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Golden Tobacco and Beeswax.
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Deer Moon: Golden Tobacco and Beeswax
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I tried this a few times last year but apparently neglected to review it, so I retested it again last night in order to write this review. I am glad I went the decant route on this one. I would have thought this would be a home run based on the notes, but I agree that there's something petrichor-esque in this because I get some dirt when this is first applied (that does quickly fade though) , and then there's what I think may be a rain note that, when combined with this tobacco note, makes this scent more sharp and cologne-y than expected. The beeswax is doing its best to try to smooth things over with its creamy honeyed sweetness, but alas, this is just too sharp for me. -
This smells AMAZING! It's definitely one for honey fans. I get a sexy, musky honey infused with ylang ylang and some velvety myrrh. The almond is adding some creaminess to the scent that keeps making me think there's vanilla mingling with the honey when there's not. I haven't deathmatched this with anything, but I think it may share some similarities with O or Formula 57 Massage Oil (the latter does have honey and ylang ylang). This has fantastic throw, too. Ugh, this is swoon-worthy. I feel very lucky that twilighteyes sold me a bottle of this one.
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Strawberry-chunked prosecco.
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Oops. I forgot to review this when it was available, so I retested this again last night for this review. This smells exactly like the description: chunks of strawberry in a glass of prosecco. It doesn't take long for the prosecco note to become the main aspect of the scent on me, and it is on point. It may be one of the most realistic alcohol notes I've come across from the Lab, with its crisp fruitiness and fizz. Alas, my skin does to this what it happens to do to some scents for some reason where something in this goes a little tomato soup-y on me. Wahh. I have no idea what could be causing that. But anyways, if the scent description sounds good to you, definitely give this a try. It was pretty nice until my skin ruined the party!
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This is mostly about the leather and the leaves on me. Leaf and leather... leather and leaf. It is somewhat sharp at first due to these both being very loud notes, leaves being generally sharp on me, and the leather taking some time to settle down into a musky well-worn leather. I get a little cypress behind those two notes, along with some warm cedar, but the patchouli is somehow not very noticeable on my skin (I've tried this twice). There's never any point at which the leather and leaves are not the dominant notes on me, though. It was really nice to get to try this, but the sharpness of the leaves and leather in the beginning and the fact that this is a leather scent without any sweet note means that it is unlikely one that I would end up reaching for. But if you do want some leaves with your leather, look no further!
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Mineralic Amber.
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Sultry, sticky crimson juice dribbled on bare skin, a flash of teeth, a breathless laugh in the dark.
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I applied this to wet hair yesterday, dry hair today, and did a side-by-side paper towel spritz test with this and Strawberry Moon: Wild Strawberries and Amber HG. This hair gloss smells like a big, red, juicy strawberry! It's sweet and realistic, but not as sweet as Wild Strawberries and Amber HG. I am really glad that it's not candy-like, and it has amazing throw. Seriously, I could smell this after applying it to wet hair (a lot of hair gloss scents fade pretty quickly when applied to wet hair, in my experience), and I've been able to smell it in my dry hair all day. My hair is down to my ass, and I often wear it in a clip, in a bun or ponytail, and today, every time I've taken my hair out of the clip to fix it, I've been greeted with the most amazing whoosh of strawberry goodness. I'm writing this review eight hours in and can still smell it in my hair! This would pair perfectly with any strawberry hair gloss, and I'll definitely will be keeping it in my strawberry HG decant arsenal (along with Wild Strawberries and Amber and Party Tricks). When my decant gets low, I would definitely upgrade this one to a bottle. I love how it's so realistic and has such great staying power.
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Wild Strawberries and Amber.
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Strawberry Moon 2024: Wild Strawberries and Amber Hair Gloss
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Hair
I have worn this in my hair many times and have applied it to both wet hair and dry, and today I'm finally reviewing it after deathmatching it with Les Fraises (with a side by side paper towel spritz test -- I do not currently have both strawberry glosses in my hair ). This is really lovely. I had already known that wild strawberries tend to be sweeter than the strawberries most of us are used to, and I could tell when I received my Les Fraises HG decant that it was not quite as sweet as Wild Strawberries and Amber, but the paper towel test still managed to surprise me with just how much Wild Strawberries and Amber is sweeter than Les Fraises. The Wild Strawberries and Amber HG is waaaay sweeter than Les Fraises, like the tiny wild strawberries were super ripe and distilled into a hair gloss. I've never gotten the amber from it in my hair, and I previously wasn't able to detect it on a paper towel test, but now that I have Les Fraises beside it, I am able to isolate the amber -- it's dry and there's just a touch of it in the background. The strawberry has decent throw and hangs around in my hair throughout the day, too. I'm happy I grabbed a decant of this when it was available and will keep it (along with Les Fraises and Party Tricks) to pair with strawberry scents during the summer. -
This features a very sweet, syrupy pumpkin note, kind of like the pumpkin note from the 2013 pumpkin patch scents, but more syrup-y and less spicy. It's backed by what I think may be a powdery sandalwood -- which I'm not really digging with the maple-y pumpkin note. I can smell a champaca-esque incense from the spray cap, but oddly enough, that's not what I smelled when I sprayed this on a paper towel to test it. And there's way more pumpkin than incense, to my nose. This is hella strong, too. I sprayed only one spray on the paper towel and could smell it strongly at my desk without having to reach for the paper towel I sprayed on at all -- although I still did from time to time to see if the scent differed up close. The scent was so strong that I could smell it all day. I think it was fun to get to try this, but this isn't an atmo that I could see myself spraying around my apartment, so I'll frimp someone the mini decant next time I open my swaps/sales page.
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Raspberry punch with elderberry liqueur, lemon juice, a splash of gin, and a smattering of Victoria sponge crumbs.
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Looks like someone’s been nibbling a bit too much grass! A sun-faded, plasticky shell of rice milk and marshmallow illuminated from within by 420 watts of weed-wafted glowing green amber.
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Lady of the Black Cat skull: sweet innocence with a dark mystery, wrapped in black leather and lace, guided by dreams and succumbing to nightmares. Sugared amber, orchid petals, and vanilla chiffon spiced with smoked cardamom.
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Rice Milk and Mallow.
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Eh, I'm not really feeling this one. The sheer rice milk is more prominent than the mallow, and the mallow has an unexpected soft fruitiness to it and is not a floofy marshmallow scent. I wish I were getting the rice krispie treats that others were getting, but alas. There's a sweetness to it, but it's not as gourmand as I was expecting from the notes. I applied this to wet hair, dry hair, and a paper towel. Sadly, it did not last long in wet hair, but strangely, it also didn't have much throw or staying power when applied to dry hair (I have really long hair that's down to my ass and have tried to smell it in my hair by holding my hair to my nose throughout the day, but it is barely there). There's also a butteriness I get from the paper towel spray test by the end of the day that never appeared in my hair, probably because the scent just didn't stick around as long in my hair to get to that point. I'm glad I didn't go for a bottle of this and won't be keeping the decant.
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Everybody knows their state flower and state animal —but do you know what the official LICHEN of your state is? Ramalina menziesii—the lace or fishnet lichen—is an unusually sexy bundle of algae and fungi. Fashioned into elegant, delicate patterns up to a meter long, it is a nest-making material for birds, a vital food source for California’s deer, and is considered to have sorcerous properties that protect against the ravages of lightning. A pale green filigree: oakmoss, orris absolute, ylang ylang sap, green patchouli, ambergris accord, and sheer vanilla.
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White Tea and Red Ginger.
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Pine needles, licorice root, cypress, king mandarin, roasted chestnut, sage leaf, and bourbon cream.
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I apparently neglected to review this when it was available, so I tested it again last night to finally write a review for this. This starts off with a blast of the pine with a bit of roasted chestnut behind it, but then, the licorice root barrels in like the Kool-Aid Man and becomes the dominant note for a while, backed by the mandarin and evergreens. When it finally disappears, the bourbon cream becomes the dominant note, infused with the mandarin and a touch of the evergreens. The sage wasn't super noticeable to me, but maybe that's because I was too focused on the licorice root, which was indeed very medicinal and unpleasant. I bet I could have appreciate this if it had been licorice-free. If you're not a fan of licorice root, you probably aren't going to like this one.
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I missed out on two decant circles for the LA scents, and a kind forumite sent me a tester of this. Alas, I believe I had a similar experience to that BPALer -- Lace Lichen is very high-pitched on me, and mainly smells like powdery orris and hairspray on me for the first few hours of wear. I think it may be the ylang ylang sap giving off that vibe, but sharpness of the floral reminds me of iris. Over time, the moss starts peeking out and eventually becomes the dominant note, but the orris and the sharp floral note are still present, along with a wee bit of sheer vanilla that is more skin musk-y than sweet and some musky ambergris. I'm glad I got a chance to try this, but this just didn't work on me.
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The innermost or private parts. That heavenly spot where creamy, angel-pink hibiscus petals meet the pale, juicy-green pistil.
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Witches cavort and the Devil stamps his cloven hoot the base of a venerable black walnut tree, the crackle of scorched wood and the fragrant profanation of dry vanilla bean heralds strange heresies.
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Spring’s first lilac branches dunked in 3-year aged Snake Oil.