Hunter's Moon 2024

[doomsday_disco]

Sleek black fur, fuzzy tonka bean, bronze amber and yellow bergamot, black patchouli, honeyed chestnut, and pumpkin incense.

 

I and Pangur Bán, my cat,

‘Tis a like task we are at;

Hunting mice is his delight,

Hunting words I sit all night.

 

Better far than praise of men

‘Tis to sit with book and pen;

Pangur bears me no ill-will,

He, too, plies his simple skill.

 

‘Tis a merry thing to see

At our tasks how glad are we,

When at home we sit and find

Entertainment to our mind.

 

Oftentimes a mouse will stray

In the hero Pangur’s way;

Oftentimes my keen thought set

Takes a meaning in its net.

 

‘Gainst the wall he sets his eye

Full and fierce and sharp and sly;

‘Gainst the wall of knowledge I

All my little wisdom try.

 

When a mouse darts from its den,

O! how glad is Pangur then;

O! what gladness do I prove

When I solve the doubts I love.

 

So in peace our task we ply,

Pangur Bán, my cat, and I;

In our arts we find our bliss,

I have mine, and he has his.

 

Practice every day has made

Pangur perfect in his trade;

I get wisdom day and night,

Turning darkness into light.

 

– From the ninth-century Irish poem, Pangur Bán, translated by Robin Flower

 

[Lunasariel]

In the imp: I'm getting a lot of pumpkin spices (particularly nutmeg) and honey, but this is a surprisingly non-foodie scent for me. Probably because the more gourmand-y elements are balanced by a nice fur-ruffling musk, a very smooth patch, amber, and maybe just a hint of bergamot around the edges?

 

Wet: Very incense- and pumpkin spice-forward (more pumpkin spice up close, but more incense from afar), but grounded and made cuddly by tonka and amber. The bergamot also becomes much more apparent after a minute or two. It brings to mind the colors orange and brown, and feels like a fuzzy, well-worn knitted jumper.

 

Dry: This is such a gorgeous fall scent. Less sweet than you might think from the pumpkin spice/honeyed chestnut/amber, but just a lovely, mellow golden-brown scent. The honeyed chestnut really comes into its own on the drydown, and it eventually settles into mainly tonka, patchouli, and amber, although the pumpkin spice incense and honey(ed chestunt) are also evident. The tonka, patch, and honey last the longest, although the amber and incense also hang around for a long time.

[Akurarei]

This is lovely!

It is dark and warm, and the vein of pumpkin incense appears and disappears like a shadow. I can't detect any particular note aside from that pumpkin incense, which reminds me ALOT of pumpkin spice TBH.

It sits pretty close to the skin, but there are pleasant wafts emerging as I move my arms (I applied a single dot of oil to my wrist and smooched it into the other wrist)

Bonus: the label art is freaking adorable!

[roseus]

In the bottle the pumpkin incense really leaps out. Very autumnal spicy amber. Wet it becomes more musky, with a bit of earthy patch. As it dries down the spice really fades, just sort of gently warming the blend. Mostly amber, musk, and patch with a hint of bergamot brightening things slightly. It's a low, fuzzy sort but with surprising throw.

[doomsday_disco]

This is mostly about the pumpkin incense on me. The pumpkin in it reminds me of the pumpkin note used in the 2013 GC Pumpkin Patch scents. I get some musk, patchouli, and amber along with it, and the honeyed chestnut is more like a fresh woodsy chestnut and not a dessert-like Mont Blanc chestnut, but the pumpkin incense remains the dominant note throughout wear.

 

While I don't feel like I need a bottle of this one, I'm glad I tried it and ordered the sticker (the art is so cute)!

[Vaudenilla]

This perfume confirmed to me that i’ll be a life-long BPAL devotee. I don’t understand how they wrangled pumpkin and incense and spices into the same fragrance without it coming off as a Fall Candle™️ but my goodness, they did! This is rich, a little musky and earthy, and very cuddly. I’m not able to pick out the individual notes apart from the overlay of pumpkiny incense, but the murky underbelly is pure comfort and warmth. This is the scent of fall, the warm feeling of a cat laying itself across your shoulders. 
 

Wear time: 9 hours!!!! 
Sillage: Strong.