donkehpoo

2020 style!

Wet: Buttery. Creamy. Spicy. Rum-y. Unfortunately also a little bit.. plasticky. 

Dry: Same as the wet stage.. but without the rum.  instead of Hot Buttered Rum, it's Hot Buttered Plastic on me. Dangit.

Wet: SHARP gingerbread, strong on the spices and chestnuts. 

Dry: Less of the actual baked good gingerbread scent, it's mainly just a spicy nut party. (Don't google that.)

You can tell it's still a gingerbread scent, but don't except it to be like Gingerbread Poppet, for example. This is more of a... gingerbread spiced nutty remix? Something like that.

Wet: Ooooo, fresh and sweet mandarins! Just on the border of becoming candy-like(which isn't a bad thing for me).

Dry: Oh man. I think I kind of love this? It's a super sweet, juicy mandarin scent. It reminds me of something I'd eaten (or drank?) before, but I can't put my finger on it.

TLDR; if you like sweet citrus scents, try this!

2020 style!

Wet: Roses and snow. Sweeter than expected! Not getting much of a "fur" vibe just yet - it smells like a freshly cut rose laying in a pile of snow.

Dry: Hm.... sweet, rose-scented baby powder and fur.

.. at least the fur finally showed up? (If rose tends to work well on you, take this review with a grain of salt.)

Wet: POPCORN! Buttery popcorn is what hits me first, decently strong. The cranberries are coming through a little tart, but the popcorn is really shining here.

Dry: The popcorn is very much stealing the show here (still). There's a tiny bit of cranberry that keeps poking its' head out, but I wish I was getting more.

This is fun and unexpected. I like it!

Wet: A bright, citrus-y aquatic with smoke and stone.

Dry: Mainly just a sweet aquatic now, not getting much of a smoke or stone type of note.

While this is simple on me, I like that this isn't an aquatic that went the men's cologne route on me. It's nice! Not bottle-worthy, but hanging on to my decant.

2020 version!

Wet: Good lord, HELLO JASMINE. HI THERE. You can smell the rose along with it, but it's mainly just a really intense jasmine. (Also throw in the slight scent of baby powder.)

Dry: Ah. Floral baby powder. That's about right.

If you skin enjoys rose and jasmine, you can pretty much ignore this review. Rose and jasmine typically don't work on me, but my curiosity got the best of me on this scent. Darn!

Wet: Chocolate cake with maraschino cherries! Stronger on the cherry scent than the chocolate. Really into this.

Dry: This flipped - the chocolate cake  scent is much stronger than the cherries now. 

The wet stage was excellent, and for that alone I'll keep my decant.

Wet: Unsurprisingly, lavender and white chocolate! Pretty close to a 50/50 split. This reminds me of a fancy chocolate bar. 

Dry: Dang, this actually smells better now! An incredibly creamy white chocolate and lavender scent. I'm getting the tiniest bit of madeline/cookie scent that wasn't there initially, but I think the white chocolate is overpowering it a bit.

Really gorgeous, and I'll need a bottle of this.

Wet: Strong, extra spicy gingerbread and sandalwood.

Dry: No bourbon vanilla or marshmallow butter still. Just a straight up spicy gingerbread scent on me.

I like this scent, but I'm really missing that bourbon vanilla + marshmallow butter.  Since I have a bottle of Gingerbread Poppet already, I think I'm good.

Wet: HUBBA HUBBA. Beeswax and chocolate. You're shocked, I know.

Dry: I keep smelling this and can't decide on what's stronger - the chocolate or the beeswax. It really is close to a 50/50 split on my skin, and it's DELICIOUS smelling.

Like beeswax? Like chocolate? This one's a winner! 

Wet: Snow and herbal mint? Maybe like spearmint? No marshmallow to be found so far.

Dry: Less minty now - just kind of a cold, herbal scent. (It smells like something I would use to open my sinuses - just a more mild version.) Still no marshmallow.  

Huge bummer for me, I was really looking forward to this one!

Wet: YUM. I'm getting a smorgasbord of vanilla scents thrown at my nose. I can pick out every note listed, which is pretty rare for me. (The vanilla cashmere is strongest to my nose, along with the honey dust.)

Dry: The honey dust ends up being the strongest for me upon dry down, with the vanilla cashmere and goat's milk tied for second. It's a warm, vanilla-honey scent. 

I really like this, especially that "vanilla cashmere" note! 

2020 version!

Wet: In order from the strongest scent to the weakest, I'm getting - pine, snow, vanilla, and almond.

Dry: The almond seems to have dropped off, so I'm left with a perfectly pleasant combination of pine, snow and vanilla. Fresh and chilly.

I've tried different years of Snow White before, and for whatever reason, this one has been the most successful! (Past years have smelled like pine and plastic on me.)

Strong ozone! A little bit of that “dryer sheet”, but it’s not too bad.

I don’t get any kind of plum throughout the stages here - just a good strong ozone with some musky vibes. Totally reminiscent of what you would smell outside after a thunderstorm.

Wet: The scent of fancy soap that's in an abandoned hotel bathroom. Dusty fancy soap, basically.

Dry: Hm.. this just isn't working on me. Still fancy dusty hotel soap.  

Wet: Lemongrass and musk! 

Dry: Really surprised by this - it smells identical to the wet stage, throw and all! Musky, bright lemongrass.

For me, this is a good pick-me-up type of scent. A cousin of Embalming Fluid, maybe? Gives off that same type of vibe.

Wet: CHERR-AAAYYY. Cherry candy? It's basically one bright pop of CHERRAAYYYY right now.

Dry: Not a cherry candy scent anymore - more like a light... cherry musk? Not sure what's giving off the musky vibe. Maybe it's the velvet wallpaper note? It's basically a subtle cherry scent on me, now.

I like it, but I have other cherry scents I prefer.

2020 version!

Wet: Granny smith apple! A little extra sweetness that I'm safely assuming is due to the honey, but don't actually smell a honey note.

Dry: While the throw on this has significantly lessened, I can smell the honey now! As a bonus, the apple scent stayed true and didn't turn to potpourri! 

I'll definitely hang on to my decant. 

Note - I have some skin sensitivity with cinnamon blends, but didn't have any issues here.

Wet: Cinnamon, right up my nose, with a little splatter of pumpkin.

Dry: Pretty dang close to the wet stage, but I think my skin is amping the cinnamon a bit. There's an added sweetness here as well that wasn't present earlier, and the pumpkin is just sort of watching from backstage.

It's a bit too strong on the cinnamon for me.

First spray I get cinnamon and blood. Mostly cinnamon, backed by something dragon's blood-ish.

When it dries, I'm getting the above plus carnation.

So.. spicy blood hair gloss? No cotton candy, unfortunately. 

I'm so-so on the dead leaves note, but fuck if I don't love marshmallow and pistachio, so here we go...

Wet: The dead leaves are giving me a bit of that cologne scent - that's what I smell instantly. I can faintly smell the pistachio and marshmallow, but they're there. (More of a vague nuttiness/sweetness than anything at this point, though.)

Dry: The dead leaves/cologne are gone, and what's left of the pistachio and marshmallow are just as faint as the wet stage.

I'll hold on to the decant, but probably won't be tempted to get a bottle.

Wet: This smells like a room in an old, creaky, and (likely) haunted house after the candles were blown out. In literal terms - beeswax and smoke, with an almost dusty undertone.

Dry: Oooo, stronger beeswax! Stronger, and sweeter. Lots of beeswax, and just a little smoke. The house doesn't seem so old and haunted anymore.

Big bottle upgrade, maybe? 

Oh self. Why do you keep torturing yourself with apple scents that never work on you?

Wet: Apple hard candy? with the slightest hint of booze. Maybe the better description would be an apple jello shot? There's something sweet and candy-like(maybe the cranberry or maraschino cherry is contributing to that?), but also with booze. So.. probably something I would drink.

Dry: Mother of god. This.. didn't turn to potpourri on me?! 99% of the time, I cannot wear apple out of fear of smelling like a cheap bowl of potpourri. (Thanks, skin. Really cool of you.) Something here prevented that from happening, though. Is it the booze? I will say the booze is more prominent now. It doesn't smell like candy anymore, but it's still definitely a sweet apple. 

I like this!

Note to those with sensitivity to cinnamon - my skin did turn a little red where I applied this, but there was no burning to go along with it.

Wet: Shockingly.. CINNAMON. Approximately hella cinnamon with a dash of pumpkin spice, and a LOT of throw.

Dry: Still just a buttload of cinnamon with some pumpkin spice. It smells spot on to the wet stage, but nowhere near as potent. I'm really missing some kind, ANY kind of pastry note though.

More of a cinnamon than cinnamon bun scent on me, unfortunately.