I got very into indie perfumes at the start of 2026 and through the weekly swaps/destashes, discovered I have a really high hit rate with alpha musk perfumes, which is great! But also frustrating given they are unlikely to ever return (which from what I understand is unfortunately for the best).

All this to say, there are some perfumes that were sold by alpha musk that i find myself very intrigued by and that I have been in search of, but I also know my ability to find these scents is up to the whims of the perfume gods at this point. So, for anyone who has or had these scents, I would be eternally grateful if you could share your impressions/reviews of these scents, let me know if you have found any dupes/similar scents and please feel free to deinflunce me if I list any scents you hated! Thank you so much in advance! All i have to offer in return is cat pics so if you would like one, please just let me know.

Alpha Musk Scents for Impressions/Reviews/Dupes:

- SEX & SWEAT MUSK - a trio of red musks, a dash of superior, then something sweetly sloppy with a mad surge of wet sugary salty fluids over some skin/flesh musk combined

- FLUID - sexuality is different for everyone. This scent is inspired by some of the fluids of, well, I think I’ve said enough. Buttery salt liquids, human fur, essence of others, barely there touches of sage, lavender, lotus, marigolds, immortelle, woods and the thorns of roses, playdoh and coal soot

- GENDER NEUTRAL - golden aura musk, Egyptian sandalwood, pussy willow buds, sipped cognac, dewy spring heather, cozy in a vegan feather down comforter, memory ridden vintage pinaud musk after shave

- PURR - shaved skin musk, cinnamon, hot red jasmine, a hole punched in dry wall, pulsating pheromones

- ALIEN VAMPIRE - a weird fiendish wench of the night wearing seductive bold deep red musks, and a rich ripe just smutty enough sambac jasmine, over a pulsating pheromonic body musk, cardamom, and mineralistic blood stones

- SEXPOT - labdanum & benzoin resinous ambre base, warming milky cardamom, creamy endearing cedarwood, incense ash, musky luring pheromones, a modern take on a lightly oakmossed chypre with a vanilla and cetalox twist, Royal superior musks

- YEARNING - chain smoking cigarillos, amber noir, syrupy red Egyptian musk, ginger & cloves

- CYBER MUSK - a beautiful long lasting clean body musk with a touch of pheromones this is irresistible! Casablanca lily, soft jasmine, cool violets blended with a pale arabian oud, Mysore sandalwood and a dry imported arabian white musk and a touch of illicit pheromones to create a soft, smooth addictive fragrance just like the internet. It’s Modern semi sharp, cleanish while sexy dirty.

- Dirty Nicki - succulent raspberries, leather, notes from a cold stone torture chamber, Egyptian sandalwood and pheromones.

- Nympho Nymph - This is for the sexy woodland fairy goddess. Sweet red musk, animal musk, and haboosh musk (a brown strong woody smooth imported musk attar from India) pheromones with green fresh moss and green forest accord.

- QUEEN OF BALTIMORE - blood orange and drugstore cotton candy body spray, lipstick wax, face powder all lingering over a smutty red musk blended with a major slutty animalistic musk.

- Blondie - is a blend of yellow musk, a silky vanilla accord, orange blossom and clementine, sweet red musk, vinyl, kohl eyeliner, a plumeria and magnolia skin musk, pheromones, all lit with a sexy cinna-pepper accord

- BLOOD IS LIFE! - the coppery essence of blood on a buttery pheromonic feral skin musk, a different take on a blood musk

- DRIFTER - sooted leather well worn work boots, dark dry benzoin, worn out wool sweater cardigan, cigarette stained fingertips, greasy sun-kissed hair, tinge of grass and tree bark, River damped denim dusted with dirt & clay

- VILLAGER - sun kissed baby-shampooed hair, warm skin musk, sea salt air, crushed sea shells, sooted sands, tonka beans, crumbling castle stones, distant woods

- DETACHED - crystallized amber, vintage nitro style base musk with a 90’s come hither fresh pheromone, modern timbersilk molecules, black currant, orris root, cedarwood, Mysore sandalwood, green tea with bergamot

- FUCK THE PATRIARCHY - whiskey, neat, cleansing woody incense and sage smoke, smoldering red musk, dry sensual myrrh

- Grace Jones - late 70’s green spicy addictive chypre, animalistic musks, nymphish forest musk, sparkling sequin mist.

- Pixies - 90’s body musk, smoky rose, ambrette seed oil, dark plum stained lips, ghostly orris, cotton denim that really needs to be washed, clove cigarette smoke, old leather car interior saturated with the mildewed smell of the outdoor moist air, unwashed brand new black freshly screen printed band tee shirt you can still smell the warmed factory cotton and pressed ink

- Smells Like teen spirit (inspired by Kurt) - ethereal grey amber, musty in a good way punky b.o., Seattle rain and petchoir.

- PRIMAL - furry musk, animal pheromones on top of human sexy-what what! pheromones, white leather, I salted some of my chypre and added rich imported rare brown deer musk (it’s extracted from musk deer ‘sprayed’ seed pods— no deers were harmed in the process but just trust weird musk process because, it’s out there) the salted chypre makes this blend do something to me! Or is that the load of pheromones?

- QUIVER - a sip of Beaujolais Nouveau wine, sweet black musk, dewy skin essence, flickering of neon lights, glowing golden amber musk, chilly oversized sweater nights under crescent moonlight

- LOOK AT ME! - smutty red slightly indolic jasmine, burnt marshmallows, syrupy sexy Egyptian red musk

- OFF WITH IT - blood musk, branded burning hot flesh, the sparking clashing drop of an antique metal guillotine, a dribble of resinous blackened tarrish oud

- BURLYWOOD - cozy mellow cashmere white rose, silk over skin musks, tahara musk cream, Baltic Amber, ambrette seed musk

- BUNNY EARS - soft buttery bunny fur, tender balsam accord, honeysuckle nectar, fluffy marshmallow cream puffs, soft ethereal bunny essence

- EMO EMU - dark smooth myrrh resins, black vanilla beans, balsamic nagarmotha, patchouli oiled feather fluff, pond stones, sparkling pheromonal musk

- LONE WOLF - syrupy labdanum, coriander, dark smoky balsams, pheromonal vanilla musk, warm cedarwoods, golden saffron, dingy wolf fur musk

- RIP ROAR - fossilized amber tincture, buttered toast with grape jam, sweet sexy sweaty skin musk, mystic amber woods

- SEAL GIRL - heliotrope musk, blooming blue lotus, powdered dry clay, seal doe musk, barely raspberry touched beach sands, fizzy sea foam, creamy amber ethereal, tea cakes

- WHISPER - (label art by @cassiopeiacrows) a whispy pale dreamy musk with a bite, pulsating soft pheromones but I’ll be quiet I can’t touch you.

- BAE BREEZE - Salty air, ethereal white ambers, lotus, gold musk, incense, ivy vines

- LACELIKE - dewdrops over wildflower fields, doe musk, vanilla dancing swirls, chiffon pink Amber

- YONDER - Bluebell, morning dew, bergamot, ethereal white amber

- IT’S BETTER IN MY ROBE - fresh lingering fabric softener dryer sheets, on a woolen Cotton blend, pheromonic morning skin musk, a whisper of morning black tea

- PINKIE - primal pink-red punk musk, cotton candy rose buds, smoky pheromones, smoothed out by a dollop of lingering creamy benzoin resins and Shea buttered skin

- KNIVES OUT - cybernetic late 90’s slick too cool nitro-style musk over nervous sweating skin, a 2000’s flip cell phone excessively vibrating in body heated polyester pockets

- MELT - key lime sprig in your gin & ginger ale with a sprinkle of salt on the rim, your body pulsates in the heat with a mystical amber vanilla white aura

- EARTHA - cruelty-free doe deer musk (not vegan just ethically sourced), aged patchouli, rosewood, tonka bean, nerolina, medium throw royal amber, superior furry musk accord, pink peppercorns, copaiba, amber oud, cozy Arabian sandalwood, bint el madina dark musk, orris root, sparkling glowing aldehydes, touch of clove, desert petrichor, coffee e.o.

- PARTNER MUSK - toasted mallow musk blended with a richer ambrette, tolu balsam, peru balsam, orris fix, sandalwood incense blend, sea salt, touch of soft iso; smells like sniffing a lovers head, mostly natural but added the synthetic iso because it gave me that pheromonic head sniff feeling.

- VAMPIRE MUSK - a diabolical red musk that will have your greatest enemy groveling at your feet.

- Hangover Juice - Salty, unwashed, dragged out of bed skin musk, with a strangely perfect duality of banana and basil.

- Mermaid Musk - a clean aquatic, fresh, bold, nature inspired musk with no green notes. Aquatics are tamed by pheromones and sea salts very musk unisex very intense throw

- ZONKED - sweat, blood and tears. a pulsating body musk that’s ready to....get it.. go to sleep. it’s got a slice of that active sporty musk just cut with exhausted sweaty musk and nuances of booze, old hose watered down perfume, it has that earthy sun kissed rust vibe of water that’s coming out of a warm outdoor hose that’s been unused for far too long

I’m thinking of notes like incense, tea, wood, petrichor, soil, and maybe even gunpowder. But all of it is grounded in something feminine (maybe florals). I personally am not the biggest fan of rose, but am willing to be convinced otherwise.

What indies are you using today? And we mean everything! Examples of stuff we'd love to hear about:

• Makeup

• Clothes

• Jewelry

• Bath and Body (lotion, soap, shampoo, bath salts, etc.)

• Nail polish

• Perfume

Please feel free to leave mini-reviews and include photos of whatever you're using. We'd love to know your thoughts and see the products too!

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I really wanted to try it during their previous sale but it sold out in all sizes before I could buy. Out of all the scents in their catalog, I am almost ready to risk FS'ing it before their prices increase (if they restock it before then...). Fall is coming and it seems like a nice, sweet scent. I love gourmand and vanillas but it is a necessity? Is it a unique scent or could I find something similar elsewhere?

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Hello, IMAM!

Many of us shop more during times of stress, and many of us are more stressed than usual these days. The Mod Team would like to provide a space for community members (including ourselves!) to discuss coping with stress as we try to stick to our personal and financial goals.

Financial Planning

If you are interested in financial planning (e.g., making a budget, managing debt, setting and reaching savings goals), check out r/personalfinance. Their wiki is a great resource.

Having Fun with Your Collection

Here are some ideas about how to explore your collection and/or connect with the indie community that do not involve spending:

• Re-organize your collection. If you have a lot of samples, separate the ones you haven’t tested yet, the ones you want to destash, and the ones you’d like to keep/upgrade.
• Start a collection spreadsheet. Here is an example!
• Start an indie journal. Make note of which indie products you use every day. At the end of the month/season/year, tally up your “biggest hits” and share them on IMAM or another community.

"Shopping" without Spending

If you find that the act of shopping and submitting orders is hard to resist, you might consider trying one of the following strategies:

• “Window shop": build a wishlist on the brand’s website (e.g., Etsy, Silk Naturals, BPAL have this feature); save your favourites to a Pinterest board or document them in a spreadsheet.
• “Shop” at your local library: if your library has an online catalogue, browse through it and put items on hold, check out digital resources, or create a list of titles you’d like to check out. Perhaps you'd like to challenge yourself to learn more about perfume, makeup, or cosmetic chemistry!

Please share your challenges, strategies, struggles, and successes with us!

Hello everyone! I'm looking for milky perfumes and body butter without Tonka beans and other spices. I don't mind other notes in the perfumes and body butters

Bonus but optional points if you can compare it to another perfume that is trying to portray that note or scent!

What indies are you using today? And we mean everything! Examples of stuff we'd love to hear about:

• Makeup

• Clothes

• Jewelry

• Bath and Body (lotion, soap, shampoo, bath salts, etc.)

• Nail polish

• Perfume

Please feel free to leave mini-reviews and include photos of whatever you're using. We'd love to know your thoughts and see the products too!

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hello! i'm on the hunt for some realistic atmospherics for fall and winter and am hoping for some recs :) some houses that i really enjoy and that seem to work well for me are pineward and stone and wit. i've had luck with fantome as well, and alkemia and solstice scents have been a bit hit or miss. i love green and woody scents, and don't mind some sweetness/gourmands but am picky as i like my sweeter scents to be well balanced, nuanced, and without too much sweetness. i also love a smoky note and have been hunting for a good salty ocean scent. i'm not too picky on whether things lean fem or masc. just was hoping for some seasonally themed favorites-- whether including the holidays or not!

scents i love for reference: fantome's lycanthrope (oil, not edp-- something weird happens with the edp on my skin) and stolas, stone and wit's the red hare and lost temple, pineward's cotswold and coastal veil (so far, the best atmospheric i own. it's genuinely transportive to a chilly morning on a rocky ocean shore)

what are your favorite autumn-winter, true-to-life perfumes?