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HerbGirl

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  1. HerbGirl

    Bobbing for Snake Oil

    Excellent. Spiced apple new Snake Oil is a win. Eta 19 Nov '22 - this is now a bit of spiced apple, a touch of musk and a wollop of patchouli. Like, holy moly patchouli. Glad I love patchouli!
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    All Hallows Chaos: Dead Leaves

    #86 (straight from Etsy) I bought this when they were put on the Etsy page a while ago. I am very excited to see if the newly released DL, Pralines and Vanilla smells similar to this because I smell leaves, vanilla and some sort of caramelized nutty edged lift with just a touch of spice. I love this bottle so much.
  3. HerbGirl

    Burnt Sugar, Cream, and Strawberries

    I love this. It smells like strawberry caramelized marshmallows...wow!
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    Sopor

    Sweet, deep lavender and herbs. I love wearing it to sleep, it always feels like a treat!
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    Foundation

    This is golden and grounding. Smells fantastic and useful to its purpose.
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    La Calavera Catrina

    The Lady of the Graveyard! Autumn leaves, wild roses, bourbon vanilla, dry chamomile, and a bouquet of bright chrysanthemums and Mexican marigolds. Aw...I'm first? La Calavera Catrina is one of the most beautiful Autumnal scents ever. The Autumn flowers are perfectly blended, and the vanilla sweetens them up. There's a hint of rose, and chamomile, but neither one overpowers the blend. I get a hint (or more a "feel") of leaves, and they are definitely the crunchy sort that have already fallen to the ground. If you liked Flor de Muerto and Nothing Gold Can Stay, I would highly recommend this. 10/10 ETA: I just wanted to add that this has aged so beautifully and I get compliments every time I wear it. Every. Time. It has become really well blended and more perfumey which is just fine with me! Gorgeous scent and I hope I don't run out.
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    Allen's Big Eared Bat

    Oh, this is glorious! Just scored a bottle from Etsy! I cannot remember what it smelled like at first, but it has dried down to a beautiful smooth sandalwood. I love it! Surprised it doesn't have more reviews!
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    Moon When The Cherries Turn Black

    Mother of Cats, why didn't I get two bottles of this?! All notes present with the juicy cherry disappearing/melding ten minutes on my skin. I absolutely love this - so dark, so resinous and not overpowering. I was scared when I smelled this in the bottle - that cherry was fierce!!! Ooohhhh...the black currant, black musk and tobacco are fantastic together!!! Wow!
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    Ceres

    This bottle just arrived today but I wanted to say how much I love it. It is so unique - I have nothing like it in my collection - and smells like a creamy, sugary, non fruity cereal in the best way possible. Lovely. Cap'n Crunch!!!
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    Grief Moth

    In the bottle it is very very fig. BIG FIG. On the skin, it morphs into a crazy beautifully soft fig mooshed into vanilla woods. After a few minutes I smell a touch of patchouli. This bottle just arrived but it already smells amazing. I'm looking forward to smelling how it ages! Eta 01 December '22 I still love this. It has become a papery fig, if that makes any sense. Eta 10 Feb 2024 This has smoothed out and that big fig has mellowed out big time. This is one that I get frustrated by the listed notes...aside from the patchouli, I just can't find them. I prefer Grief Moth 2 but this is a lovely papery fig patchouli. Eta 19 Feb 2024 I get the feeling this will come into its own in another year or so. I'm wearing both Grief Moths this morning and actually just love them both, and they smell so good in proximity to each other. Just lovely.
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    Grief Moth Part II

    This smells like posh luxury! The rosehips give it a tart bite, smoothed over by a bit of patchouli with a hint of mushroom and balsam to ground. I can't pick out the hemp, which is fine by me. I can't compare it to anything although I think there was a similar set of notes for a Weenie or Yule that I missed out on last year. When I smell this and close my eyes, I'm in a beautiful traditional Japanese room with precious lacquered wooden items and books. Very comforting. Very posh/plush. Very glad I got a bottle! Eta 10 Feb 2024 This is so deep and smooth. The rosehips giving a tart lift to the patchouli and friends blend underneath. I love this so much.
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    A Summer Night

    This is beautiful. It needs travel rest but it was one of the two I had to try immediately. Lovely and definitely blue. I smell the driftwood and whichever florals/musks are used to evoke the sea. It reminds me sooo much of Astrid's Canyon Paths at Dusk but I don't know how. I will add more if I am able to tease out any other notes. Really really nice.
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    Constellation

    Gorgeous sugared clove and a light amber with a nice throw and long wear!
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    Columns of the Temple of Neptune at Paestum

    I bought two bottles... They arrived today and I KNOW they need time to recover from travel but... I just smell grass. Green grass. Strong. Fresh. Green. Grass. I literally hate that smell and am holding on to hope that in a week or two some of the other notes will come forward. Dry grasses are fine but I was so excited about the other notes and am disappointed that none of them are present. That'll teach me to blind bottle anything with any type of grass note. If you have trouble with grass taking over, you have been warned. The headache is fierce. I will update here if anything changes.
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    Labdanum, Red Musk, Scorched Vanilla

    Juicy red musk. Yummy cola Labdanum. Doesn't get much better than this.
  16. What a perfect Autumn scent! The nagarmotha is barely detectable underneath the red fruits (I smell pomegranate, cranberry and tart cherry) and that is how it dries down for me. Very similar to one of the HM scents. I am so glad to have a bottle and have already made a dent in it in less than a week, lol. Very nice. ETA I can smell the vetiver now! This is still all about those red fruits, but it is becoming more complex quite quickly. I love it.
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    The Governing Dark’s Begun

    I love love love this. The eucalyptus is strongest at first, but ends up giving way to the deep, chewy patchouli /amber/opoponax combo. I unfortunately never pick up on the black currant. Still, sooo good.
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    Blackberry Moon 2022

    If you enjoy BPAL's blackberry note, do not pass this up. It is the star, for certain. Mine arrived today and I had to wear it - I know I smell things other than blackberry but it will take some settling for them to unjumble. I really really like it.
  19. This is the best sandalwood vanilla I have ever smelled. Finally!!!
  20. HerbGirl

    You May House Their Bodies But Not Their Souls

    This amber-patchouli-vanilla is very well blended and takes a while to bloom on my skin. The amber waft is truly incredible. Gorgeous.
  21. HerbGirl

    Vanilla Bean, Marshmallow, and Benzoin

    My bottle arrived today and I love it. In my book, this is the perfect 'straight up' vanilla. Doesn't get any better than this. (For nava lovers - this reminds me most of moonstone with some creamy crystal thrown in and a hint of kobalt.) Eta 25 Jan '23- the marshmallow has become stronger and I am very much enjoying this today. Still extremely light with no throw but that's just fine.
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    Snake Oil

    I don't know how I never reviewed Snake Oil in the 12 years I've been loving it! This review is for the newest version, the 'It's back!" version, that arrived just today. I am so happy to say that Snake Oil is indeed back. This is what I remember smelling from fresh bottles in 2010, and from 2012-2016 when I was buying it. Gorgeous dark chewy spiced musked and patchouli-d vanilla. I am soooo excited. This is the good stuff and I am already slathered in it. May '22 Eta: there are differences, it isn't the same but it is still gorgeous and I know how difficult it must have been to get it this close! There is a more perfumey lift to this newer version but I love it. Dec '22 eta: I have been wearing this (the newest incarnation) for the past three days and honestly like it better than the original. I feel like there is a better blend of the musk/ vanilla/ patchouli etc, and am enjoying it muchly. Glad it is back.
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    Phallus Acrobatics

    Wow! The strawberry and lavender are beautifully strong! Within 5 minutes I can smell ylang ylang and just a hint of blueberry. I think there's vanilla flower that's helping remind me of Strawberry Moon '09 though, of course, this is very different. I'm smelling a hint of cream and lotus root but the strawberry is still the star 10 minutes in. I'm very curious to see how this develops - right now I am seriously contemplating a bottle. The strawberry calms down and I feel like the vanilla flower (which reminds me of a Henri Bendel perfume from years gone by) is melding beautifully with the ylang and honey dust. This is stunning and comforting and I love it.
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    Under The Silvery Moonbeams

    Ugh. Why do I smell poudh??? I also smell mint but neither of these makes me want to ever try this again. I tried to bear it for almost an hour waiting for something good to happen but had to scrub it off, which took some time and effort. Glad it was a decant.
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    Spring Whispers

    The name is perfect - this really is a whisper of spring. I had to apply more than usual to really smell it. Very rare to see freesia so I had to try it! The cherry blossom is definitely the most prominent note at first. I can smell the freesia and pear behind the cherry blossoms but I have to really try. I feel like the pear is giving this a powdery vibe? As this starts to dry, I think I smell plum skin and the bergamot, usually so lovably pronounced in everything, is emerging later in the game. I am curious how this will smell in an hour but honestly it isn't wowing me. Just a jumble of springy scents, but the waft of cherry blossom, bergamot and freesia is very nice. Had to come back for two reasons: 1. This IS wowing me now. The freesia and bergamot are truly beautiful. 2. This isn't sweet - it is truly a complex spring floral. If you are a fan of freesia, this might be worth a try. And the golden musk is giving an amber like support as this dries down which is dreamy... Eta October 25 2022- this is such a huge cherry blossom scent! Now I wish I had bought a bottle - sooo good.
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