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I've tried a couple things with white honey and I'm not sure I've ever been able to pick it out before, but here I think I can finally put my finger on it. A sort of crystallized honey with an almost menthol hint, drizzled over fresh pansy petals floating in cream. Fully agree with the Poinsettia Gown comparison. This feels like a slightly more Golden Afternoon version of that scent palette. Up close, it does read powdery to me, but the throw is very creamy. Not quite as gourmand as a floral buttercream but not so cosmetic as cold cream. This feels really nice and wearable in any setting but it's absolutely perfect for Mother's Day afternoon tea, which is what I'm wearing it to today haha
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This does feel very much like a Victorian Christmas card in scent form. Fir dusted with honey powder, draped with dried floral garlands and velvet and chiffon ribbons. One of those Victorian-inspired 90's holiday magazine spreads where everything is white and cream, gold accents against evergreen branches. It smells fancy but whimsical, and it's a really unique holiday/fir scent in my collection. Absolutely fits the painting perfectly.
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I waffled on this one in my first Yules order (hahaaaaa🫠 it's a dangerous time of year for me), but the reviews convinced me to trust the process and ignore the pumpkin, which never agrees with me. Thank you forumites and your reviews! This is perfect!!! This is the holiday parties of my childhood in 4k. The spiced fruitiness, the cozy warmth. You know that scene in the Wilder Willy Wonka movie where they go through the kaliedoscopic tunnel? It's that but with every lovely holiday scent imaginable. A melange of nostalgia. It settles into a cozy spiced fruitiness, gilt with resins and wax. Really lovely. Perfectly executed.
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Oh man, this is so pretty. I adore the lab's Bulgarian rose note so whenever it pops up, I'm on it. I'm not normally keen on coffee scents (despite drinking a ridiculous amount of coffee) but the allure of a B. Rose duet was irresistible. I am so glad I went for it! The rose is gorgeous, not the snapped green stem freshness of Rose Red and less deep velvet of Peacock Queen. It smells like the platonic ideal of a Valentine's bouquet. The coffee smells like walking in to a space where coffee is being brewed more than huffing the beans directly. It's a very romantic type scent: coffee and roses in the morning. It's not terribly strong but I absolutely don't care because it's just so enjoyable. Occasionally, I threaten my wallet with the concept of a back-up bottle, but so far I've always managed to talk myself out of it. But I'm a sucker for rose lattes and this is like wearing one without all the embarassment of spilling it all over yourself. My wallet better gird its loins. 😤
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Echoing the above, this is quite nice! The wool indeed smells warm, like drying your scarf over a radiator. I don't get any funkiness from the milk and the cacao isn't very strong, both of which I'm very thankful for because I was worried about those two. Overall it smells like a coming in from the cold to a toasty, cozy home and being greeted with a hug. I really like this (and for some reason it makes me think of To A Wreath of Snow but I don't have that any longer to compare, and there's no notes in common iirc so I've no idea why!)
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This makes me think of Mr. Ibis, the dry paleness of it, but instead of his scrubbed clean musks, it's accented by a soft spiciness and chalk. The chalk has an almost...dampness to it? A hint of sea? Maybe that's just my associations because my partner is a geologist lol. This is really lovely and definitely could be a genteel skeleton's signature scent. I get a little bit of throw but overall it is demure and mindful. Pairs really lovely with my lavender deodorant!
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This was one of my Unexpected Weenie Wins™! It does indeed smell just like dried mango imo, a big boop of tropical fruitiness out of gate. The clove is the cozy, wafting spicy kind, not too aggressive, just enough to warm the scent up and make it interesting. I agree with the above comment about the clove turning it from an ostensibly summer scent into an unexpected cold weather scent as well. I wasnt expecting to love it, but I've liked several of the other Blow Molds so I figured what the heck. Big "Christmas in the Tropics" vibes.
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Dead leaves has marigold in a chokehold and it looked like the fight was over but WHAT'S THAT?? BY GOD IT'S ROSE WITH A STEEL CHAIR!!! Unfortunately rose teams up with dead leaves and marigold is tag teamed into oblivion. I like this quite a bit as an interesting autumn rose. A bottle will be contemplated.
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Well hello there angelica! A dry lemon tea with softly herbal chamomile and a fuzzy, almost...oily(?) fur musk. I've been hoping for one of these adorable freaking RPG scents to work for me but this was not even on my radar. I kinda love it though. Hooray for frimps ♡
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I bought this on the strength of the reviews here, since I immediately passed over it at release! I was not led astray! This starts out something akin to Country Time Pink Lemonade mix, sweet-tart and decidedly pink! But it opens up to a dreamy hibiscus note, creamy and refreshingly cool. It's such a perfect summer scent! Good throw and longevity on me. One of my surprise standouts from this collection!
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Agreed on all the neroli/petitgrain/pepper vibes mentioned. Out of the gate, this was truly a brick to the face of STRONG bitter green scent with an orange blossom edge. After it's had time to get used to life in the AC, it's mellowed a bit. It's still got that neroli vibe, but the throw is very brick! Someone in one of the brick reviews said it smells like a wet brick, and that's what it immediately made me think of! I live in an old city, and some of our downtown streets are still brick roads, and this smells like rain steaming off those roads on a hot summer day. Plus neroli and a bit of SO, lol. It's a very 'mid-July in Florida' scent to me, and it really thrives in this heat. Oddly nostalgic, great cause, great name. Me gusta. ♡
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Well. It's ghost pizza! The tomato note jumps out the most at me, almost tomato-leafy but with a more savory feel than the typical fresh green vibes. It smells like you have tomato sauce on the stove, sourdough in the oven, and you had to run outside to your garden to grab some fresh herbs. It's remarkably clean smelling, but still kinda foodie in an herbal-savory way. It's completely unlike anything I own and it makes me want a focaccia with sun-dried tomatoes something fierce, but I kinda fuck with it? I get whiffs of cardboard and the occasional beeswax hit and I think once summer chills out with this 105° everyday bullshit, this will be much more wearable for me. TLDR: spooky atmospheric pizza 👻🍕 (Eta: Long drydown is more white musk with herbal notes and a creamy beeswax. This part is super wearable even in this heat. Great summer to fall transition scent!)
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Ahhh I love BPAL's olibanum/frankincense notes. I got mine secondhand so I'm guessing it's aged a bit because the throw is nice and solid! Olibanum and labdanum with a light dusting of cardamom, edges gilded with olive blossom. Cade and spikenard add to the meditative, sacred feel of it. This is really pretty. It might usurp Templum Dei from its top shelf frankincense throne.
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A veritable thwack of cypress in the bottle, but it opens up on skin to a softly smoky incense with a roughly woven moss silk base. This feels like Girl Holding a Snake's older and bolder sibling, with amber instead of vanilla cream. The calla lily is soft, green stemmy floral breeze, stirring the incense plumes gently. If this was an Ars Anni scent it would be something like The Old Temple by Hubert Robert. A golden glowing scent, trimmed in green.
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I love reading the reviews here and seeing how differently people can interpret the same scent. This one especially seems all over the place! Fortunately (for me), I'm getting the same vibes as nikaida, Becca, and forspecial_plate! This starts out with a fresh cut dewy lily, not the loud spicy lily, but a cool soft one. There's a green stem note that fades away into a freshness from the green tea, backed by creamy florals. This is so pretty in an elegant, put-together way. It smells like someone fresh from the bath, having used nothing but Crabtree & Evelyn products. It's such an easy everyday type scent that I'm tempted to grab a backup bottle.
