Biocarbons
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Vanilla Husk, Nutmeg, & Hay Absolute
Biocarbons replied to Seajewel's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
Wow, the nutmeg and the hay combined into lemon pledge. There's some vanilla in the background, and it's supposed to be a good vanilla note that people rave about but the pledge smell is uncanny and dominating. 1.5 hours later this is a soft, dry vanilla with a touch of warm, golden hay. This is nice, but about that opener... I've only tried the Antique Lace re-release, but I would say they have a similar dry down. The vanilla in Antique Lace was very much like bottled vanilla extract with a powdery dry down to my nose. This is soft and shy, dry and smooth. -
You know, there's just some things you shouldn't skin test. Wet: plastic off-gassing and a saggy stack of moldy, rain melted paper. It's giving me a bit of a headache. Wow this STINKS, in an 'im cleaning out my water damaged storage with Ammonia' kind of way. Gets more solventy as it dries down. Now it's sweeter and almost a little floral. A weird, sweet, chemical, solvent drenched moldy floral for lovers of the strange and unusual.
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Wet: Tangy, reddish pink cherry in sherry. My hometown makes fruit wines locally, and I would say this is lighter and sweeter than the cherry wine I've tasted, and closer to sangria or another fruity cocktail. It gets sweeter and less tangy and less cherry as it sits on my skin, which is too bad. There's something warm and a little chewy in this that reminds me of tobacco. I really enjoy the novelty of this and I'm curious to see how my decant ages.
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Wet: more green than rose topped with an invigorating splash of regular gasoline and a drop of diesel. Dry: The gas calms down and the soft rose pedals become more prominent over time.
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I wasn't sure what to expect from this but I know I like cumin, and black amber. Wet: unexpectedly sweet. There's a lot going on here, but I can pick out wiffs of cumin, black amber, it leaf and just a hint of myrrh. The black champaca is a bit soapy, and the scent gets less sweet and more spicy black amber the longer it sits on me. All the elements blend well together, and I can only think to describe this is a savory, spicy dark amber with the occasional waft of myrrh.
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Wet: a sharp, green floral with white edges. A touch soapy. I almost like it but I need the soap to go away. The soap did mostly away, and I'm left with a nice green, slightly musky floral that reminds me a bit of the green part of orange blossoms with amber in the background. Very vintage perfume smelling.
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Wet: This is....very mentholy pine with the gritty, astringent ink note. The green tea is a powdery background note adding a touch of citrus and melds with the resin. As it dries down, the menthol evaporates a bit. I'm not mad at it, but I would need the menthol to calm down more with age for this to actually be wearable. 15 minutes later I'm left with an astringent green tea and pine. Disappointing the ink smell didn't last longer, but the simplicity of the green tea and pine is nice.
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Wet: very perfumey white floral (reminds me of tiare) and creamy, almost frosting vanilla. Right on the edge of smelling like the plastic in a baby diaper which I've found is often a problem for me with BPAL white florals. At first, the ginger is a background note just adding a touch of light spice. As it dries down, the white florals calm down (but are still vaguely unpleasant) while I get more effervescent ginger and vanilla.
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Wet: smells like I dipped my fingers into the syrupy brine of a jar of maraschino cherries and wiped it on my sweaty arm. As it sits, it smells more like that....powdered cherry candy dip? This reminds me of Un which is also a candy cherry powder, but add salty skin. There's definitely a background citrusy skin musk happening, so the whole thing smells like 'tropical starbursts water' on me. If you like powdery candy cherry and skin musk, this is for you.
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2020 version. Very, green, citrusy cardamom dominant with whiffs of pink cotton candy and confetti cake below. Still cardamom dominant on me 40 minutes after application. I'd like it more if the other notes were stronger, or the cardamom wasn't so intense.
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In bottle: Banana Circus Peanut. Wet on me: banana runts! And vaguely cologne-y/shaving cream, like bpals hay note when it's more masc. The sweater note is there under the banana runt shaving cream cologne. I agree that the sweater note does smell like cashmere. This gets more sweater-y on me over time. Sheepfold Moonlight + banana runts.
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I picked this one up out of sheer curiosity of the notes, and I expect other people's mileage might vary quite a bit due to skin chemistry. Wet: oh! Lightly citrus metallic and wooden toys for toddlers with the sanded rounded edges, but in a way I like. Green musk? Yeah, green musk. Or something else vegetal. The metallic smell does remind me of an oiled cast iron pan. Im not getting any dried beans or flour so far. It's mostly fresh green musk and metal now. I'm not mad at it.
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Fleece skeleton onesie smells like cotton, drugstore lipstick, something vaguely peach-like but isn't, and unsweet vanilla. There's also probably a white floral. After an hour it was mostly the floral and cotton, and definitely reminded me of dryer sheets.
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In the bottle: definitely a wiff of raw, cut potatoes and starch. Salt. Something citrusy. On me: citrusy and almost floral? doesn't read as raw potatoes now, but there's a still a warm/bright starchy potato/powdery quality to it. I'm not huge on citrus, but I don't mind the citrus quality of it. The potato peeks out again as the scent dries down.
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This opens with velvety lilac pedals over a touch of leather, cloth, and a bit of Frankincense. The vanilla is muted. I was hoping this would be like a lace, but it's more....simple. Not as well blended as a lace and doesn't have that cognac note. If you like creamy, powdery lilacs you will like this. As far as lilac scents, this one is very pretty (and what I had hoped vigil for harvest suitors would smell like), but I was hoping this would be less lilac and more the rest of the stuff. On dry down, the lilac calms down and I have a creamy cloth smell with frankincense and a touch of leather.
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This is pistachio forward (salty, creamy, nutty), with sharp concentrated points of cherry. It has the same cold melty ice cream smell as Spoopy Kid, which is interesting. There's just a hint of chocolate in the background. Not too sweet. I like it, but I wish it had a bit more cherry smell.
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Echoing the review above me, this is great wet. I get a lemon / lime syrup smell, with some creamy jasmine and a hint of mud alongside this, zingy ginger. The ginger note balances the sweetness well. On dry down, the ginger fades and the scent becomes lemon lime and a bit of Jasmine. Not nearly as enjoyable.
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On me I get grocery store vanilla pudding cups, snake oil, and a touch of donut. No fruit jelly to be found. Over time, the snake oil becomes more prominent but I can still smell the pudding and the donut.
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Autumn Landscape with a Flock of Turkeys
Biocarbons replied to Silvertree's topic in Limited Editions
Wet, this had a citrus rind sort of note (piquant) that dominated the scent and I couldn't smell anything else for about 20 minutes. After the warm up /dry down, it became a powdery clean linen smell. Linens fresh from the dryer smelling of the sweet, autumn themed dryer sheet you used. I was hoping for something earthy with the dead leaves note and this the opposite of that, so I'll be rehoming my bottle. -
This smells on me like Thorns Clove Cigarette plus dead wet leaves, and a touch of hair spray. I amp clove, so very slowly this is becoming a clove single note, but I think you like the dead leaves accord and you like the clove cigarette scent you'll enjoy this.
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This was mostly red apple dominant and added more sweetness to the point of making the scent candy-like. Much too sweet and too much apple for me.
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Should you chance to visit Roswell new Mexico and stop into one of the alien themed cafes for refreshments, this is the iced tea on the menu: refreshingly slimy, with aloe, green musk tea and a touch of spice (nutmeg? Allspice?).
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No pretzels or popcorn to be found, but you did buy a package of off brand saltines and are enjoying them with extra buttery spread while you sit on a bench near the ocean.
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Wet: heavy 'perfumy' (amberette seed?) with rose, and a bit of mushroom in the back. Curiously this is the first bpal blend I've smelled with mushroom where it actually smells a bit like brown button mushroom in addition to the earthy default smell. As it starts to dry, I can smell the patchouli finally start to peek out. Dry my skin: it stays perfumey followed by the dried roses note. The patchouli and mushroom are a whiff of earth in the background. It gave me a bit of a headache. That dominant note is aromatic in a 'perfumy' way, sweet, but tempered by something mineral. A bit of salt? Similar to Signum Crucis, which I prefer.