doomsday_disco
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This one... started off pretty wonky on me. It was somewhat medicinal with the mango and cranberry vying for center stage, backed by the syrupy pumpkin floss. In the end, it settles into a sour, fruity cotton candy, with the cranberry winning out, and the pumpkin candy floss being very lightly spiced. If you're looking for a fruity sour candy sort of scent that's more cranberry than mango, this might be up your alley. Alas, the early phase of this scent was pretty rough on me, and I'm not a fan of sour candy.
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The bubbling part of this scent is the Lab's champagne note. It's like a watery champagne on me, tinged with fruits -- I get pineapple the most at first, then cranberry, and finally, some mandarin. The coconut part of the coconut water is really tame, but it helps smooth over the bubbly champagne. I'm not able to pick out the carrot. The notes in this sounded so weird that I just had to try it, but it was an unexpected fruit-tinged champagne on me!
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This one has a late summer/early fall vibe. I get lots of honeyed oats and beer on my skin. The beer kind of reminds me of the ale from Lambs-Wool, and while the honey increases in strength with wear, I swear there's some brown sugar in these oats, too? The scent just gets sweeter and sweeter over time on me. I think this is nice, and different enough from the other honeyed oats scents that have been released this year, but there were moments when I wished the non-foodie notes would come out and tame some of the sweetness.
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This isn't popcorn or pretzel to my nose, in the vial or on my skin. It's aquatic salt for days. It's not buttery at all. It's very clean. and beneath all of the aquatic salt, I get the barest hint of what could be bread, but the aquatic salt is so strong on me that I cannot call it a gourmand. If you're looking for pretzel, or even popcorn, you might be disappointed. But if you're looking for a stealth aquatic, here you go.
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The chocolate in this is very fleeting on me. It quickly becomes just doob smoke on me (similar to, but much stronger than the doob smoke in this year's blacklight reactive posters) and stays that way for a while, yet it eventually settles into a cologne-y weed scent? It is not Cold Moon 2020 + weed smoke, like I thought it would be. I wish the chocolate had stuck around on me, as I was really loved the brief chocolate + doob that I got and would have liked more of it before it turned into doob city, and finally, doob: the cologne.
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Horse Chestnut Honey features a dessert-y, sweet chestnut note slathered in honey. Because it has that caramelized, brown sugar-y chestnut note, it makes for a pretty rich honey scent. It remains as this dark, thick, sweet chestnut-infused honey scent for a long time, but the honey ends up overtaking the chestnut by the end of the day, and the honey note itself is much lighter and has a floral quality to it. I don't think think I'd reach for this, but I do think it is one of the better apiary scents, and I'm glad I got a chance to try it!
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This is an aged imp, so I suspect the citrus notes were more noticeable when this was fresh. As it is, it is mostly a powdery orris and amber on me backed by some jasmine and a little bit of rose. I only get the barest hint of citrus, which I think lifts the scent a little and makes my powdery fate a little more interesting. Versailles is too powdery for me, but I am glad I got a chance to try it!
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Serpent's Kiss is very much a dragon's blood and cinnabomb on me for most of the day, although somehow, the grassy vetiver ended up becoming the dominant scent by the end of the day, backed by the cinnamon and a much lighter dragon's blood? The dragon's blood and cinnamon were too loud for me for the first few hours, but it was fun to get to try this.
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Desdemona starts off strongest on the sweet pea (woot woot!) and lily, but the lily overtakes the delicate sweet pea note over time. The carnation in this is really subdued, just adding a light spice to the scent. It does gain prominence with wear, but mainly its smooth petals, not the spice. It's mostly about the water lily. I think this is nice, and I'm glad to have tried it, but I know I won't reach for it over other sweet pea and lily scents in my collection.
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This is a smooth, salt and rose-touched stone-y aquatic on me. It really does have a watery feel to it, and although I am not able to pinpoint what comprises of it, I get the indigo vibe as well. The amber is more noticeable after the scent has been dry for hours, and while I get more salt than linen, the linen does give it a clean feel. I don't know if the smoothness is the result of the water note, the pearl note, or both, but if you don't mind salt or rose and are looking for a mineral-y aquatic, this might be up your alley. I enjoy the smoothness of this aquatic, but wish I got a little less salt.
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The skin musk in this is quickly beaten back by the honey dust on me, as my skin runs away with this note and lets it declare dominion over all. The honey dust is a thick, toffee-like honey reminiscent of Lush's Honey I Washed the Kids. It's the same honey from scents like Phallus Acrobatics and Harlow's Lace... which is... not my kind of honey. But if that kind of honey is your jam, this is the closest you might get to a single note.
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This starts off strong on the peach blossom on me, but then the red musk barges in and it becomes a peachy red musk party with only a hint of the cherry from the cherry blossom and a touch of the resins (I get more of the smoky copal than amber or sandalwood). Oddly enough, lilac, which is a pretty heady floral, isn't very strong here -- I don't know if it's age or my skin just running away with the peach blossom and red musk notes. I only get the barest hint of it once the scent has been dry for a while. This was fun to get to try, but not really in my wheelhouse. If you're a fan of musky florals, though, this might be up your alley.
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This is all about the white florals, which reside on a bed of dewy moss, and are just lightly touched by the resins. There is no vanilla in this -- it is truly just the flower, so don't go in this thinking that it's a flormand, because it's not. The rose becomes noticeable after the scent has been dry for a while but is rather subdued and never takes over at any point. The Fairy Lovers is truly an ethereal, dewy, mossy floral scent befitting of fairies. As someone who prefers sugary florals, it's not a scent I could see myself reaching for, but I am glad that I decided to try it.
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I get a musky, golden amber swirled with some light clove. The sugar isn't super noticeable on me, and while the clove is present with each sniff, I still find myself wanting more of it... mainly because I love clove so much. But even though I find myself wanting MOAR CLOVE, I've still found myself swooning when catching a whiff of this. I'll be keeping my bottle and layering it with Sweet Clove SN for an even more clove-y experience.
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This was less strawberry than I was expecting it to be, actually. I got a leaf-like note from this that might be from the strawberry blossom? The strawberry juice is present, but in the background on me. Even the marble note is stronger, which for a while has a mineral quality to it (there's no orris here, fortunately!), but then has a slight salty, yet smooth aquatic vibe to it by the end of the day? If you're looking for sweet strawberry, you might be happier with Strawberry Moon 2022 or Burnt Sugar, Cream, and Strawberries. But if you're looking for a more atmospheric strawberry that's more plant-like and are down for some mineral-y marble, this might be up your alley. I appreciate the marble, but I'm not sure I can pull through the unexpected leaf-y beginning to get to it.
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Burnt Sugar, Cream, and Strawberries
doomsday_disco replied to Seajewel's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
This trio smells like squished strawberries on me dipped in sugar. I get a hint of cream after it has been dry for a while, but it is buried beneath the strawberries and sugar and is not a main player on me. I like this, but I think I may like this year's Strawberry Moon more. I may end up deathmatching the two, but I don't think I need more of this one. ETA: I deathmatched this with Strawberry Moon 2022. Strawberry Moon has a more fresh strawberry and a light sugar, while the sugar in this is much darker and more noticeable against the other strawberry scent. I do like both, but not enough to need a bottle of either one. -
This is mostly patchouli, brown sugar, sheer vanilla, and cacao on me, with a little toasty cardamom thrown in the mix as well as a touch of resin from the benzoin. I get more patchouli than cacao from this, and even though there's sugar and vanilla present, I thought this one would be sweeter! It's more perfume-y than foodie to me, but perhaps that's because the patchouli is much stronger than everything else on my skin. I'm glad I got to try this, but I was hoping for more sweetness.
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I'm really amping up the smoked part of the smoked amber in this one, because while it went on as a caramel-swirled brownie, it quickly became a smoky chocolate scent on me and stayed there. There's some dark coffee in the background and a bit of cardamom, but mostly, it's a smoky brownie on me. I was hoping for less smokiness and will see if my bottle changes after it has had more time to settle, but right now, I'm thinking I wouldn't reach for this over Bliss or Lump of Coal. ETA: I retested this after a month, and it's even smokier on me than before. I think there's a black patch mixed in the smoked amber.
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I... thought this one would be darker, but my skin ran away with the pomegranate and wine notes for the longest time that it was mostly a red fruit party with a little brown sugar thrown in for good measure. The tobacco does come out eventually, darkening up the pomegranate and wine dominant scent, and the benzoin does add a resinous quality in the background to deepen the scent, too. I mainly wanted to try this due to the tobacco and the sugar, but this one is definitely one for pomegranate fans!
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The tart, green apple is the dominant note in this scent, backed by the yuzu and the sharp white tea note. It reminds me of a less sweet apple version of Peach XII (which features tea and grapefruit notes). It's also tarter than Rapunzel in Ballpoint, and could be a cousin to the Snow Glass Apples v4 prototype that was a con exclusive some years ago. I get more yuzu and ti leaf toward the end of the day, which are much appreciated, but for the most part, this scent is a tart green apple party. I'll be hanging onto my decant to pair with my Green Apple, Bergamot, Vanilla Orchid, and Tiare HG during the warmer months.
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This starts off strongest on the rose, backed by the hazelnut, goat's milk, and honey. It gets much sweeter and nuttier over time as the hazelnut and honey gain strength. The honey reads as a thick, dark variety to my nose. The goat's milk, while present, doesn't overpower on me, although I suspect those that are averse to the goat's milk note still would not enjoy this. To me, it's like a much sweeter, rose-y cousin to My Baby and a Baby Goat. This is very rich, but I can't stop sniffing it. One of my favorites from the Sorores Genita Nocte Aigles Kharities collection.
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This goes on as buttery oats and cream on me at first, followed by the fig, giving me breakfast vibes. Then the almond cake joins in (way more almond than cake, and it's marzipan-like), and it's a fig-touched almondy gourmand concoction on me for a while, and although the almond loses strength over time, it never disappears completely on me. The vanilla silk note shows up by the end of the day, and I believe it is the same one in Impressions of the Floating World. It's sheer and somewhat musky, to my nose. But it's not as strong as the buttery oats and cream, which have reasserted their dominance by the end of the day. I'm glad I got to try this, but I don't think I need another buttery oat scent, and I'd appreciate it more without the fig that was pretty strong on me in the beginning. I'd love to see the almond cake note pop up again in another scent, though!
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From Whose Eyes As They Glance Flowed Love
doomsday_disco replied to Seajewel's topic in Limited Editions
This started off as a lovely, pink sugared rose on me, and I was here for it. But as time went on, the orris and skin musk emerged and it went from sugary floral goodness to a powdery orris musk bomb on me, along with some golden amber. And I like the amber... but I could do without the musky orris! I'm going to set my decant aside and test it after it has had more time to settle, but I don't think I'm going to win against orris on this one. -
If you're a fan of the Lab's champagne note and don't dislike amber, you can't go wrong here! There's the fizzy champagne bubbling on top of a dry amber and a swirl of creamy vanilla. The champagne is the star of the show throughout wear on me, but it isn't as loud as time goes on, allowing the sugared vanilla amber (which I get a bit of musk from) to have a chance to shine. I'm here for this.
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This got to rest for two days before I tried it. Ceres, my girl. I don't even know what to make of you. At first, I get vanilla cream poured over almost popcorn... I say almost popcorn because it's not like straight-up corn but it's also not exactly popcorn, although to me it is closer to that because of the butteriness. There's some wheat in the mix that's along for the ride, and then the peonies join in, but they're pretty subdued here, and eventually the spun sugar pops up for a bit, but it settles down into a buttery vat of cream and (pop)corn with touches of wheat and amber. What a trip. When I bought this, I was like, well, it might be too similar to Oberon, Titania, and Puck with Fairies Dancing as they share some similar notes, but I should get it because it's just so weird, what if I get a decant and love it and it is sold out? Well, let me tell you, despite some note similarities (Misted mallow flower, orris root, osmanthus, white incense, sandalwood, peonies, and cream), Ceres is NOTHING like Oberon, Titania, and Puck, so you're safe trying this if you are down to smell like buttery corn. I'll probably let this settle for a month to see if it changes, but Ceres might be too buttery for me. I'm not sure about these corn kernels.