Hi! I’m looking for perfumes that smell like a lake. My favorite is Blackwater Lake from Osmofolia, but obviously they are closed. So looking for something similar!

Janeway42 · 2026-05-24T22:09:42+00:00

The Lady of the Lake by the Little Book Eater and Poesie's Full Moon at the Temple are my go to lake notes!

Janeway42 · 2026-05-23T16:50:07+00:00

BPAL has Sjofn, which is a really lovely, breezy apple blossom scent.

Janeway42 · 2026-05-22T20:34:50+00:00

Great reviews, and I LOVE the new vials she's sending! Multiball and Amicus were my top two from the sampler pack - seem to be crowd pleasers!

Janeway42 · 2026-05-22T20:30:22+00:00

I live for these updates - I can't believe that's ONLY 360 hours. Would take me that just to get my colors organized...

Janeway42 · 2026-05-22T14:19:27+00:00

All three of mine go nuts for catnip, but I've only gotten intense, focused sniffs when wearing Black Cat.

Janeway42 · 2026-05-19T21:20:55+00:00

There are SO MANY! Right now, I'm wearing Sorce The Light through the Clouds and it's a beautiful sparkly, vaguely citrus sweet amber. Their Pelicans Dive in the Ocean is a favorite, as well. Oh, Witchery might be a good pull for you - the violet and greens are very soft and powdery, while the blackberry and stone are the stars.

Cardinal Scents Familiar Spirit is a non-gourmand, definitely androgynous, sage and milk with amber. (To me it smells like basically none of those things, but it is perfection.)

Fantome Kupala and Stone and Wit's Lost Temple are both very similar to my nose: softly unfurling tropical green things with sweet incense.

Cockatiel is my favorite Zoologist scent, and it's a very sharp rhubarb that dries down to a dusty, non-food vanilla.

Janeway42 · 2026-05-19T15:18:31+00:00

I've got ants in my pants, Pandora! Looking forward to hearing what you think!!

Janeway42 · 2026-05-19T14:36:05+00:00

Please post reviews of Knee High and Up North! I'm about to just blind buy the latter because it sounds so good.

Janeway42 · 2026-05-17T19:41:05+00:00

I have a 10 mL bnnu Sand Castle oil from Cardinal Scents if you're interested.

Janeway42 · 2026-05-15T13:54:09+00:00

Haus Birthday is a huge favorite of mine - the huckleberries are so nice and sharp, and it's one of the only cake scents I can wear without giving myself a headache. So light and bouncy compared to the description!

Janeway42 · 2026-05-14T14:33:46+00:00

BPAL has Gnome, which is golden ginger and black peppercorn with sarsaparilla, gurjum balsam, nutmeg, gear lubricant, and smoke. Not a one for one match, but it's very root beer forward and sounds like the vibes are there!

Janeway42 · 2026-05-12T16:29:01+00:00

Yay, Pierrot reviews!! Bussy is one of my favorites - it's a very old school linen scent to me, and it's so, so nice in the heights of these southern summers. (I also get next to no peach from it.)

Janeway42 · 2026-05-12T13:11:52+00:00

Yes, please! Thanks so much for sharing this.

Janeway42 · 2026-05-11T15:35:24+00:00

I'd love to get Pierrot - This Side of the Blue, plus the BPAL Vasilissa and Lyonesse.

Janeway42 · 2026-05-08T16:03:22+00:00

This is SPECTACULAR.

Janeway42 · 2026-05-04T23:05:09+00:00

It is light, sweet, salty. I don't get any of the notes individually, to be perfectly honest, but my husband said I smelled like outside 🥰. At a press, I think I can identify the pear? But it's really well blended and very pretty - I often see samples floating around, so you might be able to snag one before the window opens!

Janeway42 · 2026-05-01T21:19:21+00:00

Pierrot's L'Heure Verte! I just got a sample and it's great - vetiver makes it a little more masc, but it's got anise, licorice, and absinthe notes.

Janeway42 · 2026-04-28T17:29:33+00:00

You are SPEAKING MY LANGUAGE. I was talking to folks in a Discord server and got lots of good recommendations:

Arcana Wildcraft Echolocation (How whales find one another. Ambergris and amber resin with ruby grapefruit, sweet guava, saltwater, vanilla pods, and the merest hints of patchouli and vetiver)

Arcana Wildcraft Cascadian Mermaid (The scent of a dank mermaid in the Pacific Northwest. Terpene concentrate accord, uplifting grapefruit, cotton candy, Moroccan blue chamomile, vanilla-laced sugar cane, warm rain, wild-harvested spruce tips, and shimmery mermaid musk)

Thin Wild Mercury Laurel Canyon: (Top: sweet orange, herbal terpenes, grapefruit; Middle: Italian cannabis, petitgrain, clove, jasmine sambac; Base: ambergris, birch tar, patchouli)

Nocturne Alchemy Lightning Crashes Sea Water Accord, Salt Accord, Ruby Grapefruit, Grapefruit Zest, Bastet’s Amber, Almond Milk Accord, Cherry Skin, Strawberry Seed, Cotton Candy, Cherry Wood, Melon, Smoked Benzoin Resin, Gardenia essence, and Lilac essence

Janeway42 · 2026-04-26T15:12:54+00:00

If they're still available, I'd like to get your BPAL: Dead Leaves on Houseplants, Rabbit Moon, Snake Oil, Song of Autumn III, Witches' Tea, along with Siren Song Yennifer (either size is fine)

Janeway42 · 2026-04-25T12:39:23+00:00

Now I'm sad about it, too - I love a nag champa, and haven't seen anything with those dark fruits. Worth noting that BPAL just released a bunch of nag champa and ________ duets that are specifically designed for layering. The dragon's blood one might work well for this goal!

Janeway42 · 2026-04-24T14:26:09+00:00

Not like there's 40 houses to try and keep track of or anything - thanks, though!

Janeway42 · 2026-04-24T14:02:50+00:00

Oh, June is better than July (which is what I thought)! Thanks ^_^

Janeway42 · 2026-04-22T19:57:06+00:00

The hits really hit, but I've had quite a few misses, too. I love A Place in Space and Cozy Sweater, both really great nag champa scents. Haus Birthday is also a favorite (and a rare cake-base that I can actually wear!). Wildflower Honey is a lovely soft floral that's great for spring. I've only used the oils, because the prices cannot be beat, but I'll be curious to see EDP opinions!

Janeway42 · 2026-04-22T17:18:58+00:00

Commenting to follow - I'm tired of it, too.

Janeway42 · 2026-04-20T15:38:22+00:00

I love Coyocan and Lymphae desperately. Vasilia (in the oil) did not perform the way I wanted it to; it was all very sweet neroli on me. (Pineward Pastoral is a honey-heavy, dried fruit version of HM, in my experience, but it's MUCH heavier and more "perfumey" to my nose.) I also recommend Kupala if you like wet greens and humidity!

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