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This is a very realistic lipstick scent. It has the waxy, creamy texture of old lipstick as well as the floral component (I think it's orris?) nailed down, with just a hint of clove to goth it up. While it's too realistic to be wearable for me, I'm in awe of Beth's artistry.
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No reviews yet!? Time to remedy that! This features an incense-y dragon's blood (not the spicy floral variety that's wonky on me) with lots of lavender and hops. I think it is relaxing. I slather this before bed sometimes and forgot there was fir in this -- I haven't noticed it, but next time I slather it, I'll have to see if I can pick it out. I decided to risk a bottle of this when the 2024 Dragoncon exclusives were up on the website, and I'm so glad I did! It's one of my favorite Con exclusives from the past few years. I may have to try to track down a back-up bottle!
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On me, this is mostly a lightly chocolate-glazed cookie (because only half of the cookie is glazed in chocolate and it's not as strong as if it were like, dipped in straight-up chocolate) with an almondy note in the sugar cookie base. I like it, but I don't need more than my decant.
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This is a light peach scent on me, backed by some coconut milk. Despite this having sticky rice in the name, the rice component is pretty fleeting on me.
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I do get the sun-warmed red apples from this, but the apple note with the wildflower note veers into shampoo territory. I've tried this a few times, and it used to be more wildflower-forward when the decant arrived, but it's a little more balanced after a couple of months (but like I said, somewhat reminiscent of apple shampoo). I don't dislike this, but it wasn't the apple win that I thought it would be. Apple Vulva Hair Gloss and the Harvest Moon: Apple and Oats duet were my apples of 2024.
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This is all about the silk and skin musk on me, backed by a little bit of amber. I was here for the coffee bean, but it is very fleeting on me. It's too perfume-y to my nose, but maybe that's just my skin running away with the silk? I wish I had had a more coffee-forward experience like some of the other reviewers.
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I've tried this three times. Twice as a test amount, once as a full-day slather. The first time I tried this, I thought it was a really creamy, almondy dark coffee scent and I was tempted to get a bottle. But the subsequent test and slather has been more about the coffee than any almond, spices, or creaminess. The coffee is very dark and smells like coffee grounds to me. I didn't get the blast of almond during the last two applications... it was mostly dark coffee grounds with a bit of honey and a hint of the spices on me. While I still enjoy it, I don't love it like I loved it the first time I tried it, and I prefer the creamy coffee of Hazelnut Lavender Latte. At least there's no funky dairy in the heavy cream froth note, though. I can see little flecks of the cacao in my decant, but I couldn't smell any cacao on my skin. I'll keep my decant and probably retest this again before it goes away, but at the moment, I don't feel I need a bottle of this one.
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^^ Well, I'm glad someone is loving this. 🤨 This is all cumin and dark musk on me. I'm not getting any chocolate, cinnamon, or nutmeg. The musk is somewhat grape-y on me and is one of the musk notes I hate from the Lab. And this sadly has lots of throw and was really hard to scrub off after I endured it for a few hours. If you're looking for spiced chocolate, get El Dia de los Reyes instead.
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Beaver Moon: Violet and Vanilla Chiffon
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I received a tester of this with a decant order. Violet and its brethren and I do not usually get along, but I have to say: this is probably the best scent featuring violet that I've ever tried. The violet here isn't cloying and candy-like and is more iris-like in nature, with slightly powdery edges. The vanilla is not gourmand, but it is a floofy one. I love how the vanilla just billows out and softens the edges of the violet note. I'm also reminded of when I've layered something like Hanami with its sharp wisteria with Antique Lace 2017, but the way the vanilla just unravels in this and gets stronger over time, mingling with the floral note, is just beautiful. I think this one will be really popular. -
I've tried this a few times. Although it features the Lab's dead leaves note, the dead leaves here are not as harsh as they are in other blends. The lemon peel is strongest during the wet phase of the scent, floating over the dead leaves note, and then the mulberry joins in -- I'm not very familiar with mulberry and only have had dried ones once, but I agree with HerbGirl's description of the berry, and I do think this is unlike any other berry I've smelled from the Lab before. Over time, this becomes less about the lemon and dead leaves and more about the mulberry backed by the dead leaves and just a hint of the lemon. While this isn't something I feel the need to grab more of, I am glad to have gotten to experience the mulberry note, and I think the scent captures the artwork perfectly.
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I like this way more than The Serpent in the Berries, which was like a synthetic strawberry and musk scent on me. The berries in this meld together in a way that it's hard to isolate them, although I definitely am getting more of the darker berries than any raspberry from this. You can tell they aren't fresh berries, but baked ones that have been sugared up, but there's no distinct pastry when I apply this, nor do I get any vanilla ice cream from it at any point during wear (although that could change with age). I get Snake Oil's musk and spices with the berries, but not much patchouli or vanilla. I do agree that it's like a dark fruit variant of Snake Oil. I enjoy this enough to keep my decant, but I definitely prefer Snake Oil Jelly Doughnut.
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This is foodie (non-suntan lotion-y) coconut with Snake Oil's musk and spices on me. I don't specifically smell cake, and I don't get the musty patchouli from this that I got from of last year's snek variants. While this isn't a huge win for me (because I'm not big on coconut and wanted more of the cake aspect with it), I imagine those who love coconut would enjoy this.
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This one ended up being too perfume-y for me, sadly. The leather doesn't seem to be the sweet, smooth kind of brown leather that I enjoy, and the orris in this has some sharp iris-like qualities to it, while the ambrette seed adds some muskiness in the background (along with the actual musk, but the ambrette is more noticeable on me). There is some powderiness from the rice powder, but I'm not getting the vat of baby powder I usually get from most scents featuring orris. Alas, the vanilla never emerged on my skin. There is not enough sweetness here to tame the sharp, iris-like aspect of this scent. I'd recommend this more to someone who wants something more traditionally perfume-y than someone looking for leather. (On the other hand, I guess I'm lucky not to have had the fruity experience of some reviewers?)
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I really like the creamy coffee note in this. There's no cloying hazelnut here, and the lavender, which is most noticeable during the wet phase of the scent, ends up being fleeting (like with so many of the other Lavender Kitchen scents this year). My only complaint is that the lavender seems to be separate from the rest of the coffee, like it's floating above it, but not really apart of it, before it disappears. The coffee note is so good that I'm willing to forgive the lavender being disjointed/fleeting, though. I'm going to have to give this a full day of wear to see if I like this one or Krampus Kreme Latte more.
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This isn't very toasty to me, but that's alright. I mostly get the oaty bread from this. The lavender and the touch of lemon are there during the wet phase, but it's the bread that sticks around (although, again, it doesn't smell toasted to my nose). I don't get a ton of avocado from this and think it mostly lends a bit of creaminess in the beginning. If you're wondering how this compares to Avocado, Lemongrass, and White Musk, that scent is much brighter and the lemongrass plays a bigger role there than the lemon does in this scent. I'm not sure I need to upgrade to a bottle of this one, but I do recommend it if you're looking for a bready scent from this release.