Poenari
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This one was an instabuy for me. I adore Snake Oil, and have loved all the scents I could get with the SO and Dorian combo. At first this spray is actually heavier on the Snake Oil than I had expected- which is definitely not a bad thing. But yes I can definitely smell the Dorian as well. I also love Beth's dirt notes. Here it's just a very subtle grounding that I detect a few minutes after spraying. This one's going to be in heavy rotation on my pillow.
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Black Pine and Incense Smoke Atmosphere Spray
Poenari replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Atmosphere
Yes! As described. My package came on Tuesday and I immediately sprayed my Black Pine & Incense Smoke Atmo! It's as described- a gorgeous smoky pine forest. It's not Pine-Sol, it's a dark spooky pine forest where someone has been holding a ritual using the richest dark incense. Don't sit on this one! -
This is so fun! I love and agree with Invidiana's description. It's definitely got that smoky bonfire note, but not as harsh as I expected. Dries down with a fresh but dry breeze. I will use mine to make my car smell like a cool vintage hearse.
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This is another lovely scent from the Spiritus Arcanum collection. I definitely get the similar dirt note as in my beloved Graveyard Dirt, but here it seems greener. It dries down to something softer than I expected. A lovely earthy scent that has an aquatic vibe to me, probably from the lichen. Makes me think of a cobble-stoned, moss covered path along a babbling brook, where the water splashes the path just enough to keep it damp and amp the scent as you walk along.
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Testing my decant and was not expecting to really like this, because butter and cream/milk blends do not work on me. Well I'm happy to be wrong here! Initially the butter is there, but it quickly dries down to a rich blend that is quite gourmand, but not in a cloying way. The notes all blend well, and this became a warm skin scent, slightly musky and with a touch of the bread note, very much like the smell of warm bread fresh out of the oven. I'm really glad I decided to get a decant to test!
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Oh this is a lovely soft autumnal floral! I find it to be very well blended, without any one particular note standing out. I don't have words to describe it other than a beautiful autumn day spent in the sun, hiking through a pumpkin patch that is ringed with sunflowers and late-blooming carnations and roses. This doesn't have a lot of throw in my hair, but I catch lovely wafts as I move my head and my hair falls close to my face. Love!
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Sweet apple cider, softened by the marshmallow. I also have Autumn Cider hair gloss from a few years ago, and this one is much softer. Lovely scent!
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Harvest Moon: Black Clove and Wildflower Honey Hair Gloss
Poenari replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Hair
This is as straightforward as it gets: a lovely black clove sweetened by honey. Nothing musty or harsh in this. It's spicy and just gorgeous and will go with my many clove-scented bpals. -
Ok, I know my review won't do this justice, as I'm not good with words and descriptions the way many are. But holy cow is this scent gorgeous! I am testing my decant, and already regretting that I didn't have the funds to take a chance and blind bottle this. Dark seductive floral indeed! I get the beautiful orchid and poppies, but everything else is so well blended that no distinguishing notes stand out. This is one of the most elegant and sophisticated BPAL florals I think I've ever smelled. Granted, I don't consider myself a florals gal for the most part, but this one hits all the right spots for me!
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Oh this is lovely! I'm testing this and get a lovely smoky beeswax dripping down ancient interior walls... There is moss on the windowsills and in the corners of the hall where moisture has gathered, but overall this is dry (but not arid), dusty, earthy, and ancient. The leather plays nice for me, which is rare, and just contributes to the ancient vibe, not as a player. Very evocative!
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This is a darker, fruitier berried Snake Oil than Serpent In The Berries. I tried them side by side and while I love them both, I think I will be turning to this one more often! A lovely dark fruity Snake Oil. What's not to love?!
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I love my Snake Oil, and I love my dead leaves blends. This is another perfect medley for autumn. But at first, oh this snake bites! At first, the dead leaves covered over the snake, which had to wriggle out from under the pile to make itself known. After a bit of drydown, the snake fights its way forward. This is a tussle for supremacy. They are very equally matched! After an hour or so, they remain blended into a beautiful Snake Oil variant. This definitely has similarities to Haunt 2021, but I feel like this one has more throw and longevity on me. Will try a death match between them in a few days and report back, but of course I would never get rid of either one! They are so perfectly in my wheelhouse! Next Day Update! I acquired a bottle of Haunt 2021 last year and put it away. I tried it today, after wearing Copperhead Snake on Dead Leaves all day yesterday. I wanted to do a comparison. Now in Haunt, I can really detect the lavender after this has aged for so long! Maybe a hint of the Dorian, too. Anyway, this is gorgeous and I'm so glad I have a full bottle. But if you missed out on Haunt, get yourself Copperhead Snake on Dead Leaves while it is available! They are different enough to have both, but if one is all you can get, then I wouldn't really have a preference because both are wonderful Snake Oil w/Dead Leaves scents!
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Ok my package arrived today so this first sniff is fresh from the mailbox. I'll update later if anything changes. First off, sniffed from the bottle this is surprisingly lighter than I would expect! Pleasant, musky. On wrist, I get black musk, the same musk I get in The Cat. There is a creaminess to this that fortunately isn't the scent of actual milk, which I detest, but I feel like it's what keeps the blend soft and very smooth. Sadly I don't get a blood note... I really love all of the Lab's blood notes and wish it were stronger here. Early take is that this is very wearable and should be popular if you love musk!
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Dead Leaves, Pumpkin Pie, and Hearthsmoke Atmosphere Spray
Poenari replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Atmosphere
This is such a perfect autumn scent! I’ve said that before about my Samhain atmosphere spray, but this is even better if that’s possible! It’s the perfect blend of pumpkin spices with crisp red and gold dead leaves, and just a touch of campfire smoke. I am keeping a small bottle in my car so it can smell like this whenever I need a touch of Autumn in my day. Backup bottles for sure! Do not sit on this one if you want autumn year round! -
Oh this is so lovely! It really is true to all the parts of the coconut. Takes me right back to my trip to Hawaii many years ago, where I enjoyed many coconuts fresh off the tree. I need to try layering this with Snake Oil as a preview of my pending order of Snakes In The Coconut Cake, although I expect that to be a much sweeter version of coconut.
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Very evocative and chemical smelling. I can really smell the sealant, as I've been married for 48 years to a man who refinishes furniture and uses many sealants. This smell exactly like it's described. Stays true on the drydown too. More of something I enjoy as an example of Beth's expertise at creating atmospherics and odd scents than something I will actually wear.
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Testing my decant and my first take: oh this smells like poison! There's a vague undertone of almost a lye note here, but sweet and sticky. The floral note isn't the kind of white floral that screeches into my sinuses! It's seductive and pulls you in for a closer sniff. I literally sniffed so close that I accidentally touched my nose to my wrist! After drydown, the scent dries down to a purplish floral all right, only a hint of powder here. This is deceptively lovely!
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I bought a bottle of this to gift to my hair stylist, who got married on this particular Friday the 13th! She has said she's a foodie, so I am hoping that she will love this not just for the commemoration of her wedding date but also for the scent itself. I haven't skin tested it therefore, but I opened to sniff and wow- this is so lovely! I have a few of the Thirteens that correspond to my own personally important Friday the 13ths, but I might need to buy a bottle of this one for myself too! It's like a lightly spiced creamy chocolate coconut pudding! I'm NOT a foodie and I want to wear this one myself!
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I tend not to care for strawberry notes on my skin, but had to blind bottle this because I do adore Snake Oil and so many of its variants. I'm glad I did! On my skin this scent is unmistakenly Snake Oil with a sweeter drydown; a syrupy fruitiness at the end that ensures it is not exactly Snake Oil alone. It doesn't go plasticky as strawberry usually does. It is a lovely rendition of a berried Snake Oil, just as it says. This works so much better on me than Kinda Sorta Snake Oil Cream Soda. It's sweet but not milky creamy, as that one is. I didn't want to get a backup bottle of this but I might need to before it's gone!
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Oh this is so good! I have definitely bought more than my share of black lipsticks over the years, and I really get the wax opening. The clove is present but not overwhelming. I amp clove, so this is amazing! This is a delightful nostalgic blend. Might upgrade my decant to a bottle before they come down, if I have sufficient funds.
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All these years and I've never reviewed this one! Remedied. I didn't look up the notes first, and assumed that this would be a heavily rose scent. WRONG! Upon application, woah! Lots of cherry, or perhaps almond, as those notes are quite interchangeable on my skin. Unfortunately so, as they typically don't work on me and become a scrubber. Let's look it up before proceeding further. Yep, cherry. Yikes. Urinal cakes to me. 😭. I will wait it out for a bit before washing it off. Ok, that blast subsided quicker than I expected! Ahh, there's the lilies. I get more Calla lily than the lily of the valley note as a secondary note. I'm not sure what stephanotis smells like. Upon drydown, this has become a very lovely floral, and that rare white floral that doesn't interfere with my sinuses. I'm glad that I waited this out! It's very pretty and quite sweet on my skin, not a scrubber at all. I find this Queen to be quite girly and she has definitely not cut off my head! Very wearable when seeking a fresh sweet floral.
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Oh this is good! It's spicy from the clove, which I love, but also musky and the myrrh keeps the opium tar from any bitterness. This is going to get a lot of wear in cooler weather! I'm just not ready for clove in this heat, as it always reads "fall" to me. Will upgrade my decant to a bottle as soon as I have the funds!
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Strawberry Moon 2024: Wild Strawberries and Amber Hair Gloss
Poenari replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Hair
I only got a decant and tested this on my arm first, as strawberry (and cherry) tends to work poorly with my skin chemistry. I hoped the amber would temper that trend. This is so pretty at first, but quickly turned on my skin. It becomes urinal cake in my nose, and I just can't. I didn't scrub it off, as I hoped that was just a phase. Sadly, it was not. I guess they can't all be winners on me. -
I'm wearing Fleurs D’Oranger HG as a body spray today. I've already tested it in freshly washed hair, but I wanted to give it a full test and am really loving it! I'm rarely attracted to any scents with citrus, and I realize this is orange blossom, so not technically citrus. I can see why I love this- it's a deeper kind of floral, with a hint of muskiness to it. I read that orange blossom pairs well with "oriental" notes, so that makes a lot of sense with my preferences. Many florals, especially white florals, go screeching into my sinuses, but this doesn't. It's the kind of floral I like to wear in the heat of summer. Lovely and I think it's a great addition to the general catalog! Thanks Puddin'!
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Something made me dig through my imp stash to try this one today! My one and only imp appears to be very aged, by the looks of my label. It went on and stayed as a sweet musky rose. I don't really get spices, but it's a lovely scent. I might have to order a bottle just to have, because it really is lovely!