doomsday_disco
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The more pity, that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly: fig milk, white cedar, white pear, vanilla cream, bourbon sandalwood, clove, honey cake, and sweet musk.
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This starts off with a blast of rum on me, which actually smells very boozy this time. The rum is accompanied by the honeyed dates and some almond, and the almond quickly burns off and leaves the rum, honeyed dates, and some brown sugar. The rum is not overly spiced, but damn, is the rum + honeyed date + brown sugar combo hella sweet. It stays like this for a long time, until the resins emerge, of which the myrrh is the most prominent on me. It reminds me of the myrrh in OLLA Eve. Actually, I kept huffing this at the end of the day because there was this spiced resin thing going on that reminded me of that scent, although honey and myrrh are the only notes they have in common. I could also see the comparison above to Bastet, although Bastet's myrrh is a softer variety, to my nose. The vanilla and marshmallow are not distinct on me, but perhaps they would become more noticeable with age? The final morph of this is intoxicating, but the first phase of this scent is just way too sweet and boozy for me.
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I really wanted to love this one, but for some reason, this mostly smelled like honey on me for the longest time? I think it's the caramelized aspect of the cedarwood (although I don't get much cedar), but I'm really taken aback by how honeyed it smells compared to other scents with caramelized wood notes that I've tried in the past. And I don't even hate honey notes... it was just unexpected. Sadly, the vanilla cream and tonka are not main players on me. By the time the honeyed aspect of the scent calms down, it just smells like amber on me. I let my decant rest for several days before trying it, but maybe it needs more time to settle? I wish I had had the experience that other reviewers are having!
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I'm not big on coconut, but decided to try this just because it's a cat scent and I like the art. The coconut here is indeed not like suntan lotion, nor is it super buttery and foodie. It has a fresh coolness to it. The sugar cozies right up to it and gives the scent decent throw. While I don't feel the need to upgrade to a bottle of this, I do think it's one of the best coconut scents I've tried. Coconut lovers should rejoice!
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This smells exquisite in the vial and freshly applied. The oak note is smoothed over by the gourmand notes, while the oak and wool keep this from being straight-up foodie. It starts off as freshly baked bread, pumpkin, oak, and wool (which I am delighted to say does not smell like laundry), with a dash of cocoa and herbs. There isn't enough cocoa here to make the scent very chocolate-y, and the herbs here are much more tame than they were in A Snug Corner. Over time, the scent becomes mainly about the pumpkin on me, which is indeed sweet, syrupy, and not heavily spiced. If this had stayed the way it was when it was initially applied, it might've been a bottle purchase. But the syrupy pumpkin it ends with makes me think that the decant will suffice. Still, of the new cat scents, I enjoyed this one the most.
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This starts off with the bright lemon rind note being the loudest aspect of the scent at first, backed by the skin musk-y bourbon vanilla, amber, and a bit of cacao and patchouli. As it sits on the skin, the lemon calms down, and the bourbon vanilla, amber, and patchouli gain strength. I deathmatched this with White Cat because it has bourbon vanilla and lemon amber. White Cat is smoother and creamier, and the lemon isn't as strong as it starts off in Morning Follows Night. However, the creamy lemon in White Cat has more longevity than the lemon in this scent. Although both scents do become pretty amber-centric by the end of the day, they feature different ambers, with White Cat's accompanied by creamy lemon, and Morning Follow Night's mostly being backed by the bourbon vanilla and patchouli. This isn't one I need more of, as I prefer the creamy lemon amber of White Cat, but it was fun to deathmatch the two.
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This Snake Oil variant isn't my cup of tea. There's just something with the way that the musk combines with the candy-like strawberry that smells funky on me. I'm not able to pick out the marshmallow fluff or vanilla sugar. It's synthetic strawberry plus musk for the longest time, before settling into synthetic strawberry plus Snake Oil's spices by the end of the day. I'm not planning to keep the decant around to see how it ages, as I have so many Snake Oil variants in my collection, that I don't think I need to see if this one will get better with age. I think the fake strawberry plus musk will always be too much for me, sadly.
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The wild grasses and the mock strawberry steals the show at first, with a bit of vetiver and a fleck of ink. The mock strawberry mostly just smells like strawberry to me. Over time, it becomes more about the amber and vetiver on a bed of grass, backed by what is left of the strawberry. I was not able to pick out the dandelions in this one. The amber and vetiver varieties featured in this scent are not for me, but it was fun to get to try this.
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I primarily get a balsamic amber from this, backed by some deeper ambers (perhaps one of them is the fossilized one?). Ambers I am not getting among the five: the Lab's white amber or sparkling amber. I'm not digging the balsamic quality of the amber (it's too astringent for my taste), so this one isn't for me.
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Strawberry Moon 2024: Green Tea and Green Strawberries
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I am surprised this doesn't have any reviews yet. A lot of green tea scents are very much about the green tea. Not this one. The green strawberries are the star here, and you can tell that this isn't the same juicy red strawberry note that you're used to... yet there is no bitterness or tartness like you might expect from it. The green tea is not super distinct to me, even when slathered, although I'm sure it has to be doing something in the background... I ordered a bottle with the Dragoncon release. This is my favorite duet released so far this year. -
Apple Liqueur and Brandy.
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Blackberry and Wild Lilac.
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Blackberry and Lime Rind.
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The very morbiest: ink-black musk, opium tar accord, clove bud, and myrrh.
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Prune and Nag Champa.
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Not a cell phone in sight. Just people living in the moment. A strangely serene scent: French lavender bud, woodmoss, cypress, amyris, white cedar, labdanum, and bergamot.
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Bourbon Vanilla and Teakwood.
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Chestnut and Rum.
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An infernal prayer: black poppy absolute, dried rose petals, opoponax, black labdanum, kyphi smoke, and honeyed oud.
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Red Poppy Pod and Blue Lilac.
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Wild Strawberries and Patchouli.
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A mermaid’s delight: pearlescent orris butter, polished coral, lilac-blushed choya nakh, ambergris foam, osmanthus petals, salt-crusted driftwood, honey dust, white grapefruit peel, cerulean musk, golden flecks of sea-speckled amber, and bittersweet mimosa.
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I was so hoping to love Mouse, since the artwork is so cute, but I think it might be too sweet for me! This features a very syrupy hazelnut note that dominates the scent throughout wear on me. At first, it's accompanied mostly by the warm hay note (that makes me think of the hay from Rendezvous With Her Lover Behind the Rice Straws), but then it's mostly the spicy carnation and cream notes that I get with the hazelnut over time. On me, this is quite gourmand, and definitely one for hazelnut fans.
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Twin Starts is mostly a bright, citrus-y patchouli scent on me. It's a blast of lemon rind at first, but the patchouli quickly joins in, as well as a bit of lavender. The combination of fruit and patchouli is reminding me of a recent Astrid scent I tried called Mischief Maker (but aside from apple, that one featured different fruit notes). It doesn't take long for this to be patchouli-dominant, although the lemon never completely goes away, and the cashmere and (non-funky!) resinous oud notes pop up in the background during the late dry down. The bergamot and apple wine aren't super distinct to me, but I wouldn't be surprised if those notes were lurking behind the lemon in the initial citrus blast. This is more patchouli-centric than I had imagined it would be, but I'm not mad (although I was hoping that the lavender would play a greater role). While I don't think this is something I need a bottle of, I'll probably hang onto my decant!
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Note: I haven't tried the original 2004 version. This starts off strong with a bitter neroli or orange blossom note infused with some orange pith, accompanied by some rain. The rain and mist notes are smooth and are not salty, and although that aspect of the scent starts off backing the orange blossom or neroli, the aquatic notes eventually overtake it, so that it's mostly rain and mist with a hint of (now less bitter) orange in the background. It's kind of like an orange peel getting spattered with rain. I'm not able to pick out any other flowers, but neroli and orange blossom are generally very loud on me. I preferred the late drydown of the scent, but I don't think I could power through the initial blast of orange blossom or neroli to get there.