mandragora369
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Oh wow I'm first? I have my lunacy samples since a month. So they have been well rested. I thought I must like Agreement - thought it must be dark resinous with a floral touch. No all I get is sweetened florals. Why?? No frankincense, no Labdanum, no incense. Bummer
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My sample arrived here last week and rested for 5 days. Another surprising and amazing scent. I love a good oakmoss scent. It's a bit sweet, but never cloying, a bit fruity and earthy. I'm sure both oakmoss and the tea note contribute to the earthiness I smell. For me it smells like a beautiful fruity chypre.
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My sample arrived here last week and rested for 5 days. I'm surprised by that scent, both hazelnut and loukhoum drew me to it. No idea what chebulic myrobalan is. I get zero cinnamon. Overall the scent is slightly sweet, not cloying, and reads dry earthy. Really intrigued by it! Definitely another FS candidate.
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My sample arrived here last week and rested for 5 days. I must admit I'm totally surprised, wasn't expecting to enjoy this chypre that much!! But I love a good chypre and this doesn't disappoint. The chocolate is dry, not sweet at all. No creaminess whatsoever. Slight herbal chypre and dry chocolate, that sums it up. Definitely FS Chocolate Chypre!
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Wow I'm the first here. I got a sample of Fulcrum and I love the scent. Elemi and Clary Sage are dominant and strong, exactly what I like.
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Fern, Red Clover, and Wild Lettuce
mandragora369 replied to Seajewel's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I'm so confused, the strongest note here is crisp green apple. Beneath there's greenery but the apple float atop quite long. -
I love this scent! 💗 Plum, heady jasmine and there's something in the background that reminds me of my beloved solanaceous plants I used to cultivate. It reminds me of the scent of Datura and henbane leaves. Yes I used to rub them with my fingers 😁 Glad I got a FS right away...
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I received my little decant two days ago (international). Tested it today 9h ago and I'll definitely be FS this one!!💙🖤💙 Gebirgsschlucht Im Winter is such an amazing scent! 💙🖤💙 Upon application all I get is sweet glorious blackberry. Blackberry is one of my most favorite fruits to smell (and eat). At drydown the Blackberry recedes to the background and leaves a slight dark musky scent with hints of tobacco and oakmoss. Reminds me strongly of When All Colors to Black Are Cast from Weenies 2018 which I also adore. Now that I have it on my skin for over 9h, I've been baking, several times washed my hands and took a nap - I can still smell it!! It's mainly a soft whisp of the tobacco/oakmoss/musk scent with faint fruitiness from the blackberry.
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Dead Leaves, White Champa, and Palo Santo
mandragora369 replied to zankoku_zen's topic in Halloweenie
I got my decants a month ago, so they've rested a month. I'm puzzled here as I hardly get a dead leaves note. It's like others said more citrusy but it also reminds me of a lush scent. It reads almost like Sakura from lush as I seem to get a slight floral note besides citrus. A whiff of the dead leaves is only far in the background hardly noticeable. Surely I'll keep my little sample but won't go FS. -
Strange, after initial blast of pine, my sample transforms to funnel cake on my skin. Sweet funnel cake with background of pine. 🤔
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Unfortunately I also get a strong lemon note from my little sample with a hint of whole coffee beans in the background. Just like VioletChaos mentioned above. The lemon reminds me unfortunately of toilet cleaner citronella, so nothing I enjoy. Fail 😣
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Bourbon Vanilla & Yellow Carnation
mandragora369 replied to zankoku_zen's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I only got myself a 5/8 dram from Ajevie. It's really hard to resist a Carnation scent 😅 It's a really lovely soft scent. Well balanced, I do get both, a slightly creamy vanilla, which isn't gourmand, and a heady carnation. I only received my mini like a week ago, so far the carnation becomes more beautiful the longer it's on my skin. I like it dried down better than wet. -
I'm glad I got a bottle of Rapture Pig! It does smell a lot like Lush Rose Jam! It's jammy sweet roses, very bright and pretty. After drydown, about an hour or so in wear, the roses recede and I'm left with a beautiful red musk note. I love the Labs red musk notes, so thats great! No soapiness and no currants for my nose luckily.
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I love it! Oudh works great with my skin chemistry, so no surprise there. It's a dark green aromatic mossy oudh. I don't really get any patchouli. Great throw and wear length, I smell it hours later after application.
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I only got a quarter oz decant, I love carnations but I'm wary with honey, it can go sickly sweet sometimes. On dry skin it does go sickly sweet with hardly any hint of carnation, just the thing I hate about honey. But I did try it in the tub on wet warm skin. There is much better!!! 😊 It's not that sweet anymore, I still get the honey note but it receded to the background. Now it's a soft floral show! Finally carnation shows its pretty petals! In the tub it's really a nice scent, I'm fine with my little decant and won't need more.