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To my nose, they're not very alike at all. MM is much stronger on the patch, and in RL it was barely noticable on me, I got more frankinsense then it.

This smells a lot like Red Moon 2007 on me. Red musk, some spice/incense and the vanilla-y heliotrope.

Smut '10 really, really is gorgeous on me when it's hot out. I also like Tweedledee, Embalming Fluid, Strawberry Moon 09, Fire Pig

Stormclouds over the Midway had a distinct opium note on me.

on me, the patchouli in masquarade was pretty noticible from the moment I put it on with the orange blossom coming in second.

Pumpkin Latte was a nice blast of espresso on me at first, followed up with spices. (Later it turned into maple syrup, but that's a skin chemistry thing)

Congrats on your engagement! A nice soft and sweet vanilla is The Mouse's Long and Sad Tale. How does carnation work on you? Alice is soft and sweet. Moonshine and Mist may be a nice choice as well.

So what would ya'll pick for me? I'm currently a director of a child care facility, who also teaches the four year olds. I have a hard time sticking up for myself, even when I realize I'm being taken advantage of. I give people the benefit of the doubt. You're a good person until proven otherwise. And if I like you, I tend to ignore the negatives about you. I have a sweet tooth (love desserts!). I love celtic music and hearing it live (not so keen on pure traditional, but, it has it's moments). I can be friendly and outgoing if I pretend I'm someone else or if it "doesn't matter" what others think because I'll never see them again. I'm much more conservative/quiet with people I know, even slightly. Love fantasty/sci fi. My head's usually in the clouds. I'll come up with the crazy idea, but others have to figure out how to make it work/do it.

Notewise, only honey, and rose are usually vile on me, and I'm not too keen on pimeapple, jasmine or coconut.

either first of three spirits or Mother Ginger. Leaning towards Mother Ginger though....

This one was horrible on me. And it's *not* the fault of the blend.

The cocoa and patchouli combined to form a BO scent on my skin. The peach valiantly tried to salvage the blend, which just turned it into a person with BO who sprayed a peach spray to try and cover the funk. Honey also tends to get musty on me, which did *not* help at all.

After the cocoa and patchouli fell asleep, the peach came back out and tried to make things better. Unfortunately, it was too late for it to help.

in bottle- vaguely hod/morocco mixture. This could be good, or really sharp...

On skin- CARNATION! Not the sharp carnation smell. The vanilla is tempering it a bit. Also musky.

As it dries, the cedar and sandalwood comes out more prominantly as starts to try and take over. I'm left with a spicy/slightly musky vanillaish wood scent on my skin. Decent throw, lasted over 5 hours on me, but it's not a scent I'd wear due to the overwhelming carnation followed up with the wood takeover.

It starts out with a blast of red musk, with the cloves and vanilla rounding it out. The florals are there a bit later, but the rose starts to make it powder-y. Not in a bad way exactly, but in a more traditional smell that I personally don't care for. (I have trouble with most roses. They go powdery/sharp/ick most of the time). I wanted to love this one, but, I'm more indifferent to it.

In bottle- juicy fruit gum

On skin- juicy fruit gum.

As it dries, I get a bit more spice and the sugary sweetness dies down to let the fruitiness come forward.

I really like this

337- This starts out as a foody vanilla with anise. Lots of throw and very yummy. Then the anise backs off and I want to say vertiver shows up. So it's like foody vanilla covered incantation with maybe a twinge of anise. I actually really like it!

This starts off like a sweetened musky lavender when it changes. There's some sort of wood in here. I think it may be sandlewood. the wood amps up so I have a slightly sweetened lavender-wood scent. I don't get the awesome vanilla musk at all

This red musk wasn't heavy at all. It was almost a second skin red musk, with the, I assume, frankensense adding a tiny bite to the scent. I loved it.

On me this smelt like a fruitier Snake Charmer, with less of the Snake-y bit. the vanilla amber, coconut and the light peach combined with the hint of vertiver to make this a very gorgeous scent.

This was absolutely delicious. Started out very strong on the sarsaparilla with the sweet cream a fairly strong second. As it dried, the sarsaparilla fades into the cream (and the cream starts to get stronger, creamier and sweeter). I fell asleep wearing it and woke up to the most incredible vanilla cream scent still lingering on my arm when I woke up.

Totally jealous of all of you that get amazing scents out of this. I ended up with something that smells (to my nose) like buttered popcorn. I have no idea why, but my skin just did odd things to it.

I so wanted to love this, but all I can smell is a sweet, black jellybean scent both in the bottle and on my skin. no florals or vanilla to speak of. I'm going to let it rest a bit and try again and see if that changes the review at all.

Now Winter Night's Enlarge is pretty similar to Trick #1 once the caramel settles down.

This on me is Fruitcake-marschiano cherry

I love it

For those sad that Fruitcake wasn't in bottle form, on my skin Feeding the Dead has the exact same cake smell. All you need is something for the cherry scent and you're set. (maybe Suck it w/ Feeding the Dead?)

I don't know exactly what I'm smelling, but it smells like the HOB in Chicago to me. Like the insense they burn there. I dunno why, but there ya go. I really, really like it and will probably buy a bottle the next time I order

Parrot_suspect, you may want to try Zorya from the Excolio line.

Thank you again! If anyone else has ideas, I'd love to hear more thoughts on this topic. It's so fun to hear what other people have to say about scents I love.

 

Beatrice, I just tested Florence and found it somewhat similar to D&G red cap. It didn't have the same "oomph" of D&G, but the general floral-oriental feeling was similar.

 

I would love to hear anybody's suggestions on floriental blends. Now that the weather is getting warmer, scents that mix florals with woods, resins, amber and incense are particularly appealing.