topazphoenix

This is lovely, so light and green. Fresh tea with a squirt of lemon and a dollop of honey. This is actually incredibly similar to Embalming Fluid except no musk, and I like Shanghai better. The only problem is it has no throw whatsoever. sigh.

Almost all rose on my skin. The narcissus doesn't do much except sharpen the overall green feel of the scent.

Cool, yet sharp. Smells like sour linen from hell on me.

Sharp at first, but now it's calming down and going to...kumquat? Is that the sweetness lurking in the background? Juicy and slight crisp, flowers and citrus of equal proportion.

Fresh, watery, cool. Apple blossoms and what must be the hyacinth (reminds me of lilac). Floral/leaves/apples/breeze without being over the top or excessive in any way. Gorgeous.

Wow, this DOES smell like those cinnamon altoids. That's creepy. It's actually quite a good scent, but I'm getting more ginger + cinnamon here than actual gingerbread. Gingerbread Poppet has something moist and cakey about it but Shub is all dry ginger and spicy powders. I really do like it though.

Florals and tea and redcurrant. This is so delicious without actually being foody. It's really balanced. The florals are lovely, the redcurrant is kind of fruity and the tea..God I can't described the perfectness of the tea in this blend, it just leads an overal earthiness to the scent...I mean the entire thing is very ethereal and magical and shimmery and the tea adds to that, but it also sort of tethers it down....rounds it out...so the sharp edges of the florals and the otherwise slightly wine-y sour fruitish redcurrant are toned down....it's like the best part of all the notes, without overdoing anything. This scent is SO well blended, and it's just NOM NOM NOM. I can't believe The East has so few reviews, it's beyond gorgeous. I am so glad I bought a bottle of this, and might need a backup too. *sqeee*

Wet, Queen of Sheba smells like the almondy marischino cherries in eclipse, with a slightly woody tinge. As it dries I get a more true almond scent, almost hazelnutty. It's not really warm or golden, but has a rather dry dusty quality. After a while the almonds fade slightly and the spices come out. They're woody too. Smells like cinnamon in there. This also is similar to Bengal imo. I like Eclipse better for almonds, though, the amber makes it warmer and more approachable.

I get tangy wine, then tangy grape wine, then honey, in that order. There's also something darker holding it all together. Really interesting!

Lily, jasmine, and ylang ylang. For some reason ylang ylang is very *high* scent to me. It's not earthy and doesn't wear close to the skin, but sort of disperses itself evenly. Suspiro goes to a somewhat powdery/rose reminiscent finish. Not for me.

Wet on my skin this is all lillies. Thankfully on the drydown it calms down enough that the pear and white musk come out. There might be rose flitting around the edges too. It's very pretty but definately a traditional "perfumy" sort of scent.

I could barely smell this at all even after generous application. Which was sad, because from the little I could detect with my nose squished up against my wrist, it's extremely pretty. But I can't imagine wearing something with such a nonexistant throw, it'd be like wearing water.

Rose, with something powdery in here that keeps its from smelling green. It isn't a bad smell, but I like roses that are green and fresh, and this one's stale from being in the keepsake trunk for too long.

This would be really sweet and fruity if there wasn't some strong floral in there (the wisteria?) that sort of matures it...crisp, cool. I like bamboo. This is definately evocative of Autumn.

Wet this is pure white rose. It gets sweeter and the honeyed cream is more apparent on the drydown. Great for someone who's looking for a unique, feminine rose scent.

Crisp, clear green apples..drydown gets softer and more woody. Very pretty scent.

There only enough fruit in there to balance out the florals. And yet it's really sweet. Sugary aquatic florals.

Wet: smells like The Unicorn. Dry: Going powdery. We've got myrrh, and bits of rose, and the ylang ylang sort of pulls everything upward. I can't smell the musk in this one.

Reminds me of a minty Midnight Kiss. There's got to be some vanilla in there too. Warm, but with a powdery edge of unapproachability. Kinda weird, but not unpleasant.

Violet..and yeah, I got bananas too. Reminds me of Queen Gertrude.

Green and...sappy. Sharp. Woody. Green and dry at the same time, like some sharp pungent grass drying up and dying in the hot sun. Smells extremely dry wood at the end. Reminds me of Yggdrasil.

Wet: I am Jasmine, hear me roar! Dry: Rose dancing around a base of Myrrh. Not really that wicked.

Lavender kind of flits around the edges, but the pennyroyal is clear, sharp, and sustained. Is true to its name. Evokes a sense of ongoing pain.

Very pure smelling. Light, citrusy, floral, clean. Cold. Kind of self righteous. There's no warmth, no amber, vanilla, or anything decadent to mar it. No sin. Not inviting or comforting in the least. Refreshing. Would make a good pillow scent.

Wet: pretty lavendar. Dry: florals, kind of woody. Aquatic. Cold, sad, painful. Rejected. Just so unhappy and nowhere for it to go.