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Idk why I never reviewed this but I have an aspirational love of this blend. I want to be the person who wears the poinsettia gown and I don't think I am! Impostor syndrome perhaps? Anyway it just feels like the high drama of formal wear to me, and I am much more on the level of an elastic waistband. Anyway it's utterly gorgeous: The drama of rose and jasmine rendered at full volume by voluptuous cream, and then gently floofed with mallow and vanilla. A perfect ballgown of scent for when subtle simply won't do. Lasts and lasts on me, and swirls around a good bit too, in terms of sillage. I have a hand labeled decant from a kind forumite so I'm not sure which year, but I think it's the 2020 release. I rarely wear it, like something sparkly in the back of the closet, but it is awfully fun to swan around in once in a while.
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more like seven layers of component separation, amirite? I kid, there's maybe only four or five, but give this one plenty of gentle agitation before you apply to get everything. for me the lead note was really rather ominous up front, but after the blend had some time to settle and I tested it a few more times, it became less daunting. the musk is strangely flattened against a gentle dry clove, and overall I find myself in agreement with Tungerine's conclusion: "This is what blood should smell like." it's not a candy fruity blood, it's not a spicy resiny blood, it's just ...blood. or a more realistic approximation via perfume than I've sampled before. seems like it would be a good one to accent other scents with, if not layer directly, to goth them up a bit.
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I'm not getting any cherry from the almond in this, but I have let it rest quite a while. on me it's a gorgeously slinky but subtle orchid musk blend. the cacao sort of stalks around in the background, moving through the shadows and adding depth to the musk - you're not gonna smell like a chocolate bar wearing this, imo. but then again if someone ends up wanting to consume you...
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up front, this is mostly lace on me, a veil covering the other notes. a girlish disguise. the blackcurrant does come through as the oil dries, but it is much more subtle than the countess.
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Starts in laffy taffy territory as promised, but the drydown is a warm and positively posh golden cashmere. I always think I'm gonna wear this as a goof and then end up feeling fancy as hell! Feels gender neutral to me, low throw.
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Dang this is riiich! At first I thought you might be able to dupe this by layering 2021's Burnt Sugar & Blackberry with SO, but I destashed that duet (it was lovely and smelled like pie filling but I never wore it), and anyway there's a lot more going on here. Like the sonker is in a bottomless pan and the snake just keeps tumbling down through dark sticky berry goodness like Alice down the rabbit hole. It's very tempting!
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This is a lovely light coffee musk, as sheer as a stocking. It has decent staying power and a nice little aura/halo of scent in spite of its subtlety. The russet amber is a perfect pairing with the coffee bean, seems to take the edge off the coffee note that I have often experienced. Considering a bottle, seems like it would pair/layer well with other blends.
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came here for the pumpkin and cacao but I'm falling for the bread! it's so great. it's very earthy and homey without going all the way to cozy - which corresponds to this woman's expression that seems to be along the lines of "don't get comfortable, if you're in my house I will give you something to do."
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something happening with this on my skin that borders on indolic. an overripeness of fig perhaps, along with the almond and myrrh?
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flooooof! airy sweet mild coconut. just a happy little cloud of a scent.
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lol we are all grass-is-greenering each other here - I would love to have honey in place of tonka, which my skin chem renders a bit funky. otherwise it's a lovely antique amber skin scent.
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I do not usually reach for a scent with a red wine note, but I was sufficiently intrigued by the Nightmare Novellas youtube sniffalong to give this one a try. This is well and truly dark and murky in a most delightful way. Bottomless resins through which a scorched pumpkin plummets, but nothing harsh has survived the fall. Not really getting any wine, maybe the gourd gulped it down in a panic. Has a nice bit of throw to it, too.
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When I first tested this one, the rose and blackcurrant were all up front at top volume (which was rather glorious imo!), and the drydown was all black musk (not my fav note in isolation). Now that it has rested, however, there is a pleasing balance that suggests a pulsing throb of vitality shrouded in dark velvet. It feels like a classic dark femme vampire scent, perfect for when you need to swish your cape around you for a dramatic exit.
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The sugared pear is most present on application, then fades into the blend, so while it no longer smells appetizing to a human past this point, I imagine the resulting slinky-sweet skin scent would be quite delectable to a vampire getting all up in your neck and hair. The violets are soft but persistent through the creamy haze at close range.
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Dead Leaves, Lavender Buds, and Golden Sandalwood
LavenderCoffee replied to Jenjin's topic in Halloweenie
I can't find any other BPALs in my collection that have "golden sandalwood" specifically, so after three skin tests I might have to admit this is not a good sandalwood for me. I usually enjoy the dead leaves and I love lavender, but this is ALLLL sandalwood with a whiff of lavender on my skin, and the effect is more like a lavender scented soap than I would like. YMMV!