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White Gardenia & Vanilla Cream
doomsday_disco replied to zankoku_zen's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
This is a really strong scent. It smelled so strong without the vial being open that I had to put it in a tin and place that tin several feet away so that I couldn't smell it anymore. I got myself to test it last night, and while I can smell both notes in the vial, the gardenia is the star of the show, and it's SUPER LOUD on me. I do not get much vanilla cream on my skin, sadly, although I know it must be hiding in the background, afraid to join the gardenia on the center stage. If you love gardenia, you'll probably love this. But the vanilla is not strong enough on me to make me love it like many flormands. -
This is mostly about the hearthsmoke. The chestnut note isn't the dessert-y, Mont Blanc sort of chestnut that I adore; rather, it is more like chestnuts being warmed on some cast iron at a Christmas market, whose hard shells need to be pulled away to reveal the curiously fuzzy interior that surrounds the nut. So.... more like the smoke and the outer shells than the edible part. Not bad, but not a scent I could see myself reaching for.
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This one starts off strong on the cardamom (the good kind!), backed by some coffee bean. Over time, the cardamom softens, and the coffee bean becomes the star on me, sweetened by a bit of the vanilla. There's just a tinge of cardamom left after a few hours if I go looking for it, but it's not nearly as prominent as it was before. This was my favorite of the coffee scents that I tried from the Yules. I'll have to wear this one on its own to see if I need more of it before the Yules disappear. But if I don't upgrade to a bottle, I'll definitely be hanging on to my decant.
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Smelling this in the vial, I was surprised that it was oddly bright? I looked up aguardiente and saw that it is be a generic term for some alcoholic beverages and it could be fruit-based. Well, that explained the brightness and the orange that I got from it once I applied this to my skin. Cola de Mono is mostly the orange-y aguardiente on me backed by some coffee, sugar, and spices. At first, the combination is oddly sort of appealing, but then it goes through this funky phase before mostly becoming a sugar-dominant scent on me with touches of the other notes. I would have kept the decant around if it weren't for that funky middle phase, but alas.
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Black Coffee and Old Books is predominantly a black leather scent. It's got a strong black leather note backed by some coffee, but the coffee is pretty timid compared to the leather. Over time, the leather softens, the scent becomes more powdery, and I get some of the actual book pages -- but by then, the coffee was super faint. Not bad, but not my type of book scent. I was hoping to get more book pages and coffee from this one.
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On me, Dusk in Autumn was mostly dead leaves accompanied by some black tea leaves and a bit of sweetness from the currant cake. I didn't get a distinct cake note, which I had been hoping for, but I also didn't get a ton of smoke from this, for which I am thankful. I am glad I got to try it, since I was curious about it and ended up culling from my list of possible decants, but I can't really see myself reaching for this one since I was hoping for some more sweetness.
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In Omnibus Caritas is my favorite of 2019's Black Friday imps. It's a sugary, honeyed, vanilla-ed mallow flower dream, with some white sandalwood lurking behind in the background. The mallow flower really blooms with wear, adding a lovely floofiness to the scent. Orris, usually a powdery note of doom that overtakes everything on me, is somehow behaving itself here. This would be right at home in the Shungas from the Lupercalia update. As a lover of sugary floral scents, I am a fan. I'll cherish my two imps.
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In Necessarias Unitas
doomsday_disco replied to zankoku_zen's topic in Gifts with Donation or Purchase
This is mostly a mossy, earthy, woody scent on me. The oakmoss, patch, and woods are the main players, but the mahogany is somewhat sharp on me. The honey only adds a tinge of sweetness to the scent on me. The vetiver here is not a BBQ variety and just contributes to the earthy aspect of the scent. This one isn't really my thing, but I'm glad I got to try it. -
This is an excellent hot chocolate scent, made with real chocolate and adorned with melted, creamy marshmallows. I do not get much booze from this at all. This one is all about the hot cocoa and the marshmallows. And it has good staying power, too! I could still smell traces of it on my hand the next morning. I already have The Other Hot Chocolate, Muddy Puddles, and El Dia de los Reyes, so I am not sure I can justify adding another hot chocolate scent to my collection, but I will say that this one is really nice, and if you don't already have a hot chocolate scent in your collection, you may want to consider this one! It's the Lab's most marshmallow-y hot chocolate scent!
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This 13 starts off with chocolate and cardamom being the prominent notes, but it becomes a 13 dominated by the chocolate and sugars. I also get some of the candied pralines after it has been on the skin for a while. And it has good staying power, too (I could still smell it on my hand the next morning). The other 13 I would compare this to is 13 November 2015, with its chocolate and sugars, only, this one is better. I'll be hanging on to my decant to wear on future Friday the 13ths!
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Screeching Revenant is predominantly a cool blue musk and light eucalyptus scent. It's clean and refreshing. While I got the pine when I sprayed it on a paper towel (I agree with Little Bird about it being the pine from Golden Priapus), it is not a main player in my hair. I didn't get any sweet, cola-like opoponax in my hair, either. This is a light, inoffensive hair gloss. It does not last all day, but it would be nice in an office environment, or when you want a hair gloss that's cool and refreshing. I can't see myself reaching for it enough to grab more of it, but I'll be hanging on to my decant to pair with a few scents that I have that contain eucalyptus.
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Selaphobia is predominantly a lemon lime scent with a hint of peppermint in the background. It's reminiscent of P%$S, but without the sugar. I agree with zee_zee about the lime in this one. It gave me green gummy worm vibes at first, but I could totally see Jell-O, too. It's a nice, refreshing citrus scent, but I kind of wish I had gotten more mint from this. As it is, I already have P%$S for a lemon-lime scent, which I prefer, because it is sugared.
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Gingerbread and Candyfloss smells wonderful. The candyfloss adds a much needed floofiness that elevates the gingerbread note. It's a combo that will put a smile on your face. The sad thing? It becomes very soft very quickly and pretty much disappears after only an hour. Due to the lack of longevity, I am thinking I won't need a bottle -- but I'll do a slather test at some point just to be sure, because it would be a bottle purchase if I could get it to last.
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Mince Pie and Bourbon Cream is mostly about the fruity filling of a mince pie, accompanied by a splash of bourbon cream. There's definitely some raisins in here, and it smells very realistic, but again, it's more about the mince than the pie itself. I wanted to try this to compare to Mincemeat Pie from last Yule, and I have to say, I prefer Mincemeat Pie with its apple cider crust note. The bourbon cream is nice, but I am missing the pastry.
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Despite the long note list, Here We Come A-Wassailing is mostly about the apple and fig on me. The fig is pretty prominent at first, with the roasted apple not far behind, but eventually, the apple wins out. It reminds me of the apple note from Lambs' Wool (which I adore), but without the spices from that scent. I think it's nice, but I wish my skin had brought out some more complexity from this one! Maybe it just needs more than few days to settle? I'll update if I end up doing a retest with different results.
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2019 version. This is all about a mentholic, bright, citric snow. It definitely contains eucalyptus, which lasts on me throughout wear. It's more of a snow scent than a forest scent, with the tree notes not being super distinct on my skin and just peeking out through a blanket of snow. I think this would be the kind of scent that would be nice to wear on sick days, because of the eucalyptus, or on days you just need something refreshing to pick you up. But I cannot see myself wearing this regularly, so I may end up passing on my decant to a friend that enjoys this sort of scent on the regular.
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On me, this is mostly fir backed by gingerbread spices, with the resins becoming more noticeable with wear. While I appreciate the fir note, the resins end up being a bit sharp on me (kind of like polished wood? I am thinking it is a dark variety of myrrh here, not a softer variety like the kind in Bastet). I don't dislike it, but I think I would like it more if there were a sweet note in this to help smooth things over.
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Frostbitten TKO is TKO + Snow White's sweet snow note. In other words, IT IS EVERYTHING. (TKO and Snow White are two of my favorite scents.) It starts off stronger on the floofy lavender marshmallow sugar of TKO, but the sweet Snow White snow note emerges more over time and ends up being the most noticeable part of the scent after several hours of wear. I have been wanting a lavender snow scent with this snow note for years, and this Yule, Beth made it a reality. All hail Beth! All hail! Needless to say, I am going to need eleventy million bottles before this goes away.
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Gustav Klimt’s ode to masturbation: pale sandalwood, white cream vanilla, and a touch of tea rose. Note: I'm reviewing this as a moisturizer and not as a product that I tested in the bath. In the bottle: The vanilla cream is the most prominent note here, followed by the tea rose and the light sandalwood. On my skin: The white cream vanilla is still the star of the show, but I am getting more of the pale sandalwood on my skin than I did in the bottle. There really is just a touch of tea rose here. It was stronger in the bottle than it is on my skin. Then, the pale sandalwood note becomes the dominant note, but it's not dry at all, and the vanilla isn't far behind it. Sometimes, I sniff my arm and smell more sandalwood and vanilla, but other times, I smell more vanilla and that touch of tea rose. If you enjoyed the rose and vanilla combo of Crimson Peak's Between Your Heart and Mine, but were hoping for more vanilla (like me), you will probably enjoy this (if you don't mind sandalwood). The scent is soft and doesn't have much throw. Verdict: I'm glad that the notes in this are wins on me, because I'm a German Studies major, so I wanted this as soon as I saw it in the Trading Post's Lupercalia update. It's lovely.
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Posting this review may forever doom my bottle to my swap page, but here goes: I, too, bought this because Gingerbread and Lavender Sugar is full of so much win that I thought, if this is anything like that, it could be really nice. I also thought that lemon and ginger tends to be a good combination, at least in tea and in Virgo Snowball Fight. So I went the blind-bottle route. Unfortunately, it was a complete skin chemistry fail on me. In the bottle, I smell the gingerbread spices/gingersnap-like note from last year's gingerbread scents overlayed with a huge lemon slice. On me, it is pretty sour and unappealing, at times reminding me of . The lemon just does not combine well with this ginger on my skin, and there's not enough sugar present to help smooth things over. Up close, I get a lemony gingerale sort of scent, but the throw? It just smells sour and off. I agree that a bready gingerbread note and more sugar could have made this scent more appealing. As it is, it just does not work for me.
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I am going to be the dissenter here. This was all wool blanket on me. While I could smell just a tiny bit of the milky coffee note in the bottle, it did not want to show up on my skin. It was just this bright, clean, wool note. I am going to set this one aside and see if it needs more time to settle. I was hoping this would be like the coffee equivalent of Cozy Pumpkin Sweater, but there's just not enough coffee here for me.
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This is like Lick It with a breath of gingerbread spices. The peppermint candies reign supreme for the first few hours of wear, backed by a bit of that gingerbread spice/gingersnap note from last year's Gingerbread scents (so... not fluffy gingerbread). When the mint calms down, what remains is the sugary candy base surrounded by some crumbs. I'm glad I grabbed a bottle!
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A World of One Color is one of those scents where we have cold juxtaposed with warmth. I get bright snow (which I am thinking must be the frost and/or ice musk -- I am thinking it may be the kind from Skadi 2013?) warmed by a nice variety of cedar. It remains that way on me throughout wear, but the tea and musk become more noticeable over time. Oddly enough, I did not get any of the coconut on my skin, but that's fine with me. I am not sure that it's 'me,' but this one is better than the notes led me to believe it would be.
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I got the smoked part of the vanilla (it's the same one from Cedarwood and Smoked Vanilla) backed by the amber and benzoin. For some reason, my skin was not bringing out the cypress at all, which was a note to which I had been looking forward. I was really curious about this one because I love Golden Priapus, but there's not enough vanilla or tree here for me.
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When the Frost is on the Punkin
doomsday_disco replied to zankoku_zen's topic in Gifts with Donation or Purchase
When the Frost is on the Punkin is heavy on the sugared pine/fir snow note from scents like Snow Bunny, NYC Snowball Fight, and Marshmallow Snow Bath Oil. When first applied, I get that snow note with a bit of pumpkin, which is quickly blanketed in that snow note, so that no more pumpkin is to be found until after a few hours of wear. By that point, it is pretty nice -- a warm, non-spiced ambery pumpkin with a breath of sugared snow -- but I am not sure I want to wait that long for it to get to the phase I enjoy.