roseus
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Initially on my skin this is all thick, sweet vanillic beeswax with soft leather and patchouli. As it settles this remains the heart of the scent, surrounded by a cloud of incense. Very much a dark library scent.
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Cold Moon: Jasmine Absolute and Champaca
roseus replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
A gorgeous jasmine, slightly heady but no sharpness or funk. Creamy but with a faint greeness. Champaca has a tendency to be really sharp on me, but here it is just adding a incense-y quality to the jasmine. -
2024. Echoing everyone in that this is The Holiday Scent. Sweet green fir with slightly peppery bayberry. The myrrh comes out more as it dries. Gorgeous wintry blend.
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Slightly chilled (not minty or piney snow- something more along the lines of Snow White but different still) sweet coconut rice. The rice note is very prominent on me, that gorgeous sweet-starchy note.
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Fresh, cold, and indeed melancholic in the imp. Lilies and moss. I don't think I've tried anything with carrot seed, but looking it up I think I'm getting a fresh green woodiness in there. Unfortunately as it settles on my skin the moss pretty much takes over, and something is going screechy on me in concert with it. Skin chem fail.
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L’Homme Fut Solitaire Dans un Paysage de Nuit
roseus replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Limited Editions
All resins in the decant to my nose, sticky sweet but somehow light and sort of airy at the same time. A slight fizz. Labdanum has been something of an It Girl note for me lately and this blend is no different. I find it a touch fizzy in this blend, made a bit lighter I think by a brighter leaning frankincense (not quite lemony but not super woody either) and airy-musky ambergris. The lilac is not prominent on me, just a light touch of it in the dry down. Resin lovers take notice! -
In the imp this is reminding me strongly of Antique Lace Resurrected, a sweet floaty vanilla but overtop a sticky amber and cardamom base (the vanilla-cardamom combo is also recalling Perfectly Normal Childhood but less buttercreamy more grownup). On my skin it is slightly less sweet, more toothsome. I get more orchid and a touch of smoke. Addictive! Absolutely incredible and a definite bottle upgrade in the future.
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Cold Moon: Osmanthus and Sweet Frankincense
roseus replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
Oh this is so pretty! Osmanthus is one of those florals that I've never been sure about, in that I struggle to know if I'm pulling it out in blends. I'm actually not getting a whole lot of frankincense out of this blend once it hits my skin. It is a gorgeous fresh fruity-floral, I agree that there is something peachy or apricot-y about it. Nectar-sweet springtime blooms. -
The Great Battle of the Vegetables and the Fish
roseus replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Limited Editions
In the imp this is surprisingly fruity; salty, slightly spicy, grapefruit. I can also detect a dead-on radish scent, like dry spicy dirt. On my skin the salt and grapefruit fade way back and this is very much a fresh green vegetal scent on me. Something is *almost* like tomato leaf, sun-warm and green but without that ¿muskiness? I associate with it. There's a touch of salt that keeps this from being a pure garden scent. More like coastal vegetable patch. There's something crisp and watery, sort of cucumbery? Really fresh and beautiful. Was not expecting to like this so so much. -
Goose Moon: Nag Champa Smoke and White Gardenia
roseus replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
Gorgeous gentle nag champs, lightly sweet and I agree sort of cleaned-up by the gardenia. Instead of an incense smoked-stained room it has the impression of incense on a tropical breeze. The gardenia isn't stealing the show by any means. -
Black Pine and Incense Smoke Atmosphere Spray
roseus replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Atmosphere
Smoky pine and incense. Not a breath-of-fresh-air pine scent, like @bheansidhe said it is darker, and wilder. Murky deep woods. -
This reminds me a bit of the cotton hoodie + lavender situation of You Are Not Alone, but with an extra shot of sweetness. To me this is in the same realm as Boober. But where the linden in that is honey-sweet and the scent is like laundry drying in the sun, this is less breezy and more snuggly. A gorgeous clean scent!
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This starts off very juniper forward on me, crisp cool evergreenness with a bit of chewy amber underneath. As it dries the juniper fades back and I get more patchouli and musk. It's soft, earthy, fuzzy. The juniper and lemon just streak through a bit.
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In the imp I get almost equal magnolia and lilac, but on my skin it is definitely more about the lilac. Waxy, cool, dainty. A touch of warm muskiness from the ambergris.
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2024. Plum, opium, and vanilla stand out to me in the imp. Dark but glittering. On my skin the tobacco really comes out, giving more heft and warmth as the plum recedes slightly. The opium has a sort of bottomless quality, deep but not heavy. The florals meld in, they have presence but don't stand out. Really pretty!
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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.