October 7, 2020

Category: Reviewed

The Phantom Wooer
Ars Moriendi, Reviewed

The Phantom Wooer

A lifeless love song: stargazer lily, bone dust, tomb mosses, buttonweed, moonflower, and honey myrtle. Dry, floral and with an undercurrent of lemons. It’s light and fresh and I could probably wear this fairly often without getting sick of it. I had worried that there would be too much lily (and I have a thing […]

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The Temptation
Ars Amatoria, Reviewed

The Temptation

An expression of love, adoration, and desire, of beauty that transcends mortal desire and piques the interest of hell itself: attar of rose, calla lily, palmarosa, peach blossom, wisteria, rice flower, and black musk. This is ok. It’s very rose-y and sweet and floaty. It’s the random imp I pulled out of my imp box […]

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Libertine
Ars Amatoria, Reviewed

Libertine

Like a puffed and reckless libertine, Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads. Rosewood and chamomile with bergamot, violet, red sandalwood, primrose and Arabian musk. I get mostly roses from this. And possibly a tiny bit of chamomile, but mostly roses for some reason. Not a fan of roses.

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Two, Five & Seven
Mad Tea Party, Reviewed

Two, Five & Seven

‘Would you tell me,’ said Alice, a little timidly, ‘why you are painting those roses?’ Five and Seven said nothing, but looked at Two. Two began in a low voice, ‘Why the fact is, you see, Miss, this here ought to have been a red rose-tree, and we put a white one in by mistake; […]

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