RoseThornAndOak
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This is light on me too, and surprisingly, perfumey on the skin. In the imp, it is gingerbread and Fruit Loops.
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I get a ton of tangy goat milk and a bit of gingerbread. The goat milk seems to amp on me. Might be good for fans of Vampire Milk!
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Super banana, then gingerbread.. Then more like banana quickbread. Then fades and goes weird on me. It's a fun sweetened banana spice in the imp though. Could be good for Noisy Goose fans but it is quite different, more bready.
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I'm surprised how light and powdery this is. It's a light green soft moss with some stoney bits. Something in this is papery, too. Something threatens to go sour and sharp, not quite getting there, but enough funk on my skin to go weird. This would be better as a room atmo for me, but YMMV, of course.
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Ok this makes me think of a gingerbread version of No Man is An Island. Where NMIAI can have an almost greenish brown vegetal side, GT&T is more subtle, less strong, less complex. It's rich tobacco, warmly gingerbead spiced, but not bready, smoothed out and softened by warm, sensual tonka. The tonka does not steal the show, as it can in some blends, but is perfectly blended here in my opinion. A bit more tonka, however, would not have been unwelcome. It is a bit like Gingerbread and Leather as well, more sweet and soft without the leather of course, but still has that deep tobacco spice edge going on. I think if you found NMIAI or G&L too harsh but otherwise liked where they were going, you might want to give this a try. If you love those, as I do, you'll probably love this, too. It's like the softer sister or brother to the others. Gorgeous, gender neutral, this would smell amazing on anyone. I probably don't need more since I have NMIAI and G&L, but if it arrives, it will be bought because it is different enough to warrant having as well. This gets the Glitter Hearts Of Winning.
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Oh dang this is good. It's a bit mesquite bbq bacon smoke over gingerbread at first, but dries down to a lovely but strong campfire blend without the bbq bits, with a dash of lovely, spicy gingerbread. The campfire has a subtle evergreen to it, everso, bit is mostly the smoky charred bits, like the embers of a Yule Log, and it's glorious. This is stronk on the campfire, just a dab will do you, so the decant will probably be enough as I'll most likely use this for layering with Gingerbread and Leather. However, if I were to see a bottle for sale, I would probably go for it.
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I remember the original Dorian being a really nice lemony tea vanilla fougere type thing on the right skin. It never really played nice on me, but on others, it was beautiful. The remake of Dorian didn't really gel on me, either. This however, smells far better than both on me and is quite fetching: I get a bit of lemon, but soft, no cleaner or artificial vibes. There's tea, but this is also soft, not astringent. Just light and airy. For the gourmand aspects, this just lends a subtle vanilla sweetness to soften the edges of Dorian, making it more wearable. It's not doughy or bready or overtly sugary to me (sugar can go plastic on me and doesn't here). It's beautiful, and I'm considering a bottle. The only thing holding me back is holy smokes does this fade to a skin scent fast, and I do have a tea scent that sticks around better.
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I had a similar experience to PumpkinGuts. In the imp, I get strong mint, Oreo type chocolate crust, and overall deliciousness. On the skin, a weird toasty plastic bag chocolate thing. Can we summon this gourmand wizard and can he assist? I agree a locket might be a great idea as it's glorious in the vial.
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Hot damn in the imp this is a gorgeous dark chocolate variety of mocoa coffee and immediately makes me want to go to Dunkin. Mmm. Unfortunately this goes weird, toasty, artificial and slightly sour on my skin. Many coffee and gourmands do this, but sometimes they don't so it was worth a try. However, I am very impressed how realistic this is in the decant and fresh on. I think on the right skin this would be a winner. There's definitely a chocolate pudding there, like a Snack Pack and I kinda want one of those now, too.
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Wolf Moon: Lupine Musk & Ambrette Seed Hair Gloss
RoseThornAndOak replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Hair
Holy smokes this is pretty! It's the cuddly, warm, version of Maple Leaves, Golden Moss, and Amber, with less sweet maple leaves. It's even more musky, and quite similar to the sweet musk used in ML,GM,&A. It is soft brown/grey, light green in hue, where the other is golden, red, and sparkling, with greenery peaking through (not green pepper or dead leaves, very distinct). They would layer beautifully. It's gender neutral. Basically a light brown grey musk. The picture it is giving me is some sort of creature in Middle Earth that has clean fur and is on the good side, or a gentlemen in grey who exhudes warmth, who feels fair and looks fair. Although this has a soft, cuddly side, it is not animalic and stanky at all, which was what I was expecting. It's very clean and wearable and not in a soapy way. I'm considering a backup of ML and a full of this before they leave. -
Rose Petals, Marshmallows, and Afterglow Hair Gloss
RoseThornAndOak replied to Jenjin's topic in Hair
Upon application, I got sweet vanilla like rose. Very Katrina, with afterglow which smelled, errr, smutty. Not like Smut, but...smut. Throughout the day, the afterglowy bits tame down about 90%, and I'm left with gorgeous sweet rosey, vanillowy marshmallow. I don't get that plastic edge marshmallow can have on occasion, and yeah this is pretty, pretty. -
Nothing weird here! Just a nice sweet, crisp apple. I'm surprised this doesn't go powdery or too artificial, and definitely not like a green apple shampoo. It's almost a single note and really nice.
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A nice crisp aquatic at first, a bit soapy, a bit classic perfume. On the drydown I get some champaca and woods. After that this stays in a nice spot between pretty, soft, aquatic soap/perfume and champaca. It's quite fine. Clean and elegant. A bit more aquatic and floral than Possessed Teen. There are other aquatics I love more, but I do like how refined this is.
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Wow this is nice! Totally agree. Sweet Snow White snow, with dry sludgy cacao and vanilla. If you shake the bottle, more of the cacao vanilla resiny goodness comes out. Without a shake before application, I get more Snow White with just a bit of murky resins. My mind goes to snowy streets in Victorian England, like a scene in The Little Princess, but if they were the prettied up, wearable version. This also smells ancient, yet in a very soft and beautiful way. The frankincense and myrrh don't go weird on me. It's not a lemony frankincense, or too dark. There's an everso slight medicinal edge, but it is smooth and just sort of brightens yet darkens the scent at once. It reminds me a bit of Frostbitten SO and Frostbitten Lust which both are mostly sweet + musky resins on me, but this is behaving on my skin much better. Basically Snow White with dark cacao/vanilla and some resins/incense (not smoky). Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous. I always lookout for SW variants and this might be one of my favorite Yules.
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I wanted to like this more than I did. The violet, plum, and sandalwood together are creating a weird breathy, indolic fruity floral that doesn't coalesce on my skin. In the bottle it is a gorgeous plum violet marshmallow. I think on the right skin this would be a nice complex fruity violet vanilla marshmallow with some woods supporting. Some sandalwoods just don't like me and that's fine. This is fine.
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I believe this has the same milk note as Mummy Milk, but less stronk. It's very clovey, very tangy milk, but that milk is still far too tangy for me even though it's lighter than Mummy Milk. If you love the goats milk note, this is gonna work amazing on you. The spice of the clove does ground it a bit. Ghost Milk plays better on me, less tangy, so I'll stick with that. It does get better throughout the day.
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Something told me not to skip this one, and I'm glad to Something. I get a very neutral woody scent. No evergreens, very much a fine, high quality sandalwood oak. It's perfect for layering perfect on it's own. I feel like you could wear this anywhere, in any context. Sexy pirate? Set the course for Port Royal. Haunted hause? Come with me, murderess! Genteel person? Why I do declare this be mighty fine. Viking? Set sail to plunder! Poet? Start the duel already, wallpaper! Wood Elf? And you have my bow. Hippie? That's just like, you're opinion man. Cottagecore: I be the witch in the wood. I do get the Antikythera light flanker vibe too. It reminds me of No Man is An Island a bit, too. Less dark and sweet, more dry. There's s tad of a cologne/perfume vibe, but it's mostly about those woods. Later in the afternoon: goes a bit sharp now and then. Might have to use this in a locket but it's not all that bad.
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I really like this. Sweet, spiced, pumpkin apple in the bottle. It's heavy on the cinnamon as it dries, no rash though, and the sweetness remains. I'm not getting the fruity or cloying white sugar note if you're worried or were hoping for that. The brown sugar seems to play better on me, sweet, kinda darker, and less strong. There's a tad of a buttery note from the pumpkin, but only ever so. It's not reading so much as a cider on me now, but more of a sludgy autumn dessert without the cake or bread notes. Maybe if the cider still has a ton of apple, pumpkin and spice bits floating around in the bowl, a cider you half drink, half eat. Actually now that I think of it, this shares a lot of similarities with Caramel Apple Cookie. This turned out real good. I don't always gel with apple or pumpkin or even spice notes sometimes, but it works here. It reminds me of a Christmas party we had at a mid 19th century house that John Wilkes Booth stopped at, but this totally has Fall vibes too and can be worn throughout the season.
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Dark Chocolate, Vanilla Absolute, Black Pepper, and Bulgarian Rose
RoseThornAndOak replied to Jenjin's topic in Lupercalia
I got two Lupers: Jovial Tengu and this. Ever since trying Akima Botanicals Pepperose I've found how beautifully pepper and rose can roll together. It's gorgeous. Dark chocolate with a slight peppery kick, and a nice reddish pink, nonpowdery rose, voluptuous and rich. Dark chocolate: compared to the fudge note, it's darker, less sweet. Compared to cacao: smoother, sweeter, less dry. I suppose there's vanilla in this, but kind of like when you eat chocolate vanilla ice cream you think chocolate more than vanilla, the same goes here. This doesn't smell like ice cream, just used here for explanation. This isn't foodie in a sweet, bready, or savory way at all. As with most chocolate notes, this fades quite a bit throughout wear. It's classy and romantic! I got a smol spray of Dries von Noten's Raving Rose, which is pepper + rose, and this is up there with that in quality. This is quite softer and less aggressive on the pepper. I would say on the spice/grit scale, this is quite a few degrees lighter than your lightest of light white patchouli, which barely smells like patchouli to me to begin with. If you like the idea of chocolate and rose together and want a note to add complexity, intrigue, and groundedness just a smidgen, yet want something different than patchouli, dirt, cinnamom, woods, or incense, this is your bae. The pepper is perfectly placed here. Also, this didn't burn my skin. Well done Lab, well done. -
Ok. The Human Animals ended up being the sleeper hits for me of the Halloween offerings this year. This doesn't read Halloween to me at all, but there's an eerieness to it and yes this is fey, fae, fay. Otherworldly and difficult to describe, I feel like I've smelled something vaguely similar, a long long time ago, maybe in the Y2K days. It's a creepy fae fruity floral, like if you asked some faeries to try yo create a fruity floral for humans and it doesn't ever stop smelling fae, lol. This is so elf punk its awesome and it's going right next to Liz and others that put me in that headspace. I dont know it musky, citrusy, floral, creepy cool kid.
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It's nice, my decant has a gingerbread note that goes fruity, like red fruit. A little bit of cocoa, but if someone held this to my nose and said "Hey! Wiff this!" I'd say spicy mulled wine. Glad I tried it, glad I didn' spring for a bottle, but I'm enjoying it all the same.
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Yep, that's Gingerbread and Leather, one of my favorite BPALs! This year is spicy sweet in the vial, and dries down more vegetal spicy with a bit of leather supporting. This year's seems a bit more savory, but YMMV and aging does G&L well.
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This reads mostly white floral, mostly lily, with some sweet bready spices underneath, almost fruity gingerbread. Good balance, soft, pleasant. I retried this about a month later and a sharp green note is present and is discordant with the other notes.
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Portrait of Magdaleine Pinceloup de la Grange née de Parseval
RoseThornAndOak replied to Seajewel's topic in Limited Editions
Ton of breathy lilac, mostly upon opening then mellows. There are some vintage glamourous things underneath. A note that goes sharp on me if I sniff close. It's nice but there are other lilacs I love more. It does have a genteel lady's vibe.