roseus
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In the bottle I got black tea, a bit of something smoky that made me think of whisky (but I think now is just hearthsmoke), and a little dribble of chocolate. Very cozy. On my skin I get something like the fluffy coconut snow of Snow White for a moment, but it'll quickly settles into creamy candle wax. The smokiness and chocolate hang around it hazily, with a beautiful vanilla and leather underneath that. Still very cozy, and so comforting.
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Gorgeous golden vanilla amber base with a cool blue-green shimmer of cypress.
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Initially, sweet but not cloying fluffy vanilla mallow. The honey turns this gently golden. It's grounded by the sandalwood, and luckily the orris doesn't go funny on me as it tends to. A wispy, happy scent.
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Absolutely gorgeous woody resins. This smells incredibly expensive. Woody, warm, and airy with a sweet-ish, clean-ish aspect that must be the honey and oakmoss. Welcoming, refined, and relaxing.
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A lot less dry and smoky than I anticipated, though that is definitely still an aspect. It's a very dry, desert herbal sage and smoky cinder with brushy bits I can't identity. And then the cactus nectar which lends tiny bit of floral sweetness that is just gorgeous.
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From afar I get a dead-on old books smell, papery and musty with a bit of leather and some bitter black coffee. Up close I get a slightly chemical smell, like binding glue but I think might be the chemical bite I often get from black leather. As it dries this aspect fades and I get more roasty black coffee. So cozy and makes me think of being holed up in a bookshop.
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A beautiful dark boozy incense with lots if chewy sweet tobacco on my skin. The vanilla is a haze all around it. I get just a bit of dirt underneath.
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The two most prominent notes on me are the rice powder and dried rose. It's a famine, warm powder scent with a bit of dry woodiness from the sandalwood. Reminds me a bit of Little Wooden Doll, but like a vintage ladies' powder.
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This made me nostalgic for seaside trips from when I was a kid. I get soft sea water- not harshly salty or kelpy. I think I get a bit of ambergris as well, as there is a bit of a powdery edge, perhaps this is the sea glass or coral. Mysterious and haunting indeed.
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Gorgeous! That airy sweet vanilla and tobacco lace made smooth and cool with the juniper and ti leaf. There's a brightness I think from the bergamot but it's not citrusy. Makes me think of moonlight in the winter.
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This is a beautiful airy lilac. There is something cool and soft behind it, I think the eucalyptus and blue musk. It's not at all camphorous though. Beautiful.
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At first I get cold, clean blue musk and some heady florals but quickly dries down to just a faint whiff of smoke on me.
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I get a really soft watery mint, not very chilling or mentholic. The eucalyptus is so very soft as well, with a faint snap of ozone. To me this is a steady electric buzz rather than a jolt. This will definitely be upgraded to a bottle .
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This is really really nice. Metal scents have generally not been my thing, but this metal isnt too cold or screechy on my skin. I think there's a good dose of blue musk, and just a hint of lubricant.
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This reminds me a lot of Tombstone with the sarsaparilla and cedar, but this is let dry and woody to me. I get sweet tobacco and amber specifically. There was a glittery, cool feel to the scent fresh on but it quickly disappeared. This is super yummy and comforting. Grown up rootbeer.
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This is a nice forest scent. A bit of sweet pine and lots of leafy greenness and moss, with rough redwood. Not at all a sweet Yule forest scent, this doesn't have the cold wind aspect. This makes me think of a forest in the summer, the scent of wood permeating the hot air.
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This is the soft salt I love, like from Salt Phoenix. Salty, but with a light cleanness. There's something soft and minerally behind it that makes me think of sand. Fresh and soothing, makes my my mind feel at ease.
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In the imp this is a very dark salty aquatic. Very much the sea not freshwater, bordering on masculine. On my skin the jasmine picks up and helps soften the dark musk and salty/kelpy aspects. Settled on the skin the overall effect is lighter, still salty and dark in tone but not as intense if that makes sense, with the water lily and black orchid really coming through. It becomes more of an dark-toned aquatic floral, with the black musk and salt being more accessory elements than the main event.
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This was very confusing to my nose at first. I agree it has this cool but not quite minty feel, but there was something minerally/chemically/camphorous to my nose at first that made my throat dry like getting a whiff of kerosene. On my skin it gets more distinctly musky, but with a softer mineral/dirt note alongside. There is the distinct 'clean' feel I often get from blue musk after it has been on awhile.
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I get really nice fluffy vanilla with a hint of guava and currant and tiny bit of rose. It smells a lot like a lace scent to me. The fruitiness is really nice, the guava somehow doesn't read tropical here, rather just a buoyant fruitiness.
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This one confused me in the bottle. A strong ginger zing immediately halted by dark, rooty, vegetalness. On my skin the other notes come out to bridge the space between them. The apricot is very prominent, and I think the mandarin follows it closely. Their round sweetness really compliment the ginger and help it harmonize with the vegetal patch and yam. I think I'd like this best as an atmosphere spray, it's cheery and homey.
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In the bottle I get a very soft, not so chilly dead leaves and a hint of sweet spices. Fresh on my skin I get lots of a softly sweet spiced tea and just a tiny bit of the crisp, decaying leaves. I want to say I get a bit of milkiness too but I'm probably imagining that in, so strong is the chai element on me. This one is soft in its overall effect, but I really like that it is more subtle. I can easily imagining wearing this on early autumn strolls.
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In the imp this smells just like nag champa incense to me, smelling like a shop I used to visit frequently. It is quite cool on my skin, very silvery and a bit sharp. It gets very herbal and I distinctly get the cannabis, but it's not playing as nicely on my skin as it has in other blends. It's going almost swampy. The blend around it gets quite nice, I get frankincense very distinctly, and the rest of the incense gets a bit warmer and less sharp. However this cannabis is not doing it this round and it was what made me excited about this blend. I wonder if the oud is a bad pair with it on my skin?
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Soft, fruity cake with a swirl of crisp dead leaves fresh on. So autumnal, I love these cake-and-other-things blends like All Souls, half gourmand half atmospheric. As it sits on my skin it becomes a bit more about the hearthsmoke, soft, warm, and a bit woody. I get more tea. It is a beautiful blend, it smells like being in a little cottage, cakes out of the oven resting on the counter with the smoke from a fire and the cold autumn wind coming in from a nearby window. All the elements combine and balance so well.
