stronger. Waft is non existent, I have to sniff my hand/wrist if I want to smell it. Eta: my decant is stronger than my bottle...hmm, ok. Still the same - blackberry and cade, and a tiny bit of ylang and possibly patchouli.
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Yes to all of the notes. This is beautiful. I thought I was smelling an opium/poppy deepness/darkness but it is not listed. The rose doesn't take over, actually, everything is nicely balanced and I enjoyed this for the New Moon in Capricorn. I am personally hoping the oak bark and black currant get stronger and stand out because I love those notes together. Very nice. (Also, pairs well near In the Shadow Room)
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Must enjoy bergamot. The ambergris is extremely light handed and I can find the incense if I really try. Not sure how this implies silver or misty.
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Absolutely beautiful. The carrot seed turns the rooty patchouli vegetal and it is delightful.
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Very nice blue tinged musky fir needle. I don't smell peony but I do smell a faint tulip note. I wonder how strong that note will be for others. I am a fan of consistency in my perfumes and have become extremely wary of all of the extreme bottling errors, mislabeling and variations most likely due to speedy bottling without stirring/recombining components, etc.
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Red Musk, Sugared Amber, and Red Berries
HerbGirl replied to Silvertree's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I was so excited for this. I have tested it twice and had the same experience both times. This seems very tame for the notes listed and I actually can't smell red berries at all. The dry down is a kind of sweet, faint red musk and it must be a different amber than any I have smelled because it doesn't read as amber to my nose. Meh. Also, there were folks talking about this oil being milky or opaque and seperating but mine is NOT. Eta - I am jealous of the third reviewer! Sounds like they got what I had hoped for. Eta 08 Jan- there is a slight hint of berries now, actually there is a slight hint of the three listed notes now. Have to bring my wrist to my nose to smell anything. Why so light? Eta - after reading later reviews, I bet I got a dud. Sad. -
This is beautiful but very vague. I don't know how else to describe that...meh. I can't smell any individual listed notes.
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Oh that cotton tromps all over everything. High pitched herbs and cotton. ?
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My bottles are easily identifiable as mislabled Every Day is Halloween. So, for folks that aren't getting a Pumpkin Spice Latte experience, that might be why.
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Haunt 2021 smells like a candied version of BPAL's dead leaves (though not this year's incarnation, which I cannot even describe...), plus a hint of Dorian and the new Snake Oil and it all fades down to the new SO in about 10 minutes. This is a decant, but I'm sure the bottle acts similarly. Well yeah, this is gorgeous. Of course it sold out fast. And it can be closely reproduced if you have the necessary arsenal and a decent nose. I'm sure the OG Dead Leaves would be best, but I have Dead Leaves, Moss and Mushrooms, Dorian (I wonder which notes she used since it is oos), and Snake Oil. I think I might try it with old gooey 2006 Snake Oil sometime to see if it will last... ETA: Aha! It smells like Devil's Night with a touch of Snake Oil (but with no longevity).
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Magnificent chocolate ganache torte!
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I have been letting this one rest for weeks. This is one of those sharp, strong, raspy red rose scents. Nothing soft here. And it is a spicy strong edgy rose. I will hold on to this for a while in hopes the patchouli, labdanum and/or vanilla are detectable at all at some point. My hopes are not high. After 45 minutes the rose does soften a bit and I can smell the labdanum. Cool. Eta: testing again after about a month, there is nothing but burn your nose rose, a hint of labdanum and something sour underneath. I guess I didn't earn a heart. Maybe someone else will enjoy this bottle but I certainly am not. I guess pepperberry can join cumin in the avoided notes club.
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Somehow I get Old Spice from this, which isn't a bad thing but, you know... Also, this is now the 4th recent bottle that has been filled low, like just barely above the top of the label low.
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I love this so much, and I knew I would. The pomegranate is THE note for about ten minutes and then the other three notes are present, and balanced. Beautiful in its simplicity.
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After the 'strong coffee!' accolades here, I figured I would pull this one out of rest mode to test it. Very weak apple spiced coffee? Creamy, a bit of caramel and sweetness but nothing that grabs my attention or wows me. If I have to try to enjoy a scent or try to find the notes in an oil, I feel like I'm working for something that should just be obvious enjoyment. Not impressed.
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Disappointing. I bobbed for a smutty apple and came up with some bland apple laundry goo. There's no Smut in that barrel...maybe it will become more smutty with some age. After 30 minutes, there is a slight sweet afterwave of smut, like I had put Smut on 6 hours ago and am randomly smelling hints of it. I like to be smacked around by Smut so I was expecting Smutty Apples not the memory of smut and apple dryer sheets. Still debating letting it age...
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I wouldn't say clove 'tinged', but more clove hinged. There is a lot of clove here! I can smell dragon's blood (the resiny one, not the fruity Ars Draconis one), clove and pine pitch and all three seem pretty well balanced on my skin. It took about 20 minutes for the clove to calm down. There's a witchy scent that this reminds me of but I can't remember the name. I would say this is not a unique scent, nothing new here, but it was for a heck of a cause and it does smell nice.
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Whoa. Well, wow. I can see why people are mentioning 'funk' however, I love scents like It Wasn't Just a Phase and Dark Rosaleen, so I know this 'funk' will smooth out in a few months. I watched the reviews and let this sit for a few weeks before testing. This scent screams Autumn for me, which is extremely comforting. Honestly, I'm not sure what I smell apart from agarwood, tonka and amber but I love it. I'm glad to have a bottle and I bet that the notes will be easier to find after a year, if my bottle lasts that long. My only gripe is that my bottle was filled to just above the top of the label, which I was surprised to see. This seems to be happening more often lately. Eta - 30 minutes on my skin this is morphing into such a beautiful, slightly sweet (almost floral but not!) scent and the amber/golden thread/agarwood has almost disappeared. I almost forgot which scent I had on! I am not familiar with Black Silk but this makes me wish that I was...I bet the red lotus (never heard of red lotus before!) is doing something magical but again, I'm not familiar with it. Barely any throw for such a statement piece, and stays close to the skin!
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I received a free bottle of this with a hefty order in the past and am really very grateful as I wasn't interested in it at the time. Definitely moss with an aquatic/salty lift, dirt (I swear there's a bit of a super dry patchouli in here), and a hint of floral which I am guessing is a lily. Zombie didn't work on me (I'm guessing the rose/moss was too much) but this is quite lovely. It definitely has a mood - and I am glad to have this generously gifted bottle to wear when I find myself in that mood. ETA Deep in Earth is the other 'similar' scent I've tried, and while I know I liked it better than Zombie, I can't remember it well enough to compare with this.
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I have been wearing this quite often since it was offered, and today the orange, lychee, kumquat and cypress are most prominent, which I love. It's such a bright perfume to help cut through the fog of this years' doom and gloom. One of my favorites...morphs often! An hour later I smell the pine and peony and this particular wear is truly lovely.
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Magnolia, white musk and that juniper mist! Whoa. Very ephemeral. Very light, too. This was the one I was most looking forward to and I can't wait to see how it ages. BPALs seem to come into their own after about a year and I am looking forward to wearing this one in late spring, as that is where my nose is telling me it belongs.