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Pink Moon: Sugar Crystals and Mandarin
samanare replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
On me, this was close to a mandarin one note. Among the Lab's citrus notes, mandarin has always struck me as arguably the sweetest. And in this scent that's just amped. I was hoping for something a little more nuanced, but it's a pleasant, sweet orange scent. -
An ambergris dominated scent. I get a lot of the ambergris and salt notes. They also, unfortunately, go to a slightly soapy territory on me. I do get whiffs of the citrus, but it sits really close to the skin and doesn't really break through the brine. It reminds me of very fancy, citrus in the ocean themed soap. It's a pleasant scent, but too ambergris dominated for my tastes.
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A lilac heavy, orris scent, with a touch of ambergris. The orris-lilac duo is the strongest on me. I can just pick out the osmanthus, but it really doesn't hold its own in the scent, rather plays support to the lilac, giving it a more full body roundness. The ambergris is there, but similarly playing support to the orris, almost melting into it. I also get what reads to me as a porcelain note. I suspect it's the coral and cerulean musk mixing with the florals. Among the remaining notes, I can only pick out the honey, giving the scent a prick of full body sweetness.Overall, I'm reminded of tea cups filled with lilacs. I wouldn't describe this as an aquatic scent, instead there's enough ambergris to bring to mind a cool spring day. Maybe, at most distant salty air over a orris heavy garden party.
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Hopefully this is just me, the fig milk and pear and are not playing nice with each other. The fig and pear are the strongest notes on me here, with the fig being slightly stronger. The mix of the two ends up reading as more of a pear bubblegum, just sharp and artificial. Aside from that, the fig note does have a milk or thinner cream quality to it. I can pick out the honey cake in the background and the rest of notes add to the sweet, slightly dense, dessert quality of the scent. Despite not being the strongest note, I think the pear is just a little too much for me in this scent, and cuts through the other notes in a way I don't personally like.
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Medieval Fool Breaking the Fourth Wall
samanare replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Limited Editions
Tart berries and scorched milk. The blackcurrant-plum duo is the strongest on me, reading a little more deep than I'd expect from blackcurrant alone. Scorched milk is right. The milk note has an almost metallic tang to it, and reminds me of milk heated up a little too long in the microwave. I get a hint of the scarlet musk and rose amber. Overall, the scent is red, coming off more like redcurrant dominated than red musk. And the rose amber softens the scent, as opposed to being noticeable on its own. I'm reminded of Knave of Hearts, though I recall that being more foodie than this one. I think it might be the scorched milk note that takes it a little away from gourmand for me, at the very least makes it less sugary sweet than Knave of Hearts. -
Euer Narren lache ich allen, denn nur ihre Kolben tun gefallen
samanare replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Limited Editions
One of those different than the sum of its parts scents. I can pick out the mandarin, peppercorn, and floral root, but combined together they make something that is not really any of the them. Despite the mandarin being the strongest note on me, and aided by the peppercorn, overall this scent is more of a floral root scent. I cannot pick out the mimosa or lotus specifically, but definitely the root nature of the latter. The result ends up being surprisingly not all that citrus for how strong the mandarin is. I'd shelve this under root scent before anything else, it's noticeably floral, while the other notes bring a sweet bright zest that doesn't particularly read as citrus. -
A sunny day under the apple tree. I don't get grass so much from this as greenery in general. And that ends up being the strongest note on me. Next is the apple. I don't get the currant, instead I could have sworn this had some type of floral note. Overall the scent is soft and sweet, reminding me of both of fresh apples and apple blossoms. The greenery of the scent and the apple combine together and bring to mind a day spent under an apple tree, the tree itself and wild grasses and flowers softened under sunlight. I was reminded of The Solitude of Springtime from last year's Lupers. In comparison, this scent is softer and trades some of its apple/citrus for more greenery.
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There's a fair amount going on in this scent. I get the molasses, gingerbread, and almond cream. Those notes come together to make a more ginger dominated sweet spice, foodie note. I also get the lemon, which is light and envelopes the scent, giving it a citrus lightness in the background. I also get the honey and the floral notes, though it reads as more a general floral note than any one note in particular. And while I can't pick out the other notes, there is this overall red edge to the scent, without screaming red musk. The foodie notes slightly dominate the scent for me, but this is far from a foodie scent for me. The feast more being how much is going on in the scent. At its core, I'd describe this scent as a sweet gingerbread scent, the other notes of lemon, floral, almond, honey, etc pull one's attention, but without making the scent discordant.
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The Extraction of the Stone of Madness
samanare replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Limited Editions
A woodsy floral scent. The cedar is slightly the strongest note on me, but the cypress, moss, lavender, and amyris are not far behind. The mix results in a very woodsy scent. The lavender just takes it away for lumber yard, but the lavender registers more as herbal-y floral than lavender specifically. There's a slight sweetness that more adds to the floral nature of the scent, which I think is coming from the bergamot, but I cannot pick it out individually. Overall, the blend results in something greater than the sum of its parts, woodsy, but floral, herbal, and sweet enough to not be a wood scent. -
Pretty much a ginger single note on me. Ginger is the only note I can pick out. The others combine to give the ginger a very earthy and spicy angle to it. I'm reminded of patchouli or something similar. This is noticeably away from more of a fresh ginger spice and much more towards an earthy, non-foodie spice.
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Fluffy, mellow rose. I really only get the marshmallow and rose. I'd guess that afterglow would smell like a skin musk. Either way, I can't pick anything else out. The marshmallow does have a more musky, less foody, but still sweet and light nature to it. It really lightens the rose, which does read more pink to me and is the strongest note on me. Overall, somewhere between rose marshmallows and rose clouds.
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Snow Moon: Winter Apple and Lily of the Valley Hair Gloss
samanare replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Hair
A pale mix of apple and floral. For me, the winter quality of this scent makes it more light than anything else. The apple is there and so is a floral note, light and sweet, reminds me of distant wild flowers. There is a slight icy quality to the scent, though like all of the notes, it's light for me. Overall, a pale and distant apple and florals scent. It's pretty, but understated to a fault. -
Lichen, pale florals, and citrus. The lichen is ever so slightly the strongest note on me. It's followed closely behind by the a floral note, that doesn't read as osmanthus, more a generic light floral. I occasionally get whiffs of the yuzu and apple, but they stay in the background. There's a touch of resin, but not enough to pick out any of the other notes. This also does not strike me as aquatic, instead a fruity floral with a fair amount of lichen. It's a pretty fresh scent, though is light and sits close to the skin on me.
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Snow Moon: Yuzu and Blackcurrant
samanare replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
The blackcurrant dominates the yuzu on me. But I had a similar experience where the combination of the two makes this soapy, spicy scent that I can't place. I was anticipating tart, but this is beyond that. These two notes don't play nice with each other on my skin, making for an unpleasant head scratcher. -
A plum heavy opium tar through a thin haze of lavender. This is almost a plum and opium tar duo on me. The combination of the two reminds me vaguely of pomegranate. The scent overall is fruity and deep, almost a wine. I cannot pick out the benzoin or the lavender on their own, the former adding to the opium tar and the latter giving the plum a slight herbal tinge. Overall, more a slight floral plum tar, deep but still fruity.
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A green and inky scent. The spring greens is by far the strongest note on me and it's a very fresh, vibrant green scent. The next strongest is the ink note. Combined with the green note, smells deep and almost fresh as well. It brings to mind an ink pot spilled beneath big fresh, slightly dewy, full leaves. There's a very light white musk to the scent, providing more of a slight haze than anything else. I don't get snow from this, especially with how fresh and strong the green note is. Also, slight warning, as this scent goes a little soapy on me. But overall, a strikingly vibrant green plant scent, spilled over with black ink.
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Pretty much what one would expect from these notes. The honey and coconut milk are the strongest notes on me, combining into a honeyed coconut milk scent that is not quite foodie. I get a fruity, tart ting that I attribute to the currant, though it's not especially berry like. And I can't pick out the amber, but here's a depth to the scent that doesn't come from the other notes. Overall, an elevated honeyed coconut drink scent.
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Fougere is the strongest on me. It is particularly sweet, though I cannot pick out the vanilla on its own. If I concentrate, I can pick out the violet and iris notes, though in general they blend together with the fougere. I cannot pick out the other notes, but I can tell there is a fair amount of musk in the scent. And in combination with the florals it does remind me of porcelain. Overall, a relatively complex scent on me that's centered on the fougere, hints of lavender and something slightly oud like, among other, stronger floral notes and background musks. I get he inspiration, but the strength and depth of the scent brings to mind something more sturdy than broken porcelain
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I could have sworn this had lavender in it. The wood notes and the ambergris combine to form an ethereal, foggy note that reminds me of more medicinal lavender. The galbanum sits underneath, giving a resin base that sits close to the skin. Overall, a cozy scent, that feels more light and hazy than warm, herbal and slightly resiny.
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Spiced fig. This is mostly a fig scent with a little bit of spice from the patchouli on me. The fig is definitely deep, purple, and slightly towards the foodie side. The added spice reads more as baking spices to me than patchouli. I don't get the other notes, but the fig is noticeably vibrant, in addition to being earthy with the added spice.
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An iris lead floral scent. No surprise that this is a strong floral scent. On me, iris is by far the strongest, with the other floral notes blending together, clearly there, but I cannot pick any of them out on their own. There's what I would describe more as a pale white musk giving the scent a roundness and softening the floral notes. I also get barest touch of citrus. Overall, an iris dominated pale floral scent.
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Cozy jasmine. The jasmine is by far the strongest on me. I can pick out the foodie notes, largely the rice milk and coconut, but the others aren't coming through for me. Though this is not an especially foodie scent on me, the rice milk brings a fuzziness to the scent and the coconut adds a sweetness to the jasmine. It brings to mind a cozy sweater, scented with a strong, but sweet jasmine perfume, and just a hint of coconut.
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A dry, white musk take on a citrus scent. This is a citrus scent more than anything else on me. I get the lemon and yuzu, but not the lychee so much. The white tea note is the next strongest and is bolstered by the white musk. The combination of the two adds an almost atmospheric nature to the scent, that does vaguely remind me of carbonation. It reminds me more of a light, almost icy white tea note though. This does remind me of some of the Lab's other lemon and white tea scents. This one in comparison is more on the citrus side with the addition of yuzu and the combination of notes makes it more light and effervescent. All in all, I don't know if this is that distinct from other similar scents to justify more than a decant. But as a citrus lover and especially a citrus with white tea and/or musk lover, I'm still really enjoying this.
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Snow Moon: Apple Liqueur and Brandy
samanare replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I had a different experience with this scent. It's noticeably more booze than apple on me, though both are clearly present. The brandy note here and nature of the scent remind me of Inebriated Birbs Guzzling Punch While a Scandalized Cat Looks On, though obviously with apple here instead of lemon. The apple note also has a slight spiced quality to it, taking it almost to fall territory. Overall, I'm more reminded of bobbing for apples in booze or a fall drink that was heavy-handed on the brandy. -
What it says on the tin, ice and coconut. On me, I get equal amounts of both. The ice is the Lab's usual ice note, what I would describe is silvery and slightly atmospheric. The coconut is on the powdery side, slightly sweet, and almost brings a warmth to the scent. It's not quite a beachy coconut, but it makes the scent almost cozy. Overall, I'd still describe this as a relatively simple scent, heavily iced coconuts.