My Haus of
Gloi stash!
Hi guys! I
had the flu all the past week and that’s why I haven’t made any reviews:(
My
sense of smell was so weak the past few days… I missed all my scented stuff!
I am much
better now so I thought to continue my collection series with a HoG post!
My trio of comfort: Sweet potato treat Pumpkin
butter, Hearth sugar exfoliant and Parkin perfume.
When I am
feeling a little sad or I am stressed out foodie scents is what I reach of the
most of the times. These scents go so well together that I am using them
regularly that way.
Hearth sugar exfoliant: As you can see I am almost out!
This is the 7.5oz pot and I have it for a year I think. I love the consistency
of this scrub. It’s not harsh to the skin. This one has cranberry seeds too. I love
the touch of color that these ones give! It leaves you moisturized but not
oily. I could say that it almost washes away clean. The scent, not only feels
the bathroom but it stays on my skin. Sometimes I can notice it even after I
put my body cream on.
The warm glowing center of any home. Autumns
last apple pickings, warm bread, orange rind, various fire roasted nuts,
cracked black pepper all nailed down by an oozing sticky benzoin.
The skin of
the red apples combined by the warm bread is the first thing I smell. In use
the orange rind and the black pepper become more obvious. It’s a warm scent.
Perfect for when it’s cold outside. Very
similar to Guy Fawkes by Paintbox Soapworks.
Sweet potato treat Pumpkin butter: I love this formula! It sinks to the
skin immediately and it leaves me feeling so soft at the same time. Using this
product you don’t even need to put perfume on! It’s so strong and it stays for
hours! Also, a little goes a long wayJ
For me, this is the epitome of holiday comfort
food: Sweet potatoes with mild spices, butter and brown sugar baked off with
marshmallows.
It smells
exactly like it’s advertised. Sugar, marshmallows and Sweet potato with mild
spices. Yum
Parkin Perfume: Glorious ginger cakes celebrating Guy
Fawkes Day! Brown sugar, black treacle, oats, a peculiar blend of white spices
tossed with chopped roasted chestnuts and coated with the lightest of icings.
I am curious what the white spices might be. White pepper? Anyway, I
love this and I wear it regularly. I have it for two years and still smells
perfectly good. This and Gingerbread Whorehouse from Possets are my favourite
ginger perfumes. On dry down I get
sugary oats and I really like that note. Stays for hours on me which is always
a plus!
These three perfumes compliments each other so good and they are making
me smell eatable!
Narcosa: A thick haze of tonka and black
vanilla, three jasmines, tuberose and ylang ylang.
I started with the small body butter but I couldn’t resist buying the
perfume as well. I love this one so much that I might buy another one when it
becomes available again!
Heavy on the ylang ylang, it’s one of the best white flower- vanilla
interpretations that I have in my collection. Sweet and feminine to the Max!
Come Hither: Based off of traditional herbs
and roots used in Hoodoo to draw and attract a lover, or entice the one you've
already ensnared! Bourbon vanilla, tonka bean, a touch of rose oil, Queen
Elizabeth root, three threads of saffron and a bit of honey to sweeten the
whole deal.
This is on my bottle wish list for over a year. It smells like sugared
rose petals in a whipped cream bed drizzled with a teaspoon of honey.
The pumpkin butter is great for
layering with other rose blends in my collection.
Milk Maid: Flushed, but demure. Fresh milk, clean linens, pale musk and pink sweet
pea blossom.
Yet another
pumpkin butter. Now you know, I have a thing with body creams! This one doesn’t
smell milky to my nose but musky with a hint of floral. The pea blossom is so
beautiful! It reminds me a little bit of peony too. This is so easy to wear and
to layer with other scents that I am almost out! Really nice scent.
Odette: sun
dried linens, tuberose, ginger lily and white musk.
I don’t get
a lot of flowers from this. Linen and white musk are the notes that my nose
pick out the most. I like it though and I could buy it again in a bath and body
product but not in perfume.
Lassi: Cool, fresh mango
cream, Tunisian orange blossom absolute, black ginger to ground, splash of
green tea and a soft squeeze of lime juice.
I haven’t
used this one yet but on cold sniff I get lime and mango cream the most. Can’t
wait to start using this one this summer!!!
Mango Sticky Rice: Sweet mango, coconut infused rice
and toasted sesame.
I don’t buy or like fruity scents
very often but this one is an exception. I haven’t smelt anything like it
before! I got mango, sesame and a green note that reminds me of coriander but
it can’t be that. The coconut gives creaminess to the whole. Perfect for warmer
weather!
Ghost
Puffs: This is almost a marshmallow
single note. Simple and easy to wear. It doesn’t stay hours on me and it has
low sillage but I love it anyway.
Ceremony: Dusty beeswax candles,
frankincense, myrrh, mastic, spikenard, pale honey, a pinch of tobacco and
faded musk.
This is
easily on my top 10 perfumes. I love it so much and I can’t understand why HoG
didn’t bring this one back. I will guess that the ingredients were too
expensive to remake it. Mastic is one of my favourite smells in the world but I
don’t see it to be used in perfumes that often. It’s one of the most expensive
resins in the world. Here in Greece we use it to scent our pastries and it’s
delicious. I am so happy that I didn’t wait and I bought a bottle right away.
It’s a resinous
blend that stays hours to the skin. It’s
warm from the beeswax and a little bit powdery from the frankincense. I don’t
get tobacco or honey. In fact, I breathe deep every time I wear it to enjoy the
mastic and the resins.
I hope I
will see similar scents from HoG in the future!
Do you have
a favourite scent or product from HoG?
