roseus
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In the imp this reminds me a bit of my memory of The Robotic Scarab, gleaming and bright but with a fizziness. More resinous and deep on the skin, the frankincense leaning almost woody. Stunning!
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I get a beautiful pine needle punctuated chestnut-y bourbon cream in the imp. However the sage and licorice combine in an unfortunate way on my skin, very sharp and medicinal, and they takeover.
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I would also say this is a more moss-heavy. I don't get so much a dirt note as a mineraly one. Not-quite-salty aquatic coolness. The scent as a whole is clean and bracing first on, but as it settles is more woodsy-fresh.
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Sweet vanilla popcorn with just a haze of lavender on my skin. It gets a bit less caramelly as it wears and a bit more buttery. Cute and cozy!
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Soft leather and rich, sticky tobacco. Swear I get a touch of a maple syrup sweetness as well. Super cozy!
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2024. This smells nostalgic to me for some reason and I can't quite place why. A soft creamy-powdery pink scent. Woody-incense at the base, and a sheer fruity-floral sweetness draped over it. Gorgeous and I'm annoyed it took me this long to try it!
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Really pretty spiced cider, a little extra fruitiness from the fig. Very cozy!
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In the imp this is so bright and buzzy. Lemon, lavender, all resonating with the aldehydes. On my skin it is less fizzy, a little more metallic (in a very pleasant way, my skin sometimes struggles with metallic notes). I can still definitely pick out some lemon, ambergris, and patchouli. It is like the scent has a cool layer of chrome over the top.
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2024 version. Really rich dark purple blackcurrant and blackberry. The amber and musk really ground it and make it more perfumey.
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In the imp I get mostly crisp green tea white musk. On my skin the earl grey comes out, as do the florals. More honeysuckle than rose on me. It's bright and breezy, a gorgeous springtime blend.
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Sniffing the decant, I get the plum cognac, vetiver caramel (in the imp I don't really get the vetiver part, more just caramelized sweetness underneath the plum), rose, and tobacco. Lightly fruity and floral, mellow sweetness, and a bit of dark base notes from the tobacco. While I'm familiar with most of these notes, the combination feels unique, not quite like anything in my collection or memory. On my skin it is similar, a bit more blended and even more mellowed out. I think I'm getting the vetiver -normally it goes harsh on my skin but I think it is blending nicely with the tobacco root and just adding an earthiness, sort of roughing up the sweeter notes a bit. Sniffing deeply I get hints of the nutmeg with its sweet woodiness. It is sort of resinous, rich and dark. I keep saying sweet but it's not a candy or particularly fruity sweetness. Addicting to sniff, I feel compelled to keep coming back to it.
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Oh this is gorgeous! I agree with previous reviews that it feels in the same family as Cat at the Table and To A Wreath of Snow. The vanilla is this makes it a bit warmer than either of those, similar to the vanilla in Dorian to me. Dry I would say the sandalwood, vanilla, and and oud are most prominent. It's dry, woody, and sort of spicy. The grey amber has a nice sweet sort of haze and the ti adds a bit of cool freshness.
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This is much different than I anticipated! Something about the hibiscus note comes off sort of apple-y on my skin when wet. As it dries the hibiscus remains at the forefront, dry and tart and bright. I get some rose underneath and maybe a touch of tobacco.
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At a late period in the evening, after nearly three hours of experiment, Mrs Hayden having risen, and talking at another table while taking refreshment, a child suddenly called out, Will all the spirits who have been here this evening rap together? The words were no sooner uttered than a hailstorm of knitting-needles was heard, crowded into certainly less than two seconds; the big needle sounds of the men, and the little ones of the women and children, being clearly distinguishable, but perfectly disorderly in their arrival. Augustus de Morgan Polished mahogany and black tea with a clatter of vanilla husk and oak wood. In the bottle this is vanilla tea with a little bit of dark polished wood underneath and it stays true on my skin. A deep rich vanilla tea, with the woods coming in for support. Elegant and cozy.
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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.
