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This is indeed lighter and fresher than you'd expect a bleached skull trio to smell - the lily of the valley and Spanish moss linger in the background, softly green and ghostly behind the sandalwood. It's not quite floral, not quite mossy; it's gently earthy and and woodsy, so I'm going to say it smells like a New Orleans apothecary shop with antique wooden shelves lined with jars of rootwork ingredients, plus the trickle of a well-heeled customer's expensive, understated perfume wafting from behind the curtained "consultation alcove." Overall a very gentle, wearable blend, but subtly eerie if you perceive its hint of sweet, vegetal decay.
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Black Pine and Incense Smoke Atmosphere Spray
bheansidhe replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Atmosphere
This is a parchment-dry and resinous pine forest jutting out of the high end of an arid, mountainous range. It's a touch smoky, a touch incense-y, but it also has a sweetness like ivy, or the crumbling, atmospheric ruins of a stone tower. So very much dark ancient dry forest and ruins; no pine-scented cleaner, cheerful Christmas tree lot, or jammy conifer here. I like how different it is from other pine atmos: cleaner, darker, drier, and wilder. This would fit in very well with the RPG lineup. -
This is indeed a warm, glorious El Dia de los Reyes spice medley dunked in a stonky, animaliac black musk. I can see how people are getting cumin, but I think that's the musk merged with the dusty nutmeg/chocolate (more of the cocoa in Gelt to my nose). Wear is going to depend 100% on your chemistry and how well the black musk plays on your skin. This is like getting a REALLY aggressively WARM hug from a bearded man in a huge fur coat who's been drinking Mexican hot chocolate.
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A soft but bracing wintergreen birch, warmed by a touch (just a touch) of clove. There's a hint of pine needle and woods in the birch note, but it's primarily that bracing, minty sap. Drydown: Green, pulpy wood with touches of salt and sap. Fringed with clove on the outside, but never clove-forward.
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Beaver Moon: Blackcurrant and Iced Lemon
bheansidhe replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
The feel of swallowing a long cold draft of an Arnold Palmer after three hours of gardening in the hot sun: slaking heat and thirst at once. This smells so light and refreshing that I want to actually drink it (but please don't). It's an absolutely true iced lemon and tart purple-black fruit from application to drydown. Blackcurrant doesn't play well on my skin, but this has been delightful in my oil warmer. -
Cold Moon: Moss and River Silt
bheansidhe replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I'm a longtime fan of Halloween in New Orleans, and to my surprise, this is a VERY wearable blend that throws a definite HiNO vibe while being distinctly its own creation. I love its grit and saltiness, and how unexpectedly earthy and grounding it is to wear. The moss reads like Spanish Moss single note, not oakmoss, and not like cologne. It's loamy, not aquatic. If this blend had a color, it would be the weathered silver-grey patina of hundred-year-old bald cypress planks milled with hand saws from the heart of a Louisiana bayou. There's a faint woodsy sweetness in its wake. -
Cold Moon: Osmanthus and Sweet Frankincense
bheansidhe replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
Wet, this is primarily frankincense sweetened by osmanthus, which to me always smells like young green leaf with hints of apricot or peach, and not like a white floral at all. It's surprisingly subtle and low, like the trailing waft of the New Age shop you visited earlier in the day. Resiny, not smoky. Layered with Moss & River Silt, it's a solid nod to my beloved favorite, Halloween in New Orleans. ETA: at the end of drydown it's a faint drift of incense smoke and no florals. It smells at this stage more like a nag champa note. -
This smells like a gorgeous Victorian's gentleman's cologne that's both villainous and seductive, and one that belongs in the Crimson Peak lineup.
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Sexy lichen indeed! This starts as a soft and nymph-like oakmoss draped in ylang-ylang and a very foody vanilla. Something about that combo plus the orris and ambergris gives it that distinctive "BPAL Lace" quality. It stays sheer, delicate, and low on the skin. Forest fairy face-powder is spot on - thanks, @gentle-twig!
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Sniffed, I get all coconut and a darkly astringent lavender, which plays oddly on my skin when first applied, but then morphs into a citrusy, lavender-tinged musk. Now the coconut reads like husk, like the color of dirt, like a brown vase holding the other notes, which lean heavily into the amber musk with just a hint of mandarin freshness. If lilac is here, it's just a supporting note, and the lavender fades quickly. It ends as a dry, husky coconut rind and and really resonant amber, plus a musk that resembles the base of Smut, all leavened with a bit of spray from the orange rind as the peel is cracked open. It also has the wet-tropical-woods feel of the discontinued Wanderlust blend Manila. Coconut husk, Smut musk, and amber with an orange twist on the rim. I love how dry the, well, drydown reads on my skin. I didn't expect to like this nearly as much as I do.
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This has such a sweet, bright tang that pairs beautifully with the Valencia Orange Hair Gloss. Where the HG is a more realistic orange, Fire Poppy is unquestionably a sweetened tangerine base that avoids all pith and pucker, blurring seamlessly into the other notes like a glorious scarlet-and-orange watercolor wash.
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Between the sappy, realistic chrysanthemum and the dead leaves note, this has a very La Offrenda vibe. It's bright, light, and crisp, like a dry champagne (no, it does not have alcohol notes). The maple is syrupy and sappy, but not gourmand, perhaps because it's so well balanced by the herbal chamomile and the light woods notes. Frankincense twines through the other components, lending a gooey resinous warmth. It dries to a light, unisex fougere overlaid with a powdery, woodsy sweetness. As someone who can't wear Samhain, I'm pleased to have this blend to fill the Samhain-shaped hole in my perfume collection.
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I can't decide if Lavender Lussekatter or Lavender Avocado Toast is my favorite successor to Lavender Rosemary Baguette (which I loved). The saffron is indeed distinct here, along with the herbal lavender and the yeasty dough. It's all steaming lavender-infused butter on first slather, which wears down to such a soft poppyseed bun scent. I'd say it's overall softer and more butter-forward than Lavender Rosemary Baguette, and a touch sweeter than Lavender Avocado Toast.
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Extremely gentle rose and lily notes, framed by ? white sandalwood or a similarly low-key resin.
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The bright clear honey note reminds me of The White Bees Swarming hair gloss from many Yules ago. It's surprisingly soft on the skin, morphing from an initial flourish of orange creamsicle to a sweetened (but not foody) freesia and honey, as noted by the previous reviewer. I can't pick out the pink peppercorn at all. For all that it pops brightly out of the bottle it does, in fact, fade to a ghostly phantom sweetness in your wake.