Salem Report post Posted August 20, 2008 Hopefully I'm not being completely blind when I ask this - I got Midwinters Eve 07 a while back and absolutely fell head over heels for it. Does anyone know any other scents like it? To me it's perfume perfection. Share this post Link to post
Galen Report post Posted August 20, 2008 (edited) Bordello is close but not exactly the same - it's also plummy but much warmer and deeper than Midwinter's Eve which I think is slightly cool and sparkling. If you search for Midwinter or Bordello in this thread (and here) you'll see lots of other people's comparisons of the two. And who knows, Midwinter's Eve could come back again for Yule 2008; it's been released more than one Christmas in the past. Edited August 20, 2008 by Galen Share this post Link to post
Salem Report post Posted August 20, 2008 Brilliant, thankyou. I saw Bordello mentioned a minute ago (I clearly was being blind, doh!) so I'll definitely check that out. Are the Midwinter's Eve from past Christmas' the same as the 07 blend? (Daft question perhaps). Share this post Link to post
Galen Report post Posted August 20, 2008 In general there's probably some batch variation year on year for the blends that return more than once. Having said that, I don't find much difference between the two different decants of Midwinter's Eve that I have from different years. Share this post Link to post
trollgirl Report post Posted August 22, 2008 I tried on Inez last night and I have to say that on me, Inez (Golden amber, vanilla musk, myrrh, cedar, carnation, and red sandalwood) smelled almost exactly like Lyonesse (Golden vanilla and gilded musk, stargazer lily, white sandalwood, grey amber, elemi, orris root, ambergris and sea moss). The only difference is that Inez had a darker incense-y feel from the myrrh. Share this post Link to post
faeriedust Report post Posted August 25, 2008 Is there anything which smells like white phoenix? I tried it today and it's really lovely. Kinda floral sweet. Share this post Link to post
cranberry Report post Posted August 26, 2008 faeriedust, try Yvainne. It's not exact to White Phoenix but it's close. Share this post Link to post
eyeska Report post Posted August 26, 2008 Your mileage and skin chemistry will almost certainly vary, but Penumbra and Arachnina, the Spider-Girl are startlingly similar on my skin. Yes, in spite of the only things they share being tobacco, an element of musk (albeit black and red versus purple), and red fruits. I've not done a side-to-side comparison yet, but Penumbra seems slightly more floral and sharper but otherwise very similar. Share this post Link to post
GeorgeJr Report post Posted August 27, 2008 I'm curious about something . Since we have Graveyard Dirt back again , how would folks say it compares to GC's like Burial or Deep in Earth ? Share this post Link to post
Apple Report post Posted August 30, 2008 I'm curious about something . Since we have Graveyard Dirt back again , how would folks say it compares to GC's like Burial or Deep in Earth ? This is something of a cross-post from the "I want to smell like dirt!" thread, but I find Graveyard Dirt smells like mushrooms, moss, and dirt with no floral or sweet elements... it's that mossy, earthy scent that other blends containing the "grave loam" note share. For me, it's easiest to describe via subtraction; i.e., "It's like X, but without the fruit/flowers/rose, etc." Of course, this is a somewhat misleading way to describe Graveyard Dirt, because it makes it sound like it's lacking something, when it's perfect just the way it is. So, in comparison to other scents that are supposed to contain a dirt note, I would say: Burial - Unfortunately, I can't remember this one too well. Either the pine element or the flowers amped and smothered anything earthy. Crossroads - This was all jasmine on me; if you don't amp jasmine you might get a whiff of the loamy note. Death Cap - Nothing like Graveyard Dirt; all I got was coconut baby powder. Deep in Earth - This is like Graveyard Dirt + roses and is very similar to Zombi. Destroying Angel - Very floral on me, not at all like Graveyard Dirt. Jazz Funeral - This has that same moss/dirt note as Graveyard Dirt, Zombi, and Penny Dreadful, plus a hit of bay rum aftershave. Nocnitsa - This was all bayberry candle on me, no dirt. Nosferatu - A fresh green scent with a spicy berry spike, it has the same dirt/moss note as Graveyard Dirt, Zombi, Penny Dreadful, and Jazz Funeral. Penny Dreadful - Like Graveyard Dirt + ginger cookies. The Premature Burial - This one smells the closest to Graveyard Dirt to me and is currently available from Dark Delicacies. It does have a light floral element, but it's mostly moss/dirt. Zombi - I amp rose, so this was super-strong ammonia-y roses on me... with a hint of Graveyard Dirt cowering beneath. I have rather tempermental skin chemistry, so I'm sure others will chime in with different interpretations and comparisons! Share this post Link to post
smallvoice Report post Posted August 30, 2008 I tried Bayou recently, and it reminded me quite a lot of Sturgeon Moon. Share this post Link to post
ClareN Report post Posted August 31, 2008 Is there anything at all that smells like Tiki King? The King reminded me of Havana and Intrigue, but I have a weird nose. Sorry this reply is so late, but Tiki King smells a lot like the Salon scent Satan and Death with Sin Intervening. They have the same lemony-resiny feel, but Tiki King has more coconut. I haven't tried Havana but I can see the Intrigue comparison, too. Share this post Link to post
Lethran Report post Posted August 31, 2008 I just tried burial yesterday: In Bottle: Turpentiney. I suspect it’s the pine+ juniper. A hint of decay underneath. Wet: Pine, juniper, loam. Very sharp and not entirely pleasant, but well suited to the concept. Dry: Patchouli. Fades very fast. I love both jazz Funeral and Penny dreadful for the strong earth note. Penny's mostly earth really. jazz funeral's more complex, but quite pleasant. Share this post Link to post
mandragora Report post Posted August 31, 2008 Any recs for any GC scent that is similar to The Illustrated Woman ... minus the pine note? Share this post Link to post
lucy gray Report post Posted August 31, 2008 The Bloody Sword smells like a combination of Sudha Segara + Dragon's Blood, if that helps anyone. Now to figure out what Brides of Dracula reminds me of... Share this post Link to post
Elizabethm Report post Posted September 1, 2008 (edited) Can you recommend other oils I might like? I think it might be a melon note in it that I love so much but I'm not really sure. Thanks! Mod note: merged from thread titled "I Love Selkie" Edited September 3, 2008 by ivyandpeony merged from standalone thread Share this post Link to post
ivyandpeony Report post Posted September 2, 2008 You can find this in the Short Guide to Common Recommendations... What do I have for you here? I have compiled a list of LE equivalents/substitutes/similarities based on member posts after reading through the entire LE equivalents thread. Yep, all 4+ years of discussion condensed here. A couple of things to keep in mind. I only listed separate versions of an LE in the cases where the Lab has made clear that the later version is a reformulation. I didn't editorialize the comparisons as I made the list, so if something seems off the wall, remember the person who posted a suggestion may have a completely different body chemistry from you. Their post may have also included a caveat like "on drydown" or "not quite as much vanilla." I would not have had the stamina necessary to make a list that included that much detail - the same reason I did not include layering or mixing suggestions. But hopefully this will be helpful as a starting-off point. You can still search the thread itself by opening the topic, putting your search term in the box at the bottom left and clicking "search topic," so if you want to explore exactly what was said, try that. I will be updating as regularly as possible, based on our continued discussions in that thread and around the entire Recs forum. If you happen to spot an older thread or post with some good material for this thread, feel free to bring it to my attention via PM. I am going to try to set aside some time to go through the GCs and discontinueds thread as soon as possible and add what I can find to this post. 13 (April 2007): Cleopatra Testing Poisons On Those Condemned To Death Ace of Hearts: Ophelia, London The Agony of Heartache: Bewitched Al-Aaraf: Tiger Lily All Souls: Brown Jenkins Anaconda: Trick or Treat Anactoria: Nanny Ashtoreth Angeronalia: Xiuhtecuhtli, Mad Kate Annabel Lee: Desdemona, Titania, Lady of Shallott, Danube, Amsterdam, Aeval, The Darkling Thrush Archangel Winter: Sea of Glass, Lightning, Tempest, Szepasszony Asp Viper: Uruk Baba Yaga (unreleased): Manila Bakeneko: Dracul Beaver Moon 2005: Hollywood Babylon, Sugar Cookie, Antique Lace, Eat Me, Dana O'Shee, Velvet Beaver Moon 2007: Hermia Beltane 2005: Tarot:Strength Berenice: Olokun Bezoar: Hay Moon, No. 9 Engine, Mag Mell Black Lace: Antique Lace, Euterpe (dc), Dorian, Haloes, Black Opal, Zephyr, Desire, Anactoria, The Sailors’ Den, The Antikythera Mechanism, Galvanic Goggles Black Moon: La Belle Au Bois Dormant Blue Moon 2004: Empyreal Mist (dc), Danube, Unseelie (dc), Dissipation (dc) Blood Moon: Alone, Tezcatlipoca, Red Phoenix, Tanin'iver Brides of Dracula: Nosferatu Buck Moon: Yddgrasil, Coyote, Dorian, Juke Joint, Ochosi, Robin Goodfellow Budding Moon: Kitsune Tsuki, The Dormouse Butterflies and Plovers: Imp Cancer 2007: La Belle Au Bois Dormant, Queen Mab The Candy Butcher: Hellcat, Cockaigne, Bliss, Centzon Totochtin Carfax Abbey: Death Cap, Cathedral, Eshe The Castle: Wolf’s Heart, Fenris Wolf Cerberus: Hearth 2004, Gomorrah, Tezcatlipoca, Intrigue, The Great Sword of War The City In the Sea: Cthulu The Chapel: Djinn Chanukkiyah: Kill-Devil Chaste Moon: Dana O’Shee, Leanan Sidhe, Tarot:Temperance Cheshire Moon - The Unicorn Chintamani-Dhupa: Carceri D'Invenzione Chrysanthemum Moon: Mama-Ji, Faiza Clémence: Port Royal, Dracul, Voodoo The Clod and the Pebble: Seance Corazon: Tamora, Kuang Shi, Lampades Count Dracula: Port Royal, Dracul, The Smiling Spider, Calico Jack The Cracked Bell: Tarot:Judgement Crumpet Rebellion: The Knave of Hearts, Sugar Skull Crypt Queen: Mme.Moriarty The Darkling Thrush: Cloister in the Graveyard Snow Decadence (unreleased): TAL Amor, Fruitcake Devil’s Night: Smut, Jazz Funeral, Xiuhtecuhtli, Plunder Dia de los Muertos: Kali, Bruja (dc), Centzon Totochtin, Block Buster Diary of a Lovestruck Teenage Cannibal: Hermia, Pepper, Tweedledee Doc Buzzard: Fascinum Dr. John Seward: Blood Countess The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife: Nostrum Remedium Dragon Moon: Neo-Tokyo (dc) Dublin (dc): Mistletoe Dyan Moon: Juliet Earth Rat: Yemaya Ebisu Making Love: The Apothecary, Fae Egg Nog: SN Vanilla Bean (dc), Golden Priapus, Grog Et Lux Fuit: The Lion, Brisingamen, Black Phoenix Fée: Fae, Yemaya, Titania, Fire Pig, Ogun Flower Moon: Eos, Phantom Queen Formula 54: Perversion, Wanda, Santo Domingo, Dracul, Lilith Freak Show: Intrigue, Carnal Frost Moon: Cathode, Shattered, Neo-Tokyo (dc), Utrenyaya. Tarot:The Fool Fruit Moon: Aglaea Fruitcake: TAL Amor Gamaliel - Eden Gennivre: Queen Gertrude, The Unicorn, The Dormouse Geek: Two Monsters, Doc Constantine Gingerbread Poppet: Sudha Segara, Shub-Niggarath, Bengal Glowing Vulva: The Antikythera Mechanism, Haloes Graveyard Dirt: The Premature Burial Green Phoenix: Mock Turtle's Lessons Gypsy Queen: Sybaris, Baghdad, The Masque, Desire, Sed Non Satiata, Magdalene Haloa: Hymn to Proserpine Harvest Moon 2004: Jack Harvest Moon 2005: Mabon, Block Buster Harvest Moon '06: Les Bijoux, Verdandi The Haunted Palace: Versailles, Moscow, Three Brides, Tamora, Brisingamen, Tarot:The Sun Havisham: Zombi Hay Moon: Bezoar, No. 93 Engine, Mag Mell Hearth 2004: Jack, Herr Drosselmeyer Hellion: Khajuraho, Nahemoth, Malkuth, Chokmah, Blood Countess, Imp Herr Drosselmeyer: The Black Tower Hexennacht 2005: Hunter Moon 2004, Samhain, Black Forest, Nocnitsa, Thanatopsis, Greed, Samhain Hod: Morocco, Pink Moon 2007 Honey Moon: La Petit Mort, Sudha Segara Hony Mone: Love-Lies-Bleeding Hunger Moon: Scales of Deprivation, Death of The Grave Digger Hungry Ghost Moon: Fae, 51, Night Gaunt Hunter Moon 2004: Lampades, Lady MacBeth, Hexennacht 2005, Gomorrah, Siren, Grand Guignol, Fortunato, Bewitched Ice Queen: Blue Moon 2004, Frost Moon, Cathode, Lady of Shallott, Nuclear Winter, Talvikuu, Cloister Graveyard in the Snow Inez: Lyonesse Jacob’s Ladder: Tarot:The Heirophant, The Lion, Brisingamen June Gloom: Nanshe, Arcana Khajuraho: Hanging Gardens, Hellion, Himerus Kindly Moon: Pele, 51 King of Clubs: Bastet, Viola King of Diamonds: Chypre (dc), Villain King of Spades: Yerevan Kingsport: The Apothecary, Olokun Kunstkammer: Tweedledee La Fee Verte: Zorya, Oblivion Lemongrass SN: Phobos Lenore: Serpent’s Kiss, Devil’s Claw Leo 2007: Bastet, Anubis Libra 2007: Persephone Litha: Cairo, Gennivre The Living Flame: Venom (dc), Tarot: The Lovers, Othello Love's Philosophy: Tombstone Love in the Asylum: Séance, Ouija Lump of Coal: Bliss, Gluttony, Bastet Luperci: Greed Mabon: Blood Countess, Verdandi Mme. Moriarty: Vixen, Eat Me, Bathsheba Marae: Euphrosyne Marianne: Scherezade Marshmallow Poof: Midway, Antique Lace The Masque: Brisingamen, Magdalene Mechanical Phoenix: Phoenix Steamworks, Robotic Scarab Medicine Show: The Apothecary Mi-Go Brain Canister: Jester, Shango, Tweedledee, Tweedledum, Xanthe The Weeping Clown, Croquet Midnight Kiss: Urd, Centzon Totochtin Midnight Mass: Penitence, Heavenly Love Midway: Grog, Aunt Caroline's Joy Mojo, Cockaigne Midwinter’s Eve: Bordello, Aunt Caroline’s Joy Mojo, Lady Macbeth, Jester Milk Moon 2005: White Rabbit, Tarot:The Star, Obatala, Love’s Philosophy Milk Moon 2007: Strangler Fig, Obatala Minotaur: Heavenly Love and Earthly Love Misk. U. Spring Training 2008: Cockaigne Mistletoe: Loup Garou, Hemlock Mitzvah: Trick or Treat, Kill-Devil Moana: 51 MonsterBait:Bloody Mary: Vice MonsterBait: BiggerCritters: Euphrosyne MonsterBait: Closet: Eat Me, Bordello MonsterBait: Tokyo Stomp: The Mad Hatter MonsterBait: Underbed: Velvet, Black Pearl MonsterBait:Underpants: Love’s Philosophy, Grog, Tushnamatay, Drink Me, Bastet, Dorian, Cockaigne, Lyonesse, Hymn to Proserpine, Opuhi MonsterBait: Ventriloquist Dummy: Tiresias the Androgyne, The Arrival at the Sabbath and Homage to the Devil Nahemoth – Hellion, Blood Countess, Red Phoenix The Oblation: Lady Una, Envy October: Samhainophobia Old Moon: The Jersey Devil One to Tie, Two to Win: Roadhouse, Garden Path With Chickens, Pontarlier The Passionate Shepherd to his Love – Envy, Garden Path with Chickens The Peacock Queen: Black Rose, Kali Penumbra: Arachnina, the Spider-Girl Peony Moon: Budding Moon, Amsterdam Pickled Imp: Chimera Pinched with Four Aces: El Dia Reyes, Cockaigne Pink Moon 2005: Sugar Skull, Arkham (f/k/a Revisited), Maenad, Pink Phoenix Pink Moon 2007: Hod, Alice, Hope, The Reaper and the Flowers, Morocco, Zarita the Doll Girl Pink Phoenix: Aunt Caroline’s Joy Mojo, Hollywood Babylon, Bon Vivant, Strawberry Moon Pirate Moon - Hellfire The Pit and The Pendulum: Cathedral, Midnight Mass, Ra (dc), Anne Bonny, Penitence Poisson d'Avril: Love-In-Idleness Priala: Laudanum, Masabakes Pruno: The Hamptons, Bon Vivant The Pumpkin Queen: Jack, Leo 2007 Punkie Night: Coral Snake, Poison Apple, Jack Purple Phoenix: Horreur Sympathique Queen of Clubs: Arachne (dc), Crossroads, Penny Dreadful Queen of Diamonds: Titania Queen of Spades: Lampades, Megeara, Black Phoenix, Blood Countess, Medea, Bewitched, The Hanging Gardens Quincy Morris: Dee, Death on a Pale Horse, Endymion Red Lantern: Gluttony, Perversion, Tezcatlipoca, The Black Tower, Hellfire, Elegba, Wanda, Incubus Red Moon 2004: Desire, Ra (dc), Dragon’s Tears, Blood Countess, Wildfire, French Love Red Moon 2007: The Maltese Cross of Sanctus Germanus, The Ifrit Red Phoenix: Blood Moon, Alone, Frumious Bandersnatch, Tanin'iver, Silk Road Rose Moon: London, Tarot:The Empress, Hope, Victoria Rose Red: The Apothecary, Persephone, Tarot:The Empress, Ophelia, Whip, Endymion, Eternal, Queen Mab, Two, Five & Seven, Roux-Ga-Roux: Bayou Sagittarius 2007: The Apothecary, Nemesis Samhain: Hellfire, Hexennacht 2005, House of Night, Tanin'iver Scorpio (Original 2004): La Petit Mort Schwarzer Mond: Scherezade, Sin, Dragons Bone, The Music of Erich Zahn, Minotaur Selkie: Titania, Y'ha-nthlei Shanghai Tunnel: Singing Moon Singing Moon: Jezirat al Tennyn Skadi: Alecto, Dublin, Hemlock, Golden Priapus, Snow Moon, Snow Bunny, Black Forest Sleepy Moon: Juliet, Belle Epoque Smut: Sed Non Satiata, Devil’s Night, Scherezade, Spellbound, Eat Me, Imp, Vixen Snake Charmer: Snake Oil, Golden Priapus, Eat Me, Nahemoth, Mme. Moriarty, Boomslang, Temple Viper, Bathsheba Snow Angel: Phantasm Snow Bunny: Snow Moon Snow-Flakes: The Torture Queen Snow, Glass, Apples: Poisoned Apple, The Hesperides Snow Moon: Tintagel, Snow Bunny, Thanatopsis, Nocnitsa Snow White: Dana O’Shee, Szepassony, The Unicorn, Defututa Spanked: Loviatar Spirits of The Dead: Severin, Baobhan Sith, Sudha Segara, Embalming Fluid, Holiday Moon Spooky: Tarot:The Star Sol Invictus: Ra Storm Moon: Lightning Storyville: Smut, Spanked, Devil's Night, Wezwanie-Hold, Love Me Sturgeon Moon – Danube, Bayou Sugar Cookie: Chimera, Mr. Nancy Sugar Skull: Gluttony, Mr. Nancy, Cockaigne, Kill-Devil Tarot: The Star: Eden, Shoggoth Tamamo-No-Mae: The Lantern Ghost of Oiwa, Zarita the Doll Girl Tiki King: Intrigue, Havana, Satan and Death with Sin Intervening Tiki Queen: Vasakasajja Thunder Moon: Slobbering Pine To Helen: Versailles Torture King: Voodoo, High John the Conqueror, Doc Constantine The Unheavenly City: Sacred Whore of Babylon Upa Upa: Sed Non Satiata Usher: Tarot:The Fool, Dorian, Ode on Melancholy Vasakasajja: Shadow Witch Orchid, Tiki Queen Voodoo Queen: Perversion Whippoorwill: Silk Road, Singing Moon White Phoenix: Yvaine Wildfire: Dragon’s Bone Winter of our Discontent: Golden Priapus Wolf Moon 2007: Black Forest Yog-Sothoth: Niflheim Yuletide: Jabberwocky Xanthe, the Weeping Clown: Tweedledee Share this post Link to post
GeorgeJr Report post Posted September 2, 2008 That really is quite spectacular :D indeed . I was wondering about the ability to split up the musk thread into being separate musk threads , but after seeing that I no longer am a doubter . I am a believer !!! Share this post Link to post
icing Report post Posted September 2, 2008 Any recs for any GC scent that is similar to The Illustrated Woman ... minus the pine note? O is almost identical to the Illustrated Woman, on me (minus the screaming candied pine death). Share this post Link to post
Apple Report post Posted September 2, 2008 You can find this in the Short Guide to Common Recommendations... What do I have for you here? I have compiled a list of LE equivalents/substitutes/similarities based on member posts after reading through the entire LE equivalents thread. Yep, all 4+ years of discussion condensed here. This... is... amazing. Thank you, ivyandpeony! To make this easier to keep up to date in the future, should we put new comparisons/similarities in new posts, or is editing an old post okay? (I ask because I typically just edit my initial post and put new finds there.) Share this post Link to post
ivyandpeony Report post Posted September 2, 2008 Aw, thanks for the compliments I think the moon was in Virgo over the weekend and it stimulated me. (For all the world's messiest Virgo awards that I deserve, I actually have sun and moon in Virgo!) It's easiest for me to update w/ new posts from 9/1/08 on - I don't have any special mod tools that tell me if posts in a thread have been edited and would just have to read through the thread. But if you like editing your previous posts, you can just cut and paste your additions into a PM to bring them to my attention if you like. You can also reply to your old post, which will put it at the "end" of the thread and bump it - that's especially good if you've added the newest LEs, since some people like to pop into the thread and chatter about the most recent stuff. Share this post Link to post
cranberry Report post Posted September 3, 2008 I thought Cancer 07 was very much like Selkie. I don't think it was melon, but more just the feel and overall smell of the scent. For melon, Earth Rat is an AMAZING melon scent. Incredibly similar to Fee, which is probably the penultimate melon scent. Share this post Link to post
ivyandpeony Report post Posted September 3, 2008 Can you recommend other oils I might like? I think it might be a melon note in it that I love so much but I'm not really sure. Thanks! Mod note: merged from thread titled "I Love Selkie" There's a thread all about melon scents right here, you'll probably find some great suggestions there and if you bump it, people are likely to update it with recent additions. From this thread, folks have noted that Selkie reminds them of Titania and Y'ha-nthlei, so those might be worth trying. Share this post Link to post
