samanare
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This was almost pure earl gray tea on me. Lot of bergamot, I can't pick out the other notes, but the tea, honey, and cream mellow out the bergamot and overall takes the scent to a sweet musk place. In my opinion, this almost doesn't smell foodie. I'd describe it more as earl gray/bergamot musk. This was a surprise favorite for me.
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I only get the caramel popcorn and cotton candy on me. The scent overall smells more like kettle corn, but I can pick out the airy sugar of cotton candy, especially closer to the skin. For me, it comes off as artificial sugar. I'm reminded of walking too close to a kettle corn or cotton candy stall and getting the concentrated smell of the ingredients used to make the treats. Not for me, but I definitely get the inspiration.
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This one is a morpher on me. Starts off as vanilla cream with red fruits mixed in, pretty foodie. I can tell the honey and blackcurrant are there, but they're playing a support role in the scent and on me, don't come through on their own. It takes around an hour after the dry down for the clove to come out. And the other notes do not go away, rather the scent now has a strong glove base. Not for me. I think this is for folks who want or don't mind a noticeable amount of clove.
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For me, this is a pineapple and ti leaf two note. I get the suspicion that the coconut is hanging out in the background, adding to the overall sweetness of the scent and balancing out the pineapple, but I cannot pick it out on my skin. I would describe the scent as elevated pineapple juice. The pineapple is fresh and the ti leaf adds to that, along with a sweet plant, almost minty component. I was expecting a coconut scent, but I'm not disappointed at all with this one. My biggest issue is that, on me, it sits pretty close to the skin. But, imo, that's a minor issue for how fresh, pineapple-y, and almost dewy this scent is.
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A one note frankincense scent on me. Was hoping for ginger somewhere, but I couldn't smell it.
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Italian Lemon Peel & Orange Blossom
samanare replied to zankoku_zen's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
Floral lemon candy. It reminds me more of candied flowers (orange blossom) than a lemon candy. Very sweet, though more floral than foody on me. -
Strong, sweet citrus, lead by the grapefruit. I do get an edge of plum, but it adds a depth to the scent that I really like. One of my new favorite grapefruit/yuzu scents.
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Reminds me of a cornucopia centerpiece in fall, fruits (lead strongly by pomegranate) and honey, all wrapped in bay leaves. The bay leaf couples really nicely with the pomegranate.
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I get mostly lavender on me. The oakmoss ends up giving the lavender a wet, soapy quality to the scent. Not to my tastes, wish it had gone a little more earthy.
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A rose scent with a lot of greenery to it. The dandelion sap almost has a linen quality to it, but reminds me more of crushed flower stems, very green and sap-y. A little to meadow-y for my tastes, but I prefer more red rose scents.
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I really like this one, but I really like grapefruit. It's mostly grapefruit on me, but I do find that the pepper adds to the sharpness and freshness of the citrus.
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The sassiest shambling corpse in town. Grave dirt, sassafras root, sarsaparilla, clove, effervescent white ginger, and oakmoss. Smells a bit like undead rootbeer. Fresh turned dirt and root beer! Dirt starts off as the strongest note and I only get root beer once it wears for a bit. On me it ends up being an equal mix of both. It makes for this very unique scent that I would either describe as sweet, carbonated, turned earth or very rooty root beer.
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[No additional description provided.] Honey and frankincense, with the barest hint of bergamot. Strong honey scent, with the frankincense adding a sweet, smoky depth to the scent. I cannot pick out the bergamot, but I think it's adding to the overall sweetness of the scent. As this is the only scent I got from The Honey Pot collection, I do not know how this stacks against the others, but this is very much a honey scent.
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Camming live from a basement somewhere in Arkham: pear juice, bloops of yuzu fruit, silty oakmoss, and glowing green musk. Yuzu and pear dominate this scent for me. The yuzu especially, but as it wears on me, the pear comes out more and more. I get whiffs of the oakmoss in the back, but it's almost floral with the pear in this scent. Overall, a very fresh and bright pear and yuzu blend.
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I get strong jasmine tea, with bergamot in the background. I do not get cucumber. I was hoping for more of a citrus scent, but this is for sure a jasmine scent on me.
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Sugary, mint candy. Sweet, airy, and minty. Very foody, but I do not get any pistachio.
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Smells like a fall/winter latte. Mostly getting coffee, but not really smelling the cinnamon. It's more of a baked goods smell with baking spices. So overall, reminds me of coffee with a winter holiday syrup added to it.
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Not a honey fan, but I'm liking this mix of coffee and honey. I don't get much cream or brown sugar, which takes this coffee scent away from a more sweetened coffee. I get more of a deepened coffee scent, without being bitter, which I'm really liking.
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I'm not a big honey fan, but I'm liking this. Mostly gingerbread and honey. The honey (and the vanilla bean I think) deepens the gingerbread spices. Smells like a more spicy gingerbread house, and dare I suggest, almost more sophisticated, while still being a true gingerbread scent.
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Heavy on the lemon sugar. Smells very sweet and lemony, almost artificial, IMO. I do get some gingerbread, but not much and it goes away as it wears. Not a win for me, smells too much lie lemon candies drenched in sugar.
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Overall: gingerbread and mahogany duo. Upon first application, I get a mix of gingerbread, fir, and mahogany. As it wears, the mahogany comes out more and more and I smell pine less and less. I can't pick out the myrrh, but I think it's mellowing out the mahogany so it doesn't smell as strongly of wood polish. Not for me, I was hoping for more of a fir scent.
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I get mostly frosted evergreens: cold, iced pine needles. There is a hint of apple that I can pick out when first applied, but goes away as it wears. I can't quite pick out almond. Overall, a very pretty, cold pine forest smell.
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Chilled, citrus lemon tea. I get a lot of the slushie, icy, cold scent I associate with the 'frostbitten' note. Noticeable lemon component on me. Overall, smells like a sweet, iced white tea, with emphasis on the 'iced.'
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Frosted white tea. Has a strong 'iced' quality I associate with the lab's frostbitten note. I don't get any ginger here.
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Interesting duel of the 'icy' frostbitten note and the warmth I associate with lavender. On the sweeter side without getting into foody territory. Reminiscent of cozying up on a brisk winter day.