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Argentwolf's Blog
 

Loup Garou

Category: Diabolus   I really wanted to like this one, both for the name and ingredients! All I get is pine trees and eucalyptus, though, and it's not even that awesome. It could have been the heat and sweat, but even with trying to slather it, the scent just disappears. So sad.
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Desdemona

Category: Illyria   This is another pretty sort of 'bouquet of flowers' smell. The florals all just kind of bunch together and I really don't get any defining characteristic out of it. It seemed to fade fairly quickly and did not throw much.
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Kabuki

Category: Ars Amatoria   Initially, I got lots of syrupy cherry with a hint of cinnamon; subsequent uses brought out the licorice. Now, it's blended (in that very mysterious way that a lot of scents seem to have gotten their shit together a month after I originally tested them) into a nice mix of cherry and anise, with the licorice smell diabolically present and tempting. I was on the fence about getting rid of it, but now that I've read the reviews again, I think I'll hang onto it. :love!: It stays and throws decently.
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Come To Me

Category: Bewitching Brews -- The Conjure Bag   Why do you want me to come to you? Because you just cleaned and disinfected the room? That's sort of what it smells like. Oh, okay, well, there is something that smells pretty nice, here...jasmine, maybe, or a lily. It's pretty enough, I suppose, but as far as being amorous, let alone sexually commanding...I just don't get it. Fire Of Love fills that niche for me.
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Cathedral

Category: Sin and Salvation   Another woody, sort of piney scent (to me), but it's clean and full of light, too...like sunlight spreading across curved rafters and pillars of polished wood. If anything, it makes me think of sitting in a church, perhaps before a big ritual or holiday, in the hour or so before everyone else starts arriving; you're alone and you have time to savor the quietness and intimacy. Even though it's not a keeper for me, it's a beautiful image to evoke.
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Burial

Category: Bewitching Brews   Piney dirt, mostly. Not a rose (or any other flower for that matter) in sight. Not bad, but it doesn't linger long, and I don't think it would be a 'me' scent, anyway.
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BuxomM's Blog
 

Swap Help

I tend to lurk more than post.   don't want/allergies: cat fur, pollen, base metal earrings, and incense     DRINKS   big mugs (thick clear glass are my fave and/or soup size)   fillable tea bags   hot chocolate   tea: green, black, herbal/fruit, flavored,   celestial seasoning tea: sugar cookie, nutcracker sweet   adagio tea: (love) HOJICHA (like)black flavored cream, black flavored valentine, black flavored caramel, black flavored tiger's eye, black flavored hazelnut   teavana:(like) sakura allure, caramel almond amaretti, (want to try): mudslide rooibos, chocolate bananas foster herbal, cococaramel seasalt herbal, amandine rose black, wonderberry choco truffle, toasted nut brulee, matcha powder   alcohol (anything ridiculously sweet or cordial): tequila rose, baileys, patron, sake, moscato     FOOD     snacks: chewy granola bars, dried fruit, beef jerky   candy: airheads, fruit snacks, pear jelly belly jelly beans, caramel apple pops, lychee candy, tea or coffee flavored candies, ginger candy, dulce de leche flavored   chocolate: reeces (or any peanut butter stuffed chocolate), white choco is my fave, love trying new kinds and combos   cookie: soft white choco macadamia & pizzelles   popcorn from the popcorn factory :turtle (chocolate & caramel)       SMELLIES   if you find a perfect chocolate scent (deep, sweet) send it my way   wax tarts & candles that smell sweet and like baked goods/foodie, especially from lolcandles.com   I like trying new scents and companies   general scents: chocolate, caramel, coffee, sweet creamy scents, baked goods (or anything sweet and foody)       other perfumes I like: nocturne alchemy: bastet's raspberry choco moon***   nocturne alchemy(NA)/vampire apothecary(VA)*** I love their raspberry, cheesecake and chocolate note (want to try)Princess Amber, malban, bassima, zahr om ali, Egyptian black raspberry, egyptian vanilla and passionfruit, apricot kobalt, strawberry crystalline, rasberry kobalt, blueberry crystal, choco cake moon, egyptian peach blossom, pomegranate aurora, Bastet's Warm Buttered Choco Rum, Egyptian Palace Bread, Hathor's, Hathor's Spiced Coffee Cake, Pharaoh Dreams, RA's Honey-Vanille Au Lait, Ta-Seti:, dia de los muertos (VA), choco pumpkin spice (scentaddict exclusive), Hathor's Strawberry Cheesecake Vanille, , Bastet's Choco Cherries, Bastet’s chocolate covered raspberries, Bastet’s chocolate covered black cherries, Bastet’s chocolate covered acai berries, Ra’s hazelnut cocoa, revenge of the flesh eating scarabs, French Egypt: Orange Sanguine Karnak, Eternal Luxor: NAliday Blend,     Blooddrop***(want to try) at the dinner after rocky, bisou, buche de noel, café oblique, zazao café, lshana tova, les madeleines, pumpkin, starlight star bright, Madame Pompidou’s Elixir Secret pour les Maladies et Crises du Coeur, Frau Von Schtinklestein’s Partially Completed Barvarian Love Essence, coffee, butterscotch, rice milk, midseason orange,     villainess: (love their scrubs and perfumes) rough cuts-banana crème soap, Whack, blood, blood sugar, candy floss cupcake, cherry chocolate*, cocoa berry cream cheese*, copacobana, crushed, decadence, exhumation, exsanguination, fresh market, ginger snapped*, gloop, grenade, hoar frost, jack.O, krakatoa, lavender berry, mall santa, mango spice cake*, moral decay, mudslide*, paradise misplace, pieman, raspberry swirl, scintillating, silk and cyanide, sparkling lemonade, sugarbuzz, supervillainess, wasabi     arcana: ambrosia,angel clare, breakfast in hollywood, caffeinated death, derby lollies, devlish, ganesh, ghost pumpkin, goat god, layering note: Citrus Creme*, little ghoulie*, namaka, philtre 2 :adoration, philtre 4 :consumed*, song of songs: honey and milk, song of songs: comfort me with apples, spirit and shadow, sweet box, emotions duo: love, heart duo:venus return, velvet underpinnings,   I smell good (etsy):berry, cake, caramel*, cherry, chocolate*, circus peanuts, coffee*, currants, lemonade, lime, mango, marshmallow, orange pumpkin*, yellow pear*   conjure: aged leather, unicorn leather, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, asphalt, august, September, the light queen, the light crone, heaven shiner, shining flame, attract, la cafeteria, la calavera, el diablito, el melon, la pera, four leaf clover, guardian angel, jade dragon, pirate's breakfast, tempus fugit torte, the pernicious parasol, jezebel, loki, all around the mulberry bush, curly locks, little miss muffet, what are little girls made of, achocolypse*, arsenic ambrosia, cyanide crumpets and nightshade jam, man's ruin, o caffeine,eleggua, obatala, yemaya, oshun, lammas, samhain, api moradad para pachamama, bruja zarates agua dulce, honrar a los muertos, stegare bicerin, mlle c d villers, mlle whiard,   ZOMG: beyond blueberry, Brownian motion, chocolate orange cordial, root beer float, lassi come home, marmalade tabby, tasse de la reine, the last gros Michel, xocolatl   The garden bath (etsy): caramel chocolate, chocolate passion, angel food, hazelnut café, lemon chiffon, pecan pie, sugar cookie, apricot melon, blackberry seeds, fresh orange, macintosh apple, mango juice, coconut lemongrass, pineapple teak, umbrella drinks, peach iced tea, tropical delights,   I've given up on possets, violette market and solstice scents (choco note doesn't play nice and/or my skin tends to eat them) ...   BATH AND BODY   love soap, lotion, bodywash, bar soap, and sugar scrubs   I love sugar scrubs   Paintbox soap works: (like their scrubs)Lavender truffle, sweet cheeks,little paper umbrellas, orange crush, candy floss, gingermilk, big in Japan, the queen is dead, lady linden, avast, bramble & apple, kid a, gold frankincense and myhrr, second breakfast, bleeding heart, the Englishman, poinsettia, punkie night     BEAUTY   hair accessories (black, colorful, flowers, bows, sequins) like clips , barretes, elastics, head bands (metal/plastic)   flavored lip balms (love balms)   haircare: shine serum, leave in conditioner   waterproof/colored eye liner pencil (love eyeliner), any color   eyeshadow (love eyeshadow), any color, especially shimmery wine/burgundy deep reddish purples   nail polish (love nail polish), any color, especially light pinks, deep reds, reddish purples, black     CLOTHING   unisex l tee   love camis & tank tops xl (43 inch around bust)   socks that have crazy colorful patterns or pictures (especially no show socks)   flipflop sandals size 8     ENTERTAINMENT like stitch from lilo & stitch, anytime I go to Disneyland I try to get a landyard pin with him and the year on it, but haven't been in years   I love movies and TV shows. I keep my DVR busy. true blood, dexter, psych, and NCIS are some of my favorite shows.   Jim carrey is my favorite actor. I am also fond of Vin Diesel & Jason statham. I like Sandra bullock, Doris day, carry grant, rock Hudson, and elvis. I watch a lot of old movies.   Characters I love are Gambit from Xmen, Dr. Manhattan from Watchmen, Vincent & sephiroth from Final Fantasy 7, minions (from despicable me), and stitch from lilo and stitch,   I have a PS2 I use as a dvd player. Final Fantasy 7 is my favorite game. My brother gave our copy away when we were younger *weep*   I have a fondness for vampires and tend to enjoy most movies and shows that involve them. I love vampires in all their incarnations, even the sparkly variety, I love the different stories people come up with in their strengths, limitations, how they came to be, and how other are made or born.   used books in good condition (list is in another blog) mainly romance and paranormal romance   books I want list link     CRAFTY STUFF tooled leather   woodburned art/boxes   interesting stationary (matching envelopes and paper),   fabric:brocade, lace   gem/stone:mother of pearl, abalone shell, hematite, tigers eye   scrapbooking paper & embellishments   stickers, especially 3D, glittery, holographic, or gems   patterns: colorful, rainbow, tiedye, sugar skulls, paisley   crafty stuff: fabric, ribbon, lace, acrylic paint, modgepodge, glitter, sequins, confetti, rubber stamps and multi colored inkpads   felted sugar skull/skeleton animals/characters as ornaments   stained glass/ window/wall hangings     ART art by Michael Parkes.   starry night by van gogh   art: erotic, sugar skull/ day of the dead   art with texture, mixed media, collage of smaller pictures forming a larger one, name/letter art (glue some big pretty flowers to a canvas, use some rhinestones and ribbon, make a collage from magazine cutout pictures and words )   avatars/icons (if ur good with graphics art/photoshop programs)     music Music: top 40, mainly pop, oldies, holiday music, R&b, country, rock, and alternative,   Last.fm music link   favorite musicians: michael buble, boys II men, the beatles, dean martin, elvis, lone star,   mix cds     OTHER RANDOM FACTS /LIKES   stores: LOLcandles.com, itunes, amazon, etsy   colors black and deep red/ burgandy (not orangey reds)   earrings, stainless steel or sterling silver, preferably fishhook inserts   flowers:peonies, tulips, ranunculus & dahlias   colorful day of the dead/ sugar skull/ calavera/skeleton [art/ figurines/ decorations ... anything shaped like or decorated with]   I collect geodes and pretty slabs of rock, smooth rounded river rocks are nice too   interesting keychains   valentines   costumes/ accesories   jellyfish   yoga   skelanimals (carrie the pony, diego the bat, mary the moth, timmy the spider)   refrigerator magnets   I have 4 sugar skull/day of the dead tattoos       wishlists   ETSY WISHLIST link   wishlist on amazon link   http://www.sockdreams.com/_users/wishlists/67a4163c8de3f87
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Argentwolf's Blog
 

Brown Jenkins

Category: Picnic In Arkham   This is another one I really wanted to like, and I do...I just don't know how well. It has a really nice, coconutty air to it, along with what smells like hints of chocolate...I think that sandalwood smells like that to me sometimes. I think it ultimately must bow down to Death Cap.
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Brisingamen

Category: Ars Amatoria   I really wanted to like this one -- and it was pleasant, no doubt about it. I get amber, pretty much, with the apple blossom and myrtle adding something sweet around the edges...and then it goes away. Just doesn't stand out enough for me, alas.
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Brimstone

Category: Bewitching Brews   Oh, wow! It took me a while to figure out just *what* this smelled like, but once I did I was in love. It smells *exactly* like those little round pieces of charcoal that you buy in rolls of six, wrapped up in white paper like Ho-Hos. (LOL) One can practically hear the gunpowdery crackle of it as it lights and gets red-hot. It's just the charcoal -- right before you drop the incense in. Absolutely fantastic
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Bow And Crown Of Conquest

Category: Sin and Salvation   Well-worn leather is predominant, though I can also smell cedar and some sage in there. After a while it went all Generic Boy Cologne on me, but it was sure nice for a while. It stays and throws very decently.
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Bordello

Category: Ars Amatoria   I had a hard time envisioning plum as an appropriate scent, but this fits the bill entirely. It really does seem like the sort of perfume that a five-dollar whore would wear (in 1880 dollars). It's sweet and feminine but definitely not innocent; it's one of those ladies that makes a point of putting a roll in her hips to make sure you keep following her up the stairs. Lasts all day, like a working girl should. Another winner!
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Bon Vivant

Category: Bewitching Brews   Slightly-sour champagne, with candy-like strawberry. It's not bad, but it never really steps up and asserts itself much, and drifts away.
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Bluebeard

Category: Diabolus   At first it smelled like funky vase water after you've just dumped out a rotting bouquet. But it gets better. It works its way upward from ugly rottenness to a twisted, vetivery musk tinged with violets, and eventually becomes a clean scent, floral but not quite unmanly...as if the murderer has washed his hands after his crimes and is ready to lay on the charm with a new victim. Conceptually this makes it *very* interesting, and as a scent it's a winner. Lasts most of the day with enough wafts throughout its transformation to mind you of how interesting it is.
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Blood Rose

Category -- Rappacini's Garden   A rather innocuous rose. The dragon's blood gives it a sweetness that threatens to send it into the same icky rose territory that I amped like crazy in Rose Cross, but it stays okay for the most part. It actually ends up smelling soapy more than anything. Decent throw and staying power, just not for me.
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Zombie Apocalypse

In the bottle: Caramelized sugar - almost maple-y.   On wet: Maple sugar and something decidedly RED n' FRUITY! Quite a jarring combination.   Drydown: Sweet, red berry jam. Thick and gloppy. Caramel sugar is glowing underneath. The entire effect is almost...hazy, if that makes sense - like there's this vapour trail of heavy, goo-ified, sugar-berry NOMness wafting up from my skin. It's absolutely *incredible*.   Overall: I all but cried when I heard the preliminary reports on this scent - that one of my all-time favourite concepts was going to be a *gasp* FOODIE blend! - not quite what an anti-foodie like me had been hoping for. With much trepidation and little optimism, I ordered ZA anyway...and I am SO glad I did! YES, it's a foodie scent, and YES, it's super sweet, but holy smokes, does it ever smell GOOD! And it actually works on my skin! I don't forsee slathering it on *every day* or anything, but it's definitely wearable, it's totally fun, and my nose can't seem to get enough of it! DELICIOUS! 4.5/5
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Psychological Horror

In the bottle: Mmm...candied violets that've been smooshed into a delectable powder.   On wet: YUM! Still getting that sweet musk/candied violet - which is actually going more candied rose the longer I sniff - combo. Absolutely delicious!   Drydown: Loving this. Smells like a bolder Tushnamatay that's been dusted with sweet candy powder. What an amazing blend. As others have mentioned, there definitely is something *else* underneath all those good notes, something I can't quite put my finger on, and it does indeed smell "off". Not in an icky way, mind, just something...sharp? biting? metallic?...that kind of peeps out from beneath that powder puff of yumness every now and then - especially when I get in close for a good whiff. I quite like it.   Overall: I'm a fan of sweet powdery-musky stuff, so this scent definitely works for me - it's got great throw, too. An easy 4/5.
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Creature Feature

In the bottle: Light, smooth, *clean* musk.   On wet: Soooo soft! Sweet, almost soapy, incredibly faint.   Drydown: Sweet, clean powder - instantly evokes a "vintage" feel - like I'd find a bottle of this on a movie star's dressing table back in the 50's. Definitely getting an amber vibe now, too, which I'm not 100% crazy about (amber and I do not click, unfortunately).   Overall: I was really enjoying the soft, almost candy-like muskiness of the wet stage, but the drydown didn't quite work with my skin chemistry. We'll see what happens as it ages. Currently, it's a 3/5 for me.
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Sapphics

The amber stands out, and it really is grey amber, but everything else is just seamlessly blended. I smell a marshmallowy sweetness, and I would think that's tonka, but it's not the warmth of tonka that I usually can pick out. I have been known to really pick out the sweeter notes in scents, for example, Oblivion also dries down to a very marshmallow sweetness when I wear it.   Anyway, this is really a great scent. As long as I've had it, I have kind of neglected it, but I always knew I liked it. It just got lost in the shuffle of my other oils. But I'm wearing it now, and it's one of those great, sophisticated, gender-neutral scents that I think are my favorite category, if you can call it a category. This could be worn equally by either men or women. It's ambery, slightly sweet, a little woody, and somewhat velvety. There is a nearly dusty grey quality but it's not a dusty scent. Very sophisticated and definitely one of my favorites of all the Lupercalia scents.
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Lawn Gnome

This scent is quite unusual, and I appreciate the artistry behind it. I have found over 3 tests that I probably won't wear it out and about, but I will keep my decant. It's so unique, I'd like to have it around for when the mood strikes.   Mostly I smell a heavy sweetness, and fruit. I enjoy cooking with molasses, but it's not something I ever thought I'd want to smell like! I found that the molasses combined with the moss and patchouli give this scent an earthy, almost smokey element that is truly compelling. After multiple tests I noticed that the sugary element comes close to banana when I sniff up close, kind of like Mr. Nancy did (until it aged and didn't smell like banana any more). In fact, Lawn Gnome is almost like Mr. Nancy's rugged, outdoorsy cousin. Same family, but more into camping and gardening (duh), not cocktail lounges or fedoras.   The only problem is that something about this scent turns on me far into the dry-down. It becomes just a little flat and almost ashy, but I can't pin down what's causing it. I truly loved the opening stages enough to keep this around.
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Labores Solis

This is the scent that I can never spell. : /   It has given me different impressions the three times that I wore it. Mostly it is herbal, resins, and somehow slightly woody. I can pick out chamomile, frankincense, and amber. I have never learned to identify saffron (I'm not sure what it tastes like either), but I think it adds a slight medicinial, bitter feel from what I've heard. Not unpleasant at all. At first I didn't think this scent was powdery, but I put some on tonight and applied very lightly (not sure if that made the difference), and it definitely is powdery this time, kind of the same way that Minotaur is powdery.   Anyway, this reminds me of several other bpal scents, like Sol, Sagittarius, and Carceri D'Invenzione as portalkat mentioned. I swear there's a little bit of wood in here. So, do I like it? Yes! I didn't care for Sol all that much, but this seems to be more like what I wanted from that scent. It's unique. I can wear this to work, because it's not all dark and sexy, even with the element of darkness.
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Good Judy: Pop

Pop Category: Punk Quantity: sample   Description: POP Break out the Dickies and the studded belts! Faux-hawks. Thin ties. Skinny jeans. Chuck Taylors. Eyeliner. Cotton candy flavored cherry-red lipstick. Pink and black. Trucker hats and skull jewelry.   Review:   In the bottle: I smell cherry, something sweet (like sugar maybe?), and a bitter under-note.   Wet: It has turned darker, with a spicy bitterness like clove or pepper. The cherry is almost absent.   Dry: The cherry came back, and I still smell clove… Why am I thinking “cherry cola”?   Verdict: Frankly, this isn’t my thing. I love cherry, and I love spicy scents; but I’m not sure I like the two together. This one just doesn’t work for me.
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Shill

I don't wear food scents a whole lot, mostly just around the house as 'comfort' scents. I was curious about this one. Unfortunately, it doesn't quite work out for me. It comes off kind of flat, like stale popcorn. I didn't get much of a butter note, it's more salty and a little stale. And it fades really fast....within an hour or less, it's pretty much gone unless I sniff up close to where I applied it. So there ya go, curiosity satisfied.
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