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i tried an imp of the perfume and own the HG. unless something was off about the perfume, i prefer the HG MUCH more over the perfume. the HG starts off very patchouli and dries into the most wonderful, spicy fig- the patch does down and lets the warm fig emerge. i generally do not love patch, but i really love this. the perfume evolved in the opposite way - almost a fake, tart fruit first and then the patch came later in the dry down. the HG is strong; it’s one that wears much longer than a lot of others do on me. it has great throw, and i have actually gotten many compliments on it. some odd comments that may be of interest- ‘like that market bloodmilk vends at, do they sell that there?’ (fiancé referencing oddities in brooklyn) ’you smell like a really high end witch store’ - one of my friends.

very almond cherry wet / in the imp. as it dries i get more cherry less almond, the cream isn’t in the forefront but rounds out the scent... i think i smell the crust because the cherry starts to fade.... as the cherry recedes, it starts to get not quite buttery, but the way pie crust tastes when it’s up against the pie filling. in itself the crust is not super sweet; it’s slightly doughy with the cherry remnants and slight cream bringing the sweetness. i do get brown sugar in the crust as someone else said. i can also see where people read cherry chapstick, because if i don’t concentrate, it seems to blend like that, even though there’s no waxiness. the pie crust covers the cherry scent a bit. i don’t know if my brain is just not registering the complexity, but i don’t really smell the elements that would make this a chypre. there is a soft perfume-y element, which must be amber, which seems to tie everything together. also of note - the cherry is different from sweet amber & cherry liqueur HG. edit: as i wear, i get a very light citrus, somethjng vegetal and medicinal (sharp) in the background... sooo i guess that’s the chypre.

this is ‘okay’ to me. the first initial smell to me is that juicy cherry-gummy note jovial embrace has. that juiciness carries through, but the rose coming through smells almost christmasy to me? to be honest, it smells like jovial embrace encumbered by patchouli and rose. glad i didn’t blind bottle. i LOVE jovial embrace, but i don’t love this. edit - wearing it, it smells like cherry wine. not like sangria, but a sweet fruit wine, spiked with a rose that isn’t powdery

for me, this smells like irish spring soap with a slight metallic edge. it softens as i wear it, but i cannot detect cherry blossom as it dries down. eventually it has a light light cherry blossom base. it is not a total loss at all though, as my fiancé likes it! on him, it still has the cologny- irish spring smell, but there is a cherry blossom scent rounding it out on the bottom. it’s more than it is on me, and it has better throw and a heavier, not quite incense, but SOMETHING else there ???wowowow! he rolled his eyes at me because i kept asking to sniff it to review.

i know this is an older one, but i am new to bpal and in my quest for past shunga HGs, a super kind person sold me her backup of this one. at first spray, this is prickly. it’s almost got a weird lemongrass-ness to me (to be honest thjs may be a sharp currant smell), but that quickly fades. it becomes a soft, musky, close to the skin/hair scent, absolutely purple- i smell blueberries and plum, slight floral and spice, then a base of more fruit. it’s not juicy smelling like jovial embrace. it’s definitely drier than that. if this makes sense - visually, i have the dark musky fruits over the floral/spiciness (i want to say like mulled wine type spices?), then a more sweet version of the fruit as the base. as someone else mentioned - almost definitely blueberry. i don’t get regular wine, but i do get blueberry or blackberry wines

candy blackberry wet.. as it dries on my wrists, the blackberry remains, but on my ‘ditch’ area (i don’t know what else to call the inner arm elbow part, but when describing this area for tattooing, it is the ditch)- super citrusy as it dries down. i forgot bergamot was a note here, so i was a little surprised by it. there is something green in here too, which i guess is the tea? hours later, i get creaminess and rice! i love it!

i get the gardenia & honeysuckle more in the wet, but they recede and as it dries cherry blossom and cream in the forefront with plum blossoms on the edges. yayyyy! edit - this lasts quite a while on me, and i’m going to say it’s backup worthy. i am fairly new to bpal and have only decided a few things are worth it, but this is. so, for whatever that’s worth.

overall impression this is pure, unsweetened, matcha to me - it reminds me of experimenting with it while working in a smaller coffee shop.. wet- i catch some of the ivy & bitterness, it’s yellow green like fresh cut grass but on a cloudier day. the bitterness almost borders on fennel for me, but doesn’t get there. i can see the comparisons to fresh cut flower stems. there is a slight sweetness as it dries, but only enough to temper the bitterness and make the green more neutral. i’d imagine that’s the sandalwood. it almost wants to go to a floral at points, but it doesn’t get there either. dry- it’s still green, grassy, and matcha. my mind keeps trying to trick me into smelling lemongrass or a white floral. this isn’t something i’d usually expect to wear, but it’s not awful. i am going to revisit it in a bit and see what i think

i only have a short review, but this smells like red fruit snacks in the best way, and i am thrilled! i want to add to this as i’ve tried more things at this point! the blackberry is lower and the plum is the most forward here. the labs blackberry note usually has a weird hollowness (?) to it, and the plum fills that in and expands the red/purple scent. the currant gives it a tang around the edges. i do not get much oakmoss - i think that it grounds the scent and gives it dimension, but i can’t pick it out. still one of my favorites though!

this was the star for me. i love yuzu, and this is beautiful, punchy sugared yuzu. the grapefruit enhances it, and the tea and raspberry round it out in the beginning. it is bright and almost fizzy. a really wonderful scent! as others said, the plum blossom comes out as it wears. i am so happy with this and see it being a favorite for the summer.

i’m very new to bpal but i hope that this is helpful, as this was the scent i was most excited about. wet it’s plummy (jammy is the word in my head) and a little ginger. as this dries, the plummy smell receded and this unfortunately smells a little bit like a laundry detergent of some sort on me. the incense doesn’t really come out on me at all. it’s floral and could be very nice on someone else. this has a lot of potential, though. it reads very ‘young’ to me in the bottle. i think with age, the plum will steep and come out more, as will the incense.

i worked at lush in 2009, and i can smell similarities to rockstar soap and the comforter bubble bar, specifically