zankoku_zen
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This smells like pumpkin chai tea. I get a ton of cardamom, ginger, and a creaminess to the pumpkin from the ginger milk. It's rich, spicy, and foodie in a definitive 'drink' as opposed to 'baked goods/solids'. Good throw, decent wearlength. Tasty, toothsome, chai tea.
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Dark tobacco and myrrh. This is dark, smoky and autumnal. Slightly masculine. Decent throw and decent wear length. Off to find mr. zee_zee for this.
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Rose geranium, opoponax and patchouli. This smells like a rosy patchouli. Dark, deep, rose.
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If there is pumpkin in this, in general, I don't get it. I get a mainly sweet frankincense and resin blend, with perhaps a whiff of buttery pumpkin. On drydown, I can really pick up the honey notes. Making this a honeyed resinous blend. Low throw, and decent wear length. This makes me think of pumpkins even if the scent isn't a strong pumpkin note.
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2014 version This is is definitely more spices - I got the apple cider + spices (cinnamon, clove, nutmeg) on wet. And then it dries, the apple cider sort of evaporates, I get a hint of butterscotch and brown sugar. It certainly smells like apple cider and autumn spices. It veers a little into the potpourri side for me.
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Ivy, maple leaves and dirt. This one is has a greener leaf note than Magnificent Autumn. The dirt is particularly present during the drydown. This smells like the outside garden of an abandoned house in the fall. The smell of damp foliage, dirt, and leaves. Good throw, good wear length. I would even say this has an almost ozoney element to it. Green leaves, dirt, air.
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Green, sweet leaves. This one starts out as leaves and sharp green leaf note that turns a little sweeter as it dries. I also get some airy qualities and something that smells like hay on the drydown. After 45 minutes I think I get the sweetgums. It makes me think of leaves in autumn, in all of its glorious stages. Decent throw, decent wear length. Somewhat gender neutral. Soft, autumn leaves.
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2014 version All Saints to me you're an airy resin with a touch of rose. It's pretty much sweet, slighly incensey with a touch of rose. Low throw and low medium wearlength. In fact, my skin ate this up after about 45 minutes. So, pass, since it doesn't seem to last.
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2014 version For me, this was essentially brown sugar (brown, caramelized, sweet). It's warm, comforting, and essentially all sugar all the time. Decent throw and wear length. Sugar Skull has never been a fave of mine, but this one is softer and I'd say more wearable, at least to me. Is candy meant to smell comforting? Because this one does! Brown sugar, comforting, soft.
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Giant blooming flowers! This is a ton of wisteria, hints of other flowers and a base of amber and frankincense. Giant throw, giant wearlength. This smells like a Southern plantation in autumn. If you can handle wisteria, which I can't, give this a whirl. Heavy, floral, wisteria.
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2014 version Hay, gunsmoke and autumn. This smells like fairly masculine gunsmoke and hay. Good throw, medium wearlength. Two word summary: manly hay. Will edit this review after mr. zee_zee has tried it out.
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White Witch to me is predominantly pomegranate, red roses, red musk. On wet, I get a touch of the violet, and as it dries the violet touch is supplanted by myrrh. This one seems like a complex pom blend to me. Decent throw, and average wear length. This is a deeply feminine blend. The kind of witch you know does magic, but only the good kind. There's something almost motherly about it but I think its the combination of red roses with the myrrh that makes me think of that. Pomegranate, rosy, womanly.
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Oh, Black Silk... I just don't know what to do with you. On wet, you're vanilla sandalwood with patchouli and ambergris. You're dark, silky, and well, kinda slinky. You stick close to the skin, but whatever, you're lovely and maybe I just need to slather it on. Fifteen minutes later, you're gone. Like I put my nose against my skin and catch the barest inkling of patchouli. Seriously, where did you go? So, on one hand, super disappointed that you and I didn't work out. On the other hand, overjoyed since there are only 50 bottles of you out there in the world, I don't need to sit under a Tree of Despair , because you can never be mine.
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On wet, this is a heavy bacon smoke vetiver. It dries to a smoky apricot with a touch of cedar and reminds me at this stage to the March Hare. Except with woods, and less foodie. Fall March Hare with woods.
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Cedar, pepper and amber. This is a masculine autumn blend. Woodsy, with the black pepper giving it a dark and masculine edge. Low throw, semi medium wear length. I am surprised since I tend to amp up black pepper and it hasn't dominated the blend entirely. Woodsy, masculine, fall.
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Sweet vanilla patchouli with a hint of honey. Medium throw. It's like Banshee Beat's little and softer sister. If you wanted an accessible and wearable patchouli, try this.
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Cherry ring pops, vanilla frosting, and licorice. Super sweet, super foodie and playful.
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A warm scent, as delicate as lace and as soft as cashmere, and as cozy as wool, punctuated with red currant for the blazing red of cochineal and surrounded a border of soft grey ambergris and a swirl of autumn leaves. Even if this just smells like damp leaves and fuzzy ambergris, this smells like knitting in the fall. The vibe and impressions are soft, cozy, and autumnal. There is a mildly cologne note to this blend. Soft, comforting, autumnal.
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Sweet Potato Musk
zankoku_zen replied to Ina Garten Davita's topic in Gifts with Donation or Purchase
Sweet potatoes, brown sugar and a hint of cinnamon. Decadent. Decent strong and medium wear length. This is a very foodie, very comforting scent. Not my type of blend but if you're looking for a comforting blend without lavender, give this a whirl. -
Grapefruit and ozone give way to tobacco flower and ozone. This one is a distinctively airy and ozoney blend. Slightly masculine, medium throw, low wear length. Tobacco flower, airy, cologney.
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Candy corn, stale sugar and something that smells like vanilla plastic/beeswax. This one has low throw and medium wear length on me. On wet, it really smelled like candy corn and on the drydown the plastickyness of the waxy coating really comes through. I actually think I smell wax. Sugary, candy corn, fake.
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For me, this is all about the allspice, clove and a touch of cinnamon. It does smell like pumpkin spice, but tends to veer toward the fall potpourri on my skin. Decent throw, and medium wear length. Sadly, I smell like a craftstore in autumn. Craftstores are awesome, but perhaps not to smell like them.
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This is the same masculine, green-brown leafy note that dominates October. Or any of those "leaves" blends. It's less airy than October and smells more like dry, cracking leaves. Pretty decent throw, and longevity. Definitely masculine.
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2014 version. This one is definitely more booze and sugar, especially on wet. As it dries, I get a hint of smoke and spice. It dries down to an almost sugary stale booze sort of smell with chilly air. Cold air, stale candy, stale booze.
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Smoky woody bacon, why hello there vetiver you sly devil you. It dries down to a woodsmoke, almost peat-y, slightly pine woodsmoke. Very masculine. I wouldn't wear this as a perfume. But if you wanted to make a smokier, more werewolf appropriate, version of a more civilized blend out there, I'd use this for layering. Smoke, wood, ash.