kelpsoda

first 15 min: gorgeous, creamy vanilla, with a touch of spice and musk. I might need a bottle of this, it's so good. Yum. The amber reminds me slightly of baked goods, or maybe mouse's long sad tale. after that: powder! no! maybe from the amber? I think I'll keep the imp, but no bottle for me.

My nose can't really get past the clove in this scent. It's really strong! I think I get a hint of patchouli and carnation, but it's the clove that sticks out. As it dries down, the clove backs off a bit, but not much. While I'm sure this will be great for clove-lovers, it's not for me.

Wet, I can smell yummy caramel. After a bit, the caramel backs off and I get a fresh, sweet apple scent. This disappears far too soon, and I'm left with the skin musk, which smells very much like O. It's not bad, but too similar to O for me to keep around.

A memory of pleasure passed. A ghostly rendezvous, delight beyond death. Faint echoes of laughter and the distorted music of a harp drift by, along with the scent of soft white pear and sweet vanilla. Wet: sweet pear! Very juicy, with a shot of sugar and a background of vanilla Dry: pear disappears and I'm left with just vanilla. Unfortunately, it's the same fake-vanilla smell that I get from Love's Philosophy. rats. I so wanted this to work. . .

at first this smells like a mushroom, and some dirt! weird. After it dries, I smell grass, and dirt, with maybe something floral hanging out in the background. Clean and fresh, but not for me.

This smells like leather, with a background of wood and tobacco. very masculine, indeed.

This one is a morpher. in bottle: mandarin, with a floral (lily? magnolia?) and chesnut. wet: When I first put it on, it had a strong, almost-chemical smell. Is that the musk that's doing that? or lily? ugh! But that faded quickly, and it went to super powerful floral. dry: After it calms down, it's an elegant magnolia scent. At turns I can smell something spicy and nutty (chesnut blossom?) and maybe a hint of the mandarin. While I do catch a whiff of something I like every so often, on the whole it's too strong for me. bottom line: very elegant, and ladylike. strong on the magnolia + musk. No noticeable orange, for me. edited because I found much better words to describe this with

I catch a lot of berry from this in the imp, but it's mostly greenery once it dries. It's very clean and fresh, and tending more toward commercial perfume. After 15 min. the berry really starts to come back. Very pretty! I might need a big bottle. ETA: this does seem like a really nice shampoo smell. maybe a bit too clean to wear as perfume.

Wet: sweet cherry syrup. extra sweet. Dry: red musk. (and maybe anise? I'm not familiar with anise). Ok, but not really something I like. I wish the cherry stuck around more.

Wet : orange, orange, and herbs/spices. reminds me faintly of vixen (which I didn't like so well) Dry: all orange. huh. where'd the spices go? Not a keeper for me.

Wet: I'm getting a swirl of wine/chocolate/tobacco/flowers. neat! dry: a sweet and beautiful floral. I can't pick out exactly what I'm smelling (lotus? osmanthus? rose?). very light, with low amount of throw. unfortunately, my skin eats this up, and it disappears quickly.

I got this as a frimp. I would never have tried it on my own, but I'm really liking it. Tweedledee is a tart and juicy fruit scent. I've never had kumquat, but the combo of that with the orange blossom is delicious. The white pepper is very light, but detectable in the background. not much throw, but yummy!

When I first opened the bottle all I smelled was diapers (or bandaids?). ick! Shaking the bottle seemed to mix it well enough, and then it smelled a lot better. huh. On my skin it blossoms into juicy tropical fruit with some light floral. I don't know which floral is prominent, but I love it. While it is very beautiful, I was hoping for a bit more (vanilla? musk? where are you? ) I suppose I'd be more excited about it, except that it reminds me of some calgon body spray (um, hawaiian ginger? I forget what it's called). Not a bad thing, but a touch generic.

This is really different, and unique. And I have no idea what half the compents smell like, so bear with me. Wet: I can smell the lemony beeswax right off, but then I get a sharp, spicy, sickly sweet smell on top of that. This has some bad moments where it reminds me of some industrial cleaner. Dry: It calms down, but is still heavy into the resins and herbs, sharp and golden. Not my thing, but definitely interesting.

I forgot a very important fact when I bought an imp of this: the smell of root beer gives me a headache. This is very much like good root beer, a bit creamy, sweet, sassafras, but not too foody. It does give me a similar vibe to love's philosophy. If that's your thing, then this might be the perfect scent, but it just doesn't work for me.

I suspect my imp might have been quite old, or from a weak batch. The scent seems to be fading. Wet: Barely anything. Slightly sweet, with a hint of spice, but not much that I can make out. Dry: still a bit sweet. . .. but only if I sniff really, really hard.

Shocking, horrific, fierce, savage, sensationalized, luminous and hazy: black currant, Bulgarian lavender and white musk with a dollop of thick resin and a voltaic charge of ozone notes. Wet: at first I could only smell ozone. like, sharp, strong, straight ozone. Uh oh. . . .not my favorite scent. . . dry: after 15 min, it calms down and the lavender comes out, with a bit of currant in the background. overall, I'm not big on ozone, but once this calms down a bit, it's a rather nice blend. Not something I want more of right away, but one for the "test again later" pile

I wanted to like this so, so much, but it came out smelling like baby powder (?!). Wet, it smells overwhelmingly sweet, like sweet tarts. Dry the tartness fades and it smells exactly like. . . .baby powder. phooey. ETA: I retested and I got no baby powder! yay! this mellows out into a tart, spicy, sweet vanilla.

wet: the most delicious pineapple floral candy smell. Like, pineapple lifesavers (those are the white ones, right?). but where's the coconut? dry: pineapple disappears, and ylang-ylang and neroli stick around, along with a hint of hibiscus. The dry down is pretty too, but I really love the sugary smell when this is wet. I'm not sure, but I think I'm mainly smelling ylang-ylang after a while. Not really wowing me at this point.

All I'm smelling in this is the rum. There's some fruitiness from the pineapple, but it's very faint. While the rum is nice and foody, I wish the pineapple would stick around more. What it really reminds me of is Red Lantern, though it's more a refreshing-caramel scent than a smokey-caramel one.

This is very clean, fresh and perfume-y smelling. I think it might be the musk that makes me think of expensive department store perfume. It reminds me a bit of the fresh green tea in Kumiho, but it's more complex and well-blended (all the floral/fruit/ozone? I can't pick them out). I'm not sure I feel sophisticated enough to pull off wearing 51, but it is certainly gorgeous. The more I wear it, the more I'm thinking I need a bottle.

wet: sweet, musky and almost a bit boozey. dry: musk and LATEX?! what?! guess I'm one of the people smut doesn't work on.

In imp: very foody, like buttery baked goods. It worried me, because while I like the smell of baking (yummy!), it's not really what I want to smell like. wet: still baked goods, but peach also. Like peach cobbler. dry: after a bit, this turns into a lovely, sweet peach with only a hint of the buttery smell from before. And it lasts a long time. I kept smelling soft, delicious peach all day. Definitely a keeper.

wet: very almondy, almost creamy, - with a hint of coconut. i think I can smell fig in the background dry: I was hoping the fig would stick around more, but all I'm getting is coconut. It's not bad, but a bit too much like suntan lotion. I might break this out in the summer sometime. ETA: I think my nose is confused. After trying this again, I do get a strong, foody fig. To me, this has a similar smell to Black Pearl, so maybe that's why I was thinking "coconut!".

I love this! It's sweet and fruity, and spicy like cinnamon (only softer). I can smell the amber behind the peppery-ness, but I only get a hint of floral (from the passionflower? or is that what makes it fruity?). For lack of better description, it's PINK and happy-making.