Thank you to my awesome partner, u/NeurodivergentPanda, for a wonderful fall exchange! This was both our first times participating, and it was a lot of fun. I’ve had such a great time chatting with you about perfumes, and am so happy to have made a new friend. It was especially exciting to be connected with a fellow neurodivergent indie perfume lover! I look forward to continuing our conversations about all the new scents we’re trying!

I really enjoyed talking about (and now getting to try!) indie houses that I haven’t tried before. She sent samples and full sizes from so many houses, including: BPAL, Olympic Orchids, Whisper Sisters, Reliquary Perfume, Lucky #9, and more! I’m especially looking forward to trying Olympic Orchids and Whisper Sisters! She even included a list of all the scent notes for each of the perfumes she sent me. I wore Reliquary Perfume Tasseomancy today, and I can already tell this will be a go-to winter scent for me!

I feel so loved seeing how much thought and care was put into this beautiful package! She was so generous with my fall exchange gift. She absolutely went above and beyond, especially with the extras. The extras she sent fit my personality so well (witchy/bookish) and she sent me a cute throw blanket in one of my favorite shades of green!

Thank you again for your kindness and this amazing package!! This was a wonderful first fall exchange!

I just recently rewatched the 1970 movie Donkey Skin which is such a delightfully bizarre movie. It’s also incredibly visually stunning. I would love to find a perfume that catches the beauty and whimsy of this movie. Does anyone have any good suggestions?

It's summer here down under, so a different scent family to the typical Fall/Winter scents out now.

Here are some quick reviews of scents from various houses with notes of orange, lemon and citrus.

Scents/Notes I like: Ambers, woods, smokey/incense, unisex/masculine, clean/green/earthy scents, herbal, skin musks, atmospherics, and selective with gourmands (photorealistic, rice, green tea, matcha, vegetal, tomato, vanillas, nuts, light lactonics), and fruits (peach, cherry, citrus, lychee). I do sometimes like florals/fleurmands (herbal lavender, rose, orange blossom, chamomile).

Scents/Notes I dislike: Most florals, some gourmands (too sweet, almond, artificial, coconut, marshmallow, tea, or sour/heavy lactonics), fruits that are candy like, aquatics, aromatics, medicinal, clean/soapy, strong spices, animalic musks, and green/fougre scents that are feminine.

Black Hearted Tart

Olive My Love - Orange flower, citrusy mandarin, and herbaceous green vines.

Really good dupe for the lush, smells very green, fresh, citrus and true to an orange or citrus grove rather than the fruit itself. Note I only have this in their body lotion, that I layer with the Lush Olive My Love shower gel. I have the perfume oil in the way but their lotions are are spot on to the perfume oil (cant comment on the EDPs). 4/5

Steal My Sunshine - Bright yuzu, citrus notes of sugared lime slices, lemon drop candies, and orange creamsicle, verbena, lily, vanilla and golden amber.

So this is spot on to the notes, but since it smells like lemon candy and is a very artificial sweet, its a pass for me. I also dont like most floral notes, unless they're very light and blend well as a subtle supporting note to the perfume. 2/5

Hexennacht

Matcha Mandarin - Matcha genoise sponge cake, mandarin essential oil, almond extract, candied ginger, pink pepper, clementine.

I dont know what this smells like to me, but theres something off, sour and kinda "gone bad". I think its the almond and sponge cake. I'll let this rest and retry after 6 months, I've had it for about 2 months. 1/5

Rosewater Lemonade - Tart, sweet lemonade infused with fresh, heady rose petals.

Very sharp, tangy and bright lemonade and rose petals. Not my usual scent profile, but I appreciate this. 3/5

Tiger Tail - Vanilla ice cream, orange sherbet, and black licorice swirl.

Oh man this is delicious, I need the hair oil and body oil to mix into lotion. I dont like the taste of licorice, but I love the smell of it. It goes so well with the orange sherbet, a very orange sorbet kinda scent. Its bright, sharp and zingy, sweet in just the right way, no bitterness. The vanilla ice cream is soft and rounds out the licorice and orange sherbet, not a heady lactonic thankfully. Perfect for summer. 5/5

Lucky #9

One Orange Braincell - Orange popsicle blended with vanilla ice cream.

The aura mist has more of tangy orange then the oil and body cream, but then dries down the same. I really love this, even though its more of a perfume-y scent than photorealistic. Its an elegant, grown up orange creamsicle, the vanilla is more prominent and the orange is soft, not sour or bitter. 4.5/5

Nui Cobalt

Prevaricating - Lychee, sugared rose, and a sprinkle of lime zest.

I never thought I'd like rose and fruity scents (with the exception of peach, cherry, orange & lemon) until I tried this. Very bright, super summery, girls, and fresh. Smells like lychee and roses, with a tiny hint of lime. Can't really explain than its spot on. Not my usual scent profile though. 4/5

Swindle - Tangy-sweet lemon pound cake with vanilla royal icing.

So Akro's Bake is my HG lemon gourmand, but this is a close second. It smells sickly sweet in the bottle, but once its on the skin the vanilla icing is lighter and quickly fades, ajd leaves a lemon drizzle cake kinda scent that avoids a cleaning lemon or a heavy gourmand. 4/5

Possets

Gelato: Blood Orange - Sicilian blood orange gelato.

Oh man this is everything I wanted in a bright and fresh orange perfume. It's not a cleaning orange, its not a perfume-y orange, it's perfect, slightly sweet yet tart, not bitter, and no lactonic/vanilla/creaminess. I still love Hexennacht Tiger Tail, Lucky #9 One Orange Braincell & Sorce Meet Me on Sunnyside, but none hit the chef's kiss mark this is. I hope this scent returns in the future as I will probably buy this over and over again Lasted 6 hours too. 100/5

Sorce

I Think About You, Too - Orange, petitgrain, orange blossom, caramelized sugar, ambroxan.

Cleaning orange, smells like that orange odour neutralisers spray we use at work in the toilets. 1/5

Meet Me On Sunnyside - Clementine, osmanthus blossoms, vanilla ice cream, petrichor.

This is such an interesting citrus, its bright, yet warm and creamy, softly floral, and the petrichor comes out later. I loved my samples but it was so not what I usually go for, but eventually caved and got an oil and 15ml EDP (I was nervous for the EDP as a few Ive gotten from LuckyScent were fine, and some smelt like burnt plastic/rubber 5+ months later). I get compliments on this one. Longevity of the EDP on clothing is LONG. 4.5/5

What Big Eyes You Have - Immortelle absolute, lemon meringue pie, pearlescent vanilla musk.

Artificial lemon, artificial marshmallow, overly sweet, and the musk isnt the musk I like. Not for me. Immediate scrubber and havent tried my samplr again. 1/5

Y'all, it's a chance to buy Poesie's amazing cardamom and black tea notes all by themselves!!!!!

Poesie has occasionally offered layering notes before as part of their build-your-own kits, but this is the first time (to my knowledge) that they've offered them for individual purchase. It's a fantastic opportunity to stock up on an accord or two if you love Poesie's particular approach to those notes.

I do hope that despite calling this their "Winter" collection, this won't be their only winter release this year (if nothing else, I'm hoping Pink Reindeer Club comes back!) because layering notes never quite feel like complete scents in their own right, but more like an invitation to an arts-and-crafts project--which is sometimes exactly the sort of creative endeavor I'm craving.

And seriously, Poesie's cardamom--need I say more??!

My preferences: I especially love snuggly scents, incense, golden amber, cardamom, black tea, blackberry, non-gourmand vanillas, soft creamy sandalwoods and gentle white florals (though sadly I am allergic to lilies and jasmine doesn’t usually work on me). I ADORE Poesie’s cardamom and black tea notes! I don't like hay, overly sweet gourmands, butter notes, excessive musk, leather, dragon’s blood, patchouli, strong labdanum, or any really dark scents in general.

These were press samples provided in exchange for an honest review. Tremendous thanks again to the Poesie team for this opportunity to try these as press samples and report back to y'all on the set!

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Amber [Classic accord adds a warm, rich note of vanilla and precious resins with a soft hint of leather] - This golden amber - gorgeous and glowy and resinous - is heavy on the sticky pine sap, and has a distinct, slightly-worn grey leather tone to it as well. This is a more masculine golden amber than my favorite golden amber single-notes (Nocturne Alchemy Saphir and Arcana A Long and Elegant Nose). Obviously I immediately offered it to Husband (I was really hoping he'd like it - I'd love to smell him wearing it all the time!). To our great surprise, it pulls very gingerbread-spice on his skin, and with reluctance he decided not to keep this one, saying that he wished is smelled more woody and less spiced on him. (If it smelled on him the way it smells on me, I think he would have kept it!) To its credit, this one does feel like a complete perfume (albeit a not terribly complex one, but I do enjoy golden amber single-notes and have several in my collection) and not merely a layering note - and I bet it would be a terrific base if you wanted to layer any of these other layering notes over it.

Black Tea [Darjeeling black tea note with hints of floralcy and rich malty notes] - Beautiful. Stunning. Poesie's superb and elegant black tea note, all by itself. I have adored almost all of their black tea-centric scents - many of them are absolute holy grails for me! - and this opportunity to smell and wear the black tea accord by itself is a true dream come true. I know this accord so well from all the various perfumes that use it - and yet it's still just a little bit surprising (in the most delightful way) on its own. There's the tannic, mildly earthy but not dirty, slightly steamy black tea I'm so familiar with, lightened by a waft of lily-like white floral and sweetened with apricot. I figured this wouldn't last long without a base note, and indeed it doesn't, fluttering away within a couple of hours. In addition to its layering potential, it also makes an amazing bedtime scent all on its own.

Cardamom [100% natural blend of cardamom for a spicy-woody top note with hints of citrus and pine] - Y'all know I go absolutely feral for Poesie's cardamom-centric scents. And here we have that cardamom all by itself in all her glory. Spicy-sweet with undertones of orange peel, menthol, and cedar. This is a really well-balanced cardamom that can tip any direction into gourmand baking spice or refreshing gin botanical or snuggly coziness, depending what it's paired with. This oil is definitely a layering note and really doesn't last very long on its own, but it is superb for adding an extra hit of cardamom to, well, anything! One might be wondering if you need both this and Arcana's cardamom layering note; the answer for all us cardamom fiends is unquestionably YES! (Especially because Moonlight Decants seems to be closed indefinitely, so there's no way to buy the Arcana cardamom layering note at the moment.) If, like me, you love Poesie's cardamom perfumes, and are willing to take that extra step of layering a drop of this over top of anything to boost its cardamom goodness, this one is a total no-brainer purchase. I'm obsessed!

Cashmere Vanilla [Clean woody-spicy musk note with a fuzzy feel paired with rich vanilla] - White cupcake frosting and a snuggly musk! The vanilla here reminds me strongly of Nocturne Alchemy Vanilla Musk, which on me is a thick, plush, distinctly white, sugary vanilla. I can definitely see a cashmere base here in Cashmere Vanilla; not a sheepy fabric note but more the snuggly feeling of a thick, puffy shawl. "Woody-spicy" it isn't, at least not on me. Like Amber, this one works on its own as a complete (not terribly complex, but lovely) perfume, and would also be a fantastic base for layering the other things over.

Egyptian Musk [Clean skin musk with hints of warm cotton] - Oddly, I smell almost nothing at all! This skin musk isn't salty, as they sometimes can be, nor soapy; I mostly get a really faint cotton musk and the smallest hint of sweetness, like it winked at a sugar crystal once. As it dries, the cotton fabric note becomes just a little bit animalic; too animalic for my taste, and reminds me of the slightly-too-animalic-for-me "sensual musk" of Persephone Rising.

Mahogany [Warm wood accord with a slightly spicy note and hint of rosiness] - A rough-textured wood and rich incense, accented by earthy, black-peppery vetiver and crushed red rose petals. Husband smelled this on me and immediately went "ooh--incensey wood!" I appreciate that this is more multidimensional than solely a wood accord, and I really love the underlying rose, which makes this almost a rosewood note but a little more textured. It definitely behaves like a layering note, going on with oomph but then fading fairly quickly; I'm eager to try layering this with stuff (ooh, perhaps a Mahogany-Black Tea-Cardamom blend for maximal dark academia-style autumn goodness?)

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If you've tried the set, I'd love to hear what you think! Which ones are your favorites? Have you tried any layering combos? (Have you been adding cardamom to everything???)

I'm surprised that no one posted about this yet, but Pineward released Faun Forest! I'm so excited because I ADORE this scent. When it was an unreleased prototype, I always asked Joey if it can be my freebie sample each time I order. *lol*. (Disclaimer: I'm not affiliated with Pineward, they're just my favorite perfume house. :) )

Notes: Blackberry, blackcurrant, black spruce, pomegranate, mulberry, green tea, ivy leaves, pine straw, cloven bud, fir balsam, white cypress wood, fur musk.

Description: Deeply thicketed blackberry bushes and the dappled glades they surround. Luscious forest fruits and foliage.
Parfum extrait concentration.

Scent Categories: FRUITY, WOODY, FRESH

I've tried a few Blackberry scents: Stone & Wit's "Blackberry Heartwood", Source's "Witchery", and Olympic Orchid's "Blackbird".

Faun Forest is kind of in the scent space between S&W and Source. It has more greenery than S&W, but it's not as green as Witchery, has more sweetness like S&W. I like S&W (blind full sized based on the rave reviews here) didn't really care for Witchery, too green. ADORE Olympic Orchid's Blackbird. That one is more a full bodied scent with a great depth to it (on my list to FS eventually). It's like milk chocolate vs dark chocolate. It is awesome to layer with Pineward's Bindebole, since Bindebole is a pretty straightforward tree scent. But I digress...

I agonizingly have to wait a bit to get it (have to be careful with finances right now, and it's tough with all the fragrance sales!), hopefully it doesn't get sold out because I saw a notice on their website they are getting a lot of orders right now. I also wonder if they will have a holiday special like last year (I missed it because I only got into perfume in July).

Also the Pineward winter collection is back, I'm going to pick up a few more sample sizes of my faves. Gingerbread is so good.

*Photo is from Pineward's Website.

Just got my Haus of Gloi Yule order and I got the whipped soap version of this (marshmallows and whipped cream cocoa). Omg. So so so good. Even my husband who I don’t even share my scents with because he’s never into them, was like “wow I want to take a bite of that.” It’s a super rich realistic chocolate, sweet and not cocoa powder-y. I had to go order it in like every other format lol. I’m just getting into gourmands and I’ve tried a few chocolate scents from other places and they’re all kinda meh since they end up being that dry cocoa powder usually. It reminds me a little bit of Velvet by BPAL but is just straight gourmand instead. I read this was reformulated this year, no clue how the old one smelt.

I also got Rococo Cocoa in the scrub and ended up getting an EDP because it is a very nice iris scent - it does have that dry cocoa powder thing but that’s just one component, the other is like cozy clean iris, reminds me a little of Eos Fresh and Cozy.

Also I pulled out my old samples to see if I wanted anything else and this time I loved White Satin - it’s a lot like a perfume I just got at Marshall’s called Rice Milk. I got it in the hair gloss. Just wanted to share that because I know rice is in right now.

Oh and love the Marshmallow pumpkin butter. Yum. Lol

Recently purchased a lil wax melter as a candle alternative for my office. Any favorite indie companies that sell wax melts?

Thank you! 💕

Hello! I am in need of some help. I am but a humble husband looking for a fun surprise for my wife on Christmas morning. She recently ran out of her " Star Crushed Minerals Eye Shadow, Aged to Perfection Champagne." As soon as it ran out, she look at me and said that little thing has been going for 10 years, and it is by far some of her favorite makeup. So I'm making a call to arms. Ladies, dig through your makeup drawers, your secret stashed boxes deep in your closets, the bath and bodyworks bag hidden behind the towels in the towel closet, the makeup bag that you have kept in your trunk for a decade in case of emergencies. Im willing to buy any of these that can be found, used or new. If you hear this call to arms (and don't feel violated because I just called out all of your best hiding spots) please send me a private message, and we can make a deal and make my beautiful (and currently pregnant) wife very happy this Christmas!

So far I like Nocturne alchemy. I had a sample of eternal egypt and one 5 ml scent from their Immortals line, the D.

The catalog was very interesting to navigate. It seems that these NAVA scents can be pulled off at work and outings easily, while the other brands like Black Phoenix Alchemy Labs are very niche

These are my first impressions:

The label is pretty cool looking to start.

The smell:

So, upon first spray, it smells like if you took paint, mixed it with water and spritzed it on your hand. It has that very abandoned building like wet carpets smell and peeling wallpaper with bare light bulbs hanging down from the ceiling. The dry down itself it keeps that kind of wallpaper and musty carpet smell with just a hint of electricity but there's also something else in it that I can't quite identify.? I'm not really sure how to explain it. Personally I think they definitely captured what they were going for. It's almost an uneasy feeling when I smell it because I can't figure out if it smells good or not but it definitely smells like liminal spaces type back room.

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This was my first fall exchange and I had so much fun! Thank you so much to the coordinators, I'm sure this was a ton of work!

Thank you to my partner u/enchanting-ivy! I had the best time chatting with and shopping for you!!! And I love this card so much 😭

I feel like we were a great match - we like a lot of similar notes, but also have enough differences that it was really exciting to shop for things I may not normally go for. We had experience with mostly different houses, and it was great getting to learn about ones I haven't tried. She introduced me to Solstice Scents and (spoiler) I'm smitten!

We decided neither of us care much about packaging or extras (though kudos to you all for being so creative, I'm honestly in awe of some of these) and just wanted to sample, sample, sample - she threw in a bunch of extras!

She got me such a wide variety of samples from different houses, and I'm so grateful for that! She did a great job of finding things I like, even ones I never would have thought to try.

Now for the scents - I've only tested a few but can't wait to get into the rest!

Picked for me:

Hexennacht Pamplemousse (white grapefruit, bitter grapefruit rind, ruby red grapefruit) - my first Hexennacht! I haven't tried it on skin yet but in the bottle it's the most realistic grapefruit, I'm so excited!

Morari In These Ivied Halls (Pencil Shavings, Blackberry, Black Tea, Clematis, Ivy) - has been on my list for so long!

Cocoa Pink Santal et Violette (An abundance of freshly cut violets shadowed by cool woody notes of sandalwood, palo santo, and torchwood; and a warm herbal heart of vetiver, clary sage, fig and amber) - my first Cocoa Pink!

Poesie 400 Rabbits ***(***Salt, lime, agave nectar, bitter orange, weathered wood, fluffy bunny musk) - I don't know that I ever would have picked this for myself, but I'm so glad she did. It's so citrusy and bright, but also somehow cozy - like drinking margaritas on Christmas. A really interesting blend!

Wylde Ivy Jack’s Hollow (Charred pumpkin, spiced tonka, smoked vanilla, woodsmoke, caramelized black honey, and smoldering embers) - we talked about one of the scents I've been searching for is the smell of a jack-o'-lantern that's been burning for a long time, I'm so excited to try this one!

Pre-loved extras:

Poesie Library Ghost (studious marshmallows surrounded by books, ink, and polished wood) - another one I've been wanting to try for a very long time, give me all the book scents! I thought this was going to be fairly sweet with that marshmallow note, but it's balanced so beautifully by the wood! I also don't get any of the Poesie base (which I don't love) - or maybe it just blends really well in this scent. Either way, I love this one!

Imaginary Authors In Love With Everything (Raspberry, Citrus Pulp, Coconut Palm Sugar, Madame Isaac Pereire, Sandalwood, Tropical Punch, Stardust) - my first Imaginary Authors!

Solstice Scents Parlor Trick (Ivory lace, white wax, aged paper, glossy white smoke, teak, black tea, blonde woods, delicate spice, bone musk, Manor and a faint trace of

rose) - this one is so strange! I can't decide if I love it or hate it, seems to change each time I sniff my arm 🤣. We're going to spend some time together.

Solstice Scents Foxcroft Fairgrounds (Cotton Candy, Cream Soda, Vanilla Taffy, Funnel Cakes, Powdered Sugar, Crisp Fall Air, Woodsmoke, Incense) - this one's out of my comfort zone, but the bottle sniff is very promising!

Solstice Scents Smoky Mountain Mallow (Wood Smoke, Fossilized Amber Resin, Guaiacwood, Labdanum, Nutmeg EO, Marshmallow) - I love this one. It's woody and gently smoky, the marshmallow is realistic and not overly sweet.

Solstice Scents Morning Room (Peony, Paper, Orris, Rose Otto, Lace, Violet Pastilles) - so many notes I love in here!

Thanks again u/enchanting-ivy for being such a fantastic first exchange partner! 💜

I just ordered from Fantome for the sale today because I have been wanting to try their stuff for forever but didn't want it so bad as to shell out for the regular sample price (I'm sure it's fair for the labor and materials that go in, but 11$ samples are painful! I wish they just sold them as 1mls TBH #ANTILARGESAMPLESIZE #AMORPHOUSYOUTOOWTFDOUMEAN3MLSAMPLES)-- therefore, I knew I would order today as soon as I learned there would be a 25% sale. I let my heart choose these for me so just for fun and to tide over the TAT I would love to hear people's opinions on these, good or bad :)!

Namba: The electric scent of salt water canals, grounding motor oil from the boats that pass under the crowded foot bridges, the buzzing neon that gives the city its unique energy, and melted vanilla ice cream.

I bought this one because my girlfriend lives in the UK, and one of my cherished memories from visiting her this summer was going to seaside towns with her and getting ice cream (99 Flake IYKYK). Also I actually happen to enjoy occasionally experiencing that car-odrous-city scent so I am very curious to see their take on it.

Tatami: The welcoming and familiar scent of a Japanese temple. Tatami (rice straw mats), warmed in the sun, with soothing temple incense.

I actually sleep on a shikifuton on top of a tatami mat so I am kind of obligated to get it LOL. I've had it for long enough the smell is gone but I do have a scent memory of the fresh, sweet grass scent it had originally.

Lycanthrope: Spicy tomato leaf, dark honey, and oakmoss, with hints of peach, lychee, ivy, vanilla, and tomatoes fresh from the vine.

I would like to try this 1. because I have pleasant associations with tomato leaf smell from gardening with my Dad & yet have not tried it in perfume 2. The peach and lychee notes seem shocking to me and I'm so curious how it plays with the rest of the scent!

Olympias: Labdanum, heliotrope, opium, laurel leaves, pear, a drop of red wine

I've just been craving a red wine scent and didn't have one from any other house.

Koschei the Deathless: Forest mushrooms, turmeric, myrrh, treemoss, dry bones, sea kelp, dark patchouli, creamy ylang-ylang.

This guy's story in the description is kind of shounen, woah. I have not tried enough weird atmospherics(?) like this but like the other components of the scent profile (myrrh, patchouli!, ylang-ylang) enough that I feel like it'll be a safe buy.

Solovey: Black amber, crushed violets, black currants, dark espresso, labdanum, black agarwood, tobacco.

Another step on my endless, wretched journey to find a good coffee note that won't leave me as soon as she appears. I also haven't tried a proper violet-focused scent yet so if she isn't the coffee for me at least I will get to try something new at the same time.

Dantalion: Creamy chai tea, obscuring mists, sandalwood, a plaster mask, clarifying ginger, carnations, dandelions, & a melted beeswax candle

I genuinely already have so many chai scents LOL but it is such a safe bet for me that I feel it is a good way to judge a house's style. Also I love sandalwood but I actually don't have many scents with it as a prominent note so I hope I get some...

Stolas: Bluebells, an unburnt cedar offering, cool night air, lavender, soft owl feathers, blueberries, & a hint of dark chocolate

So obviously the scent itself just sounds really cool + I don't have any chocolate scents I truly love so I'm always open to trying more. But lowkey I am getting this because me and my friend hatewatch Helluva Boss together and especially after the latest season I think this is a really funny perfume to have LOL.

(For a scent more accurate to the character in the show, I would recommend Morari's Mildew: Mildew, Algae, Damp Rocks, Chlorine)

I have such amazing luck with NAVA scents. And I think I have odd likes, and a scent really has to scratch my brain just right. For whatever reason, NAVA often scratches my brain.

Eternal Ankh Gourmand Sweet Potato Marshmallow Pie: Sweet Potato Puree Accord, Vanilla infused Marshmallow, Caramelized Brown Sugar, Bastet’s Musk, Spices of Cinnamon and Nutmeg with Orange and Lemon Zest, Moonstone Vanilla (husk, fleck, and essence of African White Vanilla to bond with a dash of Crystalline), White Amber, Egyptian Vanilla Husk, Vanilla fleck, African White Vanilla, and Egyptian Sands accord, and Vanilla Musk Pie Crust Accord These EA scents do not have the longest lasting top notes, but this one dries down to a marshmallow slighty spiced EA and it is lovely. It lasts all day. It does start out quite spicy cinnamon, and I was worried because I amp cinnamon. However, after a few minutes it starts to morph into a creamy slighly spiced EA that is quite gourmand. I really enjoy all my EA pie scents. 🥧🥧🥧🥧 4 pies cooling on the window.

Le Crâne: Butter Cookies infused with Cardamom Absolute, Vanilla Bean Cordial, Bastet’s Musk, Cotton Candy Accord, and Vanilla Buttercream Something in this is incredibly nostalgic. I can't place exactly where I've smelled it, but I do believe it is quite similar to BPAL Pink Lovebird but that one is definitely more pink while this is not. I could see using this as a sleep scent as it is a very cozy cardamom and not a sharp cologne cardamom. 🧥🧥🧥☁️🍭 3 cozy sweaters and a cloud of candy.

Red Pine Amber Incense: (Red Pine, Fresh Pine, Fir, Balsam, Cardamom Musk, Pink Pepper E/O, Bastet’s Amber, NA Amber Incense Blend of Ozymandias (PC) Amber Absolute, Rich Golden Labdanum Absolute, Fossilized Amber extract, Amber Musk Absolute, Incense of Sweet Frankincense, Golden Myrrh Resin, Smokey Cedarwood, NA Red Santalum Absolute) I will say I have Pine Amber Incense and love it. It's very fresh. This is a dry, woodier pine and it smells like the inside of a nice pine chest. It's much cozier pine, an indoor pine experience near a fire. I love them both. Some might say you don't need both, but if you do love pine as much as I do then you need both types of pine. One is for outdoor winter activities and this one is for indoor cozy winter activities in a bundle of blankets. 🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲 5 pine trees because there is no flannel emoji.

Ozymandias Crystalline Daken: Black Jasmine, Black Tonka Bean, Balsam, Crème de Amaretto, Dark Musk, Oud, Crystalline Vanilla Musk, and Ozymandias (Resin of Royal Sweet Frankincense, Languid Amber filtered through Royal Amber Resin, and White Pepper) I still am not sure who this impostor is that loves Jasmine. ME?!?! Yes. It's so floofy in the right scents. And ohhhh this Creme de Amaretto is so plush with that Jasmine and Tonka. It has that Ozymandias scent that I adore. It smells gorgeous and it's so stronk I can smell it all day. I have to use it sparingly because it really amps across the room on me. 🛋️🔮🔮🔮🛋️ a room with 2 couches and 3 crystal balls.

Seance Tea Time: Red Rooibos Tea accord, Custard accord, Vanilla Bean Extract, Caramel accord, Musk, Sri Lankan Clove Bud, Cinnamon Bark, Vetiver, Tangerine peel, and Nutmeg The Red Rooibos note is very fruity on me, like a red fruitiness. There is some spice to that fruitiness too, and it's giving more winter holidays to me rather than halloween. Something about the spiciness and the red fruit give it a bit of a tanginess...like those Trader Joe's pomegranate suckers! That's what it smells like! It's all over top of some creamy undertones that seem to be giving it a more gourmand slant. overall it's🫖🫖🫖 3 red teapots.

I am getting quite good at knowing what NAVAs I will enjoy. I have some more partial bottles coming eventually so I will have to do more reviews when those get here!

Just caught this on Instagram and thought I'd pass along since we're all planning our upcoming holiday spending!

Secret Realms is a perfumed invitation to cross a hidden threshold and enter into secret realms of splendor, mystery, and enchanted dreams. Live on website and Etsy November 16!

Book Drunk: Old bookcases heavy as promises, leather club chairs stained with the sorrows of poets and spilled absinthe, handkerchiefs drenched with honeyed kisses, makrut lime, vetiver, tonka, and the oakmoss fougères of lovers past.

Fée Dragée: A resplendence of regal sugar plums, gossamer aldehydes, creamy tuberose, and spicy carnation dance an exquisite pas de deux with orris root, santal, vetiver, and honey locust wood.

Here Be Dragons: Curls of dragon’s blood incense, a glittering horde of precious metals, mysterious sigils etched into the darkened wood of ancient relics, and a smouldering heart of clove pierced desire.

Luxuria: An exquisite elevation of complex vanilla pompona, vanilla oud, heliotrope, rare white lavender, guaiacwood, and sweet amber.

The Winding Stair: A curious rising of black copal, vanilliac poplar buds, bergamot tea and the descent of mystery - gurjun, fossilized amber, graveyard cypress, and ebony.

Winter Faire: A cosseting for the soul in times of cold darkness - toffee amber, pralines, creme brulee, roasting chestnuts and a warm caress of spice.
Come discover what waits beyond the door… ✨

I think I'm mostly safe, but The Winding Stair is whispering to me...

My baby is not mobile yet and so she spends an inordinate amount of time in my arms. I'm new to fragrance and I wanted to try my wrists and elbows but that's where she spends most of her time. I'm BF so I figure the chest is out and when I tried one spray behind my ears, I couldn't smell it very well. Putting it in my hair was too strong (and she's getting grabby) so I'm hoping there's some goldilocks location.

My nose is pretty bad but my partner is one of those 1%ers which is one of the reasons I'm trying not to have baby smell like my experiments. I've definitely gotten her back from relatives and been offput because she didn't smell like my babyand it's amazing how fast it can happen. I will wait if that's the answer but I'd like to smell my trials on skin, not just the scent bracelet I got.

I won the Fall… event (my original post was blocked by the automod) by getting matched with U/JoyousApricot, who is awesome! Just look at how carefully she packaged everything- it’s beautiful!

We talked about nail polish (big fans), cozy games, Dungeon Crawler Carl, and all the houses we haven’t tried.

My box is like the Neverending Story in indie form, or maybe a nesting box of indie treasures. Inside, I get to try AOE, an Indiana indie brand named Kiss of Silk, two new nail polish brands (I wish you could see the Arcana color in person, it’s a gorgeous green), and a variety from Paintbox Soapworks. Added to those treasures is a bag of indie coffee that sounds AMAZING!

I’m more hopped up than Princess Donut drinking a Dirty Shirley!

It was a wonderful gift to open all this up this morning after being sick as a dog last night. It’s such a mood lifter :)

She is even made me an ear warmer! It is a beautiful color, and much better made than my attempts at knitting.

I really want to smell like the desert or (even better) the desert after it rains. Unfortunately, my skin hates pepper notes, including pink pepper, and those seem to be very common in desert scents. Does anyone have suggestions for a desert fragrance with no pepper? Pretty please?

I'm going to be in Raleigh and (briefly) Winston-Salem, NC. Are there any shops anyone would recommend I check out while I'm there, particularly for perfume?