AceQueenKing
@acequeenking.bsky.social
Fandom account || Adult || Mostly Tekken, musical theater, Greek mythology, with a slight hint of Sci-Fi.
Other interests that might pop up: Fashion, Jewelry, Movies, Cooking.
Other interests that might pop up: Fashion, Jewelry, Movies, Cooking.
Unfortunately, that does tend to be how single fandom archives work 🤣
March 6, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Unfortunately, that does tend to be how single fandom archives work 🤣
Thats kind of where I am too tbh. Single-fandom archives wont come back until Ao3 is lost in one way or another. (And they've made a lot of decisions I hate so I wouldn't be all that surprised if Ao3 is one day lost -- no matter how unthinkable people think that is.)
Still, small hope. Small.
Still, small hope. Small.
February 26, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Thats kind of where I am too tbh. Single-fandom archives wont come back until Ao3 is lost in one way or another. (And they've made a lot of decisions I hate so I wouldn't be all that surprised if Ao3 is one day lost -- no matter how unthinkable people think that is.)
Still, small hope. Small.
Still, small hope. Small.
Sidenote, I did not realize what a fucking Juggernaut Rose motherfucking Tyler BY HERSELF was.
18,772 fics on Ao3. 16,665 on Teaspoon. 15,000 fics on fanfiction dot net -- sure, theres some cross posting there, but absolutely insane numbers lol
18,772 fics on Ao3. 16,665 on Teaspoon. 15,000 fics on fanfiction dot net -- sure, theres some cross posting there, but absolutely insane numbers lol
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February 26, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Sidenote, I did not realize what a fucking Juggernaut Rose motherfucking Tyler BY HERSELF was.
18,772 fics on Ao3. 16,665 on Teaspoon. 15,000 fics on fanfiction dot net -- sure, theres some cross posting there, but absolutely insane numbers lol
18,772 fics on Ao3. 16,665 on Teaspoon. 15,000 fics on fanfiction dot net -- sure, theres some cross posting there, but absolutely insane numbers lol
I used to assume everything would eventually funnel to Ao3, as its the biggest fic writing site. I still think that's true, but its an interesting anomaly to get more read in the single-fandom archive.
Maybe some hope for diverse archives after all?
Maybe some hope for diverse archives after all?
February 26, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I used to assume everything would eventually funnel to Ao3, as its the biggest fic writing site. I still think that's true, but its an interesting anomaly to get more read in the single-fandom archive.
Maybe some hope for diverse archives after all?
Maybe some hope for diverse archives after all?
Interesting especially to me because Teaspoon has fallen quite out of vogue for the newest seasons, which Ao3 is pretty healthy on:
February 26, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Interesting especially to me because Teaspoon has fallen quite out of vogue for the newest seasons, which Ao3 is pretty healthy on:
I wonder if this is because I'm writing for an older doctor, so the fandom is older.
I wasn't expecting a fanfic for chars from 2012 to do gangbusters but I think its interesting I got 13 kudos (respectable) and 1 review on Ao3 and 0 reviews on the platform that doesn't let you leave kudos.
I wasn't expecting a fanfic for chars from 2012 to do gangbusters but I think its interesting I got 13 kudos (respectable) and 1 review on Ao3 and 0 reviews on the platform that doesn't let you leave kudos.
February 26, 2026 at 6:35 PM
I wonder if this is because I'm writing for an older doctor, so the fandom is older.
I wasn't expecting a fanfic for chars from 2012 to do gangbusters but I think its interesting I got 13 kudos (respectable) and 1 review on Ao3 and 0 reviews on the platform that doesn't let you leave kudos.
I wasn't expecting a fanfic for chars from 2012 to do gangbusters but I think its interesting I got 13 kudos (respectable) and 1 review on Ao3 and 0 reviews on the platform that doesn't let you leave kudos.
Zoologist - Cow
This one is weird to me. I'm almost completely anosmic to it -- I can smell a brief flash of apples for about one second on my skin, and then I can't smell the perfume at all. My SO can smell it on my skin (and the spouse's review is "pungent, floral?") but I can't lol
Rare miss.
This one is weird to me. I'm almost completely anosmic to it -- I can smell a brief flash of apples for about one second on my skin, and then I can't smell the perfume at all. My SO can smell it on my skin (and the spouse's review is "pungent, floral?") but I can't lol
Rare miss.
February 11, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Zoologist - Cow
This one is weird to me. I'm almost completely anosmic to it -- I can smell a brief flash of apples for about one second on my skin, and then I can't smell the perfume at all. My SO can smell it on my skin (and the spouse's review is "pungent, floral?") but I can't lol
Rare miss.
This one is weird to me. I'm almost completely anosmic to it -- I can smell a brief flash of apples for about one second on my skin, and then I can't smell the perfume at all. My SO can smell it on my skin (and the spouse's review is "pungent, floral?") but I can't lol
Rare miss.
Zoologist - Rabbit
Rabbit is pretty much the polar opposite of Koala; if Koala is an expensive spa frag, then Rabbit is Jessica Simpson's Apple Pie dessert spray. This is a gourmet's gourmand on me, caramel apple pie that's sticky-sweet.
Like, but not love. Too sweet. I am too bitter lol.
Rabbit is pretty much the polar opposite of Koala; if Koala is an expensive spa frag, then Rabbit is Jessica Simpson's Apple Pie dessert spray. This is a gourmet's gourmand on me, caramel apple pie that's sticky-sweet.
Like, but not love. Too sweet. I am too bitter lol.
February 9, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Zoologist - Rabbit
Rabbit is pretty much the polar opposite of Koala; if Koala is an expensive spa frag, then Rabbit is Jessica Simpson's Apple Pie dessert spray. This is a gourmet's gourmand on me, caramel apple pie that's sticky-sweet.
Like, but not love. Too sweet. I am too bitter lol.
Rabbit is pretty much the polar opposite of Koala; if Koala is an expensive spa frag, then Rabbit is Jessica Simpson's Apple Pie dessert spray. This is a gourmet's gourmand on me, caramel apple pie that's sticky-sweet.
Like, but not love. Too sweet. I am too bitter lol.
Zoologist - Koala.
Zoologist makes one of my favorite perfumes (Elephant) and this one is also a treat.
This is all eucalyptus /camphor, then fades into a soapy tea scent. It smells like a spa, an expensive one that serves you hot tea next to a waterfall.
Absolutely love it.
Zoologist makes one of my favorite perfumes (Elephant) and this one is also a treat.
This is all eucalyptus /camphor, then fades into a soapy tea scent. It smells like a spa, an expensive one that serves you hot tea next to a waterfall.
Absolutely love it.
February 5, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Zoologist - Koala.
Zoologist makes one of my favorite perfumes (Elephant) and this one is also a treat.
This is all eucalyptus /camphor, then fades into a soapy tea scent. It smells like a spa, an expensive one that serves you hot tea next to a waterfall.
Absolutely love it.
Zoologist makes one of my favorite perfumes (Elephant) and this one is also a treat.
This is all eucalyptus /camphor, then fades into a soapy tea scent. It smells like a spa, an expensive one that serves you hot tea next to a waterfall.
Absolutely love it.
Ghost Ship Emporium - New Orleans Vampire.
This is a really, really close to BPAL's Tavern of Hell, just slightly less boozy. All absinthe and amber. Like most absinthes, it dries down to nothing really fast, even if I like that minty smell.
Its fine, but I'm relieved I don't love it.
This is a really, really close to BPAL's Tavern of Hell, just slightly less boozy. All absinthe and amber. Like most absinthes, it dries down to nothing really fast, even if I like that minty smell.
Its fine, but I'm relieved I don't love it.
February 4, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Ghost Ship Emporium - New Orleans Vampire.
This is a really, really close to BPAL's Tavern of Hell, just slightly less boozy. All absinthe and amber. Like most absinthes, it dries down to nothing really fast, even if I like that minty smell.
Its fine, but I'm relieved I don't love it.
This is a really, really close to BPAL's Tavern of Hell, just slightly less boozy. All absinthe and amber. Like most absinthes, it dries down to nothing really fast, even if I like that minty smell.
Its fine, but I'm relieved I don't love it.
DS&Durga - Burning Barbershop.
This is the one I was expecting would be an all-time winner easy-peasy. Unfortunately, it has a bit of a split personality - quite smoky at the start, and then a vanilla/lavender drydown.
I actually wish this one was more linear so I could smell both at the same time
This is the one I was expecting would be an all-time winner easy-peasy. Unfortunately, it has a bit of a split personality - quite smoky at the start, and then a vanilla/lavender drydown.
I actually wish this one was more linear so I could smell both at the same time
February 3, 2026 at 6:03 PM
DS&Durga - Burning Barbershop.
This is the one I was expecting would be an all-time winner easy-peasy. Unfortunately, it has a bit of a split personality - quite smoky at the start, and then a vanilla/lavender drydown.
I actually wish this one was more linear so I could smell both at the same time
This is the one I was expecting would be an all-time winner easy-peasy. Unfortunately, it has a bit of a split personality - quite smoky at the start, and then a vanilla/lavender drydown.
I actually wish this one was more linear so I could smell both at the same time
I legit started shipping them from SFxT.
THEY HAD SO MUCH CHEMISTRY?
THEY HAD SO MUCH CHEMISTRY?
February 2, 2026 at 6:02 PM
I legit started shipping them from SFxT.
THEY HAD SO MUCH CHEMISTRY?
THEY HAD SO MUCH CHEMISTRY?
Not my fav meadow scent (grasslands, above, is winning so far), but I'm quite sad Ghost Ship Emporium has gone out of business because they're a good third of this sample pack lol.
It's hard to not trigger my "oh shoot I'll never be able to rebuy this, better preserve it forever" gremlin brain...
It's hard to not trigger my "oh shoot I'll never be able to rebuy this, better preserve it forever" gremlin brain...
February 2, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Not my fav meadow scent (grasslands, above, is winning so far), but I'm quite sad Ghost Ship Emporium has gone out of business because they're a good third of this sample pack lol.
It's hard to not trigger my "oh shoot I'll never be able to rebuy this, better preserve it forever" gremlin brain...
It's hard to not trigger my "oh shoot I'll never be able to rebuy this, better preserve it forever" gremlin brain...
Ghost Scent Emporium - Summerwinds
I have wanted to try Ghost Scent Emporium for ages and they went out of business between the time I ordered these samples and when I got them. :(
This is nice. Sassafras, sage, cedar, sweetgrass, vetiver. Smoky but also...Kinda powdery? Sweet.
I have wanted to try Ghost Scent Emporium for ages and they went out of business between the time I ordered these samples and when I got them. :(
This is nice. Sassafras, sage, cedar, sweetgrass, vetiver. Smoky but also...Kinda powdery? Sweet.
February 2, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Ghost Scent Emporium - Summerwinds
I have wanted to try Ghost Scent Emporium for ages and they went out of business between the time I ordered these samples and when I got them. :(
This is nice. Sassafras, sage, cedar, sweetgrass, vetiver. Smoky but also...Kinda powdery? Sweet.
I have wanted to try Ghost Scent Emporium for ages and they went out of business between the time I ordered these samples and when I got them. :(
This is nice. Sassafras, sage, cedar, sweetgrass, vetiver. Smoky but also...Kinda powdery? Sweet.
Paraphrase - Grasslands
This is a solid LOVE. Lavender, Tobacco, Hay & Oakmoss.
This smells like a wide open prairie for miles & miles, blue sky in my eyes and all the hay in the fields and the flowers in the wild. An idealized version of home.
Doesn't carry super far but it doesn't have to.
This is a solid LOVE. Lavender, Tobacco, Hay & Oakmoss.
This smells like a wide open prairie for miles & miles, blue sky in my eyes and all the hay in the fields and the flowers in the wild. An idealized version of home.
Doesn't carry super far but it doesn't have to.
February 1, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Paraphrase - Grasslands
This is a solid LOVE. Lavender, Tobacco, Hay & Oakmoss.
This smells like a wide open prairie for miles & miles, blue sky in my eyes and all the hay in the fields and the flowers in the wild. An idealized version of home.
Doesn't carry super far but it doesn't have to.
This is a solid LOVE. Lavender, Tobacco, Hay & Oakmoss.
This smells like a wide open prairie for miles & miles, blue sky in my eyes and all the hay in the fields and the flowers in the wild. An idealized version of home.
Doesn't carry super far but it doesn't have to.
I HAVE NOT EVEN HEARD OF THIS ONE.
I will add it to the next pack after I work through this one. I like the couple of the Etat's I've tried and I have "ghost in the shell" in this pack so looking forward.
I like Rose but it is a very love it/hate it note on the perfumes themselves.
I will add it to the next pack after I work through this one. I like the couple of the Etat's I've tried and I have "ghost in the shell" in this pack so looking forward.
I like Rose but it is a very love it/hate it note on the perfumes themselves.
January 31, 2026 at 9:11 PM
I HAVE NOT EVEN HEARD OF THIS ONE.
I will add it to the next pack after I work through this one. I like the couple of the Etat's I've tried and I have "ghost in the shell" in this pack so looking forward.
I like Rose but it is a very love it/hate it note on the perfumes themselves.
I will add it to the next pack after I work through this one. I like the couple of the Etat's I've tried and I have "ghost in the shell" in this pack so looking forward.
I like Rose but it is a very love it/hate it note on the perfumes themselves.
Frederic Malle - Portrait of a Lady
Got this despite the clove top note because I ADORE Rose scent and I've seen, over and over,that everyone likes THIS particular Rose scent.
Unfortunately, Clove remains my nemesis and this smells like spicy Rose and ylang-ylang-scented cigarettes.
Got this despite the clove top note because I ADORE Rose scent and I've seen, over and over,that everyone likes THIS particular Rose scent.
Unfortunately, Clove remains my nemesis and this smells like spicy Rose and ylang-ylang-scented cigarettes.
January 31, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Frederic Malle - Portrait of a Lady
Got this despite the clove top note because I ADORE Rose scent and I've seen, over and over,that everyone likes THIS particular Rose scent.
Unfortunately, Clove remains my nemesis and this smells like spicy Rose and ylang-ylang-scented cigarettes.
Got this despite the clove top note because I ADORE Rose scent and I've seen, over and over,that everyone likes THIS particular Rose scent.
Unfortunately, Clove remains my nemesis and this smells like spicy Rose and ylang-ylang-scented cigarettes.
DS & Durga - Cowboy Grass
Oh, I like the masc version MUCH better than the feminine one. Vetiver and Sage, mostly. I think this one might worth buyin, I can soften it with a little vanilla musk on top.
Very antistringent and grassy, like a medicinal tonic, splashed on the face.
LIKE.
Oh, I like the masc version MUCH better than the feminine one. Vetiver and Sage, mostly. I think this one might worth buyin, I can soften it with a little vanilla musk on top.
Very antistringent and grassy, like a medicinal tonic, splashed on the face.
LIKE.
January 30, 2026 at 8:54 PM
DS & Durga - Cowboy Grass
Oh, I like the masc version MUCH better than the feminine one. Vetiver and Sage, mostly. I think this one might worth buyin, I can soften it with a little vanilla musk on top.
Very antistringent and grassy, like a medicinal tonic, splashed on the face.
LIKE.
Oh, I like the masc version MUCH better than the feminine one. Vetiver and Sage, mostly. I think this one might worth buyin, I can soften it with a little vanilla musk on top.
Very antistringent and grassy, like a medicinal tonic, splashed on the face.
LIKE.
Ganymede Marc-Antoine Barrois
One that seems to have a very wide variety of smells to people judging by the reviews. Most mention leather or metallic notes.
Weirdly my sample is just...warm vanilla + cedar.
I like it, but I wish I got the alien spaceship vibes.
More comfy gran than the Dr.
One that seems to have a very wide variety of smells to people judging by the reviews. Most mention leather or metallic notes.
Weirdly my sample is just...warm vanilla + cedar.
I like it, but I wish I got the alien spaceship vibes.
More comfy gran than the Dr.
January 29, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Ganymede Marc-Antoine Barrois
One that seems to have a very wide variety of smells to people judging by the reviews. Most mention leather or metallic notes.
Weirdly my sample is just...warm vanilla + cedar.
I like it, but I wish I got the alien spaceship vibes.
More comfy gran than the Dr.
One that seems to have a very wide variety of smells to people judging by the reviews. Most mention leather or metallic notes.
Weirdly my sample is just...warm vanilla + cedar.
I like it, but I wish I got the alien spaceship vibes.
More comfy gran than the Dr.
First up - DS & Durga, Cowgirl grass.
I was hoping this would be mostly vetiver &grass, with slight hints of flowers; a prairie-girl scent.
But alas, this is a very LOUD & GIRLY cowgirl. All powdery peony and amber. Feels dated, very late 80s/early 90's. Doesn't agree with my skin/taste.
Shame.
I was hoping this would be mostly vetiver &grass, with slight hints of flowers; a prairie-girl scent.
But alas, this is a very LOUD & GIRLY cowgirl. All powdery peony and amber. Feels dated, very late 80s/early 90's. Doesn't agree with my skin/taste.
Shame.
January 29, 2026 at 4:13 PM
First up - DS & Durga, Cowgirl grass.
I was hoping this would be mostly vetiver &grass, with slight hints of flowers; a prairie-girl scent.
But alas, this is a very LOUD & GIRLY cowgirl. All powdery peony and amber. Feels dated, very late 80s/early 90's. Doesn't agree with my skin/taste.
Shame.
I was hoping this would be mostly vetiver &grass, with slight hints of flowers; a prairie-girl scent.
But alas, this is a very LOUD & GIRLY cowgirl. All powdery peony and amber. Feels dated, very late 80s/early 90's. Doesn't agree with my skin/taste.
Shame.
First, a bit about my perfume taste:
- My skin tends to amp sweet smells
- Also amp Clove which unfortunately smells immediately like sugary cigs on me (RIP)
- nag champa/dragons blood? Headache inducers
- tend to prefer unisex frags
- favorite frag fam is fougeres
- My skin tends to amp sweet smells
- Also amp Clove which unfortunately smells immediately like sugary cigs on me (RIP)
- nag champa/dragons blood? Headache inducers
- tend to prefer unisex frags
- favorite frag fam is fougeres
January 29, 2026 at 4:13 PM
First, a bit about my perfume taste:
- My skin tends to amp sweet smells
- Also amp Clove which unfortunately smells immediately like sugary cigs on me (RIP)
- nag champa/dragons blood? Headache inducers
- tend to prefer unisex frags
- favorite frag fam is fougeres
- My skin tends to amp sweet smells
- Also amp Clove which unfortunately smells immediately like sugary cigs on me (RIP)
- nag champa/dragons blood? Headache inducers
- tend to prefer unisex frags
- favorite frag fam is fougeres