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L’Homme Fut Solitaire Dans un Paysage de Nuit
OxfordComma replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Limited Editions
Fuuuuuck this is so pretty. Lilac is the star on me but this lilac is being anchored by the other notes. The labdanum is not cola, the frankincense smells like the one from Midnight Mass etc, but it's not as much in the spot light. This notes list sounded like a slamdunk for me and I was right! Throw is great, longevity seems solid. All around win. -
An airy vanilla amber softened by orris. A light, hazy scent. I feel like it reminds me of something? Lyonesse maybe? I don't have it to compare. This feels diaphanous for sure, with a soft glow vibe that I associate with white amber. The incense is light and I don't notice any cardamom, currently. Very on point for this celestial race!
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Definitely a pastry scent! This opened with an almond-buttery-pastry blast and then settled into a fruity pastry with vanilla cream and a whiff of cardamom. The fruit reminds me of pomegranate maybe? A darker fruit, for sure. Not apples or pears. This is really quite nice, kinda reminds me of Berry Sonker Snake without the Snake.
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I definitely got the Sun Ripened Raspberries vibe! But it also smells uncannily like Welch's Sparkling Red Grape Juice, which I am a big fan of. I don't know that I want to smell like it... but! It's wild how much it reminds me of it. Kinda fun in a "Special Occasion/NYE party" kinda way. Throw is crazy good. Even the tiniest dab'll do ya.
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This was firmly a no from me based on the clove, which always goes absolutely haywire on me and amps to a medicinal, tooth ache reminiscent level of UGH. But I'm a sucker for lipstick scents and I trusted the lovely reviews from my fellow forumites, and they did not lead me astray! Gosh this is so pretty. Wet, I definitely get a rosy floral hint as well, but it screams vintage lipstick. Reminds me of my very chic Mimi's purse. The clove immediately is apparently on skin and gets just loud enough to add a warm, spicy overlay to the lipstick scent. No weird rubbery medicinal nightmare!! A miracle!! ? It's so good. Throw is quite good for several hours and then dies back closer to skin. Longevity is pretty solid, I get at least 6 hours but I ended up showering before it fully vanished. I'll be deeeply considering a back up of this one.
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Between the name and the notes list there was absolutely no way for me to resist this one. Wet it's foresty and chestnut forward for me, with maybe a bit of bourbon cream. Dry, the creamy-nutty aspect and the dry woody licorice pop to the forefront. There's something weird in the mix that I think is the sage doing a thing, an odd herbal-airy counterpoint. Mandarin is MIA on skin but I get it in the throw. This is a weird ass scent, but not unpleasant. It doesn't seem particularly strong on me when I'm looking for it, but occasionally a waft of a citrusy, licoricey, nutty mystery mash up makes itself known. Like walking past a local market in winter, getting random whiffs of assorted holiday treats.
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Spiced ginger cider indeed! Smells like the coziest winter nostalgia imaginable. The spices aren't overwhelming, the honey isn't a facepunch of sweet or indolic, the labdanum isn't running roughshod over everything else. It's just cozy. The scent equivalent of coming in out of the cold to a festive holiday party. Warm drinks, winter spices, and a general sense of wellbeing. This makes feel very comforted in an oddly familiar way, but nothing I can put my finger on. It's fairly soft on me currently, but I'm more than willing to let it cook and see if that improves because it's just so cuddly.
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Oooh yessss. This is what I was hoping to get from The Storm, but rainy/watery notes tend to go off the rails on me. But this! ♡♡♡ Luxe mossy foresty goodness under a veil of vanilla cream. It smells clean and fresh without being too grassy-green or cologne. The incense tar is dark green backdrop that lurks around the edges, matching the vibe of the art perfectly. I smell like a dryad fresh from a day of pampering at the magical forest spa and I am deeply in love with this.
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Chiming in with more 'old BPAL GC' agreement! It really is reminiscent of a handful of classic BPAL Imps. The cherry was very black cherry cough syrup for a second upon application but it smoothed out very quickly to a rich red scent and just kept getting smoother and more velvety as it wore. The end result was very SO adjacent which I am never going to be disappointed by haha. Throw was good and longevity was great. All around no regrets blind buy territory for me!
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Just gonna throw in my agreement with everyone. This is like Light of Mens Lives slightly spookier sibling. That creamy, glorious beeswax note but just dirtied up a bit with the extinguished wick and waft of distinctive candle smoke. Super wearable and very comfortable tbh. I've been wearing it a lot this holiday season. Pretty solid throw and great longevity! Layers superbly as well ♡
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I went on a quest for a strawberry scent this year and I had finally settled upon a favorite and then this was announced. Well obviously I had to try it for posterity, and also for charity. Well Strawberry Quest™ has a new champion. This is like good strawberry soda and tart strawberry candy had a beautiful baby. The strawberry has that glassy aura that Beholder Optician manages to create, but cranked up several notches. The gritty note is in the back, a sort of gravelly anchor that keeps this from being entirely too much. It makes me happy and strangely reminds me of my grandma who always had those candies in her house. : )
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Ok, glad it's not just me! I have no idea what this smells like lmao I can definitely agree on cucumber or cucumber-adjacent vibes. Maybe something along the lines of a foggy-misty-ozone note... and well to be honest it doesn't really last long enough on me to get much more than that. Seemed like the only thing I picked up was the "otherworldly glow". Very low throw and longevity was quite short. I can't say I could pick out any of the listed notes, which was really pretty disappointing tbh, as the notes list sounded right up my alley. Womp womp.
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Helll yea ube. This starts out strongly baked ube cake and dries down more cakey with a hint of ube and that elusive suf cream note kinda lurking around the outskirts. Longevity was kinda mid and throw has been on the lighter side. I'm curious to see if this one thrives in warmer weather and I love ube enough to hang on to it and find out. I'll try to remember to report back with my findings ??
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Softly smoky incenses with a waft of evergreen. This reads fairly cozy/cuddly to me, almost a champa vibe in long dry down. The resinous pine adds a nice touch to keep it from being too samey to other frankincense and myrrh blends. Wintery, churchy, and lovely~
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2024 version. Awwww yes. Spice scents can go so awry but this is soft, autumnal goodness. Not a cinnamon bomb. No Yankee Candle vibes. No sugary sweetness. Just cozy, cuddly dry spices, like a really good pumpkin spice herbal tea blend. Great on it's own, perfect for layering. Peak fall-winter vibes.