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I think many of you are already familiar with my love of Sugar Spider's vanilla scent, Whiteout (A delectable blend of French vanilla frosting and Mexican vanilla extract with vanilla bean fluff and precious Madagascan vanilla oleoresin.) -- and of course I had to get a full size of it!

It was also the perfect opportunity to use their 15% off your first order code! So I eagerly entered my email and waited expectantly for the code to come, but, it never did. All I got out of it was a "confirm subscription" email and an error message. But I refused to take that for an answer, so I sent their CS an email about it. They reached out to me on the same day, within only a couple of hours with a 20% off code instead! And on top of that, they shipped out the next day!

My FS arrived so fast! I ordered it on the 3rd and got it a mere, 5 days later! I couldn't be happier!

As for a review, I will copy paste my previous one here: Whiteout is creamy, with just a little bit of grit that gives it texture and takes it to a whole new level. It smells exactly like vanilla cupcake frosting. I am not the biggest fan of cupcakes when it comes to eating them, but this is exceptional. It’s not too sweet either, and it masterfully toes that line without veering into tooth rot territory. Since I apply it on my neck, I’m enveloped in this lovely, delicious cloud of vanilla all day. Whiteout is probably my favorite general or everyday vanilla, and while I love wearing it by itself, it will layer nicely with other vanillas too. It has dethroned Posset’s Arc of Venus as my #2 favorite scent ever, that’s how much I love it. A FS will almost certainly be in order. 

I still stand by this review, and even without a little time to sit it smells exactly like what I mentioned above. Yummy vanilla cupcake frosting, that's juuuuuust sweet enough for me! I can't recommend Sugar Spider enough, if you're curious about them I hope you give them a try!

(not affiliated, just haven't seen anyone post this yet!)

A collection from a time of strange enchantments, riddles, mysteries, and forbidden fascinations for what waited beyond.  

A Time of Monsters: A shapeshifting tale of bitter oranges, crushed cassis, oakmoss, and dark shadows crushed beneath the rubble of broken cages and fallen cities.

Bonfire of Sin: A burning desire of toasted marshmallows, scandalous letters set aflame, dark rose petals, spiced cognac, and the glowing embers of smoked amber.

Fang and Feather: A ferocity of black honey amber, feral dark fur, and agarwood burning with Sulawesi cloves, black cardamon, and woody nutmeg.

Ruby’s Secret: An enchanted kiss of blood-red berries and scarlet plums with beguiling French vanilla praline, rose musk, spicy carnation, gardenias, and sensual amber. 

Something Wicked This Way Comes: A delectable enticement of white chocolate and amber infused with Bourbon vanilla beans, creamy latte with a dark seduction of pheromone drenched patchouli. 

Souls of Poets Dead and Gone: A summoning of dusty books, battered travel journals, mahogany writing desks, and echoing memories of muses clad in foreign skies and incense spiced air.

My first time ordering from Sucrerie Decants! It was a pleasant experience, I would order from them again. I ordered July 26th, a shipping label was created July 30th, and on August 4th it was in USPS’ hands. It arrived three days after that, yippee! Their stated TAT was about 5 business days, so I’d say it was accurate enough.

I ordered little jar samples of Cirrus’ Snooze and Laundry Day, Sugar Spider’s Whiteout, Arcana’s Metzli, and Cardinal Scent’s Halo Effect. (Will also throw a sample of BPAL’s Venustas in here too, might as well.)

My rating scale: 

1/5 - please get it away from me

2/5 - it's not entirely terrible

3/5 - average

4/5 - this is nice! will probably use up the whole sample

5/5+ -stunning, spectacular, gorgeous, it’s the moment, absolutely fs worthy!

(Haven’t used this in a while, heh.)

Arcana - Metzli [EdP] 

The whole reason why I made this order, and while I tried not to have any expectations for it, I did (the description for it really sold me, I’m sorry). It’s a powdery sort of vanilla to me, very much so like Arcana’s other vanilla, Unicorn Horn. (French vanilla, Bourbon vanilla, golden iris, powdery orris, creamy musk, and sheer silk.) They are remarkably similar to me, except Metzli doesn’t have the added orris/iris, so it’s not nearly as much of a powder bomb. Metzli has a sort of, very slight fruity smell underneath the vanilla. I would say that this doesn’t read as very gossamer to me, I have my holy grail of sheer vanillas, and this isn’t comparable to Zorya P. 

Aside from the Unicorn Horn comparison, it also reminds me of Solstice Scent’s Estate Vanilla (Raw Vanilla Pods, Vanilla Infused Sugar, Cream & Vanilla Extract.) Metzli has a sort of rich, maybe vanilla bourbon smell to it, very different from what the description suggests. To me, I can only smell the vanilla, and something that reminds me of the orris in Unicorn Horn. Metzi did not knock my socks off unfortunately, and it fell short of my expectations for it. 

Notes: The ethereal Aztec goddess of the moon is an expert weaver who clothes herself in stardust. Vanilla absolutes from Tahiti and Madagascar with rich white chocolate, sheer white musk, pale amber, and a drop of sugar. (Can you see how that description really sold me? Can you blame me? lol)

3/5

BPAL - Venustas 

I was ISO this ever since I discovered I loved Fantome’s One White Crow (A soft, classic fougère with creamy white tea, airy vanilla, violets, and honeysuckle over a bed of moss and ivy.) and subsequently the idea of fem fougeres. So I was very delighted when it popped up in a destash, and I snagged it immediately. It is, very different from what I imagined. The thing that I love most about OWC is the fact that it’s so soft, it’s a very gentle scent, airy–gossamer, exactly my favorite type of scent. Venustas is none of that. Venustas is more grounded, it’s not the misty sheerness of OWC, Venustas is more like a marble statue. It’s a pale scent, but it’s not airy like what I wanted. 

Venustas is very, very similar to another BPAL scent, I Sit and Sew (sheer vanilla and violet leaf with jasmine sambac, white musk, and tea leaf.) both in the bottle and on skin (at least for a little bit until dry down.) It has a tannic sort of quality in it, and while I can contribute that to the violet leaf in regards to I Sit and Sew, I’m unsure what’s causing it in Venustas. 

On dry down, thankfully, the tannic smell goes away and it smooths out immensely. Venustas has a dry, almost powdery quality to it that works with my marble analogy very well. It’s what a carved museum state would smell like. It’s slightly sweet, and dusty, thanks to the myrrh and frankincense. The fougere in here is decidedly not green, very silvery and white, as per the description. As time goes on, it becomes more and more like incense, thanks to the two notes I mentioned previously. I like the idea of Venustas, but I prefer the sweet greenery of OWC. 

Notes: frankincense, sweet myrrh, bourbon vanilla, and a hint of willowy, pale fougere. 

3/5

Reporting to you live about 12 minutes since I posted this. All the vanilla in Venustas comes out on late dry down, and the powderiness is turned down to a minimum. I like it much, much better now. Updating the score.

4/5

Cardinal Scents - Halo Effect

When it first arrived it smelled very similar to Arcana’s Her Sea (A blend of softest fog, rich, animalic ambergris, radiant salt crystals, clouds over the ocean, gentle musks, and a hint of ruffled carnation petals.) The saltwater and white amber of HE combined to remind me of the ambergris in HS, even more so with the slight twinge of carnation. It was barely sweet, with very little detectable vanilla in it. Wowie, wearing it now, and there’s a huge deluge of salt. Probably the saltiest perfume I’ve ever smelt. The vanilla takes a definite backseat to the salt. I think if you’re going into this wanting a nice vanilla, like I was, then maybe temper your expectations about it. However, it could be very good layered alongside other, sweeter vanilla scents. 

There’s a hint of something animalic in here? Akin to musk almost, very funny how I didn’t get this from Her Sea, despite that one having ambergris in it. But woof, very salty. 

Notes: Saltwater, Carnation, Vanilla Bean, White Amber

2/5 

Cirrus - Laundry Day [EdP]

Both of the Cirrus scents are ones that I was very much interested in, but kept waffling about it when thinking about sampling directly. I’ve had my eye on this one for a long time, and I was very much looking forward to it. Well. The first time I tried it, I applied it directly onto my neck without doing any hand testing first, unfortunately. And for the entire duration of the wear I felt the overwhelming urge to run to the nearest sink to scrub it off. It was so overwhelming, I’m not sure what in it made me feel sick. 

Of course I was prepared for it to smell like soap, the name of it is Laundry Day, but this is like if someone dumped an entire liter of dish soap into your lavender earl grey (that wasn’t really an earl grey at all because there’s barely any bergamot in it) and made you drink it. Honestly, I’m ready to point fingers at the laundry musk and sandalwood (I have a bad history with sandalwood especially), and be done with it. 

Notes: Clean white laundry musk, lavender, vanilla, earl grey tea, and New Caledonia sandalwood

1/5

Cirrus - Snooze [EdP]

This one is much better. It’s a cardamom vanilla, and there’s a little bit of that suede coming out underneath it. Different from the other cardamom vanillas I’ve tried before. There’s also a slight twinge of something floral to it as well, probably from the plumeria. It’s very straightforward and linear, there’s not much to say about it. Ooh, wait. As it dries down more, the suede and plumeria dissipate, just leaving behind the vanilla and cardamom. I can really get behind this. 

Very yummy cardamom vanilla, not what I was expecting coming from it but it’s probably my favorite cardamom vanilla scent I’ve tried. 

Notes: tonka bean, lilac, vanilla absolute, green cardamom, cashmere cardigans, white chocolate, and plumeria over a modernized chypre base. 

4/5 (Hm, maybe what I smelled as suede was the cashmere instead.) 

Sugar Spider - Whiteout [EdP]

Hoo boy. When I added this one to my cart, I didn’t really think much of it. Sure, it was a chance for me to try another vanilla but Metzli had my whole attention. However, as it turns out,  Whiteout is my absolute favorite out of my entire order. I didn’t expect that at all! What I get out of Whiteout is how I thought Metzli would smell like. 

Whiteout is creamy, with just a little bit of grit that gives it texture and takes it to a whole new level. It smells exactly like vanilla cupcake frosting. I am not the biggest fan of cupcakes when it comes to eating them, but this is exceptional. It’s not too sweet either, and it masterfully toes that line without veering into tooth rot territory. Since I apply it on my neck, I’m enveloped in this lovely, delicious cloud of vanilla all day. Whiteout is probably my favorite general or everyday vanilla, and while I love wearing it by itself, it will layer nicely with other vanillas too. It has dethroned Posset’s Arc of Venus as my #2 favorite scent ever, that’s how much I love it. A FS will almost certainly be in order. 

Notes: A delectable blend of French vanilla frosting and Mexican vanilla extract with vanilla bean fluff and precious Madagascan vanilla oleoresin. 

5/5

Thank you for your time :)

(not affiliated, as per usual) sample preorders up on ajevie!

El Jaleo - red wine, orange blossom, tobacco smoke, the faint spice of a dancer's perfume, and the warm leather of a vintage guitar case.

Get TF up - ginger root, cinnamon bark, High John the Conqueror root, five finger grass, orange peel, allspice, sunflower, and clove.

Mead Moon - Golden mead, fermented with gruit, nutmeg, clove, cinnamon, ginger root, sweet-briar, rosemary, and lemon.

MM Black Cherry and Sage

MM Blackberry and Vanilla Bean

MM Fig and Black Pepper

MM Honeyed Ale lotion - honeyed ale and orchard spice, left to sink in slow.

MM Red Apple and Golden Honey

MM Wild Flower Honey and Almond Cream HG

Sadko - crushed pearls, strange incense, honey suspended in cold water, green amber shining through veils of seaweed, flecks of ambergris, narcissus and rose mysteriously blooming in the ocean's darkness, musk as fathomless as the Mariana Trench, and glittering, shimmering flickers of gold.

Sampson Snake Root - Cracked coneflower root and black pepper sit low against a base of dug earth and iron filings, with a single thread of clove pulled taut through the center. 

Hello everyone! I'm beginning to go down the long and winding rabbit hole of going through all of DSH's extensive offerings, and it is a doozy. Having read through all of the reviews available on IMAM, I kept noticing the common thread of "I never knew this scent existed!" or "I wish the site was more accessible!" So I spent a few hours yesterday and today compiling this masterlist of all the scents currently available on their website. Of course, despite doing my best to cross reference everything, I might've missed a few, however, the majority of their offerings are on the list. I hope that perusing through this list will make your purchasing and viewing experience better!

Here is the link to the doc! Please enjoy :)

(not affiliated of course)

(they mentioned they aren't available in sample sizes but they're working on it! they don't know when they will be available!)

All fall down (A lonely killer's anthem, taut with lost love stitched closed with black silk sutures splitting open again beneath white-hot spotlights. Black leather creased with age, velvet roses thrown onto the stage, sweet plum wine, silvered lilies, gunpowder residue, smoky amber, and a whisper of glittering white musk drifting through the wreckage after the final encore.)

Daniel (This is the scent of sleepless apartments glowing blue at 3am, old tape recorders humming like insects, expensive whiskey swallowed beside prescription bottles, and the sharp, feral thrill of chasing a story so dangerous it remakes you. A nicotine-stained intellect, dry wit sharpened into a weapon, self-destruction masquerading as curiosity. He smells like paperbacks full of annotations, old cologne lingering in wool coats, and the cold metallic air of Dubai before dawn. Tobacco smoke curls through annotated pages while cedar shelves sag under the weight of decades. Espresso, ink, static electricity, and fading cologne cling to the skin like unanswered questions.)

La fontaine de sang (Crimson rose, black cherry, garnet wine, velvet pomegranate, dark patchouli, smoked labdanum, antique mahogany, and a single drop of red musk.)

Lelio (White carnations, orris butter, white rose, heliotrope, sugared almond blossom, bourbon vanilla silk, Venetian musk, pale sandalwood, beeswax, and a flourish of bergamot.)

Lestat (Grand gestures, zero apologies, and one unifying appetite: to be adored. Glamorous leonine amber glimmers with impossible beauty, threaded with an unexpected flourish of sultry blooms. His scent opens with a theatrical blaze of warm cognac, aged beeswax candles, and feral lupine musk. At the heart of his perfume beats Medieval French church wood, incense smoke still clinging to the stone, all aflame with the black leather, sweet brandy, and glam-glittered crystalline musk of a rock god.)

The loneliness (icy claws digging desolation into your heart as agonizingly familiar voices whisper every old cruelty into your ears. Immortal emptiness, endless starless nights: black leather, clove smoke, crimson amber, black patchouli, and the last curl of extinguished incense.)

Nicki (A haunted concerto of weathered violin wood, black velvet, beeswax candles, bruised violets, wine-soaked iris, and chilled silver amber distilled into a fragrance of impossible longing and exquisite desolation.)

Why do I have to feel (White cognac and torn paper, a melody caught mid-breath and left hanging in the dark. Pale iris bruised by rainwater and tears, osmanthus petals, and the faint green bite of night-blooming cereus unfurling unseen in the shadows. Aged oak and dry amber, black musk sinking into itself like swallowed sound.)

Wolfkiller (Frost-hardened pine, snow-covered cedar, black spruce pitch, wolf musk, torn leather, iron-bright blood, cold stone, red velvet, and amber fire.)

personally, i am REALLY eyeing lelio, that notes list seem perfectly hand crafted for my tastes lol

(not affiliated as per usual)

Two Gentlemen in Touraine - A crisp lavender-forward fougere with a heart of bourbon vanilla, sandalwood, warm, well-loved leather, and clary sage.

Armand - White musk, iris, frankincense, resinous woods, blackened clove, blood-tinged incense

Black Licorice - Black licorice, black plum, champagne, labdanum, benzoin, rosin, leather

Butterscotch Bitch - Saffron, pink pepper, scorched butterscotch, cognac, red labdanum, woodsmoke

Gabriella - Pale lily, silvered sage, mountain air, leather, ancient moss, 18th-century Italian perfume

Long Face - Ambergris, frankincense, gold velvet, greasepaint, sweat, orris root, leather

Louis - Dark vetiver, bitter coffee, bay rum, osmanthus, magnolia, scorched sandalwood, dry patchouli, blood

Vampire DJ OF SOME RENOWN - Dry ice, fog machine juice, ozonic, dark rum, patchouli root, black amber, clove, incense

Rose Moon - Sunlit rose petals fading beneath a silvering sky, dusted with warm hay and cold orris, gleaming with resinous red benzoin and sorrowful elemi.

RM Frankincense and Black Apple Pulp

RM Orris and Crystalline Musk

RM Red Rose Petals and Purple Fig

RM White Rose Petals and Cream

RM Pink Roses and White Sandalwood Lotion

RM Red Roses and Saffron Oudh Hair Gloss

High Noon Heliotrope - A summer-scorched, lightly spicy cluster of sun-touched heliotrope petals.

Calm TF Down - Contains: Lavender, lemon balm, passion flower, chamomile, blue vervain, ylang ylang, neroli, rose geranium, and frankincense.

Licorice Root - Licorice Root, toasted tonka bean and cardamom

Death Biting A Snake - BPAL’s sibilant Snake Oil getting chomped by the cool, pale, sepulchral pallor of white sandalwood, orris root, frankincense, ambrette seed, and rice powder.

Watching the Sun Glow - Dry red leaves and dark earth, smoky birch tar, beeswax and embers, guaiac wood, red tobacco, woody myrrh, labdanum, glowing russet amber, and the cold mineral exhale of oncoming dark.