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This has a really golden, creamy feel to me. It's so rich & sweet it seems like I'm surrounded by the filling of an orange cream chocolate (without there actually being any chocolate in the scent). I think I would like it better as a perfume - it's one of the few atmospheres that I like the smell of but don't want to spray around my home for some reason.

Strong peach, almost jammy, with an unidentifiable spicy note while wet. As it dries, the spice dissipates and I get some citrus, instead, which, while not orangey as such, reminds me of marmalade. This is very fruit forward on me - I don't notice much pastry or crust.

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I also have to give Dorian an obligatory recommendation

 

I second Lady Death: Savage & Ava and would like to add Mother Ghost (a cold, sheer white musk gleaming with black orchid, benzoin, labdanum, and blackened amber embraced by white rose, tea leaf, and vanilla flower), Love Lay Upon Her Eyes (White amber & Bulgarian rose) & This World, Where Death Reigns (Myrrh and black roses). Unveiled (Red bush tea, vanilla, white peach, golden amber, mandarin, lotus root, and myrrh) reminds of the oriental type perfumes that my Mum used to wear.

Beautiful Death is also lovely (sandalwood, vanilla, green cognac, white tobacco, chamomile, black tea & belladonna). It's like a poisonous berry perfume in the Lace family.

This is nice! When I first tried it, fresh from the mail, the ginger & sandalwood were prominent with little fruit appearing but it has developed more with a little aging. Now I notice the peach & red fruits, too and with the amber & sandalwood, it has the feel of some oriental perfumes. It reminds me slightly of Portrait of a Young Woman With Unicorn though it doesn't have the vanilla or red musk.

 

Frank & rose are great. I forgot to put Sept on my list. A new fra nk + rose delight :-).

 

Agreed! Sept is my current frankenfave.

 

 

Ditto!

I had high hopes for this one but ultimately it doesn't work on me. The florals are well-behaved & the vanilla lovely & ethereal but then after a while a pungent tangy note develops that reminds me of fish Not sure where that emerged from: maybe the ambergris & tobacco are combining strangely? Freakin' skin chemistry.

I like cold florals for this sort of thing - I guess I'm going for an Ice Maiden vibe?

 

Both Rose Red & Lady Death: Savage make me feel cool & competent. I like Ruined Roses, too, but it's not as intense. If I'm just going for comfort, I would probably reach for Dorian or Paper Phoenix - there's something about the combo of musks, tea & vanilla that I really enjoy.

I really like this - I can see myself reaching for it in spring or summer when I want something with spice that's not too heavy. The white musk, lemon & tea keep it refreshing & don't fight with the spices.

I'm getting an impression of pink & golden floofiness, like a big ruffled peony flower - very pretty & light-hearted. I thought it had some fruit in it but I guess that's coming from the sweet pea. Though it's not my usual type of HG scent, I can see myself wearing this in springtime. And I must plant some sweet peas this year!

I get some fairly decent Rose incense, with no evidence of baby powder or poop (though my hair did seem to pick up a slightly funky note the day after applying, it's not terribly off-putting & is dominated by the incense). Not my favorite rose HG but not bad. Certainly worth trying if the notes intrigue you.

Yum! I agree this is mostly spices with the eggnog taking second place. I also get an occasional waft of something smoky which is very pleasant.

To me, this is reading as sugared lavender and incense. Not sure why - I'm not noticing the pear or bergamot or sandalwood as such & would have guessed there was a bit of champaca or something along those lines. Huh.

I'm very fond of the Blueberry Pie HG & Blueberry Pumpkin Muffins HG gets used heavily, too, so I knew I had to try this one. Apparently I love the smell of blueberries in my hair, because this is also a winner on me. The dry dead leaves & the chypre cut the sweetness of the blueberry note so it's a good choice for when I'm not in the mood for too much sugar.

Nice frankincense with just a hint of pine pitch. In truth, I was expecting some smoke & hoping for a lot more winter forest than I'm sensing here. But if you really like frankincense, grab this one.

I get bright sugared plums with nary a wisp of incense. Quite pretty, though, and the plum seems to develop a berry tone as it dries. Raspberry maybe?Definitely light-hearted.

Something with vanilla perhaps? It would sweeten the scent & hopefully reduce the high-pitchedness plus it tends to work well with lavender & rose.

Samhain smells like Samhain but there's slightly less apple in the Hair gloss than the perfume. Still good, though, now that it's the proper season to wear it!

Dark and sinister woods with sweet red fruit & spicy carnation. As it dries, the fruit loses some of its sweetness & an inky note washes across the dark wood. The patch in this is tempered by the musks so that it is deep, rich & smooth.

 

I wasn't expecting this to scent to be my favorite of the Flowering Lines set but it does indeed win!

I was pretty excited about this one but I should have known better - lilies and roses rarely work together well on me. It starts out bright & fruity with the apricot, then the lilies & roses surge forward with a blast of strong, slightly high-pitched floral, the sweet pea makes itself known & the scent starts veering off in a heady tropical direction (I thought there was tuberose or something like that in it) with some spicy carnation anchoring it all.

 

An interesting journey but not for me.

I enjoy the citrusy aspect of the first stage of this scent but the gardenia & tuberose become a little too prominent for this to work on me. It's not overpoweringly loud or anything, just not to my taste.

Anyone have recommendations for mulled cider scents? I have been loving apple lately!

 

It's the minty snow note, not the slightly citrusy one that reminds me of 7UP which I prefer. Oh well!

I keep meaning to recommend Dia de los Muertos (... This is a Mexican paean to La Huesuda: dry, crackling leaves, the incense smoke of altars honoring Death and the Dead, funeral bouquets, the candies, chocolates, foods and tobacco of the ofrenda, amaranth, sweet cactus blossom and desert cereus.)

 

I don't really get many of the individual notes - just a loud, sweet, festive floral that makes me happy smelling it. Since it's a scent that appeared numerous years as part of the Weenies, you shouldn't have much trouble finding some to try.

Anyone have suggestions for scents that contain honey with musk and/or amber? That scent combination is absolutely intoxicating to me. I have Lady Una, Swift as Light, Blooming Flowers of Spring, Faun, and recently got Vagina Treasure hair gloss. I love the slight skankiness of the hair gloss.

 

Bast from American Gods would be worth trying: a desert wind alight with myrrh and golden amber, cardamom and honey, bourbon vanilla and cacao. It ended up smelling quite a bit like Morocco plus honey on me. Exotic honeyed musk.