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And Though They Are With You Yet They Belong Not To You
feyofthefellwood replied to Seajewel's topic in Limited Editions
Simple, elegant, and lovely. A fragrant (but not overpowering) sandalwood with a sweet (but nonfoody) vanilla, perfectly balanced. It's a soft scent without a ton of throw, but has good longevity. Fans of Like A Girl, wood-and-vanilla duets, or the NAVA sandalwood-vanilla blends would definitely enjoy this. I think this will layer beautifully and be a great gentle scent for work environments. -
This scent is like if Dana O'Shee and Hay Moon 2020 had a baby, which means it's stunning, cozy, and wonderful. I definitely recommend this for fans of cardamom-vanilla scents.
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Amor, To Show That He Was Pleased, Approvingly (In Silence) Sneezed
feyofthefellwood replied to Seajewel's topic in Lupercalia
This smells mouthwateringly delicious, like the fluffiest lemon cake ever made even more decadent with oodles of vanilla cream, a very fine light honey, and sugared petals. The florals are very candied though, so this is definitely more gourmand than floral, and the cake is the star. I wish this lasted longer on my skin, but that's my only criticism. If there's a real life cake version of this perfume, I want to eat it. -
I am certain this will strengthen with rest and age, but even if it doesn't, this is really lovely. So far, it's an almost magnolia ice cream kind of scent to me, lightly sweet, cool, and creamy. The fruit notes are there sweetening things up but are not overpowering; the apricot note reminds me a bit of that in Haloes, kind of glowing. I'm not detecting the fig or coconut that much yet. Overall, elegant, pretty, and understated.
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I love this one so much and hope it returns someday. It's mostly a golden, creamy, honeyed vanilla on me, but the dragon blood gives it a bit of an incense edge. It's a very gentle dragon's blood, not quite lilac and not quite cherry, but sweet and resinous. It doesn't go medicinal the way db sometimes can. It's a straightforward and pretty scent. I find the vanilla component similar to that the un-aged Snake Oil I got around the same time, though overall they end up being quite different. Edit: just realized I reviewed this twice . . . But I suppose it shows how scents and tastes can change with time!
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Monk (Sandalwood incense, ti leaf, and honeyed saffron) is one of my favorite saffron perfumes! Even though Drow Yoga Instructor (wild plum, indigo lavender, and a tranquil tendril of sandalwood incense) doesn't have saffron listed as a note, I find it somewhat similar to Monk and others have compared it to Love's Philosophy, so maybe it has a touch of saffron too. I adore Drow Yoga Instructor as well.
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This is another one to believe the hype on! At first, it's herbal lavender with some well-behaved wisteria backing it up, but the vanilla quickly dominates on me (which is funny, because I didn't expect it to at all, given all the other notes). The florals have an ethereal, floating quality, and the vanilla beneath them makes the whole scent kind of marshmallowy and fluffy. I really liked the ylang-ylang and vanilla trio and I think that combination is part of what I'm in love with here. I'd definitely recommend this to fans of TKO, Sopor, Lullaby etc., and also to fans of wisteria scents.
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I love Snow White and Sugar Plum Fairy (of which I have tried the HG), so of course this is a winner for me! The sugared, almost watermelon candy-type plum is very forward at first, with the chilly florals and vanillic tones emerging more as it wears, like a cool musk beneath the plum. The sugar plum does have similarities to the plum in Bordello, but I also realized the other day that Sugar Plum Snow White, in particular among the sugar plum variants I've tried, reminds me of the plum blossom and vanilla sandalwood combination in Lovers in a Ricefield. I will definitely treasure this one.
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Vanilla Husk, Nutmeg, & Hay Absolute
feyofthefellwood replied to Seajewel's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I was really excited about this one and slathered it as soon as I got it in the mail today. It is as amazing as I'd hoped, and I'm obsessed. If you liked Hay Moon, Rendezvous With Her Lover Behind the Rice Straws, and other sweetened hay scents, this is a perfect sister-scent. The vanilla husk is a light, dry vanilla that combines smoothly with the musky hay note to make this gorgeous soft vanilla musk. I don't pick out the nutmeg very clearly at this point, but I think it adds some brightness and sweetness to the scent. The overall combination of notes is golden, soft, and dreamy. -
The ozone is strong on application, and at first I felt kind of meh about the scent, but the dry down is sooooo good. I love putting it on before bed and waking up to this strong, gorgeous lavender thunderstorm smell. It isn't an approximate recreation of rain smell necessarily, but it definitely captures the sense of heavy purple stormclouds and cold drops of rain striking asphalt, like petrichor without being earthy.
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It took this a bit to settle into itself, but it's really gotten good in the past couple months. The pine and spices are at the forefront initially, then the lemony vanilla tea comes out and threads through the rest of the scent. Dark fairy forest tea party vibes. In terms of balance, this actually reminds me of Eve w/Sage a bit due to its sweet-spicy-herbal scent profile, though of course the notes are different. The lavender is there, but isn't the focus when compared to some other Liliths.
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I love this one. 💜 The plum and lavender are both on the sweet side (the lavender actually reminds me a little of a wisteria note), and the sandalwood incense smells soft and golden. Like others, I also pick up something like vanilla, and the saffron from Monk. It's a creamy feeling scent, very soft and smooth. I only got an imp when it was released and have put a good dent in it already; luckily I got a bottle for Christmas!
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This is a lovely rose scent that has blossomed (har har) the more it has rested. The red rose is the star, encircled by olibanum (frankincense) and dry red sandalwood. The pink pepper and clove add some light spice, and the honey amber sweetens the rose and makes it jammy. The rose + clove combination remind me a little of Sentence First, Verdict afterward, but this is sweeter and lacks SFVA's metallic tinge. This smells like an enchanted rose garden in a fairy tale. I'm glad I was able to snag this one.
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On me, this opened with a sort of sweet wildflower smell before drying into oak lightly touched with sage, grass, pine, and stone. I really like the stone note when it emerges more . . . it almost reminds me of an eraser, but I like it? Everything stays really light, with minimal throw. Sadly this doesn't last long on my skin, but I really enjoy the misty mountain forest smell while it does.
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Weirdly, in contrast to the first review, this is basically Sweet Woodsmoke SN on my skin. I'm not really finding the gingerbread; it's more like the gingerbread got thrown into the fire, burned up, and made the smoke sweet.
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I'm a total sucker for gourmand rose scents, so I shouldn't be surprised that I like this one so much. It starts off with a sugared, softly spiced and edible-smelling gingerbread. The rose incense is wispy at this point, but gets stronger on the dry down. It smells pink and sheer and romantic. This reminds me a lot of my possibly-favorite rose scent (it's hard to choose ok), Cacao & Sugared Roses, except with gingerbread instead of chocolate. It's also in the vein of Sugar Cookie Peacock Queen, but the rose is lighter and more playful here rather than heady and deep. I definitely want to upgrade this one to a bottle.
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The sultry, spiced red musk of Scherezade blends surprisingly well with the sweet, creamy florals of Alice. I am not getting much patchouli, but I'm sure it's there in the background, adding to the incensy vibe. If a creamy, honeyed red musk with roses sounds good to you, definitely check this out.
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This smells like a dark carnival; the sugary Midway notes blend beautifully with the musk and incense. This is kind of what I had hoped Midnight on the Midway would smell like; this is much sweeter and more bold. It's also a complex scent; sometimes I get a whiff of candied apple, or opium, or red musk, all shifting and melding together.
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I didn't expect to get much marshmallow from this, but it's actually quite balanced! Tart black plum and sweet, lightly toasted, fluffy marshmallow is a great combination here. It's sweeter and more gourmand than I expected, although the plum comes out more as it wears.
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When I first got this, the lavender and cardamom combo was a bit astringent to me, but after aging a month, the vanilla has come out and softened all the edges. So lovely and comforting! I'm glad I gave this time to rest instead of writing it off. It's like the scent equivalent of a soft blanket. There's also a similarity to You Are Not Alone (but maybe that's just the wonderful Lilith lavender).
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I haven't compared them side by side yet, but this reminds me a lot of Flickering Lantern (of which I only have a paltry decant, so I'm glad this fills a similar niche!). Softly smoky beeswax with light purple florals and some lovely, wispy incense smoke. The agarwood is not indolic, and the champaca is not sharp (it's more like the champaca in the Ti Leaf & Champaca Petals duet, soft and golden). I almost passed on this one but had enough shipping refund money to add this, and I'm glad I did. One of my faves so far from my order! It's very sheer and ghostly, which is fitting for the theme.
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Café De Olla Fried Ice Cream Jammed Into A Coconut Cream Pie
feyofthefellwood replied to Seajewel's topic in Gifts with Donation or Purchase
This is probably one of my favorite purely gourmand scents I've tried from BPAL, honestly. It's floofy creamy vanilla and coconut cream with an almost fizzy or citrusy edge. Weirdly addictive. -
Chibi Skull With Last Will and Testament
feyofthefellwood replied to Seajewel's topic in Halloweenie
The mallow and cream combination reminds me a lot of the Poinsettia Gown, except this trades rose and jasmine for chewy red patchouli. Wet, this is a big cream/vanilla/mallow floof, very rich, buttery, then the patch emerges as it dries down and becomes more akin to other sweet patch scents like Banshee Beat/Revenant Rhythm and Silky Bat. This is definitely the most gourmand of the three. I really like it, but I love heady vanilla cream notes, so it doesn't surprise me. -
The floaty, non-gourmand vanilla and cognac in this reminds me a lot of Flickering Lights, Fluttering Curtains, which is one of my favorites. It's backed by some dry, woody notes and a hint of smokiness, though in a smoked vanilla or tobacco leaf way rather than a woodsmoke or incense way. Really lovely, with a simple elegance; I definitely recommend that fans of Flickering Lights and Zorya P check it out if they want more scents in that vein.
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I like this one, but don't love it. It mostly smells like a really pretty, fancy artisanal root beer to me. It reminds me a bit of Tombstone, except without the woody notes. I would also have liked stronger honey, coconut, and/or licorice as well. I'll have to see if aging changes it up at all.