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Rebellion, protest, liberation. As far back as at least ancient Egypt, art has been used to protest injustice, ridicule religious and political leaders, promote liberty and social justice, and foster change. This is an oil of creative fire and inspiration – of radical sacred expression – charged with the spirits of both self-soverignity and defiance. It is an oil of fierce imagination and fearlessness that ignites visions of a better future, defies oppression, and enables you to channel your rage or fear into works of powerful art. Bay laurel leaves from the TAL garden and bay laurel essential oil (Laurus nobilis), chios gum mastic (Pistacia lentiscus), eyebright (Euphrasia officinalis), lemon peel and leaf from the TAL garden and lemon essential oil (Citrus x limon), safflower oil (Carthamus tinctorius), frankincense tears and essential oil (Boswellia sacra), Dittany of Crete (Origanum dictamnus), Egyptian jasmine absolute (Jasminum grandiflorum L.) and jasmine flowers (Jasminum sambac (L.) Aiton), cypress essential oil (Cupressus sempervirens), clove essential oil and bud (Syzygium aromaticum), marigold essential oil and petals from the TAL garden (Tagetes erecta), five finger grass (Potentilla reptans), cinquefoil from the TAL garden (Potentilla simplex), lucky hand root (Orchis spp), sunflower petals from the TAL garden (Helianthus annuus), and angelica root and essential oil (Angelica archangelica).
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This is an oil of courage and authority, formulated for our challenging times. It strengthens the will, ignites the spirit with roaring flames of Solar energy, and inspires bravery under adversity. This is an oil of ancient heroism and sacred leadership that taps into the stories of mythic heroes, leaders who stood fierce and unbroken against the tide. Frankincense tears and essential oil (Boswellia frereana, Boswellia serrata, and Boswellia sacra), bay laurel leaves from the TAL garden and bay laurel essential oil (Laurus nobilis), lemon peel and leaf from the TAL garden and lemon essential oil (Citrus x limon), high john the conqueror root (Ipomoea jalapa), dragon’s blood resin (Dracaena draco, Daemonorops draco), calendula petals and organic calendula extract (Calendula officinalis), master root (Peucedanum ostruthium), galangal root (Alpinia officinarum), heliotrope absolute (Heliotropium arborescens), blood orange essential oil (Citrus × sinensis ‘Moro’), calamus root (Acorus calamus), safflower oil (Carthamus tinctorius), rosemary from the TAL garden and rosemary essential oil (Salvia rosmarinus), cinnamon bark (Cinnamomum verum), organic basil leaves from the TAL garden and basil essential oil (Ocimum basilicum), borage flowers from the TAL garden and borage seed oil (Borago officinalis), and blue vervain from the TAL garden (Verbena hastate).
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Seances for Inquirers are held weekly at 38, Great Russel-street. Inquirers may have Tickets free, on application to the Secretary, with personal recommendations from a Member. Admission to Members and one Friend, 1s. each. Private Seances for advanced manifestations for Members only, by special arrangement. Admission 5s. The Spiritualist, 8 February 1878 A clandestine assembly of elite ghost-seekers: smoky oud, fiery crimson peppercorn, and wild patchouli swirl in a heady haze, unfolding through plush velvet labdanum, lush plum damask, molten beeswax, and a glimmer of cognac spilled over a cracked quartz sphere.
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This one is much lighter than I would have expected given the notes. It is clean and fresh, but I'm not getting a ton of pine from this like most other reviewers (if you have Rocky Mountain Goats and are wondering how this one compares, that one is a fuckton of pine, and this doesn't smell foresty at all). This is a fresh, clean, green and floral scent in my hair, with the crushed, dewy grass and juniper cozying up to a non-indolic white floral note (I agree with Little Bird that this doesn't smell distinctly like jasmine and that the overall hair gloss has a floral shampoo feel to it). I was hoping that this one would be heavier on the pine.
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Pinon and Blackened Lavender.
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The Rev. Joseph Glanvil, chaplain in ordinary to Charles II., was a writer of great erudition and ability. In his “Sadducismus Triumphatus,” written to show that the phenomena of witchcraft were genuine occurrences, he gives an account of Mr. Mompesson’s haunted house at Tedworth, where it was observed that, on beating or calling for any tune, it would be exactly answered by drumming. When asked by some one to give three knocks, if it were a certain spirit, it gave three knocks and no more. Other questions were put, and answered by knocks exactly. Glanvil himself says, that, being told it would imitate noises, he scratched, on the sheet of the bed, five, then seven, then ten times ; and it returned exactly the number of scratches each time. Melanethon relates that at Oppenheim, in Germany, in 1620, the same experiment of rapping, and having the raps exactly answered by the spirit which haunted a house, was successfully tried ; and he tells us that Luther was visited by a spirit who announced his coming by “a rapping at his door.” In the famous Wesley case, the haunting of the house of John Wesley’s father, the Parsonage at Epworth, Lincolnshire, in 1716, for a period of two months, the supposed spirit used to imitate Mr. Wesley’s knock at the gate. It responded to the Amen at prayers. Emily, one of the daughters, knocked ; and it answered her. Mr. Wesley knocked a stick on the joists of the kitchen ; and it knocked again, in number of strokes and in loudness exactly replying. When Mrs. Wesley stamped, it knocked in reply. It is not surprising that John Wesley was a Spiritualist. “With my last breath,” he writes, “will I bear my testimony against giving up to infidels one great proof of the invisible world ; I mean that of witchcraft, confirmed by the testimony of all ages.” Planchette, or The Despair of Science : being a full account of modern spiritualism, its phenomena, and the various theories regarding it : with a survey of French Spiritism, Epes Sargent Green balsam, bay leaf, fossilized amber, blackened vetiver, and clove bud cloaked in oud.
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Blackcurrant and Iced Lemon.
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Je Suis Toujours la Grande Isis
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Limited Editions
This one really didn't jive with me. I don't know exactly what is causing it, but this is a sweet sort of floral scent that verges on being bubblegum-y even though there's no pink lotus here (is it this particular lily note combing with the orris or something?). The orris and pale amber notes add a powderiness to the scent, and there's nothing that the clove and lavender can do to make the cloying floral and powdery aspects of this scent enjoyable for me. I kept recoiling whenever I sniffed this, so I guess this was just a particularly bad fail for my skin chemistry. -
There's no spooky note in the blackened lavender -- no heavy smoke or vetiver. The labdanum lurks behind it, and it definitely feels different, like it's deeper, and less sweet, than some of the cola-like varieties that have appeared in a lot of the Lab's lavender blends as of late. The Lapsang Souchong note lends a welcome tannic quality to the scent and also isn't a smokebomb. Orris can be a tricky note for me, but I'm not getting a ton of it in this one (the same cannot be said for Je Suis Toujours la Grande Isis). And I can't pinpoint the tonka, although I wouldn't be surprised if it were doing its thing in the background -- it's just not a main player on me. Of the two lavender paintings of the month from the March Double Lunacy, I prefer this one... but I don't think I need more than my decant.
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This starts off mostly being about the amber-infused skin musk on me, with a twist of some of the sugared lemon. I don't really get the vanilla cream from this, and it takes several hours for the golden honey to appear -- but when it does, it becomes the star of the show, combining with the sparkling amber musk and what's left of the sugared lemon to remind me of scents like It's All I Have to Bring Today and Venus Verticordia... making me think that the golden honey must have a floral component. I think this is pretty, but since I already own scents similar to the final drydown of the scent, I don't feel the need to upgrade this one.
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A glorious blend honoring the benevolence of spring: Sandalwood-Infused Vanilla, Vines of Pale Spring Blossoms, Honeysuckle Nectar, and Sweet Cream.
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The heavens awaken, piercing the darkness with the first rays of sunrise, scattering demons and chattering imps to the wind. The sun’s promise of redemption, the renewal of grace, and absolution for all sins: glowing amber, white bergamot, orange blossom, and petitgrain.
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Leather crackling under your touch, ink-smudged vows scrawled on incense-stained parchment, the metallic tang of blood and a whiff of brimstone.
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The sacred reborn in darkness, a baptism of liberation: defiled holy water and lily of the valley suffused with black musk.
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Dark frankincense, rose smoke, and oud swirling around splinters of cypress, cedar, and pine in an act of transgressive liberation.
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Flowers long dead twine with petals as-yet unfurled – ghost jasmine, pale heliotrope, asphodel, and black violets – swirling in windswept darkness.
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Goose Moon: White Sandalwood and Black Poppy
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A Guardian Angel Serves a Small Breakfast
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Limited Editions
This is mostly about the Rosenkuchen with a splash of coffee in the background. It's too cinnamon-heavy for me, but I'm at least glad that it wasn't strong on the milk note. After a while, the celestial amber musk emerges, and it ends up being all about that note on my skin by the end of the day. I don't dislike it, but I wish my skin hadn't amped the cinnamon in the baked good note and that I had gotten more coffee from this. -
Belladonna Berries and Sugar.
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Death Moon: Belladonna Berries and Sugar
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I don't know what happened with this one, but it didn't smell particularly sugary or strong on the berry note in the vial, and on my skin, it was all soap. I was expecting this to be like the belladonna berry note in Beautiful Death, but with some sugar, but this isn't like that at all. -
Death Moon: Absinthe and Lavender Tar
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
This duet is heavier on the absinthe than the lavender. It starts off being very black licorice-y but then ends up calming down to a citrusy herbal green swirled with a bit of lavender. Definitely one for absinthe lovers. -
Boney Moon: Piñon and Blackened Lavender
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I really thought this would be a win and almost blind bottled it, but I ended up going the decant route, and I'm glad I did. I get lightly smoked lavender and pine and then, wham! An unlisted red musk note emerges, and I amp that note, so it is a very musk-swirled lightly smoked lavender with a hint of pine on me. WHY -
This reminds me of Madrigal from Lupercalia 2024 (somnambulic lavender, wild plum, Siamese benzoin, and sugared opium tar) without the lavender. This is mostly about the perfume-y opium tar on me, backed by the plum cognac (which isn't as plum-y as the straight up plum in Madrigal), and a tiny bit of Snake Oil's musk and spices... but my god, the Snake Oil is hella light here and cannot hold a candle to that opium tar. I'm really surprised, since Snake Oil is generally a powerhouse on its own, although it has been lighter in color and throw since I think 2019... I think I'll hang onto my decant to see how this ages, but I don't think this is Snake Oil-y enough for me to warrant a bottle (and I'm no longer getting bottles to age just to see if I love them in the future).
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I'm getting a heady white floral note and a fuckton of red musk. The ink is there at first, but it gets overtaken by the heady floral note and the vat of red musk after about an hour, and the red musk is the dominant note by the end of the day. My skin amps red musk, and I'm not a fan of the note, so this isn't a win for me.
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Cake for Breakfast is mostly about the bread of the pain au chocolat for me (I'm actually not getting the chocolate) and the black tea. I get a light touch of peach silk (which is like a light peach note) and a bit of the cherry during the wet phase of the scent and for a little while after, but after that, it's all about the bread and tea. The cream emerges and makes this a buttery bread backed by some tea after several hours of wear. I wish I were getting more cherry like the other reviewers! As it is, it's a good bread scent, but I have enough buttery bread scents that I don't need more in my life.