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Gleaming black and iridescent green: black patchouli and vetiver with green amber, oudh, tobacco flower, elemi, and champaca. There is something sharp and un-gentle about this scent, and it remains rather cold and hard. I'd say stony but it doesn't feel earthy or even dry. It's like wet black marble. None of the notes really pop out, certainly not the champaca. If you don't like green notes, don't fear, as I don't get a green feeling out of this at all.
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Note: Limited release perfume oil; atmosphere spray review topic located here. A house as old as this one Becomes, in time, a living thing it may have timber for bones and windows for eyes and sitting here all alone it can go slowly mad. It starts holding on to things keeping them alive, when they shouldnt be inside its walls Some of them good, some are bad and some Some should never be spoken about again I finally got around to testing the generous tester a lovely forumite sent to me. I tested it in a bit of a hurry because Puddin had just put more on Etsy, and I needed to decide if I wanted a bottle! I decided against it, but only because I am not sure I would wear it as perfume, but it is a wonderful smell. So hard to put my finger on though! There are familiar things in here....but what are they? Wood (no clue what kind) and a murky musk. Maybe a bit of that spicy dirt/decay note. Other than that I can't say. When it was wet I thought it was a bit boozy, but I could be crazy. An interesting scent, and I am tempted to pick up the Atmo spray now.
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Gleaming metallic gold flares of a powerful imagination. The gilded sheen of a muse’s kiss, the glimmering, vivid glow of a story burning to be told. This is a metallic nail polish that clearly has some yellow to it, but resides in between a silver and a sunlit yellow. One coat does the trick! Edit: Wow. I have had this on since the 22nd, and it is now the 28th and it HAS NOT CHIPPED! This is some crazy dark magic! WOW!!! There is some wear at the tips of the nails, but I mean... I have not been kind to them. I go to the gym every day, and I have cooked for the holidays and it has stayed on!
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Note: Limited release perfume oil; atmosphere spray review topic located here. Darkness engulfing a childs collection of dolls and books: beeswax, leather-bound paper, and white gardenias; porcelain and wood, lace and shadow. Thank you to the lovely who sent me a tester of this special "Atmofume" - you know who you are, and you're awesome. Wet: Wow. Beautiful. Beeswax and gardenia are prominent. A tiny hint of really creamy leather, if that even makes sense. This is unique, and beautiful. Dry: The beeswax and gardenia do amp up really strong on me, and get a little overwhelming. I really love the scent though, and will absolutely be getting some of the atmo spray. Not sure I would wear it as perfume though.
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Wood and copper mimicking life, dressed in a gentleman’s cologne. An elegant automaton wonder built to fascinate. Had dreams of whirligigs and automatons, so I went with The Magician. Similar vibes to Paladin, but a lighter and brighter metal is being conveyed. Yeah, there is no knight's steely armor here. Frankly, it is a nice step up as Paladin can get a little too heavy and sharp with its metals. Must be a touch of bergamot in there as it is quite lovely. It's very clean, crisp, and yet has that gleaming metal note that reminds me of new copper wiring and polished brass. Side note: Checked out The Art of Crimson Peak book and saw some of the gears that made this magician come to life with its ball trick. Got to say, automatons really are something brilliant with all their intricacies.
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Give in to temptation: black amber darkens a pale fougere. Thomas is DELICIOUS. The oil is a deep red hue (which is so perfect for the character). It smells like Dragon's Blood and Amber to me, warm and smooth and merry but with an undercurrent of darkness, and something yearning. It's not too masculine, I think it would be perfect on both men and women. Neutral enough to layer well with other oils, but strong enough stand on its own. Mmmm, Thomas! ETA: Although I didn't detect it when I first put it on, the next morning it seemed like there was lavender present (what remained of the scent smelled like Light & Swift to me).
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I am here with all that I possess, Sir – A name, a patch of land and the will to make it yield. The least you can grant me is the courtesy of your time and the chance to prove it to you, and these fine gentlemen, that my will, dear Sir, is at the very least, as strong as yours. Amber, clove and leather takes shape through the scent of raw determination; a fortitude born of having nothing left to lose. In the background, guiac wood, white sandalwood, and myrrh forms the dust of long-forgotten aspirations and hope on the verge of being forever relinquished. Oooh, this is lovely. In the bottle, I smell nothing but leather and clove. Wet on skin: leather, leather, leather. I love the lab's leather note -- I will never stop kicking myself for selling my bottle of De Sade right before it was DC'ed. But some leathers can be a bit too sharp and masculine for me to actually use. As I applied to my skin and sniffed, I thought "Lovely scent, but far too manly for me. I'll pass this bottle along to my brother for his birthday next week." Drydown: Well, guess what? My brother is out of luck. lol When this oil dried and mellowed on my skin, it turned into lovely soft, warm leather and the sandalwood came out to play. The sharpness of the cloves mellowed out and gave it a warmth. It reminds me a bit of Dee, one of my favorites on the more manly spectrum. It's a little masculine, but not in an aftershave kind of way. It just smells like a refined library filled with leather-bound books and perhaps some sandalwood trinkets from far-away lands. Honestly, I don't get any amber from this at all, which is surprising, as my skin usually amps amber to the nth degree. This one's a keeper!
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To the hills we raise our eyes… A dark legacy: unbending teakwood and blood musk. I'm first? Yeek! Bear in mind this is fresh out of the mailbox In the bottle: This is SHARP (Sharpe, anyone? No?). On first sniff, I get very biting woods. On second sniff, there's the softer musk wafting around the edges. Wet: I'm being smacked in the face by a metal-sheathed piece of wood (it must be the blood musk that's giving me the 'metal' impression). There's something almost SOUR going on here. I don't mean that in a negative way, I mean "sour" in the sense that sour candies are sour, but it's... where is that coming from? What the hell did I just put on my wrist? Drydown: Whoa, this morphs quick, and in a good way. The punch-you-in-the-face metal/wood vanishes and I'm left with a very smooth, dusty musk scent. Almost sweet. It reminds me very strongly of some Lush scent. I'm still getting flashes of that cold sour-y bite, especially in the throw. I don't smell wood. In fact I keep huffing my wrist trying to figure out WHAT I'm smelling. Dry: It keeps morphing! The sour-candy note is nicely married to the sweet musk now. Good throw: I'm testing four Crimson Peak scents on my wrists and hands right now, and this is the one I keep getting whiffs of as I type. It's gonna take me a while to decide how MUCH I like this, but it's nice!!
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Back home we only have black moths. Formidable creatures. They thrive on the dark and cold. ...What do they feed on? Butterflies, I’m afraid. A flutter in the darkness: wild plum and blackcurrant with aged black patchouli, vetiver, red rose petal, tonka absolute, and opoponax. The prototype was a very dark vetiver. An imp of the final scent smells mesquite-like, dark and burning, like fluttering darkness burning through walls. Very foreboding scent, and although it's quite dark and imposing on its own, I can see it layering well with other scents.
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Beware… of Crimson Peak. This is the scent of dread, of admonitions from beyond the grave: inky vetiver and black musk with carrot seed, elemi, and frankincense. This scent is a cry in the night. Bright, dark, biting and scary. It feels like walking into a black room, that moment of panic when you realize you can't see a thing, can't even feel for the light switch. The carrot seed and elemi make it leave you with a feeling of sadness after the fright.
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Heady jasmine drifting through the air, eclipsing the scent of a rapidly-drying bloodstain and the smoke of a snuffed beeswax candle. Jasmine Jasmine Jasmine. It's hard to smell much else. The beeswax may temper the jasmine from being too sharp or biting, but for the most part it is very faint.
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Thomas Sharpe’s refuge. Gears and grease and faded oriental rugs. Shelves cluttered with well-loved tools, piled with gears and mechanical wonders. Automata whirr and click from every corner. Machinery made magic; the final manifestation of dissolving hopes and clockwork dreams: sawdust and gear lubricant, metal rods shining in golden afternoon light. In this atmosphere there is more metal than wood. I imagine that the 'wood' part of it tempers the metal so that it is not too sharp. Same with the 'lubricant' note.
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A room of cobalt hues, shadowed, with walls adorned innumerable pinned butterflies and moths. Lilac water, fossilized black amber, lily of the valley, violet leaf, and oakmoss. This room is dark, dusty and somehow sharp. The amber really doesn't come through, nor does the lilac. The violet is the most prominent floral note. But over all it is rather old and dusty and it does feel like there is something heady and formal about it as well. Old world, for sure.
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Darkness engulfing a child’s collection of dolls and books: beeswax, leather-bound paper, and white gardenias; porcelain and wood, lace and shadow. This is a young girls room bright with books. The floral is very light, while the leather and beesewax fight for attention. This is very inviting and a lovely room scent idea.
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A solemn, pale child standing amongst snow-laden tombs as wet flakes descend from a leaden sky. Earth, moss and stone. The snow note here is neither minty nor piney. It is merely cold and almost like the absence of warmth itself.
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A house that breathes, that bleeds, and remembers. A house like this, in time can become a living thing with timber for bones and windows for eyes: snow marbled with blood-red clay, frozen over the scent of decayed wood. Woah buddy, first review! *I will update this with wet/dry down impressions as soon as I get the chance to try it! In Bottle: This is very clean smelling, and very very cold! Crimson Peak is my first personal brush with BPAL's infamous snow note, and it really lives up to expectations! It smells frigid and sharp, but undeniably fresh and clean. The red clay adds a deep level of something mysterious that is both lovely but equally bewildering. I can certainly picture this being the scent hanging in the air walking through the mansion gates in the winter time.
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A crème the color of deep plum velvet; vile machinations cloaked in whispered promises and shadowed embraces. Origin: Straight from the Post Initial Thoughts: I like purples. In the bottle: So purple it's almost black. One coat: Someone with a good hand might make it in one coat. A very deep purple with a hint of red. Two coats: Full coverage. Almost exactly like the bottle in color. Verdict: It's a great formula, but I'm not sure I'll keep it since it is so very dark.
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The bright cerulean of a cradle-song. Origin: Straight from the Post Initial Thoughts: There were so many shades of blue among the Crimson Peak colors to try! In the bottle: This is sort of close to Carolina (UNC) blue, but with a tilt toward green/teal. One coat: Almost but not quite enough. A shiny greenish blue. Two coats: Full coverage. Not quite as green, but still more green than official Carolina blue. Verdict: Between this one and Moth Shadow and Allure I would probably go for Moth Shadow. I like my blues on the purple end of the scale. But if you like pale blues with a touch of green, try it.
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The laws of the physical world. Soft golden taupe shimmer: the pale brown hum of a locust swarm; the crunch of autumn leaves; the dusty wing of a Pseudosphinx tetrio. Just as advertised - a lovely taupe with a bit of shimmer to it. I only had to use one coat (which was amazing in itself.) I'm not sure how often I'll wear it, because it's a very understated color, but I'm so glad I have it Swatch linked below. http://www.bpal.org/gallery/image/4522-natural-science-claw-polish/
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A vivid memory of injuries long-ago inflicted, of unforgiven horrors and unspeakable hatreds: a metallic sangria-purple, the color of blood welling—not under the skin, but within the soul. Origin: Straight from the Post Initial Thoughts: Looks like a promising pink when I want a pop of color. In the bottle: A rich wine-pink with a subtle shimmer. One coat: Potentially enough. It's quite a bit brighter on the nail than in the bottle. The shimmer is very subtle and it's more like a classic high-gloss polish. Two coats: Definite coverage and a definite statement of PINK. Verdict: I can see myself wearing this one occasionally. Think I'll hang onto it.
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The sun-bright flare of all-consuming passion: a ravenous yellow crème. I love yellow, it's easily one of my favorite colors, but even I wasn't sure if this would be a particularly wearable one (so I got two of the other Edith colors alongside it). Well, this is a BEAUTY. It was opaque with two coats (any streakiness is me sucking at applying it) and is the perfect dead center between cool and warm tones. Bright, rich and beautiful. I would even say this was worth 14 dollars! If their regular polishes are this wonderful they are more than worth ten. I might have to pick up some more colors really. (Pardon my terrible nails and cuticles! I work in a stockroom and my nails always look terrible. I can't judge the wear time of this or any other polish either because nothing can withstand the trashing my nails get from work, unfortunately.)
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Dark cyan crème, soulsick with terror. OMG FEAR. First of, the color and formula are great. I have one coat and it provides plenty of coverage. Even though it's a creme, the application went on perfectly. It's a glossy dark teal, perfect for the winter or overcast days. It's a shade or two darker than Juke Joint. But it's amazing. I love love this color. Will edit this post later with a picture.
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A semi-sheer, elegant lace shimmer. Socialite applies like a perfect dream and is paler and whiter as a sheer than, say, Essie Mademoiselle, but is still very much in that nude category. However, this has an ethereal light glitter or shimmer that reminds me a little bit of snow. I only applied one coat as its leaning toward whiteness made me fear it would get drastically more opaque and white with another coat, which is really unflattering on my skin color. The glimmer effect was hard to capture, but it's very pretty and makes my nails look glassy and, well, polished.
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Molten silver: the spark of one mind touching another in perfect understanding. Origin: Straight from the Post Initial Thoughts: It's silver glitter! Of course I'm going to try it. In the bottle: Bright silver sparkle. Side-by-side with Unseelie, it's like Fascination is sterling silver and Unseelie is pewter. One coat: Potentially enough if you get it even. Two coats: Excellent coverage and it's like I'm wearing tinsel on my fingers. It's also a very smooth coat - no need for a top coat unless you just want it. Verdict: This one may need a backup bottle or two. I will wear this a LOT.
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The color of past glories awash in rage and terror: brick-red shimmer flecked with deep bronze. Excellent deep red that is kind of a mohagony brown with flecks of a coppery gold and bright crimson (more red than gold). One coat on this one works well but I did two!
