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This is very nice. It's a "fuzzy" chocolate - the characteristics of chocolate are there and it makes me think of chocolate, but if I smelled this on someone, I wouldn't necessarily say it's chocolatey. I get a bit of bright cherry (maybe the blackcurrant?) but overall, it's just very fuzzy and cuddly feeling. Which works perfectly with the Perfect Match! The sandalwood is very soft and almost creamy; it doesn't declare itself like it does in some unisex or masculine scents. Easily wearable by either gender, and although it's unisex, it doesn't feel androgynous - just natural and comforting.  I can't imagine a better scent to wear while cuddled up with your partner on Christmas, drinking hot cocoa.

And I bet would layer beautifully with Special Delivery too!

As soon as I put this on, I thought, "stealth phero." It's such a light and natural "skin musk" scent (you could slather this without it ever getting overwhelming), and Heart and Soul has such a sunny, "sweetheart" vibe! I went to the dentist and they were sooooo nice, even though I was a bit late. The hygenist told me all about her kids, gave me shoe recommendations, and gave me extra travel toothpaste. Then I went to the store and bought a lot of cauliflower (on sale), and the cashier said, "I hear cauliflower is great for you, that must be why you look so gorgeous!" 

It's also compulsively huffable. I was snoofling my sleeves all day.  (Snoofling is the extremely technical term for when you're burying your nose in your sleeve and breathing deep with a big smile on your face. ) 

The first I tried this, it was travel shocked and was a very sharp, piercing honey. I should know better than to be sad when things don't work out the first time... A few weeks later, it's sweet honey and coconut milk drizzled on sunkissed skin. Delicious, but in a decidedly seductive way - none of that "sweet and unintentionally sexy" business.  The girl on the bottle is damn hot and she knows it.  

My brother is borrowing my car, so I actually ended up walking 3 miles to the post office and back to pick up my goodies.  Great exercise, but I think all the jostling and cold air from walking made them extra travel shocked...can't wait until they're back to normal and I can smell what they're really like.  The labels are so gorgeous though!

Wow, thanks to the LP crew for shipping out my sale order in record time! I wasn't it expecting it to arrive so early, so I didn't catch the postman this afternoon...picking them up at the post office tomorrow, so excited!  

Bumping this because it's in the sale! 

I have a vial of this. If you are a Dr Who fan, or if you just love puzzling through notes, you CANNOT miss Time Travel: 2264.  This is so unique and it's fun picking out all the different notes and Dr. Who references in the description. I smell both the brightness of fruit (which feels new) but the dustiness of old things ... I love that juxtaposition of the old and new together, very fitting to the theme. It seems to morph depending on what you're looking for when you smell it. Who knew one little vial could hold so many different scents? I guess it must be bigger on the inside...   😉

I don't think I've ever smelled this combination of notes before, but it somehow still works...as mysterious and all-encompassing as the time Vortex itself.  Even if this scent isn't "you", I'd recommend picking up a trial vial. Smelling this is like an olfactory journey...which I guess is kind of the point. 

Yep, the budget and stars aligned this year for me and I also made a big sale order...in fact,  I think I'm going to have to get a new container to store all my new LPs! 🤭

Found this quote from Luna in this thread and thought it was helpful! But what makes a floral "sparkling"?

On 7/21/2015 at 7:21 PM, luna65 said:

M: as per your request for scent types:

 

Men's

Alpha-Androstenol - clean green or masculine citrus

Phero B2.2 - musk or unisex
Charisma - musk or green chypre
Dirty Old Man - I think you should stick with the same scent for this one.

Hunter Trapper - deep resin blend
Open Windows - subtle musk
MVP for Men - clean green or aquatic
Perfect Match - unisex

Swimming With Sharks - clean green or sheer musk

Topper - clean green or aquatic

True Confessions - musk or masculine gourmand

 

Women's

Alpha-Androstenol - fruity (i.e citrus)

Balm Bomb - gourmand lavender

BANG! - SLF or fuckable gourmand

Blatant Invitation - flowery musk

Dominance - deep resin blend

Empathy Potion - fuzzy herbal or comforting resins

G2 - musk or unisex

Girl/Girl - unisex floral

Gotcha! - "man magnet" gourmand type

Heart & Soul - gourmand
Lace - fruity floral
La Femme Mystere - sparkling floral
La Femme Noire - deep resin blend
Leather - unisex or deep resin blend

Levitation - fruity

Lumina - airy floral

Mega Watt - caffeinated!
Mother's Little Helper - comfort gourmand
Open Windows - comfort gourmand or subtle musk
Perfect Match - unisex
Popularity Potion - sparkling floral or glamour citrus

Swimming With Sharks - subtle resin/musk

Topper - fruity

Treasured Hearts - sugary floral or subtle musk

True Confessions - musk or unisex

This is sweet, candied pineapple pieces in cake!  The way the pineapple seems candied and thick and deep, somehow, made me think of LP Fraise Citron. It is soooo good. My favorite of the fruity Fairy Cakes I've tried. 

This is bright and happy! I love how the peach starts out tart and juicy and then slowly transitions to a fluffier, sweeter cotton candy. My skin normally gobbles up fruit unless the notes are really well anchored, so I was pleasantly surprised that I could enjoy the tart fruitiness of the peach for over an hour before it became cotton candy!  This is the kind of scent you wear when you don't want anything too heavy, just something sweet and uplifting. 

On 10/9/2021 at 12:18 PM, luna65 said:

 

Lantern: the butterscotch/bakery-style pumpkin combo is totally delicious.

 

Ahh, Lantern sounds so good but it has BI - if there happen to be any virgin bottles of Lantern, put me down for a bottle!

@citrine On me, Sensual Harmony isn't super strong, but it still makes its presence known. I've never had an issue with it being too light. Sometimes it'll go on light out of the bottle, and I'll apply too much, and it'll come out with a vengeance an hour later once my body heats it up. It really blooms and diffuses over time! 

Can't sing the praises of Sensual Harmony enough. I never thought I would like anything floral, and this completely changed my mind and is one of my favorites. 

If there's a solution, I'd love to know!

What I normally do is mix the scent up with a heavier body butter or balm. It keeps it from rising too much in the air but I can still smell it on me. I also apply to a "colder" part of my body and sniff my arm occasionally.  Basically, I do the opposite of what people do to get their scents to diffuse more.  Or if I like the phero's effect on ME, but just don't want to affect others, I swipe a teeny bit on my neck or jawline (or a dot on my mask) - close enough to my nose that I can smell it, but other people won't unless they're getting really close to my face. Not the solution were you looking for, but hopefully it's somewhat helpful! 

@dolphindolls2 This one is great! I layer Sugared Honeycomb and Moondust Cocoa (and I bet something like Occo Choco would work well too) to get a similar effect.  It doesn't have the orchid, but the honey sometimes has a bit of a floral character, which helps.    

On 10/6/2021 at 7:45 PM, Eastwood22 said:

False. My bottle is empty. 😢 

Aww. ☹️ Want me to send you a decant? 

I love vanilla and ylang scents (Sensual Harmony and Lady V's Sweet Little Pussycat are probably in my top 10 favorites) and I love LFM, so I was pretty sure I was going to love this!

This has a lot of the same character as Sensual Harmony, but more blended, deeper, richer, and less powdery in the drydown.  I actually like this better! The nutmeg adds a bit of warmth and blends in perfectly with the vanilla and sandalwood. The ylang doesn't stand out as a separate note as much as it does in Sensual Harmony - everything is very well blended into a delightfully warm, sweet, creamy whole.  This is quite a bit warmer and cozier, too; if Sensual Harmony is like wearing an elegant dress, La Sylphide is wearing an elegant dress made of cashmere. 

This also lasts forever and is strong, but wafts from your skin without being overwhelming.

But yes, this is amazing. New favorite LFM scent!  

Still intrigued by Mourning Glory and Ghost Dust.

Mourning Glory: What's funereal? Lilac? Lilies? Carnation? Smoke? Now I'm just shooting in the dark.

Ghost Dust:  I really thought it would be powdered sugar.... hm, maybe a more wintry scent with a mint or green kick?  I feel like it's probably has a bit of zing to go with the Open Windows.

I am officially joining the bad guessers club. 

Don't know what's up with my skin chemistry today, but I'm wearing LP Black and it's not a deep dark patch and resins fest - the "buttercream" is actually coming through for the first time for me!  After getting a (figurative) taste of the buttercream, I wanted to amp it up so I layered it with Lick of Cream and it was perfect.  Then I added too much Lick of Cream and it smelled like Double O. 😄 

But if LP Black isn't working for you, I'd recommend layering with something creamy! I finally got  that dark creaminess everyone raves about! 

5 hours ago, Eve said:

Sweet leaf could have tea accords, or an actual leaf that smells sweet, such as fragrant tea olive or Katsura.  I actually have a tea olive in my online shopping cart.  There’s a nursery I am hooked on shopping from   Problem being I don’t need another shrub, and hence why it continues to reside in the cart 

 

https://www.wilsonbrosgardens.com/Party-Lights-Pink-Flush-Tea-Olive-Osmanthus-3-Gallon.html?mc_cid=062e287549&mc_eid=065c554ab8

I was wondering if Sweet Leaf could be maple? Like a syrupy maple with crunchy leaves in a forest? But that doesn't match the color scheme at all...

Ghost Dust makes me think of  marshmallowy powdered sugar and white amber with a bit of lemon on top. But I'm probably only thinking of the lemon because the label reminds me of the Lady Frost label.

Lantern made me think of a sweet caramel with maybe a spark of citrus, on a bed of deep dark resins. 

I was thinking incense for Mourning Glory, since in a  lot of Asian cultures, incense is burned during mourning. I love the name!

Beewitched makes me think of a honeyed pumpkin.

Edit: got so caught up in guessing that I forgot to say that these are absolutely gorgeous labels!!

Hi @Potion Master, could you check how many forum credits I have? I remember I completely forgot about forum credits during last year's sale and I'm trying not to this year. Thanks!!!

 I love this comment from @Eve in the Stalk Talk thread:

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I think it would be cool if @Potion Master presented a collection as an entrees menu, but instead of wine pairings, she’d offer phero suggestions for each. 

So I thought it would be fun to list some favorite phero and scent pairings! 

I feel like LP O and LP Red would go with almost anything.  LP Pink is pretty versatile too, but I probably wouldn't wear with something like a calming phero (it's so bright and energetic with the pinkness for me), while I could see how the deeper and smoother LP O or even LP Red could be comforting and grounding.  

My favorite, LFM: anything elegant. LP White is a go to for me, Sally's Daytime Elegance is great as well. A lot of white florals and the LPs from the 2019 French Collection. 

Levitation: I like pairing Levitation with scents that are "happy-in-a-bottle." You know that bright fruity scent that makes you smile as soon as you smell it? That one! I'm thinking Pink Pearl, Rubylicious, Keyani, LP Pink. For some reason I always think of summer scents with Levitation, even though it works beautifully in fall/winter scents like Flying Potion. I think it's just what my nose associates with the vibe of the phero. 

Curious to hear your favorite phero and scent pairings!

That sounds like a drink from a Harry Potter Halloween celebration! Kind of like a mix between pumpkin juice and spiced cranberry punch.  

Getting around to reviewing some older samples from trades. I have no idea what half the notes are, but this starts out a little sharply floral, but dries down to a lovely soft amber that reminds me of the drydown of Lady Frost (I wonder if those have the same white amber? Or maybe it's just my nose making weird associations.) Light and a little mysterious. 

I've been wearing Aja enhanced scents a lot recently to figure out how Aja works on my skin. Some Aja enhanced scents are subtly (and sometimes less subtly) sexy (this one), some are so far into SLF territory I can only wear them at home and need to wash them off before I leave the house, and some are surprisingly powdery and innocent sugar bombs. 

Vampire Bait for me is usually "sheer" in the sense that I can pick out the different notes like layers of a veil. Not all of them, but they're kind of like a chord played on a piano - they form a really nice whole, but if you concentrate on each note you can kind of isolate it.  It's also more fruity and feels more crystalline. The sweetness on drydown reminds me of the way pollen-coated tea tastes - lightly sweet and very "clear" and "clean" feeling, very innocent. 

Vampire Bait with Gotcha and Aja is much rounder and blended, with the floral coming out at first and then the Aja coming out. Aja sweetens the fruit notes up and adds roundness, depth, and a sexier vibe. The initial punch of floral is still there, but the drydown is more flowers and fruit in a pool of just-a-little-smutty honey. It also lasts longer and is stronger, probably from the Aja (which I tend to amp.)  Both iterations are great, but this one definitely has a sexier vibe!