milo
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Dark and soapy at first. It kind of smells like a fancy orange blossom soap with something dark, like patch or musk. Even though it's soapy up close, it smells really good around me. Think a darker Khrysee or Snake Charmer with more musk, (maybe a bit of Crowley thrown in?). After a bit, it is that same great smell up close now, with a bit of vanilla sweetness to balance out the darker notes. I too, wonder why this isn't getting more love. It's an amazing blend, and I predict it may be sought out after the fact..I sure hope the lupers can hang in a couple more days, I need at least one bottle.
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Wet, this is lovely lavender with a funky stench that I can only guess is the blood musk, as anything 'blood' tends to not work on me. Dry, soapy lavender, a touch of patch and that 'funk' sitting in the background. It's like someone is trying 'almost' successfully to cover BO, but you get that whiff every once in awhile. Even so, it is a bit soapy on me, so this is not an upgrade.
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As with all my hair glosses, I add about 4-5 squirts onto just washed hair. This one leaves my hair glossy and manageable like all other hair glosses. Scentwise, this smells like Christmas. Lot's of resins with a touch of clove. The scent fades fast, and I hardly smell this on my hair, even when it's dry. Definitely not my favourite hair gloss. I'll probably save it for Christmas seasone, and use more to see if the scent stays better.
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Wet, sugared fruit. Like jam that hasn't been boiled yet. Dry, this is a lot like Dionysia to me, only this is sweeter and doesn't have the wood note that D has. Most definitely the same juicy plum, though. At first, I didn't like it, and I probably won't spring for a decant or bottle, but it does make me want to wear Dionysia. Maybe tomorrow. I love me some plum...
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This actually smells a lot like jasmine to me, but minus the cat pee association. Fades very quickly, and has a bit of a bitter edge.
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At first, kind of incensey with cake. At this stage, it reminds me of that Weenie or Yule, was it Soul Cakes? Can't remember right now. Anyhow, it morphs into a honey spice blend, which I'm rather enjoying. Now it's more in the line of Door, Sara Pezzini, and Liz. I like this, but don't need anymore, as I do have decants that are very similar to this.
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This is the 2012 version. Pretty much the same as the previous incarnations, which I now have a bottle and a half left of. Love this blend, sultry black musk and tobacco, but it is made sweet with the cacao. I'd love to smell this on a guy and see what their chemistry does to it. I do think at least 6 months of aging brings out the scent that I know and like.
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Beautiful fresh green pool of water with a touch of citrus. Fades very quickly on me. It almost smells like your own natural scent, like it blends in with your own chemistry. I really like this, we'll see how the working qualities are. I may spring for a bottle if it's good in that respect.
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Wet, seriously? Why did I not try this before the Yules went down?? This is pretty, dainty creamy vanilla with only the barest hint of rose. I had originally dismissed this without trying it, as I didn't like the first incarnation of PS. Dry, not the same, kind of like an after-sun lotion, or moisturizer. Still, I like this, I'm kind of weird, and like lotion-type scents. Perle Von Mauren is one of the bests imo. I still may hunt down a decant, as it is quite nice. Wet, it would be lovely for a wedding, but I'd have to wear a scent locket to get the same effect.
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Strong, heady, night-blooming jasmine at first. Not sour, but there was a brief moment when it smelled like fresh poop. Thankfully, that didn't last long, and the whole thing faded very quickly. I did enjoy the jasmine while it behaved.
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This definitely is red! I'm getting effervescent red fruit drink, I'm getting thirsty just smelling it, and I really want to drink something alcoholic that smells like this. I like these fun scents that are fruity and fizzy and just perfect for summer. Unfortuneately this stage doesn't last, and the whole scent disappears from my skin within 15 minutes. Just a whisp of a soapy barbie doll fragrance remains.
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My sniffie is bone dry, so I'm a tad disappointed. From what I can smell of it, this smells like pine cleaner, of the non realistic variety. I wish I could have skin tested this...
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Wet, fruit and musk. Dry, the fruit (I'm guessing this must be the pipe tobacco), fades and the woods and musk are dominating. Nice dude blend, sweet woods and musk on me, I bet it would smell great on a guy.
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Lovely snow note, berries, and minty vanilla. This is not a sharp blend at all, if anything, it's creamy iced berries, not getting any floral, which is fine by me. This is a keeper for sure. It does fade fairly fast on me, though, only lasting a few hours, which is not too bad, could be worse. Glad to have a bottle, I'll probably use it more in the summer months.
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Very sandalwood heavy at first, with a touch of beeswax. Dry, less of the gritty sandalwood, more beeswax with kind of a resiny vibe. There was a bit of sour vibe wet, but that did fade away very quickly. Quite nice, a spicy, beeswaxy resin is the end result. I like this, but not enough for more.
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This is the 2012 version. Seems a bit more masculine than what I remember. Definitely less berres and more snow. Still, this smells like a fresh, clean man, and I'm glad I have a decant.
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Wet, this is fruit infused, very sweet and pleasant with a waxy feel from the honeycomb. This is a good thing. Dry, kind of a lightly herbal, florally honey, no musk to speak of, which is also a good thing, as white musk does not play well with me. I like a few honey (or honey-like) blends, and this is a win for me. It kind of reminds me of No. 93 Engine, though more feminine. I'll certainly use the decant, but probably don't need a bottle.
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Bright, cheery rose, and dry sandalwood at first. The sandalwood is nice with the rose, they kind of balance each other. After a bit, the sandalwood takes a back seat and it's pretty much sour rose now. Rose often turns sour on me, so this is a 'no go'.
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In the imp, kind of a citrussy soap. Dry, less soapy, a more sweet citrus now, but bright due to the sweetness. This is kind of candylike now, like a sweet orange candy. Not for me, but nice to try.
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There is no year on this sniffie of BM, but I'm assuming it's the latest version. Right away, there's that uber foody graham cracker crust. I'm not getting any cheesecake here, which is kind of odd, as I've always smelled that note in previous incarnations. After a bit, a lovely spice, and maybe a touch of apple, but I probably wouldn't have known it if I was testng blind. The crust is less pronounced and it's basically a creamy apple spice. I wish the lavender BM had been less crust heavy on me like this one, as I probably would have kept it. As it is, I really like this, and if there were a guarantee that a decant or partial would be like this sniffie, I'd probably track down more. Lovely.
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When this came out as a SN, was waffling on a bottle, as I do love the scent of evenng Stock. There's almost a spicy clove scent to the actual floral scent. This however is very 'fake' at first like a drugstore perfume that has been sitting in the sun. After a bit, the musk tones down, and there is a pleasant spiciness, but that darned fake floral musk is hovering in the background. As time goes on, it's quite a soft, pretty slightly spicy floral that is quite wearable, but I really do not like the first half hour or so. Glad I just went for the sniffie.
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Very spicy and fall-like at first, the beer is making kind of fruity, I like this. I don't do well with smoke blends, so I put this one in my 'to try later' pile. I don't get much smoke wet, but after a bit, it does come out. The dry-down does end up mainly smoke, but it's a soft one, no spices or beer now. Not bad for a smoke blend, but I'd never wear this. I did like the wet stage.
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I seem to find pumpkin kind of fresh smelling, and so it is here. I'm getting fresh pulpy pumpkin, and lots of spice at first. After a bit, a touch of espresso, but just a touch, which is good, as while I like to drink coffee, especially the good stuff, I don't like to smell like it. The spices really seem to dominate here, and the pumpkin is pretty much non-existent now. Still, this is a great fall blend, but there is so many similar blends out there, that I don't need to track any more of this down.
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This is the 2012 version. I"m getting lots of Belgium chocolate at first, and then a bit of amber and a LOT of myrhh. This dries down to a chocolatey myrhh, not unlike Velvet, but a bit more chocolate here. Previous incarnations seem to be more amber/milk chocolate heavy, not sure where the myrhh is coming from, but it certainly has that Golgothan myrhh feel to it. (Thanks to the SN!) After a bit, the milk chocolate comes out even more. I like this, but do own a bottle of Velvet to fulfill my chocolate/resin needs.
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A heady, green scent, unisex, a bit of spice. I recognize this in some more masculine bpal blends. It's quite nice, and not invasive at all. Glad to try this, but I don't need any more than my sniffie, just not me, and leaning a bit too much on the masculine side.
