Limited editions equivalents in the general catalog?

[Salem]

Hopefully I'm not being completely blind when I ask this -

 

I got Midwinters Eve 07 a while back and absolutely fell head over heels for it. Does anyone know any other scents like it? To me it's perfume perfection.

[Galen]

Bordello is close but not exactly the same - it's also plummy but much warmer and deeper than Midwinter's Eve which I think is slightly cool and sparkling.

If you search for Midwinter or Bordello in this thread (and here) you'll see lots of other people's comparisons of the two.

 

And who knows, Midwinter's Eve could come back again for Yule 2008; it's been released more than one Christmas in the past.

Edited August 20, 2008 by Galen

[Salem]

Brilliant, thankyou. I saw Bordello mentioned a minute ago (I clearly was being blind, doh!) so I'll definitely check that out. Are the Midwinter's Eve from past Christmas' the same as the 07 blend? (Daft question perhaps).

[Galen]

In general there's probably some batch variation year on year for the blends that return more than once. Having said that, I don't find much difference between the two different decants of Midwinter's Eve that I have from different years.

[trollgirl]

I tried on Inez last night and I have to say that on me, Inez (Golden amber, vanilla musk, myrrh, cedar, carnation, and red sandalwood) smelled almost exactly like Lyonesse (Golden vanilla and gilded musk, stargazer lily, white sandalwood, grey amber, elemi, orris root, ambergris and sea moss). The only difference is that Inez had a darker incense-y feel from the myrrh.

[faeriedust]

Is there anything which smells like white phoenix? I tried it today and it's really lovely. Kinda floral sweet.

[cranberry]

faeriedust, try Yvainne. It's not exact to White Phoenix but it's close.

[eyeska]

Your mileage and skin chemistry will almost certainly vary, but Penumbra and Arachnina, the Spider-Girl are startlingly similar on my skin.

 

Yes, in spite of the only things they share being tobacco, an element of musk (albeit black and red versus purple), and red fruits. I've not done a side-to-side comparison yet, but Penumbra seems slightly more floral and sharper but otherwise very similar.

[GeorgeJr]

I'm curious about something . Since we have Graveyard Dirt back again , how would folks say it compares to GC's like Burial or Deep in Earth ?

[Apple]

I'm curious about something . Since we have Graveyard Dirt back again , how would folks say it compares to GC's like Burial or Deep in Earth ?

 

This is something of a cross-post from the "I want to smell like dirt!" thread, but I find Graveyard Dirt smells like mushrooms, moss, and dirt with no floral or sweet elements... it's that mossy, earthy scent that other blends containing the "grave loam" note share. For me, it's easiest to describe via subtraction; i.e., "It's like X, but without the fruit/flowers/rose, etc." Of course, this is a somewhat misleading way to describe Graveyard Dirt, because it makes it sound like it's lacking something, when it's perfect just the way it is. So, in comparison to other scents that are supposed to contain a dirt note, I would say:

 

Burial - Unfortunately, I can't remember this one too well. Either the pine element or the flowers amped and smothered anything earthy.

Crossroads - This was all jasmine on me; if you don't amp jasmine you might get a whiff of the loamy note.

Death Cap - Nothing like Graveyard Dirt; all I got was coconut baby powder.

Deep in Earth - This is like Graveyard Dirt + roses and is very similar to Zombi.

Destroying Angel - Very floral on me, not at all like Graveyard Dirt.

Jazz Funeral - This has that same moss/dirt note as Graveyard Dirt, Zombi, and Penny Dreadful, plus a hit of bay rum aftershave.

Nocnitsa - This was all bayberry candle on me, no dirt.

Nosferatu - A fresh green scent with a spicy berry spike, it has the same dirt/moss note as Graveyard Dirt, Zombi, Penny Dreadful, and Jazz Funeral.

Penny Dreadful - Like Graveyard Dirt + ginger cookies.

The Premature Burial - This one smells the closest to Graveyard Dirt to me and is currently available from Dark Delicacies. It does have a light floral element, but it's mostly moss/dirt.

Zombi - I amp rose, so this was super-strong ammonia-y roses on me... with a hint of Graveyard Dirt cowering beneath.

 

I have rather tempermental skin chemistry, so I'm sure others will chime in with different interpretations and comparisons!

[smallvoice]

I tried Bayou recently, and it reminded me quite a lot of Sturgeon Moon.

[ClareN]

Is there anything at all that smells like Tiki King?

 

The King reminded me of Havana and Intrigue, but I have a weird nose.

Sorry this reply is so late, but Tiki King smells a lot like the Salon scent Satan and Death with Sin Intervening. They have the same lemony-resiny feel, but Tiki King has more coconut. I haven't tried Havana but I can see the Intrigue comparison, too.

[Gwydion]

I just tried burial yesterday: In Bottle: Turpentiney. I suspect it’s the pine+ juniper. A hint of decay underneath. Wet: Pine, juniper, loam. Very sharp and not entirely pleasant, but well suited to the concept. Dry: Patchouli. Fades very fast.

 

I love both jazz Funeral and Penny dreadful for the strong earth note. Penny's mostly earth really. jazz funeral's more complex, but quite pleasant.

[mandragora]

Any recs for any GC scent that is similar to The Illustrated Woman ... minus the pine note?

[lucy gray]

The Bloody Sword smells like a combination of Sudha Segara + Dragon's Blood, if that helps anyone. Now to figure out what Brides of Dracula reminds me of...

[Elizabethm]

Can you recommend other oils I might like? I think it might be a melon note in it that I love so much but I'm not really sure.

 

Thanks!

 

Mod note: merged from thread titled "I Love Selkie"

Edited September 3, 2008 by ivyandpeony
merged from standalone thread

[anardana]

Yemaya is all melon.

[ivyandpeony]

You can find this in the Short Guide to Common Recommendations...

 

What do I have for you here?

 

I have compiled a list of LE equivalents/substitutes/similarities based on member posts after reading through the entire LE equivalents thread. Yep, all 4+ years of discussion condensed here.

 

A couple of things to keep in mind. I only listed separate versions of an LE in the cases where the Lab has made clear that the later version is a reformulation. I didn't editorialize the comparisons as I made the list, so if something seems off the wall, remember the person who posted a suggestion may have a completely different body chemistry from you. Their post may have also included a caveat like "on drydown" or "not quite as much vanilla." I would not have had the stamina necessary to make a list that included that much detail - the same reason I did not include layering or mixing suggestions. But hopefully this will be helpful as a starting-off point. You can still search the thread itself by opening the topic, putting your search term in the box at the bottom left and clicking "search topic," so if you want to explore exactly what was said, try that.

 

I will be updating as regularly as possible, based on our continued discussions in that thread and around the entire Recs forum. If you happen to spot an older thread or post with some good material for this thread, feel free to bring it to my attention via PM. I am going to try to set aside some time to go through the GCs and discontinueds thread as soon as possible and add what I can find to this post.

 

13 (April 2007): Cleopatra Testing Poisons On Those Condemned To Death

 

Ace of Hearts: Ophelia, London

 

The Agony of Heartache: Bewitched

 

Al-Aaraf: Tiger Lily

 

All Souls: Brown Jenkins

 

Anaconda: Trick or Treat

 

Anactoria: Nanny Ashtoreth

 

Angeronalia: Xiuhtecuhtli, Mad Kate

 

Annabel Lee: Desdemona, Titania, Lady of Shallott, Danube, Amsterdam, Aeval, The Darkling Thrush

 

Archangel Winter: Sea of Glass, Lightning, Tempest, Szepasszony

 

Asp Viper: Uruk

 

Baba Yaga (unreleased): Manila

 

Bakeneko: Dracul

 

Beaver Moon 2005: Hollywood Babylon, Sugar Cookie, Antique Lace, Eat Me, Dana O'Shee, Velvet

 

Beaver Moon 2007: Hermia

 

Beltane 2005: Tarot:Strength

 

Berenice: Olokun

 

Bezoar: Hay Moon, No. 9 Engine, Mag Mell

 

Black Lace: Antique Lace, Euterpe (dc), Dorian, Haloes, Black Opal, Zephyr, Desire, Anactoria, The Sailors’ Den, The Antikythera Mechanism, Galvanic Goggles

 

Black Moon: La Belle Au Bois Dormant

 

Blue Moon 2004: Empyreal Mist (dc), Danube, Unseelie (dc), Dissipation (dc)

 

Blood Moon: Alone, Tezcatlipoca, Red Phoenix, Tanin'iver

 

Brides of Dracula: Nosferatu

 

Buck Moon: Yddgrasil, Coyote, Dorian, Juke Joint, Ochosi, Robin Goodfellow

 

Budding Moon: Kitsune Tsuki, The Dormouse

 

Butterflies and Plovers: Imp

 

Cancer 2007: La Belle Au Bois Dormant, Queen Mab

 

The Candy Butcher: Hellcat, Cockaigne, Bliss, Centzon Totochtin

 

Carfax Abbey: Death Cap, Cathedral, Eshe

 

The Castle: Wolf’s Heart, Fenris Wolf

 

Cerberus: Hearth 2004, Gomorrah, Tezcatlipoca, Intrigue, The Great Sword of War

 

The City In the Sea: Cthulu

 

The Chapel: Djinn

 

Chanukkiyah: Kill-Devil

 

Chaste Moon: Dana O’Shee, Leanan Sidhe, Tarot:Temperance

 

Cheshire Moon - The Unicorn

 

Chintamani-Dhupa: Carceri D'Invenzione

 

Chrysanthemum Moon: Mama-Ji, Faiza

 

Clémence: Port Royal, Dracul, Voodoo

 

The Clod and the Pebble: Seance

 

Corazon: Tamora, Kuang Shi, Lampades

 

Count Dracula: Port Royal, Dracul, The Smiling Spider, Calico Jack

 

The Cracked Bell: Tarot:Judgement

 

Crumpet Rebellion: The Knave of Hearts, Sugar Skull

 

Crypt Queen: Mme.Moriarty

 

The Darkling Thrush: Cloister in the Graveyard Snow

 

Decadence (unreleased): TAL Amor, Fruitcake

 

Devil’s Night: Smut, Jazz Funeral, Xiuhtecuhtli, Plunder

 

Dia de los Muertos: Kali, Bruja (dc), Centzon Totochtin, Block Buster

 

Diary of a Lovestruck Teenage Cannibal: Hermia, Pepper, Tweedledee

 

Doc Buzzard: Fascinum

 

Dr. John Seward: Blood Countess

 

The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife: Nostrum Remedium

 

Dragon Moon: Neo-Tokyo (dc)

 

Dublin (dc): Mistletoe

 

Dyan Moon: Juliet

 

Earth Rat: Yemaya

 

Ebisu Making Love: The Apothecary, Fae

 

Egg Nog: SN Vanilla Bean (dc), Golden Priapus, Grog

 

Et Lux Fuit: The Lion, Brisingamen, Black Phoenix

 

Fée: Fae, Yemaya, Titania, Fire Pig, Ogun

 

Flower Moon: Eos, Phantom Queen

 

Formula 54: Perversion, Wanda, Santo Domingo, Dracul, Lilith

 

Freak Show: Intrigue, Carnal

 

Frost Moon: Cathode, Shattered, Neo-Tokyo (dc), Utrenyaya. Tarot:The Fool

 

Fruit Moon: Aglaea

 

Fruitcake: TAL Amor

 

Gamaliel - Eden

 

Gennivre: Queen Gertrude, The Unicorn, The Dormouse

 

Geek: Two Monsters, Doc Constantine

 

Gingerbread Poppet: Sudha Segara, Shub-Niggarath, Bengal

 

Glowing Vulva: The Antikythera Mechanism, Haloes

 

Graveyard Dirt: The Premature Burial

 

Green Phoenix: Mock Turtle's Lessons

 

Gypsy Queen: Sybaris, Baghdad, The Masque, Desire, Sed Non Satiata, Magdalene

 

Haloa: Hymn to Proserpine

 

Harvest Moon 2004: Jack

 

Harvest Moon 2005: Mabon, Block Buster

 

Harvest Moon '06: Les Bijoux, Verdandi

 

The Haunted Palace: Versailles, Moscow, Three Brides, Tamora, Brisingamen, Tarot:The Sun

 

Havisham: Zombi

 

Hay Moon: Bezoar, No. 93 Engine, Mag Mell

 

Hearth 2004: Jack, Herr Drosselmeyer

 

Hellion: Khajuraho, Nahemoth, Malkuth, Chokmah, Blood Countess, Imp

 

Herr Drosselmeyer: The Black Tower

 

Hexennacht 2005: Hunter Moon 2004, Samhain, Black Forest, Nocnitsa, Thanatopsis, Greed, Samhain

 

Hod: Morocco, Pink Moon 2007

 

Honey Moon: La Petit Mort, Sudha Segara

 

Hony Mone: Love-Lies-Bleeding

 

Hunger Moon: Scales of Deprivation, Death of The Grave Digger

 

Hungry Ghost Moon: Fae, 51, Night Gaunt

 

Hunter Moon 2004: Lampades, Lady MacBeth, Hexennacht 2005, Gomorrah, Siren, Grand Guignol, Fortunato, Bewitched

 

Ice Queen: Blue Moon 2004, Frost Moon, Cathode, Lady of Shallott, Nuclear Winter, Talvikuu, Cloister Graveyard in the Snow

 

Inez: Lyonesse

 

Jacob’s Ladder: Tarot:The Heirophant, The Lion, Brisingamen

 

June Gloom: Nanshe, Arcana

 

Khajuraho: Hanging Gardens, Hellion, Himerus

 

Kindly Moon: Pele, 51

 

King of Clubs: Bastet, Viola

 

King of Diamonds: Chypre (dc), Villain

 

King of Spades: Yerevan

 

Kingsport: The Apothecary, Olokun

 

Kunstkammer: Tweedledee

 

La Fee Verte: Zorya, Oblivion

 

Lemongrass SN: Phobos

 

Lenore: Serpent’s Kiss, Devil’s Claw

 

Leo 2007: Bastet, Anubis

 

Libra 2007: Persephone

 

Litha: Cairo, Gennivre

 

The Living Flame: Venom (dc), Tarot: The Lovers, Othello

 

Love's Philosophy: Tombstone

 

Love in the Asylum: Séance, Ouija

 

Lump of Coal: Bliss, Gluttony, Bastet

 

Luperci: Greed

 

Mabon: Blood Countess, Verdandi

 

Mme. Moriarty: Vixen, Eat Me, Bathsheba

 

Marae: Euphrosyne

 

Marianne: Scherezade

 

Marshmallow Poof: Midway, Antique Lace

 

The Masque: Brisingamen, Magdalene

 

Mechanical Phoenix: Phoenix Steamworks, Robotic Scarab

 

Medicine Show: The Apothecary

 

Mi-Go Brain Canister: Jester, Shango, Tweedledee, Tweedledum, Xanthe The Weeping Clown, Croquet

 

Midnight Kiss: Urd, Centzon Totochtin

 

Midnight Mass: Penitence, Heavenly Love

 

Midway: Grog, Aunt Caroline's Joy Mojo, Cockaigne

 

Midwinter’s Eve: Bordello, Aunt Caroline’s Joy Mojo, Lady Macbeth, Jester

 

Milk Moon 2005: White Rabbit, Tarot:The Star, Obatala, Love’s Philosophy

 

Milk Moon 2007: Strangler Fig, Obatala

 

Minotaur: Heavenly Love and Earthly Love

 

Misk. U. Spring Training 2008: Cockaigne

 

Mistletoe: Loup Garou, Hemlock

 

Mitzvah: Trick or Treat, Kill-Devil

 

Moana: 51

 

MonsterBait:Bloody Mary: Vice

 

MonsterBait: BiggerCritters: Euphrosyne

 

MonsterBait: Closet: Eat Me, Bordello

 

MonsterBait: Tokyo Stomp: The Mad Hatter

 

MonsterBait: Underbed: Velvet, Black Pearl

 

MonsterBait:Underpants: Love’s Philosophy, Grog, Tushnamatay, Drink Me, Bastet, Dorian, Cockaigne, Lyonesse, Hymn to Proserpine, Opuhi

 

MonsterBait: Ventriloquist Dummy: Tiresias the Androgyne, The Arrival at the Sabbath and Homage to the Devil

 

Nahemoth – Hellion, Blood Countess, Red Phoenix

 

The Oblation: Lady Una, Envy

 

October: Samhainophobia

 

Old Moon: The Jersey Devil

 

One to Tie, Two to Win: Roadhouse, Garden Path With Chickens, Pontarlier

 

The Passionate Shepherd to his Love – Envy, Garden Path with Chickens

 

The Peacock Queen: Black Rose, Kali

 

Penumbra: Arachnina, the Spider-Girl

 

Peony Moon: Budding Moon, Amsterdam

 

Pickled Imp: Chimera

 

Pinched with Four Aces: El Dia Reyes, Cockaigne

 

Pink Moon 2005: Sugar Skull, Arkham (f/k/a Revisited), Maenad, Pink Phoenix

 

Pink Moon 2007: Hod, Alice, Hope, The Reaper and the Flowers, Morocco, Zarita the Doll Girl

 

Pink Phoenix: Aunt Caroline’s Joy Mojo, Hollywood Babylon, Bon Vivant, Strawberry Moon

 

Pirate Moon - Hellfire

 

The Pit and The Pendulum: Cathedral, Midnight Mass, Ra (dc), Anne Bonny, Penitence

 

Poisson d'Avril: Love-In-Idleness

 

Priala: Laudanum, Masabakes

 

Pruno: The Hamptons, Bon Vivant

 

The Pumpkin Queen: Jack, Leo 2007

 

Punkie Night: Coral Snake, Poison Apple, Jack

 

Purple Phoenix: Horreur Sympathique

 

Queen of Clubs: Arachne (dc), Crossroads, Penny Dreadful

 

Queen of Diamonds: Titania

 

Queen of Spades: Lampades, Megeara, Black Phoenix, Blood Countess, Medea, Bewitched, The Hanging Gardens

 

Quincy Morris: Dee, Death on a Pale Horse, Endymion

 

Red Lantern: Gluttony, Perversion, Tezcatlipoca, The Black Tower, Hellfire, Elegba, Wanda, Incubus

 

Red Moon 2004: Desire, Ra (dc), Dragon’s Tears, Blood Countess, Wildfire, French Love

 

Red Moon 2007: The Maltese Cross of Sanctus Germanus, The Ifrit

 

Red Phoenix: Blood Moon, Alone, Frumious Bandersnatch, Tanin'iver, Silk Road

 

Rose Moon: London, Tarot:The Empress, Hope, Victoria

 

Rose Red: The Apothecary, Persephone, Tarot:The Empress, Ophelia, Whip, Endymion, Eternal, Queen Mab, Two, Five & Seven,

 

Roux-Ga-Roux: Bayou

 

Sagittarius 2007: The Apothecary, Nemesis

 

Samhain: Hellfire, Hexennacht 2005, House of Night, Tanin'iver

 

Scorpio (Original 2004): La Petit Mort

 

Schwarzer Mond: Scherezade, Sin, Dragons Bone, The Music of Erich Zahn, Minotaur

 

Selkie: Titania, Y'ha-nthlei

 

Shanghai Tunnel: Singing Moon

 

Singing Moon: Jezirat al Tennyn

 

Skadi: Alecto, Dublin, Hemlock, Golden Priapus, Snow Moon, Snow Bunny, Black Forest

 

Sleepy Moon: Juliet, Belle Epoque

 

Smut: Sed Non Satiata, Devil’s Night, Scherezade, Spellbound, Eat Me, Imp, Vixen

 

Snake Charmer: Snake Oil, Golden Priapus, Eat Me, Nahemoth, Mme. Moriarty, Boomslang, Temple Viper, Bathsheba

 

Snow Angel: Phantasm

 

Snow Bunny: Snow Moon

 

Snow-Flakes: The Torture Queen

 

Snow, Glass, Apples: Poisoned Apple, The Hesperides

 

Snow Moon: Tintagel, Snow Bunny, Thanatopsis, Nocnitsa

 

Snow White: Dana O’Shee, Szepassony, The Unicorn, Defututa

 

Spanked: Loviatar

 

Spirits of The Dead: Severin, Baobhan Sith, Sudha Segara, Embalming Fluid, Holiday Moon

 

Spooky: Tarot:The Star

 

Sol Invictus: Ra

 

Storm Moon: Lightning

 

Storyville: Smut, Spanked, Devil's Night, Wezwanie-Hold, Love Me

 

Sturgeon Moon – Danube, Bayou

 

Sugar Cookie: Chimera, Mr. Nancy

 

Sugar Skull: Gluttony, Mr. Nancy, Cockaigne, Kill-Devil

 

Tarot: The Star: Eden, Shoggoth

 

Tamamo-No-Mae: The Lantern Ghost of Oiwa, Zarita the Doll Girl

 

Tiki King: Intrigue, Havana, Satan and Death with Sin Intervening

 

Tiki Queen: Vasakasajja

 

Thunder Moon: Slobbering Pine

 

To Helen: Versailles

 

Torture King: Voodoo, High John the Conqueror, Doc Constantine

 

The Unheavenly City: Sacred Whore of Babylon

 

Upa Upa: Sed Non Satiata

 

Usher: Tarot:The Fool, Dorian, Ode on Melancholy

 

Vasakasajja: Shadow Witch Orchid, Tiki Queen

 

Voodoo Queen: Perversion

 

Whippoorwill: Silk Road, Singing Moon

 

White Phoenix: Yvaine

 

Wildfire: Dragon’s Bone

 

Winter of our Discontent: Golden Priapus

 

Wolf Moon 2007: Black Forest

 

Yog-Sothoth: Niflheim

 

Yuletide: Jabberwocky

 

Xanthe, the Weeping Clown: Tweedledee

[cranberry]

ivyandpeony - WOW!

 

 

:D

[GeorgeJr]

That really is quite spectacular :D indeed . I was wondering about the ability to split up the musk thread into being separate musk threads , but after seeing that I no longer am a doubter . I am a believer !!!

[icing]

Any recs for any GC scent that is similar to The Illustrated Woman ... minus the pine note?

O is almost identical to the Illustrated Woman, on me (minus the screaming candied pine death).

[Apple]

You can find this in the Short Guide to Common Recommendations...

 

What do I have for you here?

 

I have compiled a list of LE equivalents/substitutes/similarities based on member posts after reading through the entire LE equivalents thread. Yep, all 4+ years of discussion condensed here.

This... is... amazing. Thank you, ivyandpeony!

 

To make this easier to keep up to date in the future, should we put new comparisons/similarities in new posts, or is editing an old post okay? (I ask because I typically just edit my initial post and put new finds there.)

[ivyandpeony]

Aw, thanks for the compliments I think the moon was in Virgo over the weekend and it stimulated me. (For all the world's messiest Virgo awards that I deserve, I actually have sun and moon in Virgo!)

 

It's easiest for me to update w/ new posts from 9/1/08 on - I don't have any special mod tools that tell me if posts in a thread have been edited and would just have to read through the thread. But if you like editing your previous posts, you can just cut and paste your additions into a PM to bring them to my attention if you like. You can also reply to your old post, which will put it at the "end" of the thread and bump it - that's especially good if you've added the newest LEs, since some people like to pop into the thread and chatter about the most recent stuff.

[cranberry]

I thought Cancer 07 was very much like Selkie. I don't think it was melon, but more just the feel and overall smell of the scent.

 

For melon, Earth Rat is an AMAZING melon scent. Incredibly similar to Fee, which is probably the penultimate melon scent.

[ivyandpeony]

Can you recommend other oils I might like? I think it might be a melon note in it that I love so much but I'm not really sure. Thanks!

 

Mod note: merged from thread titled "I Love Selkie"

 

There's a thread all about melon scents right here, you'll probably find some great suggestions there and if you bump it, people are likely to update it with recent additions.

 

From this thread, folks have noted that Selkie reminds them of Titania and Y'ha-nthlei, so those might be worth trying.