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Caramel Apple Ginger Ale Float
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Event Exclusive Oils
This is mostly about the dry, fizzy ginger ale on me (more fizz with a light touch of earthy ginger) backed by a smidge of caramel. It's not very apple-y to me, and I never get the creamy vanilla ice cream. I thought this was going to be more apple-y and sweeter! -
This is mostly about the pumpkin incense on me. The pumpkin in it reminds me of the pumpkin note used in the 2013 GC Pumpkin Patch scents. I get some musk, patchouli, and amber along with it, and the honeyed chestnut is more like a fresh woodsy chestnut and not a dessert-like Mont Blanc chestnut, but the pumpkin incense remains the dominant note throughout wear. While I don't feel like I need a bottle of this one, I'm glad I tried it and ordered the sticker (the art is so cute)!
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This is mostly about the black cherry and chocolate brandy sauce with some creaminess that is probably meant to be the cheesecake note, but isn't outright cheesecake like the matcha cheesecake Beaver Moon. I'll probably retest this before it goes away, but right now, I wish it were less boozy. Of the two cherry scents that are currently available, I prefer Black Cherry Sufganiyot for my cherry fix.
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Harvest Moon: Apple Pulp and Oats
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I'm upgrading my decant of this one. At first, it reminds me of sun-warmed red apples in an orchard, and then I think I must be getting the oats because I'm reminded of Roof Goblin with its apple and cereal milk, before it settles into a baked apple pulp scent with a hint of spice, but still has touches of that sun-warmed red apple that I got from it in the beginning. I really enjoy this and look forward to wearing this one in late summer and early fall while waiting for Weenies to drop. -
Harvest Moon: Blood Orange and Champagne
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
This duet is more about the champagne than the blood orange. So if you're looking for fizzy champagne lightly infused with blood orange, this is for you. But if you want to be slapped in the face with blood orange (like me), you might be disappointed that this isn't a more intense citrus scent. -
Harvest Moon: Corn Husk and Nutmeg
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I get dry, warm, sweet cornhusk when this is first applied, but then this turns powdery on my skin. -
Hunter’s Moon: White Pumpkin and Bergamot
doomsday_disco replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
This is a cinnabomb on me, sadly. I am not able to detect any bergamot whatsoever. This is unexpectedly one heavily-spiced pumpkin. I was expecting a non-spiced, sweet, fleshy pumpkin like in White Pumpkin Extrait, with the addition of some bergamot. Alas. -
Distant, enigmatic, shadowed: delicate heliotrope and pale rose petals, muted and soft, resting atop a chilly, intimate base that blends white musk, cashmere woods, and a touch of tonka bean. There was a coldness, it seemed to me, beyond her years, in her smiling melancholy persistent refusal to afford me the least ray of light.
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Cacao, scorched patchouli, roasted chestnuts, and champaca absolute.
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Sometimes we find it purely impossible to function without the kind of hot drink that leaves an oil slick in the cup. Here’s a crisp apple cider scent for those who can relate, complete with melted buttery swirl. Please note: this oil is vegan.
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A one-two punch from mother Malus pumila: a steaming dipperful of expertly-spiced cider that’s been slapped with a generous splash of aged apple brandy. Remember, if it’s boiled, it’s spoiled!
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Take a break from pondering that orb, and mull over this mug! Sweet oud infused with fermented apple, allspice, cinnamon sticks, ginger root, clove, orange slices, and bourbon.
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Fleur de Citronnier (lemon blossom -- the site also has this tagged with lemon).
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Solve. No judgment from us: whatever you did, you surely had your reasons! Instead we’ll simply break down your stubborn resistance to virtue with a dose of black leather, patchouli, and sweet oud, dissipating any lingering angst with a volley of lemon peel, dried plum, opium pod, cardamom, hazelnut, almond, and dates.
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Belgian Chocolate.
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This is really different from the other NYCC ciders because it has the addition of the orange slices (which are very noticeable on me) as well as the mulling spices. Both the cider and the oud are prominent in this scent, and the oud here is not indolic. Of the NYCC cider scents, this one is the most cider-y. For my more gourmand-leaning self, I'd prefer this to be straight up mulled cider without the oud, but I bet someone who liked All Hallows Oud that loves apple would also appreciate this scent.
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This is more about the brandy than the cider on me, although you can tell that the cider (which is not heavily-spiced!) is there. The brandy note in here is the same as it has been in all of the Lab's scents containing it over the past few years -- on me, it's boozy (but not overly so), somewhat woodsy, and somewhat fruity and waxy. It's more brandy-heavy than the Snow Moon: Apple Liqueur and Brandy duet from earlier this year, which was more apple-centric. I don't think I'd reach for this one, but this would be good for someone who is looking for a less sweet cider spiked with some booze.
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Vanilla cream, tonka absolute, caramelized cedarwood, and sepia-washed amber resinoid. Byeon Sang-byeok
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The scent of mysteries sunken deep beneath the surface: the damp richness of bog earth and a gnarl of vetiver root intertwined with ancient lichen, soft oakmoss, and a warm exhale of tonka.
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This was very much about the hot buttered aspect of the scent on me -- very sweet, buttery, and creamy -- with only a little cider lurking in the background. Alas, it is too sweet and buttery for me.
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So I had the same experience as mineralgirl (minus living in the midwest or having access to any fresh apple cider doughnuts --- I always have to get them from Trader Joe's and then reheat them in the toaster oven to reactive the cidery goodness). To me, this is a nice non-spiced apple cider scent, but I'm not getting much doughnut at all. I didn't deathmatch the two, but the final drydown ends up being kind of creamy and reminds me of the 2014 version of Hard Cider Cake without the hard aspect of the cider. I debated a bottle when this was available, but went with a decant after remembering my peach doughnut experience. I'm glad I went that route. I think I'll keep my decant to have an apple cider scent to wear during the fall that it's isn't loaded with spices, but I really do wish it were more doughnut-y!
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Warm golden spices enveloped in a swirl of deep resinous amber incense and palo santo, sparkling with a celestial bouquet of heliotrope, bergamot, and star jasmine.
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A shimmering pool of coppery red musk, Dracaena cinnabari, clove bud, cacao, and lead. The grave of the Countess Mircalla was opened; and the General and my father recognized each his perfidious and beautiful guest, in the face now disclosed to view. The features, though a hundred and fifty years had passed since her funeral, were tinted with the warmth of life. Her eyes were open; no cadaverous smell exhaled from the coffin. The two medical men, one officially present, the other on the part of the promoter of the inquiry, attested the marvelous fact that there was a faint but appreciable respiration, and a corresponding action of the heart. The limbs were perfectly flexible, the flesh elastic; and the leaden coffin floated with blood, in which to a depth of seven inches, the body lay immersed.
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A fragrance inspired by the buzzing prophesies of nymphs, the devotions of ancient priestesses, and the bounty of honied hives. Wildflower honey, frankincense, olive blossoms, and cinnamon.
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An icon of Poland’s history and culture, Stańczyk was King Sigismund I the Old’s court jester at the height of the Rebirth and his wit, intelligence, and eloquence is venerated to this day. His fame and influence – and the mysteries surrounding his life – are such that some consider him a myth. Jan Matejko’s depiction of Stańczyk is lush and shadowed, rife with despair and ill-omen, and so is our perfume: scarlet silk, spiced rose petals, well-worn red leather, Oman frankincense, labdanum, dried cherries, and blackberry wine.