DiZZysTARdust
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this is the ultimate comfort scent. i just put on way too much by accident while getting ready for bed but it’s totally cool cause i’m about to be on cloud nine with this scent enveloping me. i’ll start by saying i agree with other reviews that this is indeed very powdery to my nose but in an amazing way. like an elevated powder. there’s an element of creamy/clean going through this that seems to stop the powdery aspects from becoming cloying. i think it’s the sandalwood. other than that very well blended. this is a great “your skin but better”, neutral type clean girl scent. delicate but beautiful, i agree with other reviews that the destroyer of men name is a good one! unexpected but yet somehow totally can see it imo. beautiful, again super soft and relaxing, the one downside is my skin drinks this up. i accidentally spilled a LOT on myself while testing and applied to both arms and legs and it was just a trace left about 1.5 hours later.
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really beautiful and well blended. this goes on very green, but as it dries it takes on more depth and definitely a more musky quality. no notes really strike me as being recognizable on their own. just a smooth, slightly creamy, green muskiness. it seems to me that musk takes on a somewhat cleaner, almosy effervescent quality, possibly from the green notes (not in a soapy way). lower throw but a stunner ETA after trying this again, i would guess the greenish, almost bubbly note is possibly the oak!
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concert is AMAZING, i regret not buying a back up bottle but i wasn’t sure how the rose would work. for me the rose is almost nonexistent, maybe just . this is all about the champaca. but it’s like, an amazing deep resinous champaca, definitely feels like it’s wrapped up in black velvet. i was sure that there may be some patchouli in here but idk, but something in there is giving the champaca an almost woody, chewy, oomph. it has great throw and laaaaasts for daaays on my clothes.
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ok so in the bottle i actually am getting corn chips/cheesy nacho chips. something salty. this goes away once applied! it feels like the rosiness and fruits are trying to be the top notes but they’re being smothered by these beautiful resins so they only get to peek through. gorgeous fruit-floral musk. the musk isn’t too screechy or soapy on me which can sometimes happen with white musk
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Copulating Couple Mimicking a Pose in a Shunga Book
DiZZysTARdust replied to Seajewel's topic in Lupercalia
absolutely gorgeous. in the bottle it smells very well blended, like a fruity/cucumber green tea. there is definitely still a cucumber-esque note when freshly applied. as this dries the cucumber and more watery aspects fade off, leaving a green scent that for me veers somewhat between the realms of incensey and clean. the patchouli doesn’t scream patchouli but drfinitely seems to be acting as an anchor for the other notes. the greener notes are adding a freshness without becoming too soapy or clean. like sitting amongst perfumed resins. good throw and medium wear length (2-3 hours) on me -
in the bottle and freshly applied this a strong and well blended floral. i feel like rose was the strongest floral note initially for me, but not in an overly rosey way. it’s very fresh, agree with some other reviews that the florals together along with the salt gave this a very clean vibe. over an hour into the drydown the salt definitely lingers, the roses gradually transitioned to violets as the dominant note on me. it feels to me as if the lilac and lavender never truly made their presence known as distinguishable notes
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def lavender heavy when wet. dries to a soft nondescript herbal-floral. the resins definitely seem to be present, giving the florals something to stick to and possibly keeping this blend from veering to far into soapy/medicial territory on me. i was nervous about the lime and cacao notes. on me they're not heavily present, but there is a sweetness that could be due to these notes. overall the vibe is a somewhat clean, sweet, green floral. super well blended. good throw on me but does fade somewhat after a few hours while remaining closer to the skin.
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Worm Moon: Bourbon Vanilla and Teakwood
DiZZysTARdust replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
not what i was picturing! the teakwood definitely gives this blend a very aquatic/cologne vibe. as this dries the vanilla comes out more giving the teak a sweeter/dryer edge. really, really nice teakwood showcase. i agree with some other reviews that this is a great skin scent, esp for places where a more neutral scent is better. -
Worm Moon: Chestnut and Rum
DiZZysTARdust replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
scary in the bottle, it smells like rubbing alcohol. the sharp smell dissipates after a few moments. as it dries the chestnut seems to be the main player for me. maybe it’s the rum but it’s not chestnuts in a nutty or gourmand way, but more like a smooth, golden chestnut liqueur. good throw and staying power on me -
absolutely gorgeous blend, not much to add to previous reviews which are spot on about that. definitely super well blended for me. hard to say what exactly comes out the strongest, but i would say that some notes that tend to dominate and become “single note”-esque, which is the rose, terebinth, and honey in this blend, aren’t overly amping for me. in the bottle and freshly applied this is strong and sweet in an almost fruity way. without checking the notes first my initial impression was that there was berries in this. the fruitiness tones down almost immediately into the drydown but it stays very sweet throughout the drydown. stays well blended but becomes a touch more powdery/resinous as it dries. my overall impression of this are a bright pink-red, candy sweet, high femme scent. at three plus hours into the drydown the sweetness fades only SLIGHTLY, letting the tiniest hint of pine peek through without becoming a pine scent. i always hesitate with rose scents, i love rose but it can dominate for sure on me, but this is an amazingly beautiful scent. definitely 10/10
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Smoked Caramel, Himalayan Cedar, and Patchouli
DiZZysTARdust replied to Silvertree's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
this is very caramel forward on me. while i don't seem to get patchouli or cedar as distinct notes, they are definitely making themselves known because this is a really unique non-gourmand caramel. it's delicious and more like a caramel musk than foodie-leaning. i can only guess this is the patchouli and cedar notes making themselves known but definitely not present for me as their usual selves. this is somewhat vaguely sweetish in the bottle and actually seems very similar to the in the bottle scent as it dries, with a pretty decent throw. i wondered if the patch/cedar would outlast the caramel but they never became more detectable. this lasted like 6+ hours on me, with the throw decreasing but still there up close. -
definitely sweet florals on the forefront. i was worried about the lavender but this seems to be blending really really well with the lilac. neither floral dominates. there’s a very perfumey quality to this so the florals aren’t going soapy or grassy. after about 30 min of dry time this has totally morphed from perfumey flowers to sandalwood-frankincense wreathed in leaves. there’s hardly any lilac-lavender from the initial phase on my skin when i sniff the test patch, although i can still smell it on my shirt fabric around my neck area. both phases are equally stunning but definitely a morpher!
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in the bottle this is kind of green, almost grassy, and freshly applied it’s very piney. this settles down into gorgeous frankincense flecked with green tones. this could be a top frankincense blend. medium throw.
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omg i went back and forth over this but i am SO SO glad i scooped a bottle before yules came down. in the bottle this is like artificial cherry syrup. the cherry takes a step back when applied to become more of a supporting note. the teak is very recognizable as it’s a favorite note of mine but to me it doesn’t make the scent very woody or masculine. if anything i would say the sweetness of the cherry/syrup notes and the teak combine to make this pretty gender neutral (tho hard to say because a lot of stuff feels gender neutral on me). and the throw is AH-MAZING, i was sitting here after applying the test patch waiting for it to dry more and it just keeps wafting around me. i’m in a cloud of sweet teak deliciousness 🖤
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i was interested in seeing how les passades differed from nyx night goddess. i could see this being the same amber, somewhat fizzy and glittery as other reviews described it. however that’s where the similarities end. the patchouli is present in the background adding a little more backbone to this scent than nyx has. but it’s not an in your face hippy patchouli. it blends really, really well with the amber. the vanilla and musk seem to be supporting components. i don’t get vanilla as a note on its own but i do almost get the vibe of ask the nearest hippie but less smoky and more silk and velvet.