Estamets
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Very juicy berry. It doesn't go weird on my skin, but it's not my favorite. Would make a nice layering note with something woody...
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Apples, and I agree with doomsday_disco about the red musk. I can’t define other notes, though there’s a light floral in the sillage. This has a traditional perfume quality to my nose… which could be the lilac now that I think about it (I avoid lilac so not super familiar with it). Long throw. Pretty, and darker than I expected. The vibe is more crimson blossoms than white apple blossoms. ETA: throw lasts about 4 hours and is nicest at about 2 hours. A nice date night scent, methinks.
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This is a supremely gorgeous cool vanilla spiced with a touch of anise - just enough to make it interesting, not enough to give me hangover flashbacks.
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This is light and fresh: a perfect weight for a cool, late summer evening... which doesn't occur where I live so this is a transportation blend for me! I get tart-but-not-green apple flesh, the not-flowery floral of apple blossoms, and something kind of woody in the sillage. There are leaves in here: fresh, green, not crushed. Any honey is staying in the background. It's like laying in an apple orchard with a daisy chain on my head. Beautifully blended, it's really hard to pull out specific notes. And it's a bit of a morpher: the first time I wore it, my husband said "now THIS Is a perfume I like!" (he grew up in an apple picking town, and attributed it to that). The second time, though, he said, "meh, that's a little florally for me." I love it, and it's become a favorite when layered with a grassy OCYL scent.
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The same beautiful brown musk as Are You Digging On My Grave, and maybe Coyote? It’s dry and cozy: a wild den scent. Animalistic. Brightened by a tart wild berry jam-boysenberry and blackberry? I am transported to a hut in the late summer woods.
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This is a sparkly, dark purple-silver scent. The lavender is dry & herbal, but not green or screechy. The marshmallow is more like silky warm fluff than poofy set marshies. I find this very wearable, even in the heat of summer.
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This one goes on with a strong whiff of cocoa powder - it's not in the notes, but it's there on my skin. Dry, I get clovey after dinner mints. There isn't any marshmallow poof or gumdrop juiciness. This is more of an old timey spiced candy than the mixed bag of bright sugary flavors that I was expecting. It's growing on me, and I expect to get a lot of wear out of this during Halloween and Christmas.
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This does exactly what it says on the tin. I was expecting mint for some reason, so I got confused trying to find it - it’s not there! It’s not supposed to be there! The lavender is fresh & herbal but not screechy. The hops are true to life: gentle, cream-colored, and sleepy. The “sliver of ice” is silver-toned, menthol-adjacent, and NOT the Lab’s snow note. This is a perfume to wear for the reasons stated in the description. It’s an “I just walked out of a spa” smell.
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I get a skinclose dry vanilla for about half an hour, then this disappears. Tucking it away for a few months to see if the vanilla develops.
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This orange blossom & honey combo smells dark & deep on my skin. The peppercorn is most prominent when wet. This fades after about at hour to a barely-there, deep orange amber with a hint of frankincense funk (both against frank, that’s just what it does on my skin).
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This goes on with a lovely burst of mint and promise! Sadly, on my skin, this blend turns into mush. There’s a barely-there whiff of mallow but it goes in the direction of most florals on me: a gooey pile of week-old flowers. I don’t get any wood or nutmeg. I blame my skin chemistry for this epic fail. YMMV.
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Tea Leaves, Vanilla Bean, and Incense Smoke
Estamets replied to Seajewel's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
This goes on light & incensey. Sadly, in the drydown something goes funky on my skin - that happens with incense notes sometimes. -
Iris Root, White Amber, and Blackberry
Estamets replied to Silvertree's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
In the bottle, this is bright blackberry. On my skin, the iris root comes to the forefront, and the blackberry turns into the barest hint of blackberry jam. The amber is only there to lighten the iris root into a floatier scent. I wish the blackberry stayed as delightfully bright as it is in the bottle. Skin-close. 1-2 hour wear time. -
This is a sweet (not sugary), pale pink crystal. It’s dry, but I don’t get any earthy husk. Mostly pale, lightly powdery, crystalline resin. A pink version of The Grey Columns. A shiny version of Zorya P. Throw is low. No morphing. Will update with wear time.
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Named after the Roman God of Sleep. This blend helps bring on deep, restful, natural sleep. I dabbed Somnus on my wrists and sleep mask last night. When my cat woke me up to attend his daily 3am opera, it was the first time I remembered waking up since I fell asleep. That. Never. Happens. I popped in my earplugs, went back to sleep, and didn’t wake up again until 7:15. That. Never. Happens. Either. I don’t feel particularly refreshed this morning (I have some REM to catch up on), but I will be using Somnus regularly from now on.
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In the bottle and wet, this is MILK. The milk dries away almost instantly, and what is left is a beautifully solid, perfectly blended mix of sweet, skin-close resins, a block of wood, and a chunk of unidentifiable fruit left over from breakfast. What there is not: spice, bubblegum, incense trails, floof, or fizz. I love how oddly non-fantastical this scent is. Throw is low - me, but no one else unless they huff my neck. Will report back about longevity. ETA: today this smells like a creamy, soft pink leather.
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This is reminding me SO MUCH of a BPAL that I can’t put my finger on… one of the animals (Longhorn? Armadillo?)? Or On Imagination before it went funky on me?? I don’t smell any similarities with Like A Girl, which is one of my all time favorites, despite the shared notes. In any case, this is beautiful and I can’t stop sniffing myself. It’s musk-forward. Like the dreamworld version of the armpit or crotch of someone I have a deep crush on. Or my skin but butter. The sugar is airy, almost fizzy, which could be a frankincense influence. There’s also something peppery, especially in the wet stage. Throw is low- will slather in my cleavage so I can use my shirt to waft it at myself. This would make a great layering and/or sleep scent. ETA: I tested Like a Girl and Drag is for Everyone simultaneously, and they are nothing alike. The phrase that keeps coming to mind when I sniff DifE on my skin is "peppery butter."
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Light, floral almond blossom is between sweet almond and a white floral. The snow notes in this take it to Soapland on my skin. I don't want to smell like this, but I might add the decant to a bathtub!
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Mandarin in the wet stage. This goes soapy on me almost immediately. It’s a nice soap, one I wouldn’t be surprised to find in the guest washroom of a house nice enough to have a guest washroom. The vanilla note in this is GORGEOUS. It’s medium-depth, brown, the seeds you scrape from a vanilla bean to add to a fancy, not-too-sweet orange cake you’ll serve with tea later.
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This is a very soft blend. A white fruit peaks out in the early wet stage, then disappears behind the wood notes. The sandalwood is the most recognizable note; it’s not loud, sharp, or spicy. Non-powdery yellow amber comes next. The blossom is there if I dig my nose into it. There’s no lotus bubblegum, if you’re worried about that. As said above, this is blended well enough that individual notes aren’t perceptible unless I’m looking for them. I rarely gender perfumes that aren’t straight-up cologne, but this one leans masculine, in an “I’m wearing my boyfriend’s flannel but I washed it” way. But my boyfriend has grown out of Axe body spray, and carefully selects the products he uses on his beard, face, and armpits. My boyfriend might be enby or butch, actually. Intimate. I can see myself craving this scent, even if I can’t see myself wearing it often.
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Wet: cherry candy. Dry: marshmallows made with really good maraschino juice. There’s something in it that keeps making me think “incense?” It’s NOT incensey, I think that’s the dry note of marshmallow keeping this from being squeamishly sweet. This is actually quite a grounded, grown up candy scent. Throw is perfect: I can smell it with every deep breath, but no one else can unless they’re really close. Can’t decide if I need to run to the BPAL order page first, or my kitchen to make some cherry marshmallows.
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Velvet: cocoa cin. Kobold Barista if you like coffee. Adventuresome Encounters - the cin is subtle, but delicious. Bengal is GOOOOORGEOUS Eclipse for an almond-cin blend Inferno (this one went soapy on me - beware) Plunder... my notes on this say "Christmas Market," so there's that Shub-Niggurath is like buttery cinnamon Uruk has enough cinnamon to give me an allergic reaction, but it smells good!
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I agree with Teamama - try posting a wishlist in the wishlist thread, and you will probably have some generous forumites willing to grant your GC imp wishes for cheap or free.
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Clean, snuggly, furry brown musk. An effervescent note that hits me with GRASS without smelling like grass - like the smell of walking across dewy grass in the morning. Clean, wet construction dirt. Coconut- or vanilla-husk milk. It’s flipping delightful, and is a great earth scent for a person who wants so badly to love earth scents but gets sucker punched by the Lab’s usual dirt & grave notes.
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On me, this is a Cousin of Dead Leaves single note. It’s a slightly less spicy, more green, less dead dead leaves.