Biocarbons
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This smells like a thin mint cookie, or an andes mint. The mint in this sticks around, so if you were disappointed by the mint in the 2024 lick it hair gloss which had a chocolate note, try this. It doesn't smell like Hohensalzburg Fortress on me, unfortunately.
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The Great Battle of the Vegetables and the Fish
Biocarbons replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Limited Editions
The veggie scents are always the ones I'm most curious about the lupers, and this is basically a Shunga. Upon sniff: fresh, breezy aquatic with lettuce and what smells like jamica instead of radish, and pepper spice. On me: I like it so far. It's fresh and light. I can smell wasabi, but it doesn't have that burning quality of horseradish (most wasabi in the US is mostly horseradish). I get a bit more starch as it dries down and the aquatic becomes a bit perfumey. It's settled, and it's a radish starchy aquatic. Still fresh, but that slightly spicy edge is mostly gone and that's what I liked most about this scent. -
I picked this up for the Angelica root. This does indeed smell rooty. Dry, dusty and rooty with a nutty edge of what smells like cacao to me but is probably tonka? I didn't get much bourbon upon initial sniff, but the bourbon and vanilla blooms quickly on my skin and becomes noticeable. There's eventually a slight sweetness I am assuming is from the fig wood. The root note here is similar to other BPAL scents with root notes such as screaming mandragora, and The Wind and the Willows: Badger. The nutty dustiness also reminds me of Haute Macabre: As Above. Try this if you like the Haute Macabre, and Bloodmilk scents. I like this after it settles on my skin. This smells like a drier version of Bloodmilk: Grief Moth part 1 on me.
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I picked up a low partial out of sheer curiosity. Upon sniff: grassy hay, a bit of sweetness from the apple, barnyard oud. You're walking by a horse stable during hay bailing, and you can smell that 'horses poop here' distant scent. Skin test: about the same, but the oud is getting a little louder. Okay, it's settling. Dank musk forward, grassy hay and apple. I don't mind it. The musk eventually settles completely into the background. If I could go straight to the dry down I'd get a bottle. Compared to In lctu Oculi, this is more generally wearable with the musk settling as a smooth background note. This is also a bit sweeter.
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Sweaty, cow patty oud with strong metallic and stone notes and a sour edge from the myrrh. I pick up hints of vellum and ink initially, but it all blurs together as the scent settles on my skin. Now the ink note is getting stronger, and the stable smell is receding and I'm not mad at it, though freshly applied this is not for the faint of heart. The oud slowly morphs into something deep and animalic, reminding me more of the smell of a horse and less of the stable. I am curious to how this smells to others on me.
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In the bottle I get a tiny bit of cherry, amber musk and boozy vanilla. On my skin, the cherry shows up briefly and is a luxardo sort of cherry. Still very musk and vanilla forward. I think I need to come to terms with my skin absolutely eating cherry scents as this happens to every single one. On the right person I think this would be really sultry and dark without being too foody. That person just isn't me, sadly.
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This smells like peach rings with a hefty dose of BPALS red amber. I was hoping for something a bit more earthy with a more realistic peach.
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Pom flavored sweet tarts. Now it's floral sweet tarts. It settles into tart peony. I think this would be refreshing for summer.
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This is different from the oil to my nose. The poinsettia is there in the background always, but isn't forward enough for me. The jasmine is flatter...more papery? This tickles my sinuses in a way the oil doesn't unfortunately.
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Black Pine and Incense Smoke Atmosphere Spray
Biocarbons replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Atmosphere
This has cumin or paprika in it or something similar because I can smell pine, and incense, and spicy lime corn chip... actually now it's black pine and cool ranch Doritos. I'm not mad at it....but I'm going to set my decant sit for a bit and see if it smells different with a little aging. -
This is definitely chocolate and peppermint vanilla. Like, the waxy chocolate ice cream parlours dip ice cream in. The peppermint is a little sharp for this to read like mint and chocolate chip ice cream to me, but it's in the ball park.
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LOUD black Cherry over vanilla. Black Cherry syrup over vanilla. In a good way. The pastry is a barely there background note.
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Incense and Blackcurrant Sufganiyot Atmosphere Spray
Biocarbons replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Atmosphere
Opens with a big, loud vanilla HELLO and then it's all about the jammy blackcurrent and incense. This has more blackcurrent to my nose than the oil did. -
Waxy frankincense and myrrh. It almost smells like it has tobacco in it. I'm going to age this a while and see what it does. It doesn't smell like the midnight mass oil to me, but my bottle of oil is really aged.
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2009 Version This smells to me like a horse stable in need of a clean, and some gunpowder.
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Spicy, woody pink florals with a bit of neroli over the top. There's a smoky quality to it that I don't like. This is one of those scents where the combination of the smoke and citrus translates to me as air freshener sprayed to cover the stale cigarette smell in a room. As it sits on my skin, the smoke calms down and the clove comes forward then settles and the pink florals bloom. Ok, now it reminds me a bit of gun moll. The mid-2000s version of gun moll. Ultimately this dried down to a clove spiced pink floral with a hint of neroli.
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Wet: MOSSY, grassy, vetiver with iron railing poking out haphazardly over oud. This is mostly green oud now. I'm not mad at it, but I want to compare it to ruins of castle Karnstein. Karnstein is sharper and slightly more 'masc' than cemetery.
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Wet: wow, I was not expecting this to open with hella koolaid fruity, but here we are. The leather and switches are very light, while this scent is dominated by the musky rice milk, orris, vanilla combo. Ok, now I'm getting more leather. Ultimately this settled into a slightly fruity (currant?), musky porcelain over the traditional Krampus notes of leather and wood.
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This scent is heavy, leaden roses over soft black velvet with a few berries strewn about for ambiance. If you like heavy, dark rose scents with a hint of fruit this is for you.
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Velvety, white blossoms with an earthy greenness. Reminds me of lilies in a vaguely vintage way. This is more what I was expecting from the Tomie perfume.
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Woody, mossy, green, bitter. The vetiver is dark green, bitter and a little stanky. There's a stone note in the background, and as the oil sits on my skin the vetiver gets smoky. Vetiver forward, masc leaning.
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Wet, this is fruity, waxy floral with golden amber. It reminds me a bit of crypt queen without the moss and dirt. The patch slowly emerges but remains a background supporting note.
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Instantly, a sweet, jammy clove with a hint of orange. Very holiday pudding. I don't typically like holiday food smells as perfume, but this one is growing on me.
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Usually blends like this go sour or too sweet on my skin, but so far this is a refreshing combo of lime and bergamot over dreamy, powdery violet with a sandalwood base. Like a violet pastille with a squeeze of lime/bergamot. This is less sweet than some of BPALs other powdery violets.