Comparing my two favorite perfumers

[beetiger]

CB I Hate Perfume:
"Forest Floor": That's astonishing. It smells exactly like what is says. A forest floor in the Northeast-- wet leaves, clean soil, spicy evergreens, a bit of moss and mushroom.

Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab:
"Arrival at the Sabbath and Homage to the Devil": That's astonishing. It smells just like...delicious caramel candy.

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My one-time girlfriend sold impostor fragrances for a time. Apparently, as long as you don't exactly duplicate the proportions or impersonate the brand or manufacturer, you can mix the same ingredients as a trademarked recipe uses and sell an imitation perfume that's indistinguishable from the original.

One thing about perfumes, though, is that if you ever want to put a different scent in one of your demo atomizers, you need to thoroughly soak it in alcohol to remove the old aroma. I used to kid her that she should deliberately mix the faux Obsession with the faux Poison and call it Morbid Curiosity. She never did.