Coldfire

Decant: dark, shadow-y and green but dark green Wet on me: like entering Knockturn Alley. seriously. dark stone and that dark green of the moss and ivy Drying Down: those dried rosehips are threatening to cause mayhem on my skin. still that shadow-dark alley vibe as well Dry: it has the stone and the dark greens notes with a splash of dusty. this rosehips teeter on that could turn or not turn on me. I'm glad I got a decant of this. Probably will trade.

Imp: happy and 'pink' sweet but not sugar sweet Wet On Me: Happy, pink-y and a sweet fruity vibe Drying Down: ahhh there is the daisy! but still 'pink' and sweet and happy! Dry: this is a sweet lil happy happy scent. there is a high energy vibe with the happy and this sweet lil 'pink' vibe as well!

Imp: clean non-salty aquatic with a hint of a ghost white floral Wet on Me: pale ghost white floral aquatic almost hauntning Drying Down: not as strong, but a more floral and less aquatic...but a white/clear vibe Dry: a pale floral with ghost whispers of clean aquatic notes...faint now but can get heady if you inhale too long or too often. to trade.

Decant: powder-y vanilla and dirt Wet on me: sandalwood and dirt Drying Down: vanilla leather sandalwood, comforting Dry: this is love. warm and sweet but not sugar sweet with that leather lurking lustfully in the background. Keep!!

Decant: heavy heady jasmine garndenia Wet on Me: really heady floral with jasmine, gardenia and carnation all fighting for prominence under my nose Drying Down: still a lush heady floral cacophony under my nose Dry: mostly gardenia and carnation and I love that. The jasmine stays back in the background. Glad to test but will probably pass this tester on.

Decant: incense-y, resin-y wine Wet on Me: oh that glorious wine with now faint traces of patch. by the gods my skin loves Beth';s patchouli notes Drying Down: oh dear. i'm getting a soap-y rose air freshener note in the background. the wine and poppy and patchouli kind of remind me of a head shop back in San Jose - Paragon Imports, but this soap-y rose....... Dry: oh hell. it went to rose and amped the eff all over every other note in this scent gotta put it in get rid of bag.

Decant: wood-y herbs in a northern lights kitchen Wet on Me: wonderful clean herbs and wood. so bright and light but warm Drying Down: This is insanely good. Just everything the description says Dry: When I inhale this and close my eyes I am taken to a warm kitchen in northern Sweden or Norway that has been covered in wood and on a wood table many herbs that were growing in the kitchen window are being chopped for the cooking. It's bright and sunny on a cold snowy day.

Decant: OMGS MAN!!! Swoon!!!! Wet on me: really good smelling man, leather smoothed with the cocoa and coffee and teakwood. Drying Down: more wood and leather but the cocoa and coffee are a delight in the back ground. Dry: This is such total love! It dried into this fabulously masucline but warm and comforting leather/wood/cocoa/coffee love. Beth does magic with her leather notes!!!!! TO HOARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Decant: heady dark fruit and floral Wet on Me: sweet wisteria but sharp astringent almost RAID-like Drying Down: the RAID-note has morphed to a very heady floral over wispy plum. Dry: It has mellowed a bit now. The plum went into hiding and it's still head floral. Happy to have tried but putting on the trade pile.

Decant: Vanilla with a splash of patch Wet on me: okay now I'm getting a 'savory/salt-y" note with the vanilla patch. Drying Down: the vanilla has mellowed out and I get the woodiness of the patch and the sweetness of the fig Dry: this dried down to a fabulous smooth vanilla/fig/patch. not one note standing out more than any of the others. Delightful!

Decant: Lavender and the dried wildflowers Wet on me: more lavender now and way way way in the background is the tease of the patchouli Drying Down: more patchouli now but the lavender keeps it from going complete dirty hippie. Dry: this dried down GORGEOUS!!!!!!!! this soft lavender/patch that is just dreamy. Keeper!

Imp: air freshener rose and dirt Wet on Me: dirt on air freshener rose. Drying Down: the dirty air freshener rose JUST hates ME!!! Dry: man what did I ever do to piss off Rose and Dirt. they just loathe my skin!

Imp: dark pitch-y woods with dark floral with the Violet being the one I scent the most Wet on Me: still that dark pitch-y wood notes and the violet notes. Drying Down: less wood now. the floral is a bit better blended and smoother under the nose Dry: The throw on this is very short. This is a right under your nose sort of scent. IT's sweet but not sugar sweet. But as nice as it is I think I'll put it on the trade pile.

Imp: Salt-y wood-y with a hint of sweet Wet on Me: sweet wood-y spice. giving me a masculine vibe Drying Down: the sweetness of the rum over this masculine wood scent Dry: This is love. A sweet wood-y masculine but not Hi I'm all man scent. This is that perfect unisex scent for everyone! Keeper!

Imp: apple Fruit Stripe!!! Wet on Me: apple Kirkland's store!!!! Drying Down: dark red apple-fruits and way deep below all that the faintest of traces of incense Dry: faint dark apple and fruits. Love it. Keep!!!

Imp: Green Aquatic Wet on Me: definite green aquatic Drying Down: starting to get the white ginger with the green. and that slight baby powder scent of the amber Dry: The wet green is tempered by the amber. It dries down to very very faint powdery pale green. Probably will put in the trade pile.

Imp: (Dark in color) dark and smokey Wet on Me: definitely dark and smokey but not acrid, a masculine vibe Drying Down: okay still masculine and dark smoke-y but getting an industrial soot vibe Dry: Masculine soot-y coal smoke and strangely...not unpleasant!

Imp: carnation and bergamot Wet on me: spicy carnation with milk and honey. Drying Down: spicy carnation milk and honey. I'm not gonna jinx it! Dry: HO LEE COW! Finally a scent with rose that DOES NOT AMP on my skin! This is milk and honey and carnation and lovely!!!!!

Imp: holy cheeses all the notes that hate my skin the most right out of the gate. ROSE! LILAC!!! LILY! Wet on Me: holy mix of spray air freshener from 1960 at my grandmother's house! Plus a good dose of Raid as well. when I said these notes hate my skin and nose...they mean it! Drying Down: talk about death notes. This is tryingto kill me. death by scent induced headache. Dry: I feel so bad that I cannot wax rhapsodic about BPAL's rose, lily or lilac notes. What did I do in another life to make rose, lily and lilac hate me so? To trade!

Imp: almost heady floral Wet on Me: that heady floral but not yet Drying Down: still a heady floral but with that powder-y note I get from amber. the way it's amping on my skin there has to be rose, lilac or lily. Dry: a powdery floral that gets very heady under my nose very quickly. I think this could be someone else's cup of tea. to trade.

Imp: totally ocean aquatic and white flowers Wet on Me: aquatic white flowers Drying Down: now getting more ocean again with the aquatic the jasmine is revving up to be the more dominant floral note. not getting any fir.....yet Dry: aquatic jasmine. really kinda heady actually. Not really my thing.

Imp: hot, dark ginger Wet on Me: spicy dark gingerbread Drying Down: dark dark spicy gingerbread and a faint ghost of a wood note? Dry: not so sharp ginger now. pleasant. lovely. not scary at all!

Imp: cedar and tangerine Wet on Me: mostly cedarwood with that faint whiff of tangerine Drying Down: cedar can be such the pushy lil scent. I love it but it can take over a party! Dry: this is the all cedar party! well not quite all cedar it has a slight tempering of a powder-y note from the amber that keeps it from being really sharp fresh cut cedar. It's not unpleasant but I don't need an in your face cedar oil.

Imp: sigh. rose Wet on Me: this rose is not playin around. it is here and not letting any of the notes play Drying Down: The throw on this one is way too strong. All rose all the rosey time! Dry: Hedy is right! heady bossy rose. getting right up in mah koolaid and demanding to be the flavor! Omgs MAKE IT STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! to the trade pile with thee!

Imp: powder-y vanilla Wet on me: vanilla and baby powder Drying Down: honey tinged vanilla with baby powder Dry: vanilla honey baby powder. This is the wrong sort of sweet for me. to trade.