I say with fair confidence that this is the best song I've found on Soundcloud, this would definitely be part of Bebop's official soundtrack if the anime was made today:
So much Bebop feels ;____;
28 July 2019
26 July 2019
24 July 2019
petals
(part 3)
Part 4 of Luckyscent sample reviews, this time dedicated to Perfumes MDCI:
Parfum MDCI Le Barbier de Tanger
Woah I hate this, waaaaay too musty. 太闷了. Yes I have to repeat the same thing in two languages because that's how much I can't stand it. There is definitely the fougere accord in there, but it's under a huge layer of...dankness? Like this is what I imagine when people say a ripe pu is dank. Overall too potent as well, projection is very good from elbow length away. I went to scrub this off after like 10min. My skin was also red where I dabbed this, probably reacting to one of the ingredients, so that's a no-go either. I just realized that I'm probably the people that the fragrance regulations protect, although everyone hates on the regulations for restricting oakmoss.
But the magic happened when I hit it with some hot water while washing it off. A most pleasant lavender scent came though. It's quite a lightweight lavender, yet still punchy. It's such a great lavender! More of the aromatic notes are also coming through. I like it much better after it's been washed, so I'll give this fragrance another try applied with a much lighter hand.
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Parfum MDCI Un Coeur en Mai
This opens with a layered green and floral notes: pretty lightweight green notes on top of a heavier floral. It reminds me a lot of this random bottle (with turquoise accents) of Gucci perfume that I bought at a warehouse sale as a kid. The florals get progressively heavier as the scent settles, and the projection of the scent also falls off. A few hours in this is just a sweetish floral skin scent with a good dose of white musks. Hard pass for me.
Surprisingly, like 6 hour later, it smells like Arquiste's Fleur de Louis floral mix! The resemblance is so uncanny that I had to think which one I was wearing. There's a different green aspect now, very blended with the floral rather than separated in the opening, and with a slight soapy quality. I don't smell it on my neck anymore, but do catch whiffs emitting from my sleeve (applied inside elbow) and the scent is easily discernible with my nose against it.
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Parfum MDCI Invasion Barbers
Spicy and warm woods, reminds me of how a middle eastern family home smells like. It's quite pleasant, being warm and inviting, and well blended. I don't really get the aromatic or citrus notes, but that could be more prominent if sprayed. Overall I don't have much to say other than I do like it but I don't see myself reaching for this over Nishane's b-612.
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Parfums MDCI La Belle Helene
The opening is sorta sweet, floral with some fruity aspects? I get an imagery of fluffy and pink tutus, but worn by a seasoned ballerina. Once it settles about an hour in, it's mostly a creamy musk. Some more hours in, a lightly moss-y base comes through. Reading the description on luckyscent, osmanthus is the main note, which apparently has both fruity and animalistic notes. This is another one of Bertrand Duchaufour's creation, inspired by a pear dessert so that explains the sweetness. The projection is quite good, I can still steadily smell it from arms length even after 5 hours. This is probably the most gormound I'd venture.
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Parfum MDCI Chypre Palatin
This definitely smells representative of the genre. It’s a little creamy actually, a creamy moss. I can get behind that. If I smell very closely, I get the aromatic notes. Apparently I’m smelling the reformulated version, which disappoints many people, but judging from the changes I would like this more. There’s less of the dark base notes that I typically dislike, such as leather and resins. The performance is good, I can steady smell it from my wrists. After this settles for about an hour, the green aspects become more forward, although the scent is still noticeably creamy. Since this is such as creamy fragrance, I can see myself wearing this in the winter when other chypres don’t feel as cozy. This makes the 3rd Bertrand Duchaufour fragrance that I quite enjoy, so he is likely my favourite nose.
Part 4 of Luckyscent sample reviews, this time dedicated to Perfumes MDCI:
Parfum MDCI Le Barbier de Tanger
Woah I hate this, waaaaay too musty. 太闷了. Yes I have to repeat the same thing in two languages because that's how much I can't stand it. There is definitely the fougere accord in there, but it's under a huge layer of...dankness? Like this is what I imagine when people say a ripe pu is dank. Overall too potent as well, projection is very good from elbow length away. I went to scrub this off after like 10min. My skin was also red where I dabbed this, probably reacting to one of the ingredients, so that's a no-go either. I just realized that I'm probably the people that the fragrance regulations protect, although everyone hates on the regulations for restricting oakmoss.
But the magic happened when I hit it with some hot water while washing it off. A most pleasant lavender scent came though. It's quite a lightweight lavender, yet still punchy. It's such a great lavender! More of the aromatic notes are also coming through. I like it much better after it's been washed, so I'll give this fragrance another try applied with a much lighter hand.
...
Parfum MDCI Un Coeur en Mai
This opens with a layered green and floral notes: pretty lightweight green notes on top of a heavier floral. It reminds me a lot of this random bottle (with turquoise accents) of Gucci perfume that I bought at a warehouse sale as a kid. The florals get progressively heavier as the scent settles, and the projection of the scent also falls off. A few hours in this is just a sweetish floral skin scent with a good dose of white musks. Hard pass for me.
Surprisingly, like 6 hour later, it smells like Arquiste's Fleur de Louis floral mix! The resemblance is so uncanny that I had to think which one I was wearing. There's a different green aspect now, very blended with the floral rather than separated in the opening, and with a slight soapy quality. I don't smell it on my neck anymore, but do catch whiffs emitting from my sleeve (applied inside elbow) and the scent is easily discernible with my nose against it.
...
Parfum MDCI Invasion Barbers
Spicy and warm woods, reminds me of how a middle eastern family home smells like. It's quite pleasant, being warm and inviting, and well blended. I don't really get the aromatic or citrus notes, but that could be more prominent if sprayed. Overall I don't have much to say other than I do like it but I don't see myself reaching for this over Nishane's b-612.
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Parfums MDCI La Belle Helene
The opening is sorta sweet, floral with some fruity aspects? I get an imagery of fluffy and pink tutus, but worn by a seasoned ballerina. Once it settles about an hour in, it's mostly a creamy musk. Some more hours in, a lightly moss-y base comes through. Reading the description on luckyscent, osmanthus is the main note, which apparently has both fruity and animalistic notes. This is another one of Bertrand Duchaufour's creation, inspired by a pear dessert so that explains the sweetness. The projection is quite good, I can still steadily smell it from arms length even after 5 hours. This is probably the most gormound I'd venture.
...
Parfum MDCI Chypre Palatin
This definitely smells representative of the genre. It’s a little creamy actually, a creamy moss. I can get behind that. If I smell very closely, I get the aromatic notes. Apparently I’m smelling the reformulated version, which disappoints many people, but judging from the changes I would like this more. There’s less of the dark base notes that I typically dislike, such as leather and resins. The performance is good, I can steady smell it from my wrists. After this settles for about an hour, the green aspects become more forward, although the scent is still noticeably creamy. Since this is such as creamy fragrance, I can see myself wearing this in the winter when other chypres don’t feel as cozy. This makes the 3rd Bertrand Duchaufour fragrance that I quite enjoy, so he is likely my favourite nose.
22 July 2019
20 July 2019
buried
I've been somewhat cooking and somewhat less taking photos of the resulting dishes.
Korean-ish tofu stir-fry, it's good to have gochujang in the fridge again :)
18 July 2019
16 July 2019
orange
(part 2)
Part 3 of luckyscent impressions:
Altaia Yu Son
A sweet citrus opening, a nice scent for a breezy summer day. The performance is very good for a citrus, can consistently smell it from my wrists and last for a good 6-8hour. The fragrance didn’t change through the day of wear. Overall a solid citrus, slightly unusual featuring the orange.
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Altaia By Any Other Name
Also a sweet opening, this time with soft, powdery florals. I think the floral mix is rose dominant? The sample vial sprays very well, such a big cloud of fine mist! Unfortunately as this scent settles, the sweetness dominants and becomes too sweet for my preference :( like an overdose of candies flower petals. There's otherwise not much change couple more hour in, performance is decent with regards to projection and longevity.
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Parfum D’empires Corsica Furiosa
A soft and citrus-ish green opening, interesting! It reminds me of this vegetarian restaurant / tea house that’s located really close to my dad’s apartment in China. Projection is not bad, can easily smell whiffs from my wrist. There’s also soft woody notes in here too. I definitely don’t smell the tomato leaf, but maybe the main note that I’m picking up is the wild mint? Doesn’t smell minty but is similar to the herbal blend in Parterre’s Run of the River.
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Parfum D’empire Azemour Les Oranges
The opening is like orange plus its twigs. Soft citrus green woody? The orange fruit itself is quite realistic, I’m impressed. The fruit part is more prominent when applied more heavily, whereas the twig / bark aspect is more prominent when applied lightly. (my new testing methodology with these tiny wand samples is to swab one wrist and 2 dabs on the other wrist). There’s a potpourri aspect to it as well, but like a really fine potpourri. I can see myself using it as a pick up in the middle of winter. The texture is like…viscose but clear? Like not sparkling but also not sticky-heavy. I wonder if the twiggy impression I’m getting is the hay notes. It’s definitely getting more woody and a little incense-y after a couple of minutes. I am liking the direction this is heading. I also wonder if my incense impression is from oak moss, cause it smells kinda similar to my chypres. A review did categorize this as a green chypre, which I agree with.
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Parfum D’empire Osmanthus Interdite
It opens with a tea note! There’s also a sweet floral (assuming this is the osmanthus), and surprisingly a leather note as well? Checking the note pyramid on Fragrantica, holy I am actually on point with this fragrance! I’ve literally never smelled as many notes that match the official description before. I’m still not really a fan of leather, which is more apparent on the dabbed wrist. I do feel slightly cheated that Luckyscent didn’t list leather in their description, because I would not have bought a sample knowing that. Will skip a full bottle.
Part 3 of luckyscent impressions:
Altaia Yu Son
A sweet citrus opening, a nice scent for a breezy summer day. The performance is very good for a citrus, can consistently smell it from my wrists and last for a good 6-8hour. The fragrance didn’t change through the day of wear. Overall a solid citrus, slightly unusual featuring the orange.
Altaia By Any Other Name
Also a sweet opening, this time with soft, powdery florals. I think the floral mix is rose dominant? The sample vial sprays very well, such a big cloud of fine mist! Unfortunately as this scent settles, the sweetness dominants and becomes too sweet for my preference :( like an overdose of candies flower petals. There's otherwise not much change couple more hour in, performance is decent with regards to projection and longevity.
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Parfum D’empires Corsica Furiosa
A soft and citrus-ish green opening, interesting! It reminds me of this vegetarian restaurant / tea house that’s located really close to my dad’s apartment in China. Projection is not bad, can easily smell whiffs from my wrist. There’s also soft woody notes in here too. I definitely don’t smell the tomato leaf, but maybe the main note that I’m picking up is the wild mint? Doesn’t smell minty but is similar to the herbal blend in Parterre’s Run of the River.
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Parfum D’empire Azemour Les Oranges
The opening is like orange plus its twigs. Soft citrus green woody? The orange fruit itself is quite realistic, I’m impressed. The fruit part is more prominent when applied more heavily, whereas the twig / bark aspect is more prominent when applied lightly. (my new testing methodology with these tiny wand samples is to swab one wrist and 2 dabs on the other wrist). There’s a potpourri aspect to it as well, but like a really fine potpourri. I can see myself using it as a pick up in the middle of winter. The texture is like…viscose but clear? Like not sparkling but also not sticky-heavy. I wonder if the twiggy impression I’m getting is the hay notes. It’s definitely getting more woody and a little incense-y after a couple of minutes. I am liking the direction this is heading. I also wonder if my incense impression is from oak moss, cause it smells kinda similar to my chypres. A review did categorize this as a green chypre, which I agree with.
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Parfum D’empire Osmanthus Interdite
It opens with a tea note! There’s also a sweet floral (assuming this is the osmanthus), and surprisingly a leather note as well? Checking the note pyramid on Fragrantica, holy I am actually on point with this fragrance! I’ve literally never smelled as many notes that match the official description before. I’m still not really a fan of leather, which is more apparent on the dabbed wrist. I do feel slightly cheated that Luckyscent didn’t list leather in their description, because I would not have bought a sample knowing that. Will skip a full bottle.
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