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Hay Absolute, Cacao, & Cardamom
doomsday_disco replied to zankoku_zen's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I tested this once two days after it arrived, and then again two weeks later. Both times, the cardamom and cacao are most prominent during the wet phase, with the cardamom mostly disappearing once the scent is dry. Then the warm, slightly powdery hay note becomes the main player, backed by the cacao. The cacao is not sludge-y (at least, not in my bottle) and did last longer on my skin after two weeks of settling. I still wish I were getting more of it, though. I think this is nice, but I'm not wowed by it. I really wanted MOAR cacao, and for the cardamom to last longer (although I know it tends to be fleeting). I'm going to try layering this with lavender to see how this goes as a sleep scent. That test will determine whether or not this will stay in my collection. -
I was here for the sugary florals, but I have tested this twice, once two days after arrival, and then two weeks later, and got the same result: sugary, lemony incense. Seriously, I am not picking up on any floral notes at all. Maybe the white musk is one of the varieties that goes somewhat incense-y on me, or maybe it's due to one of the floral notes (I'm not getting champaca, though)? On my first test, I thought maybe lemony frankinecnse, but on my second test, I swear I got a hint of red patchouli that was lending that incense-y vibe. Either way, it is not a flormand on me. I was hoping for the blue cotton candy from Thrills and Junk Food that I love, backed by florals. I weep as I send my bottle off to swaps. (On a positive note, the white musk doesn't turn this into soap?)
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This is a deeply resinous scent. I get some dark myrrh for sure, and perhaps some golden amber and/or frankincense? I didn't get anything else with the resins.... it was just a resin party on me.
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This is a ton of white musk infused with tangerine and just a little bit of green from the cypress. I like the citrus and musk combo, but not as much as I do in La Joconde, which has more citrus going on with the white musk. And the white musk in this just gets stronger and more musky over time. So I couldn't see myself reaching for this over that one. But it was really nice to get to try this. I'll either put it up for swap or use it to scent laundry on a wool dryer ball... but I haven't decided yet. 😅
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I really wanted to love this because of the theme, but alas. There's just not enough sweetness here for me. The spun sugar, while present in the beginning, burns off pretty quickly, and leaves me with a ton of lemony citrus and white musk that just does not have enough sweetness accompanying it for me, and then the white amber takes over and I'm even less enthused, as I wanted sugary citrus. I do think it has an intentional chemical undertone to it, too, with some of the notes, because even my partner mentioned that it was citronella-adjacent, but not quite there. I am glad that I finally got to try this one, but sadly, it is not for me. I decided not to hold onto it because I have so many other sugary lemon scents that I love already.
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This one really does open with a pop of bubblegum. It's a very realistic pink bubblegum where you can even smell the white powder on the outside of it. Then the other notes join the party and take it out of intense bubblegum territory. The white musk and lime add some nice effervescence and lift to the scent, and the mango goes from lingering in the background, to vying for dominance, to slinking back into a side role. The sugar syrup adds more non-bubblegum sweetness to a scent that ends up settling into a sugary lime and mango-infused sugary concoction. But the fruit notes prevent this from being too sugary, if that is something that worries you. The Pride Monster version of Drag on a Slime is very different from the original. They both have lime, and both scream pink at some points, but they are different enough that you could get away with owning both. I prefer the original because I really love the Lab's guava, but this one is really nice as well.
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I tested this twice, letting the perfume settle for a day before doing so. Slathered right before bed, this was mostly cola-like labdanum and Mysore sandalwood with lavender and a bit of vanilla. Applied in a non-slather amount and monitored throughout the day, the labdanum and sandalwood are still standouts, but I noticed a ton of hops with the lavender, and the vanilla bloomed throughout the day. The hops make the usually flat cola from the labdanum feel like it's got some fizz to it. I actually forgot there was patch in this and may have to do another test and update my review, but the patch in this isn't as noticeable as the patch in A Moment in Time (which also features lavender and a different vanilla and sandalwood). If I were to compare this to another scent, I'd say it's similar to The Death Grapple, but obviously much more complex. I prefer this to that scent and may end up destashing that one in favor of this one, but I'll have to deathmatch them first to be sure.
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If someone had told me that crimson blossoms = red musk, I would have avoided this. I was here for the apple blossoms and lavender. And the apple blossoms, lavender, and lilac are all there at first (more apple blossoms and lavender at first), backed by some grasses, but then. THEN. I start getting wafts of red musk, which then ends up shoving the other notes aside to take the center stage. So then it's red musk, tinged with more apple blossom than the other florals or grass. Why, red musk, whyyyyy?
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… And the Fairies Ran Away With Their Clothes
doomsday_disco replied to Seajewel's topic in Limited Editions
This was the biggest fail I had from my recent batch of cat and lunacy decants. This is very much about the lemon-infused amber (I believe that's what makes up the sunbeams) and some very in-your-face laundry from the fabric notes, and they combined and became so high-pitched with such throw that I had that feeling of something being caught in my throat because the scent was so high-pitched and strong (seriously, I was baking cookies and not even trying to sniff my arm and this scent was declaring dominion over everything, even the wax melts I was melting in my kitchen). The evergreen in this is very light on me and most noticeable during the wet phase of the scent, before it becomes laundryville. And there's a bit of funk to this at one point, which goes away, and I'm not sure if it is from the lemon amber or the fae blossoms, or perhaps a combo of both. But the high-pitched scent engulfing me was just too much (I don't even dislike laundry scents... I'm fine with Apocalypse Box and Boober, but this one did not jive with me). Fabric notes are a big risk for me, but this might be my biggest fabric fail. -
Mandarin, Black Vanilla, and Patchouli
doomsday_disco replied to Seajewel's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I almost blind bottled this one, but I decided to get a decant since I had a lot of scents that didn't work out for me in my April order. I am glad I went the decant route. This is more about the patchouli (which is a black patchouli) and black vanilla. The mandarin is most noticeable in the beginning, and it's realistic, and you can smell the pith, but sadly, the pith is all that carries over into the drydown on my skin, where it's become mostly black patch and black vanilla with just the ghost of mandarin. Although it's a nice patch and vanilla, I'm not in love with it like I love Banshee Beat/Revenant Rhythm and would not say the are similar scents. Honestly, I just don't know why I'm not swooning over this one -- the patch is smooth and the vanilla really blooms out in a cloud with wear. I guess it's because I was so hoping for a lot more mandarin. No bottle for me, but I may hold onto my decant to see how it ages. And I'd like to see this vanilla note pop up in more scents! -
This one has a lot going on, and it's hard to pick out all of the notes. I get lots of grass, touched with strawberry, during the wet phase. There are hints of warm amber, and then I get something a little evergreen-like that I believe may be the black hellebore accord. Then the crab apples join in, as well as the lilac musk, and at that point, it mostly becomes an apple-infused lilac musk on me (emphasis on the lilac musk, though). I do get meadow vibes from this, but I wish the lilac musk didn't end up being so prominent on me as I preferred the grassy phase of the scent. If you want to smell like a meadow in spring, this one is worth a try, if you jive with lilac musk.
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Princess Pig on Stilts Playing the Harp
doomsday_disco replied to Silvertree's topic in Limited Editions
Take Ivory Vulva and Volcano and Springtime and smoosh them together, but crank up the lotus root, and this is their baby. Seriously though, I kept thinking 'this reminds me of something' every time I sniffed this, and after a while, I realized that it reminded me of those scents... but, like, if you took Ivory Vulva, removed the macadamia and coconut, and replaced it with a fuckton of bubblegum-y lotus. Damn, that lotus is super sweet and strong and takes forever to calm down. This is actually far more lotus heavy than Volcano in Springtime, actually, where it's tolerable for me. Here, it's just too much. The resins are noticeable here and gain strength with wear (the amber is the strongest of those notes), as well as the sweet, creamy notes, but that lotus is stronk and still stands out too much for me by the end of the day. I think I'll stick with the blue lotus of Blossoming Vulva, but I could see this being very popular since it's so Shunga-esque. -
I decided to try this because it contained lavender. And the lavender is definitely present throughout wear, but all of the other notes are in full force here, and the combination of the black currant and the lilac on me makes this skew somewhat sour. I'd say the frankincense is the strongest note throughout wear, but there's more of the floral notes with it early on, and more of the black currant once the scent has been dry for a few hours. During this stage, the lavender is still present, but the lilac has calmed down a lot, and since the black currant is stronger, there's some welcome sweetness to the scent. But I'm not willing to go through that sour wet phase to get to that point.
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This starts off strong on the hay and spice (far more clove than cardamom), backed by the woods and a bit of hops. Over time, the resins gain strength, as does the ambrette part of the cacao ambrette (which only lends a hint of cacao to the scent on me), and the clove calms down, so that it ends up being a warm, musky, hay and resin scent (I think the sandalwood is the strongest of those notes). I was really hoping for more cacao from this, but the musky ambrette ended up being stronger than I would have liked. I think the recently released Hay Absolute, Cacao, and Cardamom will be more up my alley, but if everything here sounds good to you and you were hoping for little cacao, you might want to give this a whirl.
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I grabbed a decant of this to compare with Pink Moon 2019 (which I own a bottle of), since the note list for this one is a little different. Without deathmatching the two, I could tell as soon as I applied this that this is really different. It is way more strawberry-heavy than the 2019 version of Pink Moon, almost like a Strawberry Moon-touched Pink Moon. This is more fruity floral than that version, and it's also sweeter than that one. And somehow pinker? I still plan to deathmatch the two and will update my review when I do, but at the moment, I think I may prefer this version to 2019's.
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This starts off as mostly blue lilac on me, kissed with peppermint and mallow flower, and backed by the rose and the woods/resins. The peppermint becomes lighter once the scent is dry, and the lilac remains the dominant note throughout wear. The bourbon vanilla in this is sheer and not sweet, and the mallow flower is more the flower than actual mallow (I got more floofy mallow from White Cat). The rose in this is pretty tame for rose, and the woods/resins gain strength over time, but never manage to overtake the lilac. Testing this, along with some other scents from the May Lunacy update, has made me realize that I'm currently not interested in lilac. (I don't dislike it, but I rarely reach for the scents I have that feature it, and the scents featuring it from the May release feature the note pretty prominently.) But if you are interested in lilac, this is a complex lilac scent that's very lilac but you still get to smell some other notes, so this may be worth a try if that sounds up your alley.
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This one is more rose than peony to me (I agree that it's a pink rose). I don't get any Pediophobia vibes from the porcelain, but there miiiight be a touch of cognac with the florals? I don't get a strong mineralic quality to this, and there's no stealth vanilla, just something soft lurking beneath the floral notes. I was really hoping for more porcelain from this, but maybe my skin just ran away with the rose and peony.
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Frou-Frou is more perfume-y on me than I'd like due to the prominence of the oakmoss in the fougere and the silk note. I get some sweetness from the vanilla and a bit of the floof from the marshmallow when freshly applied, but it becomes more about the moss, fabric notes (no laundry tho), and hint of rose swirled with a bit of vanilla, on me... and I was kind of hoping it would be more of the sweet notes with hints of the other ones. I would not say that this is Lace adjacent, because there's no cognac or tobacco along with any of the vanilla, but maybe those who don't amp moss would have a difference experience. Ultimately, this is too high-pitched for me, but it was fun to get to try it.
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Ylang Ylang, Raw Sugar, and Clove
doomsday_disco replied to Silvertree's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
This starts off heavy on the sugar and clove, which are backed by the ylang ylang at first. The ylang ylang gains strength over time, eventually becoming the most prominent aspect of this scent by the end of the day, but it is at no point high-pitched or super heady. I really love the wet phase of this scent with the strong sugar and clove, and I'm imagining those notes paired with something like the cherry from the morello cherry trio. I don't dislike the ylang ylang here, but I went from "BOTTLE!?!?!" during the wet phase to "it's okay" by the time this had been on for six hours. The decant is a keeper, but what I really want is more of this sugar and clove (which now makes me think I should try layering 13 March 2020 with my Sweet Clove SN...). -
Morello Cherry, Ginger Root, and Black Musk
doomsday_disco replied to Silvertree's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
This features a bold red cherry note and ginger as the dominant notes throughout most of the wear, although the black musk joins in and becomes more noticeable by the end of the day, and it anchors the cherry so that it's not able to disappear. The ginger in this is not the one that is my nemesis (red ginger, which goes medicinal on me), but I could still see some people saying that this has cough syrup or lozenge vibes from the cherry (although it did not veer into that territory on me). I don't think I need a bottle of this one because I'd prefer the cherry without the other notes, but I'll hang onto my decant and retest it before it goes away to be sure. That said, if this cherry were offered on its own as a single note, or with some notes that might be more appealing to me (imagine this cherry with the sugar and clove from the ylang ylang trio? ), I'd need it in my life. -
Coffee Bean, Jasmin Sambac, and Vanilla
doomsday_disco replied to Seajewel's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
This was all jasmine on me, with no coffee bean or vanilla (unless the vanilla was contributing to the slight powderiness I got from the jasmine after a while). It's not an indolic jasmine, but it still has major throw. I was really hoping for lots of coffee bean from this, backed by vanilla and a hint of creamy floral, but this is a jasmine party. -
I still have a few more cat scents to test, but at the moment, this is my favorite. It starts off strong on the lemon and vanilla cream, backed by the amber, and the lemon cream is almost like the lemon cream inside of a cookie. Over time, the mallow flower gains strength and it adds a wonderful sweet floofiness to the blend ('tis more mallow than mallow flower to me... it's not like the mallow flower in the honeysuckle trio). So then it's like a floofy mallow-infused lemon cream and amber. But over time, the amber gains strength, and the lemon, vanilla cream, and marshmallow floof calm down, so that it settles into a golden amber backed by musk by the end of the day, with only a hint of the lemon glory that came before. I was originally going to deathmatch this with Penis Bound with Gold Ribbon (golden musk, sweet amber, and lemon cream), but despite the note similarities, they are pretty different. This one is sweeter, and it's less perfume-y since it has a soft, golden amber instead of the somewhat high-pitched sweet amber of last year's Shunga scent. I didn't upgrade that one, but I'm debating upgrading this one -- although I enjoy the first few hours of the scent more than the late drydown when it's mostly amber. I will have to give this a full-day slather to see if it is bottle-worthy.
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At first, I thought this was a pine-infused amber, as it reminds me of Christmas. But then it got a little more sour on me and I realized that it's balsam, not pine. And that explains the Christmas vibes! It's lightly spiced on me (not as spiced as The Lion is, to my nose), but maybe my skin is bringing out more of the balsam. I really love this during the wet stage (I actually thought it was bottle-worthy at that point), but I didn't love it as much once dry. I'll retest this before it goes away to see if I love it all the way through once it has had more time to settle. I wouldn't use this as a sleep scent, but it would be a nice cozy Yule-y amber to wear in December.
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Cat Seen from Behind is mostly about the toasted sandalwood on me. The rice milk is most noticeable in the beginning but is fleeting on me, and the patchouli in this, while present throughout wear, is not heavy (I think it's a reddish brown, woody variety). It is a pretty dry scent, and I was hoping that the rice milk and tonka bean would make it less dry and make it sweeter. But at the moment, it's a little too dry with not enough sweetness for me.
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This one is mostly about the lemony white tea on me. I get more amber than sandalwood (though it is next in prominence) or oudh (non-funk variety) once it has been on the skin for several hours (it really takes a long time for the white tea to calm down on me), and I'm not able to pick out any vanilla from this. I really wanted to like this one because of the art, but alas, it's too white tea-heavy on me, and it didn't wow me by the time the white tea had calmed down.