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I really wanted to love Eat Me, but it was not to be so. It started out a really yummy cake which only lasted a few seconds on my skin before fading into the currants of -doom-. I really did think I was going to like them, but instead of a fresh berry smell, it turned into some sweet vaguely berryish scent with a heavy chemical background. I had to wash it off. I was hoping for something much like Monsterbait: Closet... but eh..not so much in my experience.

My experience exactly. It started out as this delicious sweet cake scent on my skin, but then turned very perfumy pretty quickly. Usually berry/fruity scents work well on me, but the currants in this are just off somehow.

Starts out as a nice foody/cakey scent, which reminds me of Beaver Moon only a little more subtle. Sadly the caramel-butter note that also seems to be in Gluttony overwhelms everything else and makes me quite nauseous.

Chimera is simply delicious! It starts out as hot and heavy cinnamon, but then mellows down very nicely. The copal really adds a sweet touch and the overall dry-down is a warm, spicy, sweet cinnamon-vanilla scent.

I really, really wanted to like this one but it just doesn't like me back. It starts off as a really fresh, nicely sweet juicy apple scents with just the right amount of tartness from the cranberries. Sadly the crannies disappear rather quickly and the apples turn plasticky and fake on my skin. I guess I'll just have to stay clear of the really fruity scents, as Fruit Moon did the same thing to me. Maybe it's just the apples...

I'm really having trouble making up my mind about this one. It starts off as a warm, buttery pumpkin with a nice twist of orange, which I really like. But the dry down is definitely more spicy and a little sharp to my nose. It's a rather sophisticated and posh pumpkin scent, but I think I prefer the sweeter and softer Jack.

In the bottle: sweet, creamy and buttery.

On my skin: spicy and foody, this smells EXACTLY like Gingerbread Poppet! I cannot for the life of me tell a difference, so either my bottles have been mislabled or candy corn is supposed to smell like this.

Don't get me wrong, it's yummy. But not at all what I was expecting.

This is really minty! It starts out very cool and fresh on my skin, but a dark coolness rather than crispness. Then a strong, very dry wood note creeps in, which I'm hardpressed to identify. Could be vetivert, which I usually hate with a vengeance, could be myrrh as well. It's certainly dry and slightly masculine. I don't get the rice pudding at all, but it's somehow a very comforting scent.

I don't think I'll be buying more, but it was interesting to try.

At first this wall all lovely, herby lavender on me. But then the jasmine reared its ugly head to the point where this was all I could smell. It really didn't have a calming effect on me at all, if anything the strong floral smell got me all confused.

Wow my skin chemistry must really be different.

I don't get lemon at all, but ripe, zesty oranges. Freshly squeezed when you get the sweetness from the juice but also smell the bitterness from the peel. There is also a touch of pine in this, which thankfully vanishes very quickly though.

This stays very true to the oranges for me, a really uplifting scent.

Thankfully this is not as floral as Black Pearl. It's more dark and spicy, which will be the red musk. The coconut adds a sweet softness, without being overpowering. It doesn't really smell very coconutty (as in suntan lotion coconut), but rather soft and almost powdery. I think I like it.

I love bourbon, I love sugar, I love mint. Sadly this smelled of neither very strongly on me. Initially it is verry smoky and kind of dry smelling on me, then the mint peeps out a bit. There is no warm or boozy scent though and no sugary sweetness. It is a very rough and masculine scent and for some strange reson it smells very woody on me.

Although it is not at all what I had hoped for, I guess it fits the description. Smelling this reminds me of a big, unshaven lumberjack in a flannel shirt who is chewing tobacco. Definitely a rugged and manly blend, but not for me.

After I tried the single note of Fig, I discovered that I love fig scents. So I hunted around my imp box and found Carnal, which I had tried only once before.

The initial smell was of warm, sweet, ripe figs. Then the mandarine peeped out and added a sort of bitter touch. Later the fig becomes more prominent again, in a sort of dried fruits/raisin sweetness. Now both nothes are balanced really well, with neither being overpowering.

I like this A LOT.

Wow this is really complex indeed, like the other reviewers I have a hard time picking out any individual notes.

At first it is really spicy and floral, but not spicy as in cinnamon or clove, but just a bit sharp smelling. It softens up pretty quick though and smells almost spicy-creamy now. I think I can definitely pick out carnation and maybe some myrrh and ylang ylang. I usually don't like florals, but this is really special. I don't think this will be a big bottle for me, but I think I'll get another imp of this at least.

Ooh I love Maenad! I got a bottle of this in a swap without having sniffed it first and I'm so glad I did.

It starts out very green and doesn't smell too strongly of strawberries. More like the green strawberry stems or the tiny white strawberry blossoms.

After a few minutes it sweetens up nicely, though it never turns sickly sweet. It's juicy and fruity and girly and bubbly, but there is a naughty core to it. It has a dark and slightly bitter base, which I'm assuming is the black poppy.

This is a Lolita fragrance I think. It seems girly and innocent, but there is a very sexy and almost sophisticated base note.

Snake Oil is fab as a power scent, but other than that I think you'll have to find out for yourself. We each have different tastes and body chemistry, so will perceive certain scents completely differently. You'll know when you have found a scent that makes you feel strong and confident. Good luck with your new position!

Oh and Baobhan Sith, my new found love. So light and fresh, it really puts me in a spring-y mood.

Yay for spring!! I'm packing my bags to go to Hawaii tomorrow and must choose which of these imps will join me and my SPF 30...decisions! *sigh*

 

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Ooh, lucky you. I think Shattered is also a really nice fresh and cooling spring/summer scent. Don't know how it would work with suntan lotion though. Maybe better go with Black Pearl?

I just use the little nobby thing in the lid. It's long enough to press against my wrists and since most of the oils are very strong, this gives me plenty of scent.

Pele

Kitsune-Tsuki

Embalming Fluid

Persephone

Siren

Black Pearl

Maenad

Those any good for you?

As others have said, a minty rose. Very cool at first, but deepens quickly. It's not soft or powdery on me, but rather strong and powerful (it invokes these feelings too). I couldn't really give this a colour to be honest, but it reminds me of white lilac somehow. I'm afraid it turned a bit soapy on me, though I quite liked the initial smell.

I have yet to try Fae and Katharina, but they sound very nice. Let us know how they work for you.

Vice + Blood Kiss + Centzon Totochtin = Vice is the least cherry of the three, but shares a similar base note I think. Blood Kiss and CT have the same sweet and sultry cherry/wine/blood top not, but while BK turns really soapy on me within about 30 minutes, CT stays very true to that luscious sweetness.

Golden Priapus is a more rugged Snake Oil

Fire of Love is a very smoky version of Siren

Snow White + Sweet Almond + Dana O'Shee all share the same creamy, albeit slightly plasticky note.

I (heart) youki-hi. Is it the *exact* same scentwise as flying fox? I'm looking for a bpal oil that will remind me of the bath cookie, since I won't use it--glitter isn't my thing, but free stuff--and jasmine--is. I still can't believe how much like real jasmine milk tea it smells to my nose, and I wants to slather in it!!!

 

I already want to get Siren because of the combination of ginger and jasmine, but if there's something closer to the ballistic, please do tell!

 

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I have to agree with starrykitten. Flying Fox and Youki-Hi have the exact same fragrance, though Youki-Hi is 10 times stronger. Siren is not even similar to me, I love Siren to bits but loathe the other two. I have not encountered any BPAL similar to FF/YH, but that could be due to the fact that I mainly try to avoid strong jasmine scents.

No one has mentioned Ultraviolet yet!

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True! Ultraviolet is very minty vut it is an extremely weird scent combo too, at least to my nose.

I second Nine Misteries (though you get lets of different scents with the mint too, as the name implies ) and Shattered. I haven't tried that many mint scents yet and I'm still waiting for my Spooky, but Shattered is one of my faves. It's really light and refreshing and not just pure mint.