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Pale, moonlit musk, sea salt, and ambergris. I couldn't pass up a perfume with a moonlit musk note. The sea salt and ambergris make for a classic aquatic, but that moonlit musk really makes this wearable for me. As it dries down, it gets sweeter and brighter, until it smells less like a wave and more like a moonbeam...like it crashes over and over until it thins out and gets lighter. This is a clean smelling blend, the kind that I think I could easily wear a dot of to even the most scent-averse workplace.
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Askel Waldemar Johannessen A haze of verbena, lemon rind, transparent amber, ectoplasmic green musk, ti leaf, and bamboo. Freshly applied, i smell lemon verbena , followed by green musk, which progressively makes its presence known. A refreshing zesty green musk blend for summer days.
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Ochre musk, oudh, coffee bean, cacao, and patchouli. Got mine last week and it smells like a poet's coffee house. It leaves the hair bouncy and shiny but the smell lasts forever. It resembles (wet) a hot cocoa coffee but once it has dried it really reminds me of a metaphysical coffee shop or something out of Hogsmeade in HP series.
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Frederick Smallfield Beeswax, candle smoke, yellowed paper, leather bindings, and cake with a death-chilled sliver of ectoplasm. Just got this in the mail, sprayed it onto a Halloween bar towel. I can definitely smell the beeswax and candle smoke! I'm getting a really cozy smell overall that is like a whole candelabra of lit beeswax candles in a warm room. I can smell a little bit of the cake baking in the kitchen, but it is pretty far off. I am smelling crumbling paper as well, and what must be leather giving it an edge. But mostly, this is warm beeswax! It's just lovely. I don't smell ectoplasm, but I'm not sure what that is supposed to smell like.
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Alfred Kubin Brown kelp and red algae streaked with black vetiver, driftwood, and sea moss. The vetiver isn't too strong here, it's really well blended actually. This makes me think of taking a warm shower with fancy expensive man soap after a day of exploring the cold gray outdoors or swimming in the ocean in winter. Salty, clean wood
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The Drowned Man’s Ghost Tries to Claim a New Victim for the Sea
Dark Alice posted a topic in Halloweenie
Thorvald Niss Black kelp and opoponax, silt, and dark things dredged up from the depths of a seabed. Tried at NYCC: This is a dead ringer for one of the Irish Bard scents Cucuthulian fights with the sea. *I may have this wrong* on my skin. It has a lighter sea note, but it is a watery ghost rising from the sea. Since I have something that is too similar in nature, I am going to pass on this one. I may find a partial though. Review created. Thank you! -
Bleached sandalwood, orris root, white tea blossom, and nagarmotha. Gorgeous. This reminds me of something but I cannot think of what! I smell white tea and an edgy sandalwood with a tiny hint of orris. I suspect this one and Spectre Blue to be the surprise hits and no one will know till it is too late. Perfect for Autumn, too. :-)
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[No additional description given.] In the bottle: light, fresh, sweetly citrussy. Not at all what I expected! Applied: There's definitely something mossy in there, similar to the Lab's soil note. Still sweet, almost floral. Worn: It's a lot more like Deep In Earth, but it's still got a fresher, more airy feel to it. Very mossy and it makes me think of rainy days ☺. Hangs around a good while, it's not overpoweringly strong and it's really pleasant to catch wafts of every now and then. Super happy with this one!
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Sir Philip Burne-Jones Thick snow banks, wet soil, and frost-caked wood shrouded in opoponax, labdanum, and birch tar. Ok, so I like this a lot! This definitely has almost a cool, Yule-like feel to it. It smells like mud, in a good way, kind of loamy and sweet, but not as pungent with mushrooms as Graveyard Dirt. So it's a bit rich, like Penny Dreadful-level soil, a grittiness. The wood is kissed with mint, but only enough to bring the snow/slush note forward. The tar component may be like a vetiver-ish smokiness smoldering under the surface. I can definitely detect the labdanum in the drydown, which mingles with the opoponax to create a pretty unique gummy resinous base. Over time it hovers in the air a smoky resin, more than an environmental scent, and it's a lovely darkness.
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George Romney A brazier aflame with Carthaginian olibanum, Ethopian myrrh, galbanum, onycha, and lingum aloes. I don't see stone listed in this... but it is one of the stronger notes I am detecting. It reminds me a lot of a scent from a few years back: Sadak in Search of the Waters of Oblivion. Though they don't share the same notes, the feel is rather similar. But this one has a very realistic brazier of incense in place of the bubblegum (lotus). It goes on a little sharp, it doesn't stay that way but never smooths out as much as you'd expect resins to. It smells more like an incense stick. While it gives the sensation of burning, it doesn't have any smoke notes. More that the incense has a light and airy quality to it that evokes incense smoke. It has a very thematic and strong ambiance, but not overbearing enough that it isn't wearable most places. Also it's wearing power is somewhere near forever without losing the lighter/ top incense notes.
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Pumpkin pulp with neroli, ripe mango, cardamom pod, Spanish mandarin, and blood orange musk. I ordered Pumpkin Orange mostly because I didn't have a pumpkin HG in my arsenal, but I was pleasantly surprised to see how complex this turned out to be! Sometimes, "pumpkin" really means "a blend of fall spices" (looking at you, Pumpkin Spice Latte!!!), and that is often how it shows up on my skin. But here, you really get a blast of the other notes too. I mean, it smells orange!!! In particular, that blood orange musk is to die for and that really seems to be the focus of the blend: It comes out swinging, and the pulpy raw pumpkin and hint of mango really help the scent to mellow out. This is a HG that could be used all year round!
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[No additional description given.] What on earth is on my wrist???? This is definitely a case of "I didn't know what I was expecting, and I'm not exactly sure what I got". What do cheesecloth ghosts smell like, you ask? I have no idea. But I can tell you they do not smell like the linen note in Boo. This scent reminds me of something I've tested before, and I remember enough to know it was a frimp from a Lab order, but I have no idea what it was. And I'm not good enough at defining scent notes to know what this smells like. I'm thinking white musk, though? Maybe? I'm sure someone else will come along with a much more experienced nose and give some more accurate impressions. The scent is a little harsh in the bottle and when wet, but mellows out into something smoother as it dries. It sticks close to the skin, very little throw. I'll admit that it does smell a little like that one section of a Halloween store where they keep all of the hanging skeletons and ghouls and ghosts, that all have the same gauze-y (cheesecloth-y) cloaks and rags covering them. And it reminds me a little of my time working in a haunted house--like the way all of the props somehow smelled. We never knew why they all smelled that way, but they did. I'm not sure I'd make any such Halloween-ish connections if I wasn't fully aware this was a Weenie scent and my mind wasn't scrambling to figure out what the heck I was smelling. I'm really interested in seeing what other people think this one is like, because...well. I clearly don't really know.
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[No additional description given.] Tested at NYCC: I just had to! In the bottle: oh hello tomato plants! I know that smell well! Wet: tomato leaves, tomato leaves, maybe some dead leaves blowing around in the garden, more tomato leaves, Dry: TOMATO. Maybe old tomato plants at the end of the season, maybe a little spice from the black pepper, but definitely mostly TOMATO.
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And where should a man bring his sweet to woo But here, where such hundreds were lovers too? Where lie the dead lips that thirst to kiss, The empty hands that their fellows miss, Where the maid and her lover, from sere to green, Sleep bed by bed, with the worm between? For it's turn of the year and All Souls' night, When the dead can hear and the dead have sight. Cold white iris, benzoin, and bitter frozen aldehydes. This is quite unusual. The white iris comes out right away, along with a creaminess. Like the smell of thick, white pearly makeup paint that a ghost might spread across it's cheeks before a spooky, dead dance. I can detect the benzoin blended with the aldehydes which gives it a vintage, almost cold cream feel. My gauzy dress is frozen and won't come off no matter how long you kiss me.
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A Kneeling Child Watching a Ghost, Devil, and Puppet Making Mayhem in a Room
suki posted a topic in Halloweenie
After: George Du Maurier A chaotic, clanging scent – shadowy, sweet, and discordant: black licorice and teakwood. Full disclosure: I got this for my partner, who adores black licorice scents. But while I'm not the 'target audience' in this scenario, why not test it anyway? In The Bottle: All black licorice, all the time. It's not overpowering, though, which surprised me. Wet On Skin: The teak is mellowing the licorice a little- smoothing out the edges, as it were. The black licorice is becoming more 'earthy' as a result. For me, this is a blessing, as BL generally sells like NyQuil to me, and this, blissfully, does not. Dry Down: A rich, smooth, decidedly "masculine" scent, the teak balances the licorice and makes it rich, earthy and even a bit sexy. In All: Possibly a black licorice scent for those of us that despise the note! At the very least, I will enjoy smelling this on my beloved without fear -
Sir William Schwenck Gilbert A swank affair: moss and dead leaves – amber-gilded, wrapped in balsam and cracked leather – crowned with mums, with a shard of gleaming, bone-white orris root. Alas, The Ghosts' High Noon is a bit of a disappointment for me. I was wanting amber, balsam, and leather, but this is predominately a "dead leaves" scent in the bottle and on me. It reminds me a lot of last years "Dead Leaves, Black Pepper, and Sandalwood." Perhaps my nose is getting a similar dryness from the orris as it does from sandalwood? It gets a creaminess to it as it dries down, but it's still very much dead leaves, and dead leaves just aren't my jive. That said, it smelled really nice when I tested on my husband, and if dead leaves work well on you, this might be really nice. My chemistry just isn't bringing out much complexity. To the swaps page!
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Fear not that sound like wind in the trees: It is only their call that comes on the breeze; Fear not the shudder that seems to pass: It is only the tread of their feet on the grass; Fear not the drip of the bough as you stoop: It is only the touch of their hands that grope - For the year's on the turn, and it's All Souls' night, When the dead can yearn and the dead can smite. Agarwood, black musk, grave moss, and yew berries. Hmmm. This is pretty much exactly what the description says...only softer. The yew berries are similar to the Rappacini's Garden Yew Trees blend, the graveyard moss is green and fresh, the black musk is very recognizable from other blends, and the agarwood is definitely present. However, what I expected to come together in a very woodsy, earthy and masculine blend instead comes out very muted. Each note in this is a very gentle version of itself. These are awfully polite smiting dead. This is the scent of a very peaceful and well-tended burial ground. It is like walking through one of those Victorian Era park-like cemeteries early in the morning. You feel something brush against your shoulder. Was it a ghostly hand, or simply a falling leaf? On drydown it all melds together into something mossy, cool and clean, powdery with a hint of musk. It is like Graveyard Dirt's ultrafemme little sister. There is a slight hint of something sharp, and for lack of a better word - poisonous - lingering in this scent. Maybe it is part of the yew berry accord, or maybe it is just a part of the unpredictable funkiness that is agarwood. However, it is just a tiny hint, and not enough to change the overall impression. This is a soothing scent, one with a light touch. I am curious to see how this ages, and if it will develop more depth over time.
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Chunky plum glitter with flecks of violet and hints of orange. Origin: Straight from the Post Initial Thoughts: The photo of the bottle looked like terrific fun: deep purple/black with bright orange glitter shot through it. In the Bottle: Plenty of big orange glitter and tiny rainbow microglitter floating in the dark. One Coat: Definitely not enough for full coverage. I'm not sure that it would be a good top layer for another coat, given the dark shade of the base here. If someone is gifted at getting the glitter to apply evenly, the smoky base is kind of interesting. Two Coats: A thick, inky shade of blue/purple that is nearly black, with sparkly orange glitter everywhere. Similar to Fires of Love, this is hard to photograph well. It's prettier than the photo would suggest, with the orange glitter kind of glowing out of the dark polish. Verdict: I think I'm going to take this to the nail salon this weekend and let a professional apply it so I can wear it through Halloween and see if I need a second bottle. It's most definitely a Halloween thing - I don't see myself wearing it much at other times of the year. ETA: A big photo of the polish when a pro is handling the brush. Still doesn't quite do the shiny glitter justice, but better than my own attempt:
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A deep plum glitter. Origin: Straight from the Post Initial Thoughts: My favorite Claw Polishes so far have been the glittery ones. The picture of a lovely lavender glitterbomb was all too tempting. In the Bottle: Shades of purple from light to dark twinkling with tiny rainbow glitter. One Coat: A practiced hand might get full coverage with one coat. For me it was a pale purple base flecked with rather coppery glitter. Two Coats: This brings out the full plum effect, with a rather bronze shimmer from the glitter. The surface is much smoother than that photo suggests. For me this went on very nicely and I didn't feel the need for a top coat. Verdict: Gorgeous and I will be buying more before the Weenies go away. It's definitely a suitable shade for fall, but I can also see wearing this for any number of glitzy occasions.
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A grey-green mold creme. This post is merely a placeholder for future reviews. Whoever is first to review, please report this post using the report button below, so a mod can merge it with yours. Thanks!
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Vibrant discotheque-orange shimmer. This post is merely a placeholder for future reviews. Whoever is first to review, please report this post using the report button below, so a mod can merge it with yours. Thanks!