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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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If you don’t have access to fresh Krampus Kreme, store-bought is fine! Here’s a warm draught for the naughty-listers: hazelnuts, almonds, and coffee beans sweetened with heavy cream froth and honey and spiced with ginger, black pepper, black cardamom, and cacao.
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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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Softly, softly, hear the rustle Of the Spirits airy wings; They are coming down to mingle Once again with earthly things, With their rapping, and their tapping Rap-tap-tap to wake our napping, In the restless dream of error: Hear the weird the Spirit brings – Rap-tap-tap lost friends are near you; Rap-tap-tap they see and hear you; In their mystic converse rappy They declare good Spirits happy. Gently, gently, they are timid If a medium is not there; They may leave you in delusion, And dissolve again to air. Tis no fable – beings able – Rap-tap-tap upon a table; And their language is translated, While the watch with guardian care Rap-tap-tap lost friends are near you; Rap-tap-tap they see and hear you; In their mystic converse rappy They declare good Spirits happy Spirit Rappings, lyrics by T.E. Garrett, music by W.W. Rossington A joyful undeath: candied orange and pink peppercorn, sugared freesia petals, vanilla bean, and white honey.
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Ignorance isn’t always bliss: dried apricot, russet amber, blackened tea leaf, wild fig, and rum oud.
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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. -
Desiccated mulberries, yellowing mulberry leaves, lemon peel haze. Vincent Van Gogh
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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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Happy EIGHTEENTH ANNIVERSARY to our Krampus perfume! Brown leather and a bundle of switches encased in pale white orris root and rice powder, translucent white musk, Himalayan ambrette seed, and milky vanilla.
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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. ETA: Just wanted to update that I did end up upgrading this to a bottle.
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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.
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A gently floral twist on the famous Swedish saffron buns baked for the feast day of St. Lucia, their curly S-shapes baked golden.
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This is mostly about the soft baked bun, which has an accurate yeasty quality to it. I've never had Lussekatter, so I can't speak to how accurate it is to that, but I do think anyone hoping for a bread scent would be happy with this. The lavender in this is strongest in the beginning, but seems separate from the bun note itself instead of being baked into it, and it eventually fades away (which seems to be the case with the lavender in most of this year's Lavender Kitchen Scents). I don't feel the need to upgrade to a bottle of this one. Of this year's bready Lavender Kitchen Scents, I think I prefer Lavender Avocado Toast.
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This is mostly about Mouse Circus' popcorn on me. The lavender is strongest in the beginning, and it's accompanied by some buttery popcorn and some sweetness from the cotton candy, and less of the polished wood that accompanies it in the original Mouse Circus. Of course, eventually, the lavender fades away, leaving behind straight up Mouse Circus. So if you missed Mouse Circus before it went away, this may be a good alternative for you. I only have a little bit of the original Mouse Circus left, but even so, I don't feel compelled to upgrade this variant, since I rarely wear the original since everybody around me seems to dislike the popcorn in it. So I'll be content with the drops I have left of the original and this decant. But I do wish that the lavender in this stuck around instead of just being there in the beginning, and then disappearing like an afterthought.
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This suf is mostly about the ube filling on me. There's not any obvious pastry or powdered sugar to my nose, and the ube is creamy and starchy, with a somewhat coconut-y sweetness, and it is on point. Sadly, it ends up turning somewhat waxy on me and veering into chapstick territory, so I don't think my skin chemistry is doing justice to the ube note. But if you're looking for an ube scent, this is the most realistic one I've come across!
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Because it’s almost Hanukkah and we still haven’t taken down our Halloween decorations. Sorry, neighbors!
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This is mostly about the pumpkin spice on me, which is smoother than the pumpkin spice in Pumpkin Spice Everything. I don't get any obvious fried dough or powdered sugar from this, but I'm sure they're somehow contributing to this smelling delicious. Although I don't see myself needing a whole bottle of it, I'll definitely be hanging onto my decant. I'm surprised I actually like this more than the Ube Suf.
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This one is mostly about the rosy rosé on me. I could smell the orange with it when the scent was freshly applied and for a while after (the combination of the two notes was going wonky on my skin), but I didn't get any clove from this, which was a little sad since the clove-studded orange was the aspect of the scent to which I was most looking forward (I was hoping this would be pomander-esque). The rosé note has a shares some similarity to the Lab's champagne note, with the fizz dialed down, but it's still bubbly. Tinsel Roses isn't something I could see myself reaching for, but it was nice to get to try it.
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I thought that I'd hate this after my experience with Hot Buttered Apple Cider, which was way too buttery and sweet for me. But actually, this is not super buttery or cloying at all. The musk and spices of the Snake Oil are most prominent here, spiced further by the spiced rum and sweetened up by the molasses. I'm not getting a buttery note from the cream or the musty patchouli that was in some of last year's Snake Oil Yule variants. And it has decent staying power, too -- I applied this around 9 AM yesterday and could still smell it on the back of my hand 12 hours later. The only downside to this is that it never ends up morphing into the good Snake Oil vanilla phase after all of that time. It's mostly just molasses-sweetened Snake Oil by the end of the day. So I don't really feel the need to grab more of this, but I'll probably hang onto my decant.