theredkilt
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Wild Plum, Green Tea, and White Jasmine
theredkilt replied to Seajewel's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
Right off the bat the wild plum comes out shining. It's neither sweet or sour. Then the green tea joins the party, giving off a fresh bright vibe, like green tea always does. Later on the jasmine shows up and i know it because i smell threads of something lightly smoky wafting through the air. The blend manages to stay fresh with accents of plum and a bit of gravitas from the jasmine. It's a fruity floral with the green tea keeping the other two notes in check. -
Two Women on Veranda Overlooking the Sea
theredkilt replied to Silvertree's topic in Limited Editions
When i put it on, there's a green aquatic element here that reminds of something from the GC collection. I have figured it out!!! This is a wonderful replacement for Herbert West from the Lovecraft collection. The rose in both blends are so much alike, perhaps the one here is a tad bit more aquatic and green tinged. A green aquatic transparent rose ? -
I feared this trio would end up acrid because of the coffee bean and smoky because of the vetiver, but it wasn't the case at all. The cacao note doesn't go powdery at all, it enhances the remaining two notes and gives off a bit of sweetness. The coffee bean comes out more and more and gets a bit smoky. As time goes by, it echoes to me of a drier version of Jiaolong only a whole lot less sugar syrupy and much less dense. Go get yourselves a bottle of this trio while it's still up. It could've easily been part of the Koffeeklatsch Yule blends or Lupercalia Cocoa blends.
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I'm so happy to have blind bottled it before it was discontinued. It's an airy sweetish cognac with a smidge of bergamot twang anchored on a bed of oud. It's airy and a tad transparent, but still robust and well defined.
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Right off the bat, i smell the mandarin and pom wrapped in this detergent-like cleanliness. Little by little the dry fruits emerge, enhancing the tang of the pom and the whole blend moves a bit into the powdery territory. It's a clean frankinsence/ champa base with mandarin and tangy pom and dried fruits anchored in there. I wanted this to be a bit sweeter and headier because there's brandy and jasmine, but alas ?♂️
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I get lilac and refreshing white mint. Sometimes this echoes Salt Phoenix to me mainly due to the lilac, but without the salt note and lavender. Over time the white mint puts in check the lilac headiness and you get a melange of those two notes. Can't wait to wear it in the sprintime.
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I don't get any dead leaves here, maybe a whisper of a ghostly vanilla. What i also get is a note akin to white cotton or white suede, a bit smelling like iris and white musk. As time goes by, there's a bit of a plastic vibe emerging, but it doesn't overwhelm the scent. Clean white sheer cotton/ cloth - that's the visual i'm getting.
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The orange blossom and sandalwood reign supreme here. There's also a pickle vibe, mostly due to the sandalwood. In the end, the orange blossom here is just too much for me.
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This reminds me A LOT of the "Dead leaves, cocoa and cinnamon" Atmo spray. I smell the cinnamon and something else deep and sweet. No ginger in sight. This blend is more along the lines of Dead Leaves and Sweet Cinnamon.
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Champa Orchid, Chocolate, and Vetiver
theredkilt replied to Silvertree's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
Somehow the floral block of this trio dominates on my skin. The chocolate as expected leaves the party, and the champa orchid morphs into champa and the vetiver gives it a bit of oomph. Soap-ish champa on little pedestal of vetiver. -
Out of a bunch of Lilith decants, this was the ONLY one peeking my interest, let alone blowing my mind shortly thereafter. Upon sniffing the decant pippette, i get a whiff of a beautiful zesty ripe orange fruit mixed with the floral (green) element of the orange blossom. I'm amazed how this doesn't smell like the usual soapy orange blossom note...it also gives me some sort of note association with honeysuckle about to bloom. On my skin, it's a zesty orange / green orange blossom combo, slowly transforming into a green floral. Little by little the lotus root comes out, the white musk starts asserting itself, while the orange blossom subsides. Later on, the scents shifts into a clean white musk and gentle sweet lotus. The lotus is very dainty, not bubblegummy. In the end it's a clean white musk with accents of barely sweet lotus root and a very tiny bit of orange blossom soapiness ghostly wafting in the background.
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I should have not pulled the trigger blindly on this one. I hoped this would be a gooey, viscous decadent choco desert, but sadly it didn't get there. Generally the BPAL choco gourmands are not skin-friendly with me, except for Bliss. It didn't have the oomph i expected and sadly turned into thin chocolate powder with hints of hazelnuts. I'm sad ?
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I'm shocked! This reminds me so much of the 2016 Yule Road to Versailles at Louvenciens. It's the same cream soda effervescent vibe. I'm truly smitten.
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Aureus really reminds me a lot of the now discontinued Sri Lanka. Sandalwood, frankincense and maybe a hint of musk. Very well suited for meditation sessions.
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I admit there's an underlying funk here, but the trick here is that you have to take this scent for a walk outside and that is where it blooms. The lotus amber vanilla/tonka trio comes alive and brings the slinky serpent scale accord to the forefront. I'm intrigued. I feel like this would have fit in the Crimson Peak line.
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A beautiful melange of resins. The olibanum is the one standing out the most, but oppoponax joins the party fast. So far it smells so good in a sweet resin fragrant way. After some time the myrrh comes in and it gives me Streets of Detroit vibes. A very bewitching scent, but i doubt this is how witchcraft incantations of yore would smell like. Update: the champaca pops up in the end and morphs everything in some sort of a clean soap-like concoction. Champaca can sometimes smell like white musk/ soap bubbles on my skin.
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Lemon Peel, Jasmine Tea, and Honeycomb
theredkilt replied to Seajewel's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
This was an unexpected winner for me. When freshly tested, the jasmine tea overwhelmed everything. I kept getting a smoky quality which jasmine can give off. I let the bottle rest for a week and tested it again. The 2nd time around the blend completely did a 180. The lemon peel and honeycomb showed up to the Jasmine Tea party. The Jasmine Tea was still the star of the trio, but less in your face and had a beautiful spark around it courtesy of the lemon peel and a tad of sweetness. -
Hazelnut, Red Amber, and Toasted Sandalwood
theredkilt replied to Seajewel's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
The label on the bottle reads Amber, not Red Amber. This is a toasted nutty blend, warm and comforting. Would fit very well in the seasonal Halloween collection. The toasted element is so soothing and enveloping. -
Labdanum mingled with myrrh and rounded out by black musk. The rose is only a whisper on my skin. Later on the labdanum asserts itself and I feel that this blend is related to some extent to Streets of Detroit, only less dense. Labdanum, black musk and a gently glowing dark red rose in the background.
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A truly beautiful blend. The amber and honey go so well together and i also sense a light undercurrent of beeswax. This is a bright and uplifting type of honey, not dense or sticky. I don't get the "glowing" accord/ note, as to me the glow translates more into the tone/mood of the perfume rather than it being an individual single note.
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This is blend best suited for fall and Halloween. I get a roasted bonfire cedar melange in my skin. I recognize the aptly disguised vetiver and the wool accord. However, there's is no hint of sweetness or cream in there. This scent reminds me vaguely of Dusk in Autumn, namely the caramelized aspect and the bonfire smoke wafting in the distance. Gentle, smoky, woody and a tiny tiny tiny bit acrid.
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This stars here are the beeswax and amber. This duo creates a very interesting result...it smells like beeswax with a very dense texture. The jasmine here behaves and dances gently around the other two notes. Imagine a warmly heated beeswax, not yet melting, infused with light jasmine and amber sweetness.
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The Mystic Moon is not what i was expecting. There's no white musk listed in the notes, but i can smell it...it renders this vague clean soapy powdery feeling. The jasmine is not shrieking and behaves well. I get a sense of a vaporous light cloud of jasmine floating atop of the amber clean white musk base.
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This goes in the Luna Azul territory, but without caramelization and warm resins. It's a more simplified and straightforward jasmine supported by patch and amber incense and holding its ground.