roseus
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Really crisp and breezy neroli and white tea that settles more into a incense-y champaca tea as it dries. The champaca doesn't go screechy on me which is nice!
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Beautiful wintry florals! I get a bit of that new spring green sap with chilly sweet snow and white florals. As it dries I do get a bit of a piney note as well. It does remind me of Marshmallow Snow like mentioned previously. Something about the foresty scent and the florals reminds me of a wintry Elf.
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Really rich musky honey and a slightly bitter but very orange-y neroli. I can see how it comes off as apricot or peachy.
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In the imp this wasn't as brown sugar syrupy as I anticipated! Very mellow. The cream and bergamot in the earl grey really give it a lift. On my skin the tea is most prominent with a brown sugar complimenting it. The cream is very gentle. A gorgeous tea scent!
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This one comes off as really eerie to me. The sandalwood and cedar are super dry, and with the white musk it gives the impression of desolate spookiness to me. On my skin the ambergris gives the tiniest bit of musky warmth but not much. It softens slightly as it wears with the herbs coming out a bit more as well. Still a very quiet, eerie scent.
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Really gorgeous snowy pine straight on. It gets a bit less chilly as it wears. It's hard to pick out the sake but I think it's giving a mellow sweetness to the blend.
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I agree with @tinyvulture this is so cute! Just a really cheerful lemon scent. It's really creamy and musky on application with the lemon just glittering in the background. But as it dries the lemon comes more forward on my skin. It's sweetened lightly and hangs right in the balance between dessert-y and perfume-y with the cream and amber, which I love. This has pretty good staying power on me for a citrus as well!
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I get fresh juicy pear and florals in equal measure. Very breezy and fresh and feminine. The sweet pea stands out the most on me but I get the lilies and honeysuckle as well. It makes me think of a sitting an an idyllic cottage garden wearing a frilly lace dress.
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Such an interesting scent. The blue musk and salt gives a fresh, seaside vibe. The deeper notes of oud, patch, and hinoki with the florals has a really classic perfume vibe, and the salty ocean air adds such a unique element. A really smooth scent with no one element really sticking out to me.
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Crisp lemon and a fiery ginger on application. As it dries it softens to a soft lemony herbal tea. I can't really pick out the spices (except for a more subdued ginger) specifically.
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Really gorgeous red musk and tobacco. On my skin I get the red musk first and foremost. It's rich swirly red musk, it has a certain sheerness and fruitiness. The tobacco is dark and chewy, and it follows the red musk closely. I get them almost equally once fully dry. I struggle to pick out other notes individually but I can tell they are adding complexity. I think the amber and orchid combine to give a luxurious, perfumey (in a good way!) facet.
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A sea salt chypre with a hint of cucumber. This is so soothing. The salty note starts of a bit bracing but quickly is smoothed over by the cucumber. It is salty, but not in an intensely masculine cologne way and there is no sharp ozone. I'm having a really hard time describing this chypre. It's definitely soft aquatic, like a saltwater version of The Forgettable God with a touch of cucumber. It's like getting a waft of sea breeze while having your nose in a glass of cucumber water.
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I get a pollen-dusted white lily in the bottle. Fresh and clean. On my skin I get a mix of fresh white blooms over a soft incense. It has just a bit of bite. Maybe some champaca?
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This does smell shiny! In the imp it smells shiny and clean. Sort of medicinal, but in a really pleasant way. I'm having a hard time identifying the notes, but the musk is definitely giving some warmth to the cool metal and tobacco flower. It feels light, clean, and methodical. Like what I imagine an elven workshop smelling like.
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Many things. Bubblegum, sasparilla, cherry? On wet, I think the cherry is maybe dragon's blood. The bubblegum and sarsaparilla notes fade on my skin, I get vanilla and cinnamon.
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This one took a few tests for me to form an opinion on, and definitely needed some rest after travels. In the bottle I can only describe this as harsh. The florals are so heady and indolic they almost lose their floral quality. I think the cedar might be adding to this strange dryness. I can feel it in the back of my throat when I sniff. Wet the amber musk comes in and smooths the florals a bit, but it is still Big White Florals. It's really rich and makes me think a perfume my mom used to wear. As it dries I can start picking out the mint and cedar. It's a nice scent, but the scent in the bottle/freshly on is definitely intense. I will definitely let this one settle for a few more weeks to see how it changes.
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This is rich but not heavy. The red musk is really fruity and gives a bit of buoyancy to the heavier notes, along with the honey and vanilla. The base notes are really well blended but if I sniff deeply I can pick them out individually. They have an elegant earthy quality. I'd say it's a cousin to scents like Night and What You Want and Being Happy Are Two Quite Different Things. A red fruitiness over rich brown notes.
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In the bottle I get a soft green fog. I want to say I get lime, especially when it is on my skin. It reminds me of Odic Force where the lime sort of just gives a green glow. A really soft, humid aquatic. The foggy aspect is so cool.
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Fruity wine with light spices and orange and a beautiful fuzzy wool note underneath. I was worried it would be too sweet on me sniffing the bottle but the wool and hearth smoke temper the sweetness and it is utterly perfect. It's a cozy winter evening in a bottle.
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Oh this is stunning! In the bottle I get a softly salty ocean air scent with the sweet pea mingling in gently. The words that keep coming to mind are soft and breezy. The sea spray notes are definitely at the forefront on my skin for the first half hour, salty but not intensely so. Aquatic and a bit mineraly, but the sweet pea really softens the scent and comes more in balance as it dries.
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To me this was the lightest of the sugar cookies I tried, at least in terms of white sugar vs brown sugar. It blends so well with the incense. Cozy sweet incense. If you love the cakes and incense combo of All Souls, this is for you.
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2021 Version. The fur is definitely the most prominent aspect for me the whole time, it's warm and musky and a little sweet. I find it hard to describe but my husband says it smells it smells exactly like Cinnamon Toast Crunch. I disagree but can also sort of see where he's coming from? I feel like I get an almond note in the fur. The snow is light and chilly and burns off of me within about a half hour, leaving a light rose haze on the fur.
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In the bottle I get a delicious vanilla and cocoa combo with a bit of sweet tobacco underneath. On my skin the chalky notes come in and take it out of sweet gourmand territory. It's sort of dusty and has a mineral quality, and brings some cooler facets to the blend. The tobacco really blooms as it dries. It's dark and murky and makes me think of a cold cave but with the warmth and comfort of fire inside.
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In the bottle I get a rich cocoa backed by a dark, musky rose. On my skin it flips and I get more rose with a dusting of cocoa. The rose simmers down as it dries and allows the patch to peak out, it is a soft patch and blends beautifully with the cocoa for an earthy base. I can't pick out the ambrette seed or white musk specifically but I think they are adding to the warm musky thing going on. It has an old world glamour thing going on. It's very well blended, nothing really sticks out as the star. I wouldn't think of this as a 'rose' scent or a 'cocoa' scent. So glad I went for this one, I was waffling a bit but the 15 Minutes of Fume review sold me!
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I just love idea of three simple, but incredibly different elements coming together. Salty, sweet, tart. It dries down to such a complex, gorgeous scent. In the bottle I get mostly salt and honey, with just a tiny bit of tart lemon peeking out. On my skin it's more sweet than salty, but this is a very light honey. Not ooey-gooey heavy honey, but lightly sweet and reminds me a bit of the skin musk note. The salt roughs it up just a bit and has this beachy vibe, it reminds me of sunscreen in the best way. Not like cloying coconut sunscreen (I love that too tbh) but maybe like the sunscreen your rich childfree aunt brought back from her trip to Capri. The lemon just adds some sparkle to the scent, especially as it dries down. It's sexy in a very pared down, lowkey and carefree kind of way.
