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Wet: A cherry tootsie pop (before you get to the.. "chocolate").

Dry: Ah, there's the pink pepper! Unfortunately, most of the cherry is gone. Strong on the pink pepper, light on the cherry. Pretty light scent overall, though. Darn.

I'll probably keep this around just to use up in my hair. 

Wet: MINT. Vanilla mint. Strong. Up my nose. Clearing out my sinuses. Mint. (Pistachio, I'm rooting for you to come out on the dry down!)

Dry: Most the vanilla has died off, but the sugary has AMPED. A very, very sweet mint scent. Sadly... no pistachio, here, which is the main reason why I wanted to try this out.

If you're a mint lover, this is worth a try, just don't be expecting much(if any) pistachio.

Wet: Bring on the red musk! The red musk comes out swinging, and is being backed by the cherry wood(make no mistake about the "wood" part; you can smell it here). No apricot or fig here yet; I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the red musk doesn't overwhelm them. Apricot and red musk would be SO nice.

Dry: Sweeter than the wet stage, but I'm still not getting any apricot or figgy goodness (though I suppose one of them may be contributing to the added sweetness). The red musk is still dominant, but not as "POW" as before; it's mellowed quite a bit. The cherry wood is still backing up the red musk.

This is nice, but nothing special on me.

Wet: A sweet, creamy, golden, musky aquatic. Too many adjectives? It's fascinating, and has something addictive about it. (Thankfully, the lotus here isn't going bubblegum-y.. yet.)

Dry: This doesn't morph on me much once it dries. If anything, the amber is a little stronger; otherwise, everything has remained the same!

I agree with everyone who said "pink mermaid musk". Totally get it. 

Oh. I like you.

First spritz, I get a STRONG blast of black cherry! Borderline candy-like. No white tea here at all. Black cherry, in your face.

When it dries in the hair, I can finally smell the white tea while the black cherry note calms down. It's about 50/50 black cherry and white tea, and it's quite nice... and also has me craving some cherry tea now. 

My hair gloss experience is pretty much spot-on to my perfume experience: this much lighter than expected, and is mostly honeycomb and vanilla. I'm not getting much Snake Oil, at all.

Much like the perfume, I expect this one needs some aging to fully appreciate it. Right now, it's too light and fades too quickly. 

After looking at the notes.. I have no idea why I ordered a decant of this.

Wet: Clove, cinnamon and patchouli. Very "dry" smelling.

Dry: A little creaminess to the blend now; the patchouli has faded into the background slightly, while the clove and cinnamon are right up front (with a good amount of throw). 

If a strong clove or cinnamon scent entices you, try this out. (As a side note: my skin has some sensitivity with cinnamon, and I had no issues with this guy.)

Wet: Strawberry and ti leaf; this smells very much like a perfumed strawberry, rather than a fresh one. 

Dry: Herbal strawberry; almost like a strong strawberry tea? Something like that. Pretty light on the skin, though when I catch a whiff of it, it's fairly nice. (I prefer a stronger strawberry note, though.)

Wet: Cake, and cardamom. I would say that the "cake" smells more like all the dry cake ingredients you sift together before combining with the wet. It smells like that, plus cardamom. 

Dry: Still no cotton candy, but it doesn't matter much, since my skin all but completely ate this. Just a hint of that dry cake mix with cardamom, but it's about 95% gone.

Wet: Peach! I get syrupy peaches, and some of the peach skin as well. Just a dab of honey. Yum. 

Dry: The sandalwood has come out, and it's almost entirely overpowering the peach. It's more or less sandalwood, with peach in the background now. The honey is totally gone.

This had so much potential, darn it. I'll just have to use it up in my hair.  

Wet: @VetchVesper nailed it - strawberry creme savers. SO nostalgic!

Dry: Incredibly happy that this stayed true to the wet stage - any kind of milk/cream notes can go super funky on my skin. Strawberry creme savers, with maybe a little less strawberry than the wet stage.

Wet: Orchid, incense, and apple pulp. The orchid and incense are the strongest notes here, but you can get a tiny bit of the apple pulp, which is adding some sweetness. 

Dry: The apple pulp pretty much disappeared, and the orchid and incense are still going strong. I think this is a really nice floral incense blend, without it being headache-inducing (that I find some florals to be). 

If the floral notes and incense appeal to you, try this! If you're looking for apple pulp, you may be disappointed, though.

Wet: Pink Sugar by Aquolina. I thought I was going crazy, and the looked through previous reviews and saw a few others mentioned it as well! (Pink Sugar notes, with similar notes to VU in bold: bergamot, orange, fig leaves, raspberry, lily, candy floss, licorice, strawberry, sandalwood, musk, vanilla, and caramel.) To be fair, it's been several years since I've smelled Pink Sugar(over 5, for sure), but it's what I immediately thought of first.

Dry: Yep, I stand by what I said in the wet stage. Pink Sugar. It's a (super) sweet, slightly warm, foodie scent with extra vanilla. Me gusta.

Wet: This screams MASCULINE to me. Mahogany and patchouli are standing out the most, and maybe a touch of vetiver, but it's not very strong at the moment. (Also, I have no idea what guiac wood is or smells like?)

Dry: Less patchouli, more mahogany and vetiver, plus oakmoss. Sweeter than the wet stage as well; still what I would call "masculine," but not... hyper masculine.

Not bad, but not for me.

(2019 version.)

Wet: Citrus! Lemongrass, blood orange, and bergamot are mingling (with blood orange being the strongest, currently). Definitely understand the "lemon cleaner" scent that some people have mentioned previously; it's borderline cleaner-smelling on me.

Dry: Ginger! Ginger, and a light citrus scent are left. Light, fresh, and clean(without going the cleaner route).

It's nice, but nothing I'll need a big bottle of.

I feel like when I first spray this into my hair, it's a  decent mix of apples with spices. Very warm, baked apples scent. (Totally underrated dessert, btw.) When it dries, it smells like a tart granny smith apple with some caramel lingering behind. I like it!

(2019 version.)

Wet: Okay, there's a lot of notes in here, and it's hard to pick out a lot. Here are the main ones I'm getting: almond, frankincense, and lemon verbena. It's sweet, incense-y, and.. I can't stop smelling it. The more I sniff it, the more I like it, and the harder it is to describe. (So far, I'm liking this better than 2018.)

Dry: Almond and lemon verbena are still going on, and I think I may detect a little bit of pomegranate sneaking in now as well. Something a little smoky, as well? 

I like this more than the previous year's for some reason. 

Wet: Lavender and cypress. The lavender is smooth, and not that sharp herbal type (that I ... hate). The scent is like being cozy, outdoors, when it's cold.

Dry: Okay, I take back what I said. This has turned mega sharp, and the coziness is no longer. Strong, sharp lavender, patchouli, and cypress.

Nope.

I had to look up the notes for Lust, because it's been a hot minute since I've tried it - red musk, patchouli, ylang ylang and myrrh

Wet: Mainly red musk and myrrh; I'm having a hard time picking out the "frostbitten" part of the scent.

Dry: Ah! Now I'm getting the frostbitten Snow White vibes here. This smells like Snow White with red musk added to it.  

I like it enough to hold on to my decant, but not bottle worthy.

Wet: Frankincense and amber primarily, with the bergamot in the background giving this a very "clean, fresh" scent (moreso than a "citrus" one).

Dry: Less frankincense, more amber, and.. less bergamot. The frankincense and amber do smell lovely together (like golden, warm frankincense) but overall it's just not my jam.

Wet: Spiced cranberry sauce.

Dry: Pretty similar to earlier, but there's a slight tartness coming through that was missing from earlier.

This is just OK. If you want to smell like cranberry sauce, try this! Otherwise I'd recommend Fig & Cranberry Sufganiyot for a good cranberry fix.

Wet: Straight up TKO with an extra bit of sweetness.

Dry: Snow White/TKO mash-up. (So think of a snowy version of TKO with added vanilla sweetness, more or less.) IMO, this is better than plain TKO or Snow White.  These two smell perfect together. 

If TKO is your jam, try this. 

Wet: This is just about straight-up Snow White on me. There's more of a creaminess here than the OG Snow White, though I'm not getting any distinct Alice notes(milk, honey, rose, carnation, bergamot). It may be Alice's milk note that's adding to the creaminess, I assume.

Dry: So.. original Snow White ended up smelling TERRIBLE on me when it dried down. (Pine and plastic per my original review.) The scent I'm smelling now is what I THOUGHT original Snow White would smell like on me. It is SO. LOVELY. It's like a creamy, snowy, lightly sweet forest scent. Evocative.

I still cannot smell anything that reminds me of Alice here, but the mix of Alice and Snow White seems to be working magic on me.

I think I'll need to upgrade my decant.

Wet: Lemon and something slightly herbal which I'm guessing is the mugwort. (It smells almost juniper-ish to me. ) There's a very icy quality as well. Lemons sitting on a frozen lake in the forest? Yeah, I'll go with that.

Dry: The lemon is not as strong as the wet stage unfortunately, but I'm getting a lot more of the mugwort and that "icy" note from earlier. So lemons sitting on a frozen lake in the forest.. but the lemons have been sitting out for hours and the snow is covering up their scent now or something. 

(Side note: haven't tried OG Silkybat.)

Sweet, raw patchouli and pumpkin spice. The pumpkin spice is way stronger upon first spray than the sugared patchouli. (After it dries in the hair, it all evens out pretty well.)

I feel like it stays pretty true to scent description in my hair. That being said, it's not a combination I'm crazy about and will likely give my decant away.