roseus
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Such a gorgeous gloss! In the bottle I get mostly a dark, heady orange blossom just like in Orange Blossom & Driftfood. There's a bit of slightly bitter citrus peel underneath. Sprayed I get the fresh crisp tea and more of the citrus musk and zest. Not a juicy sweet scent for sure, a slightly bitter, very grownup citrus. Very sensual. The orange blossom complements it all so well.
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In the bottle this is bright yet delicate, the citrus is fresh and a bit tart but not super bracing. I get lemon and grapefruit with a little bit of apple giving some sweetness underneath. On my skin the amber comes out giving a gorgeous warm base. The citrus notes have a sparkling sort of quality. The apple is present but difficult for me to pick out, it has a tartness that makes it blend well with the citrus notes. I think the mimosa is giving a fresh green-floral aspect to the blend. As it wears I pick up on the cedar but it blends well with the amber in the background. The scent is both fresh and warm and inviting.
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In the bottle I get syrupy mango and a bit of cinnamon. On my skin it's more spice-forward. The pumpkin blends with the mango and mellows it out, a smooth sweet-tart fruity base for the spices. Clove is the first I can detect with cinnamon and ginger close behind. Warm and cozy, not hot and fiery.
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In the imp this is a light sugared orange blossom and cream confection, with sinister tartness underneath. On my skin it's very similar, with a flutter of carnation keeping the sweetness in check. Gorgeous.
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In the imp this is dark, yet gauzy. The opium and honeysuckle combine for a sheer but dark and heady floral. On my skin it's even darker and more grounded and earthy with the vetiver coming out. A little smoky but more on the grassy side.
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At first I get mostly warm, slightly sweet skin musk. On the skin it's both fresh and warm, and reminds me of summer rain. Not an aquatic scent, but it reminds me of warm, rainy days in a forest in the PNW. A warm green dampness. As it dries it gets more of a prickly dry grass edge. I'm in love.
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Sweet vanilla-almond with a bit of cinnamon in the imp. It smells deliciously foody, but not in a straight up pastry sense. On my skin it is similar, this almond stays nutty on me and doesn't push cherry. It's a little less sweet on my skin, and the frankincense comes out and gives more depth. I don't think I can pick out the heliotrope specifically, but I think it is what is helping push the blend away from foody and to perfumey.
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In the imp this smelled like green apple to me which really threw me off. On my skin I think it's more lime and florals, it still had a fruity quality to it. Pretty sure I get some lily. There's a humid, sort of waxy quality in there. I also get a bit of mossy greenness and I think a hint of mint. Green leafy mint, not toothpaste. I don't get any dirt on my skin. Overall much fresher than I anticipated.
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In the imp I get a hypnotic jasmine and incense, with a syrupy quality to it in the best way. Languid and sultry. On my skin it's more incense forward and I get some drier elements from the patchouli and saffron, and I can detect a bit of almond. The jasmine really fades into the background, but it still detectable. It's a gorgeous blend.
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Fresh green and vegetal in the imp, with a slightly smoky undertone of leather and maybe a bit of sharp grassiness from the vetiver. But overall much fresher and brighter than I anticipated. On my skin it is much more leather forward, and underneath the rugged smokiness I get that bright green note, though it is pushing more cucumber than zucchini if I had to pin it. As it dries the leather-vetiver situation loses some of it's sharpness and it blends more with the courgette musk. It's all sort of a muddled dark green and leather.
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blends containing that coveted lemony vanilla?
roseus replied to stainedglass_siren's topic in Recommendations
I wonder if Traditional Sheet Ghost might work as well? The frankincense is what is described as lemony, but it might have a similar enough effect! -
Various foresty greens with a smidge of beeswax in the imp. On my skin the beeswax blooms and the muguet comes out, a beautiful soft white floral. All that foresty greenery really has faded back, like just a hint of it on the breeze.
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In the imp I get hit with the balsam, quickly followed by cardamom and patchouli. It smells like how I think a Really Expensive retreat lodge in the mountains would smell. On my skin it smells similar but a tiny bit sweeter from the benzoin, the balsam is a little softer and it is more woody now. Absolutely stunning.
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In the imp I get a bright sweet coocunut, mixed with that beautiful starchy rice milk. I swear I get just a hint of a dark green, pine or balsam note as well. On my skin it stays pretty much the same, I think the white tea was that dark green note- it blooms on my skin into a brighter, but still somewhat vegetal tea note.
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If your top 5 scents are... Then try these!
roseus replied to Ella LaRose's topic in Recommendations
@wordortwo I think it looks like great one! Lots of dark inkiness and doesn't sound too sweet, violet is one that can go funky on me personally but have found it works in blends that have very little sweetness - particularly interested in the reviews saying it has an asphalt-like note as I absolutely loved that aspect in Waiting -
If your top 5 scents are... Then try these!
roseus replied to Ella LaRose's topic in Recommendations
I'm seeing a lot deep, dark sort of scents so Elizabeth of Bohemia (the perfect rose oude) might be up your alley if you can do oud. Have you tried Mme. Moriarty or Behind the Veils? Both have a dark, inky, musky thing going on. Mme. Moriarty is fruity where Behind the Veils is more incensy. I wouldn't call either particularly sweet, but Behind the Veils is less so. The Magician I think would be in the same realm as Dee, Burmese rosewood, olibanum, benzoin, turmeric, currant leaf, and oude. Old Scratch might be of interest as well: a lavender fougere with tonka, amber, rosewood and a whiff of diabolical patchouli. -
If your top 5 scents are... Then try these!
roseus replied to Ella LaRose's topic in Recommendations
@amokslime maybe keep an eye out for Sapphics: tonka, oakmoss, tolu balsam, grey amber, myrrh, and muguet. Fingers crossed it comes up in the Lupers this year! -
Café De Olla Fried Ice Cream Jammed Into A Coconut Cream Pie
roseus replied to Seajewel's topic in Gifts with Donation or Purchase
In the imp I get a really fizzy sort of scent. Like a coconut ice cream float of some kind topped with cinnamon. Behind that I get fried dough and some coffee. On my skin it is much more fried dough and coffee, a bit buttery and still with cinnamon and now a bit of ginger. It's a very roasty coffee. The coconut and cream start to creep in again as it dries, but this one stays very dry and spicy on me, and I was hoping for a bit more of that coconut sweetness to balance. -
Iced Apple Dumplings Plopped Into A Sweet Potato Pie
roseus replied to Seajewel's topic in Gifts with Donation or Purchase
I get a crisp green apple with a hint of cinnamon and lots of sweet sugary icing. As it sits I start getting a bit of buttery crust, and a hint of sweet potato if I really search. -
In the imp I get a super true to life tiramisu. I get the sort of bready ladyfingers, creaminess, a breath of cocoa, and of course coffee. On my skin I get the fried dough note instead of the floury note I got in the imp, and I'm pretty sure some amaretto as well. It stays pretty true and in balance. Absolutely delicious!
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I get a good dose of lemon from this. Underneath I get a really soft worn leather and patchouli, with a delightful musky cashmere note. Warm and snuggly. As it dries I get a bit of dry chamomile with the lemon in the top. A really cozy comforting scent. I love the brightness of the lemon in it, it has an unexpected freshness.
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I get more popcorn out of the bottle, it's a warm slightly syrupy kettle corn scent. On my skin it's more of the soft, plush sugar cookie scent with a light wafting of the kettle corn. Not toothachingly sweet, just every so slightly buttery. As it dries I think I can detect the tiniest hint of salt. Really fun scent, has a huge hit of nostalgia for me.
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Gorgeous glassy white florals. A hint of gleaming metal and a light aquatic musk.
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Starts off as a very clean lavender and white musk with just a hint of pungent greenness. The lightly spicy, slightly woody weed blooms on me for a moment, but unfortunately the champaca takes over on my skin.
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A beautiful spiced coffee-tobacco with a bit of pumpkin to smooth it out. It's dry but the pumpkin gives a bit of roundness to the blend. Dark and rich.