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This one is definitely one for rhubarb fans! So if you're wanting rhubarb sans strawberry, rejoice! The rhubarb is the star of the show throughout wear, with some sugar and crumbs surrounding it at first, making it sweeter, but then it becomes more tart after a while and is a tart rhubarb by the end of the day. It is not super muffin-y or custard-y on me, but I'm not mad, because rhubarb. If it stayed how it was during the wet phase, this would be a bottle upgrade for me. I prefer the sweet rhubarb to the tart one. So I am going to have to give this another test to see if I need more than just the decant.
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If you're a fan of opium tar, this will be your jam. The perfume-y opium tar is the star of the show throughout wear on me. It's the same opium tar from Sugar, Poppy Tar, and Red Currant, which is a trio that I really enjoy. I also agree with the See Thyself, Devil! comparison, although I prefer that trio and this Luper to that scent. (I'm not sure why, since that one has lavender and no plum, and I'm not big on plum.) I don't get a ton of lavender (it's most noticeable in the beginning, but can't hold a candle to the opium tar), and the plum does go wonky on me at one point, but it ends up correcting course (phew!). By the end of the day, it's mostly sugared opium tar backed by some plum and the softly resinous benzoin note. I'm going to have to give this a full day of wear (instead of just a test that involved three other scents on different parts of my arms) to determine whether or not I need more than a decant. I have to see if that plum goes wonky again! But the decant is a keeper.
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I had the atmo when it was released, but I used it up long ago. I'm not generally a fan of neroli or champaca, but that atmo was such a gorgeous shimmering vanilla amber swirled with the most tame champaca ever. The neroli was not prominent in the atmo. In the perfume, that's another story. It's a neroli party out of the gate, and it is a force to be reckoned with! By the time it calms down, I'm left with a very light amber swirled with some champaca and a little vanilla. I am honestly surprised how light/how close to the skin it is on me. I recall the atmos having some alcohol in their base, so it makes sense that the atmo would be louder than the perfume, but I really wasn't expecting this to be as light as it is after the neroli fades! Although it's exciting that this was re-released in this new medium, I prefer this scent as an atmo. If that were resurrected again, I would scoop it up without a doubt. But I don't need a bottle of the perfume oil.
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This gives me Banshee Beat/Revenant Rhythm vibes at first with its black patchouli and vanilla, but the honey and the amber gain more strength over time, so that it's mostly honeyed black patchouli on me backed by some amber and a hint of vanilla. I don't think I need to upgrade to a bottle, as I have a few bottles of BB/RR and no other patchouli/vanilla combo has beat that one for me, but if you're looking for a strong honeyed patchouli combo, this will likely be up your alley.
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There is an unlisted honey note in this. I wonder if it is what makes the lotus candied? Anyway, this is mostly honeyed chrysanthemum on me. It reminds me of the chrysanthemum tea you can get in some traditional Chinese restaurants. I don't smell any bubblegum-y lotus here, and the black tea isn't distinct to me as the honeyed floral aspect of this scent is so strong... but perhaps it is contributing to the honeyed chrystanthemum tea vibe. I'm not sure that this is something that I need more of, but I think I'll end up keeping my decant.
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Alluring, sensuous, earthy.
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Taro root, condensed milk, coconut milk, and tapioca pearls.
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yoru hisokani mushi wa gekka no kuri o ugatsu in the moonlight a worm silently burrows through a chestnut – Bashō A squiggle of red sandalwood and orris chomping into wild chestnuts, oak bark, and fig.
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Regal balsamic amber teeming with hyacinth petals, narcissus, Siam benzoin, white amber, sweet oakmoss, and pearlescent orchid.
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Ecclesiastical incense, Roman flora, and the fruits of martyrdom: cypress, olive blossom, frankincense, myrrh, and blood accord. 2011 version. This decant was frimped to me, and I liked it more than I thought I would based on the notes. I get olive blossom on a bed of resins at first, (the smooth frankincense is the standout resin on me throughout wear, and the myrrh in this isn't a bold, dark variety), with just a hint of cypress, but then the cypress disappears, and olive blossom calms down, so that the blend mostly ends up being about the frankincense and the blood musk. The blood musk is not red musk, and I think it may have something in common with whatever comprises the blood note in Mithras from the American Gods line. (I didn't deathmatch the two to be sure, but that was a thought I had while I was testing this). I'm not getting anything particularly smoky on my skin, and for that, I am glad. While this is not something I need more of, it's much more pleasant than I thought it would be, and I'm glad I got to try it!
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This starts off with some sugared cherry, accompanied by some chestnut and moss. I don't smell the cola-like labdanum that's usually present in the Lab's labdanum scents, so if you're worried about this turning into flat cola, fret not! The cherry chypre in this scent reminds me of Gen Z Feminist Cenobite, only more sugared. To my dismay, the cherry in this scent is super short-lived, though, and it becomes an earthy scent that is mostly about the moss and chestnut. Come back, cherry! This is not something I need a bottle of, but if you're looking for something similar to Gen Z Feminist Cenobite, you may want to give this a try. This is like it's earthier cousin (although I think the cherry in that Lilith scent sticks around on me longer).
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This is mostly about a very bold leather note on me, accompanied by a cucumber-like paper note, and some incense-y hearthsmoke. I don't love this leather, paper, or smoke. The lavender is missing in action on me, and I only get a hint of rosewater after it has been dry for a few hours. At least I didn't get a bunch of linen with the leather, paper, and smoke notes, though. I'm not sure what is representing the lamp oil here, but the leather, cucumber-esque paper, and incense-y smoke were so strong on me that it was hard to detect any other notes. I'd say I wish I had gotten the lavender, but I don't think that would have made me enjoy this one.
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Orris and I aren't friends, but I decided to try this anyways, because this Black Friday imp of yore worked on me, despite its orris note, and this scent shares a few notes with that one. The orris in this didn't make me smell like I had fallen into a vat of baby powder, but I still didn't enjoy this scent as much as that Black Friday exclusive imp. I believe this is mostly about the osmanthus on me, and it is much more floral than I was expecting, with very little lavender (it fades away before the scent is even dry on my skin). However, I'm not familiar with the scent of angelica, but I didn't smell anything green, herbaceous, musky, or woody, which Google says angelica smells like. After a while, the mallow adds a light sweetness to the scent, and the orris adds a dusty floral quality to it. The vanilla wasn't noticeable on me, sadly. I wanted more lavender and more mallow and vanilla. Wahh.
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I tested this twice. The first time, I tested it alongside an aged imp of Croquet, and I preferred this champagne variant. It was mostly fizzy champagne and nectarine, swirled with some citrus on me, with the musk only coming out several hours later, and I wasn't able to detect the patchouli. Meanwhile, the imp of Croquet was very musk-forward throughout wear on me, and I did get the patchouli in that, and far less nectarine and citrus. (But it is an aged imp, after all, and citrus notes don't tend to hold up as well with age.) The second time I tested this, I had a much worse experience, but I had just gotten over having COVID. It smelled like tomato soup and fizz on me. Some scents do go wonky in that way on me, so I'm not sure if that second skin test was skin chemistry-related or COVID-nose related. Needless to say, I vastly preferred my first test of the scent. I don't need more of this, but I will likely have to test this for a third time to see if the decant is a keeper. I preferred the first test to the GC scent, but of course, I don't want to smell like fizzy tomato soup, if the second test wasn't a fluke.
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This features the Lab's effervescent, soda-like champagne note accompanied by the musky current iteration of Snake Oil. The musk and patchouli of the Snake Oil end up being stronger than the champagne on me, with the champagne lingering in the background. Eventually, I do get some vanilla from the Snake Oil, which is much appreciated after the patchouli goes through a somewhat musty phase, which it also sometimes does when I wear the Gingerbread Snek 2023 Yule scent. There was also a phase where the Snake Oil component made me think of root beer for a bit, but it was brief. (I enjoy root beer perfumes, so I was actually digging that phase of the scent.) Although I've tested this twice, I'm going to have to spend more time with it to see if I need more before it goes away. I do like it, but not as much as some other Snake Oil variants.
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I tested this alongside an imp of the GC Delirium. While the GC is all about the rose with a bit of apple and lemon peel, the champagne variant is mostly a dry champagne infused with apple and lemon, with more apple at first, then more lemon once it has been dry for a few hours, and no rose that I could detect (meanwhile, the GC scent was all rose in the throw). While I prefer the champagne variant to the original, I don't like this as much as other champagne scents in my collection. It's just drier than I'd like it to be.
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Curls of monastic incense, moss-stained stone, snow-laden cypress, medicinal herbs buried deep in winter soil, and glittering icicles splintering from a gargoyle’s frozen scream.
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Pomelo, Mandarin, and Pink Grapefruit
doomsday_disco replied to Jenjin's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
This was originally going to be a blind bottle, but I have the Pink Grapefruit and Pomelo duet, so I decided grab a decant so I could deathmatch the two. As soon as I applied this trio, and sniffed the bottle of the duet, I could tell that the deathmatch wasn't really necessary. Pomelo, Mandarin, and Pink Grapefruit is mostly about the mandarin on me throughout wear, backed by the other citrus fruits, but full disclosure: my bitch ass isn't super familiar with pomelo. This trio reads as more orange-y to me than grapefruit-y, so if you happen to have the duet, and you are like, ugh, can I really justify another grapefruit scent in my collection? The answer is yes, if you're like me and you're a citrus slut (so long as you can justify another orange scent). I'm really surprised how the addition of the mandarin makes this so different from the duet, although I suppose the ratio of the pomelo and grapefruit notes might be different here. Like Little Bird, there is a phase where the mandarin threatens to go slightly soapy on me after a few hours, which can happen to me when I wear a scent with a pith-y mandarin note, but I think the grapefruit and pomelo notes keep it in check so that it remains a juicy citrus scent that isn't allowed to veer into soap territory. This is a win, and I'll have to grab more of it to slather on during the summer months. Side note: All three of the trios I tried from this release were lovely. I don't think I've had this kind of success with trios from an update before. My wallet may be weeping if I get them all, but this one is a definite since it's such a great citrus and has huge throw. -
Juniper Berry, Pine Needle, and Hemp
doomsday_disco replied to Jenjin's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
The pine is most prominent when freshly applied, backed by the juniper berry, with the hemp in the background. But the pine quickly calms down, and the juniper berry and hemp come forward... with the hemp eventually becoming the dominant note on me. The juniper berry adds a fresh, clean aspect to the scent, while the hemp has this sort of sexy incense-y quality on me. I disliked the leather and hemp combo of Rogue, but love Revenant Rhythm, which I always thought was mostly about the black patch and than swoon-worthy vanilla, but maybe the hemp in it was adding to a lot of that swoon-worthiness, and I'm only just realizing it now. Although I was hoping this would be more pine-forward, this was still a really pleasant surprise, and I'm debating whether a decant will be enough. -
This is mostly about the sugared strawberries on me, backed by a twist of lime that's most noticeable during the wet phase of the scent. It reminds me of the sugared strawberry mixture you'd put on top of strawberry shortcake, with a sprinkling of lime juice. And it reminds me of summer. I didn't get a ton of throw from this one. I tested this and two other duets from the same release in different areas, and this is one, I had to put my hand up to my nose almost every time I wanted to smell it, whereas I could smell Pomelo, Mandarin, and Pink Grapefruit and Juniper Berry, Pine Needle, and Hemp just from their throw. I am going to have to deathmatch this with the most recent Strawberry Moon, but I really enjoy it and am considering a bottle. Maybe the throw will be better with a big slather!
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I will be attending Gallifrey One beginning on Thursday, February 15th, and I will return on February 19th. I am unlikely to reply to any PMs during these dates.
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"If I say that my somewhat extravagant imagination yielded simultaneous pictures of an octopus, a dragon, and a human caricature, I shall not be unfaithful to the spirit of the thing. A pulpy, tentacled head surmounted a grotesque and scaly body with rudimentary wings… It represented a monster of vaguely anthropoid outline, but with an octopus-like head whose face was a mass of feelers, a scaly, rubbery-looking body, prodigious claws on hind and fore feet, and long, narrow wings behind. This thing, which seemed instinct with a fearsome and unnatural malignancy, was of a somewhat bloated corpulence…" A creeping, wet, slithering scent, dripping with seaweed, oceanic plants and dark, unfathomable waters.
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This is so pretty! The lavender and amber are the standout notes during the first few hours of wear. The jasmine tea gains strength over time, but the jasmine in it is really well-behaved, and the nicotiana, which is a background player, doesn't smell like the tobacco flower used in the Lab's recent scents (which is good, because it lets the other notes have more of a chance to shine). The leather in this is subtle; I only noticed it after it had been dry for several hours of wear, and it's a smooth leather. There's a floral creaminess to this at the end of the day that I think may be due to the osmanthus, but that's not a floral note I'm particularly good at sussing out. There's a sparkling quality to this that appears in some of the Lab's more mainstream-esque perfumes, but I'm not sure what note is contributing to that... perhaps the dry amber, or maybe it's the nicotiana. This is great in all of its phases -- the wonderful lavender amber one, the jasmine tea-dominate one, and the creamy, sparkling floral and amber scent that you get after several hours of wear and can't stop huffing. Honestly, I'm surprised this isn't more popular. I'll cherish my decant. Thank you to the extremely kind soul who sent me a full decant of this beautiful scent!
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I tried this last year, but then forgot to review it. So I tested it again. Mermaid just reads as an aquatic scent to me. I am not able to pick out the notes, which means that the orange blossom is well-behaved here, even though it typically tends to be a bully on me. No floral notes stood out to me in particular; the only note from the note list that stood out to me was the sea salt. I think it was fun to try this, but I'm not big on aquatics, and this one didn't really change my mind.
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Lush, creamy vanilla and the honey of the sweetest kiss smeared with the vital throb of husky clove, swollen red cherries, but darkened with the vampiric sensuality of vetiver, soporific poppy and blood red wine, and a skin-light pulse of feral musk.