theredkilt
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This is very short lived on my skin. Bright fragrant peaches rounded by a fir needle aquatic musk.
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It's a frosted sweet mandarin. Reminds me vaguely of the general catalogue "Carnal" oil. This one ends up as a sweet zesty mandarin with tiny shards of mentholated frost.
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Gentle lemony powdery clean pink rose. I get hints of soap here and there.
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A vanilla amber blend with champa and davana giving it an extra oomph texture-wise and the cognac giving a subtle kick.
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It's been 2 days since i received a bottle of this and i still can't pin point what i'm smelling. I am greeted by orange peel, honey and some faint orange blossom, but way in the background i smell vetiver lurking around. It has a mild burnt-charred quality to it, but nothing off putting. As time goes by, the orange peel and the honey sweetness assert themselves and weave in together with the vetiver, transforming the blend into something almost edible, but not quite. I am tempted to describe this as an orange peel creme brulee, with emphasis on the vetiver burnt aspect/ quality.
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Bracing green mint, mingled with other green notes. I can not identify the apple underneath the vibrant spiky tropical foliage. An aromatic dark green herbal. Can't wait to test it in the summer heat.
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Bergamot, Orange Blossom & Vetiver
theredkilt replied to zankoku_zen's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
Starts off as a clean citrus chypre executed à la 70s style, but slowly transitions into a smoky, clean and slightly soapy blend. Love! Reminds me vaguely of Oberon, but with a smoky element instead of a floral one. Lasted 4 hours on my skin. -
I have a sad face. I expected the blackberry to burst with succulent juices. Unfortunately, it's so muted and so far in the background. Even the dead leaves don't smell like the usual note the Lab uses up to the point of me wondering if they are any dead leaves in here. The blend warms up in time and the red patch slowly blooms envelopped by the blackberry shy tartness, but doesn't really tick my fancy, regardless how hard i try. ☹️
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Dried Strawberries, Red Musk & Bourbon Vanilla
theredkilt replied to zankoku_zen's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
Strawberries dipped in red musk. The red musk is not doing any favors on my skin. Should have known better and stayed away from it. Red musk, you you little trickster -
This is the peach note used in some of the Lupercalia blends earlier this year. The peach is rounded by the amber notes and stays radiant throughout its entire life span. It's not a sweet peach, but more of a canned peach.
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This is a mellow white floral, a tame and relaxed one and thank God, it's not shrieking. As time passes, tuberose shines brighter and actually behaves well.
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i have been wearing Inesite Phoenix on and off for the past month and it's such a beautiful blend with a hazy jammy quality. I imagine this is how a guava-rose water-cognac cocktail would smell. It so well blended, i can smell the guava-vanilla-cognac trio the most. I'd call this a fruity oriental. And above all, it lasts a good chunk of time, like 5 hours tops in an indian summer-type of climate.
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Peppery vegetal musky leather. A bit dry and tickling from the black pepper.
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Beautiful carnation - clove - patch blend. Oriental and delightfully spicy smoky.
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This is a red currant scent and even maybe a cousin of Night Gaunt. A fruity musky concoction. Truly relaxing and breezy.
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The peach cream note here reminds me of canned peaches with a bright tartness. Later on the sandalwood puts its magic touch into the mix and this becomes more creamy (not sweet) tempering down the peach tartness, and slowly molding into a skin scent.
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I'm greeted by a green algae smell mixed with a sweet citrus zest. As this dries, i feel there's something, maybe oak moss, that grounds the blend and gives it a dry quality. The citrus zest still hovers above the dry base and reminds me vaguely of the mid-70s citrus chypre eau de colognes. Color me impressed!!!
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In the bottle i can smell the ripe fig fruit, which delighted me enormously. On my skin i sense something green and woodsy creeping up, but the fig still is the star of the show blending in with the honey and staying that way most of the time. In the end, i mostly get fresh sweet ripe fig against a bed of greenness, probably oak moss and cedar (???).
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In the bottle it's full on herbal lavender to the point i was asking myself why i bothered purchasing another lavender blend oil. On my skin the only thing i smell is the lavender and nothing else, but after half an hour, it's all gone and i'm left with the Frostbitten base that more or less mirrors Snow White. I'm very fond of the Frostbitten part, just surprised that lavender didn't cling on at all to it.
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Bold smoky unsweetened jasmine all the way! No honey cream, vanilla or cognac. Will put it to use when the weather gets cooler.
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This starts off as neroli with waxy touches and slowly warms up, letting the sweetness come out. At this stage the scent's texture is gaining more mass and the jasmine slowly emerges and reigns, but doesn't shriek. Over time, the jasmine gets dusty and slowly turns indolic, unexpectedly; so there's a distant fecal vibe that stays with me for remaining life span of the drydown. Started off promising, but ended up peculiarly smelly.
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This is a gentle fruity sparkly tea scent. None of the notes stand out individually, but I'm fine with that. You can wear it all year round.
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This smells like the remains of a detonated firecracker, with subsiding smoke and some burnt gunpowder. Not sweet or powdery.
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Yes, this is so refreshing and cooling. It sweetens up in the end a bit, but stays close to the skin. Wonderful! ?️
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This blend is such surprise hit for me. It's a beautiful spicy cedar elevated by bay leaf and pepper; the smell of the cedar log is just so vivid as i smell the back of my hand. This fills a spot in my collection of woody spicy blends and very appropriate for October onwards.