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First sniff this gives the impression of shrubland, dry and herbal. There's a strong green and herbal scent, with a camphor-adjacent edge that I think might be a combination of the cade and spikenard? That is a majority of the scent at first. Fresh and almost ginger-y. As it dries the resins come in and give it a warm, robust base. The cardamom doesn't peak out on me until way into the dry down.
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First impression is smoky red musk with a touch of heat. The peppercorn is strong out of the gate but fades back on the skin, it becomes more woody and incensey. The beeswax and red musk offer a slight sweetness. Fully dry the plum peaks out. Hazy is a beautiful word for it.
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Starts off very gourmand on my skin, a well-spiced brownie. As it dries the chocolate fades way back and it becomes a drier, muskier scent. The wool is fuzzy and musky (not at all clean laundry on me), the tea and spices follow closely behind. I get just a tiny hint of sweetness from the chocolate and honey. Very homey and cozy.
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Golden resins, warm and glowing. Pretty much identical to the perfume oil to my nose.
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Beautiful sugary vanilla cookie (something about it makes me think of pastry dusted with powdered sugar) and brisk pine threaded throughout. Pine shortbread is a great description, with a good dose of extra sugar on top.
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I get a bit more lavender from this than in the perfume oil but equally gorgeous. A chilly, musky ambergris and tobacco flower scent with a nice halo of lavender.
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At first this is all sweet, nutty almond (like sniffing almond extract in the bottle) and cacao on my skin. As it dries I get the Snow White! The snow and almond notes end up most noticeable on my skin, sometimes more of one or the other when I go back and sniff. The cacao is a low base note underneath. Gorgeous!
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2024 vintage: Beautiful soft, sweet resins. Almost syrupy, and something vaguely fruity, sort of cherryish. Also a bit woody. I swear I get a hint of beeswax as well. Warm, glowing.
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On my skin initially this feels very 'vintage perfume' the resins are slightly fizzy and the rose came across as dried. Something about this threatened to go screechy for a bit (I wonder if champaca is involved?) could be the oakmoss but I haven't had issues with it before. It dries down to a soft but dark scent, rich oozey resins and tobacco with a breath of rose over the top.
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Only used this in the bath so far. I get fruity red musk with a hint of orange and nutmeg. I can't pull the patch out as well used in the bath as I can sniffing straight from the bottle, it is more in the background but I can detect it more lingering on my skin later on. Has a sort of mulled wine-esque vibe to me and perfect for winter soaks.
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Roasty, unsweet coffee and skin musk first on. One of the truest coffee notes I've come across. As it settles the sweet tonka and amber come out, but the coffee still doesn't come off as sweet. This feels incredibly nostalgic and comforting, and an absolute knockout coffee scent.
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In the bottle the pumpkin incense really leaps out. Very autumnal spicy amber. Wet it becomes more musky, with a bit of earthy patch. As it dries down the spice really fades, just sort of gently warming the blend. Mostly amber, musk, and patch with a hint of bergamot brightening things slightly. It's a low, fuzzy sort but with surprising throw.
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Sweet incense and coffee! I'm having a hard time placing what kind of incense(s) specifically, there's a dark sort of syrupy sweetness that could be myrrh but also a vanillic thing going on that makes me think of benzoin. The overall effect is a rich, sweet coffee but not super gourmand.
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Harvest Moon: Corn Husk and Nutmeg
roseus replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
On me the nutmeg is the more forward note, with sweet cornmeal-y note backing it up. As it wears it balances out more. I have a hard time describing the scent of nutmeg, sort of woody and sweet. Very comforting! -
This reminds me a lot of Ode on Melancholy, cool-toned soft musky florals. I get mostly rose and wisteria. Soft, floaty, romantic.