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I tend to amp fig, so it isn't surprising this is a very fig forward scent on me. But instead of being overly sweet or funky like fig often does for me, it is sweet and powdery. The rice flower adds a light, white sheer floral so that it is a sweet figgy floral. I don't get many of the other notes, except for maybe a light hint of the vanilla cream and a little, very slight patchouli grounding. If they're there, they're a slight memory, faint, and elusive. I think Lola must be a very sweet little girl if this is her scent.

I love when my husband wears this. It makes his beard nice and soft and it smells just like the sweet, musky vanilla tea of the perfume oil. I can't stop sniffing him when he wears this.

I'm bumping this because I like the topic. GCs aren't flashy and don't seem to get as much love, but they are solid standbys. I agree with Sea of Glass, Dee, and Black Pearl. I'd add Lyonesse - sweet, filmy, dreamy florals; Black Annis - sweet anise and smokey, cozy, rock; and Whip - the truest wet, red rose with a little powdery leather (the only rose scent that works on me) And a little advice for newbies - let your imps rest! If you don't like it when you first try it, put it aside and try it again in a week or two, and then again in a month or two. Some oils need some time to mellow and allow their complexities to develop.

The sweet coconut and powdery orris combine to make a sweet, floral, buttery powder scent that smells just like Lush's Silky Underwear/Alkmaar to me. It's crazy because they don't share any notes, but once these two scents dry down it's uncanny. Wet, the coconut is the most forward scent with sweet iris, but as it dries down the orris comes in all buttery and powdery. There's also a little dry brown to it, like the coconut husk. This is an intriguing scent that shows more facets of it's personality to me every time I sniff it. (Is that too dramatic?)

I recommend Dee for a sweeter, woody, incensey masculine scent. It's one of my favorites. It's so cozy and comforting. I agree to keep trying stuff. I've found myself loving scents I never would have gravitated to on my own (those dang frimps). Also, it's just fun to smell things.

Mmmm, this is what Dee would smell like in the 21st century. This is a spicy, incensey, bay rum with the sweetness of the paper from other paper blends. Paper and parchment is one of my favorite notes and I can smell it under all of maleness. I'm going to slather this on my husband if he'll let me.

This is a soapy smell with just a hint of salt and juniper. Aquatic musks tend to go dryer sheet on me, so I'm glad it doesn't go quite that far. It smells like a fancy soap that would be in an older, classy lady's house. Abe is Parthenope's brother.

This smells like the type of woman who could handle the god of thunder and only get a little singed, or maybe she'll singe him. It is fruity red musk, dirty patchouli, over black leather and a hint of smokey vetiver. I amp both leather and red musk, but the patch and vetiver keep them in line.

This is initially banana nail polish remover like whoa. Like the other reviewers, that went away on me very quickly (unlike with Sloth) and left a soft, slightly powdery and sweet myrrh, incense (heavy on the nag champa), and very light fig. I bet this would be a good ager.

The two strongest notes are lavender sweetened by marjoram and grounded by cedar and sandalwood. It's a sweet herbal with a foundation of wood. It's soothing and comfortable.

Labdanum and honey smell like root beer on me. It's mostly labdanum with very little honey on my skin.

I love this so much I don't think I'm going to be able to coherently review it. It is sweet, soft, and a little bright from the white tea. The tea, cherry blossoms, and wood all blend together to create a beautiful spring scent. The white tea is always underneath, supporting the cherry and wood, keeping them from going too powdery, too sweet, too fruity, or too woody. It's like fluffy white and pink cashmere with bright sun and a comfortable spring breeze.

I got mostly chilly labdanum and green bamboo - the oakmoss and patchouli add a little grounding darkness. This smells sweet, green, shiny, hard, and a little cool and shady.

This is like Litha's demure, sweet little sister. Where Litha is all heady, boozy, honeyed florals - definite party girl - Vernal Equinox is light, sweet, green, spring florals.

On me this smells like root beer/sassafras with a slight squashy, vegetal tinge.

This smells almost like a plumeria SN on me.

Cherry blossom is very light, this is mainly sugary strawberry musk. It is very beautiful and sweet, but not in a toothachey way. It's almost like opening a good strawberry candy while standing in the warm spring sun under a bunch of cherry trees. Final notes at the end are a light musky vanilla. This is a girly scent I like to wear with bright, juicy pinks, preferably with some low-key frills.

This is like Kumiho wearing Dorian. It doesn't last long and it's a light scent, but it's bright, sweet, and very pretty.

This is one of my favorite notes, so I was very interested in getting a bottle of the SN. In the bottle: beautiful sweet orchid Wet: beautiful sweet orchid but....bug spray is fighting to come out. Dry: bugspray wins

in the imp: sweet and soapy wet: sunblock drying down: still sunblock dry: sunblock

in the imp: amaretto over soap wet: amaretto and maraschino cherries over a slight soap drying down: amaretto and cherry are battling with soapy myrrh, who is going to win? dry: oh fie, dark musk and your ash tray scent plus myrrh and your soap. dang, the almond smell was so lovely.

in the imp: at first, cat pee; second sniff, sweet berry, a little wax, and something else, perhaps it's the stinging wind? wet: what smells like cat pee? it's a sour, sharp smell. is that sheep's milk? i could see it. waxy, sour milk right now, not great. dry: sour, musky In the words of Mary Berry, "it's not for me."

in the imp: boozy, spiced peaches wet: peach with an undertone of some sort of sweet baked goods, like eating oatmeal while wearing the body shop peach lotion, dry: it's peach lotion with a slight undertone of fake baked goods.

i'm not a fan of dragon's blood, so we'll see how this goes in da imp: ashy, dry, sweet, and slightly dirty - perfect for an ossuary wet: sweet ashtray, oh no, i hope there isn't black musk in this drying down: oh, sweet wood, very nice, very light though, still a little ashtray, but something has to be burnt with dragons around dry: sweet, warm, wood, still a little ashyness, but it's not unpleasant - luckily, dragon's blood didn't show up very much at all. eta: i think the ashy smell is vetiver.

wet in imp: musky sweet sage with a little sharp green tea wet on skin: musky sage drying down: sweet berry sage musk, this is kind of like dorian ate some berries and rolled around in an herb patch - it has that same sweet, musky tea vibe, but with sage and berry as the sweet dry: berry is stepping forward and the sage, tea, and musk are all blending together as a nice background. i normally don't like fruity scents, but this isn't a fruit forward smell. it's there to add sweetness, but not fruitiness. also, dark musks normally go off on me, but not here. I think there's enough green and fruit to keep them from going burnt or sour.