greenranger

Mostly blackberries, with the sandalwood, orangeflower and amber in the distant background. The mint shows up as it warms on my skin. Sweet.

Drying, things start blending and rearranging. This is nice, and very different.

I tried this at work, and didn't have a list of the notes with me.

It started off soft, but as it warmed on my skin I got this amazing spicy scent. Looking at the notes, it must have been a combination of things, or something on that list that is unfamiliar to me, as I don't think I have ever encountered that scent before. It was lovely and different. I may need to track down Yuzu to see if that was it.

Unfortunately it didn't stick around really long enough to please me and the whole scent faded down to a vanilla.

I am blaming the ambergris for the vanishing act. I wonder if there is something out there that has all those notes, but, maybe instead of ambergris, some other light musk? I think that might have better results on my skin.

This has apricot in it? From what showed up on me I would never have guessed.

This was a very well mannered, quite soft scent from start to finish. It smelled clean, with just a little tiny bit of sweetness.

The amber, myrrh and frankincense are apparently enough to keep the roses in check. I can smell them, but, they aren't screaming. I think I can even smell the pomegranate, which is very rare for me. This is a subtle, simple, well blended scent. There isn't a whole lot vying for attention here.

I'm not in love with it, but, I like it. It's still a bit too floral for me to want to wear often, but, those who tend to amp rose might give it a try.

Dark musk, myrrh, benzoin, balsam and galbanum...Obviously I had to try that one. I have no idea what tsori is, but maybe I'll find out here?

Lovely dark musk and resin. It's different from any other of the resin or musk blends I have tried so far. Complex enough to stay interesting.

Strong on me, and lovely. If I had a guy that would wear it, I'd love that, but since my guy doesn't do scent I'll have to wear it myself.

Jasmine, mostly, but, it is behaving well. There is a crisp coolness to the scent almost as if they were straight from the florist cooler.

An hour or so later, not much change, but, it has gotten a lot fainter. I don't know how long it will last on me.

In the vial, I smell the pepper.

On wet...Oh, God, Yum. It can't possibly stay that good. I can't pick anything out, but if it stays this way I need a bottle.

Drying, the pepper is strengthening. Actually, it's beginning to smell like cinnamon sticks. The spice is overwhelming the rest, and though it is still nice, it isn't quite as obsession worthy. I expect it to change again, though, so we will see.

Pokey twigs and cinnamon sticks. It's a cinnamon wreath with no cinnamon on the list.

Maybe it's a locket scent. *sigh*

Sweet, and very expensive smelling...like the bouquet of flowers in a shop that you don't even ask the price of because you KNOW it is over what you can spend. I like this better than I have other blends with orchid and iris. Much better.

This is not one that I would have thought that I would like. It's still way floral considering what I usually wear, but, maybe?

Wow this smells expensive. If my husband bought me fowers that smelled like this we'd have to have a talk about the money spent...sometime the next morning, maybe.

*edit* About an hour later, it has gotten much fainter. I can still smell the flowers, but only close to my skin.

Rich and floral when wet, it dried down to peaches pretty quickly. It's a fairly floral peach, but, mostly peach. When I originally read the notes, I had hoped for the carnation and the blood orange showing up, but, no.

Fragrant peach wine.

This started off really sweet, and I was only kind of liking it. Over the course of about 6 hours it has mellowed into a sweet sandalwood that I like much better. However, I think I like a couple other scents better to start with.

It starts off all honey and gardenia...more like honey from bees fed on gardenia blossoms, actually. Sweet and intoxicating.

As it dries it is softening slightly. Maybe I can smell the rice paper? Yes, I think that I can. The flowers and the honey are also balancing out a little better, now. The scent is also getting fainter, though, and I hope that it doesn't fade completely.

It starts out strong, with the Tea Rose, Lily of the Valley and Plumeria in a BIG, HUGE, FAT BOUQUET. No, I don't think that is redundant. Not here, at least.

Then it suddenly recedes, and I know the ambergris has arrived. However, since it started out as strong as it did, I think this one might put up a fight before vanishing like other blends with ambergris tend to do on me.

It is very, very, VERY floral. So far, everyone else is saying light and ethereal, and mine is powerful, almost heady.

Yeah, the flowers are putting up a fight. I'll give it an hour and see who comes out on top.

Faint, faint, light golden scent. On me, I suspect all that is really showing up is the amber incense and a tiny bit of the vanilla.

It's nice, but, I can just barely smell it.

Many hours later, I have a sugared vanilla and sandalwood scent. It is very close to the skin, but, it is lasting and lasting.

It doesn't smell like I expected, actually.

It smells a bit like I expected Flowering Chrysanthemums to smell. If I didn't have the list of notes I would have been completely off base in my guess. If I look for them, I do find the skin musk, the beeswax and a bit of the honey. There is a slight resemblance to Luperci to my nose at least, which makes sense since they have notes in common...

...except that on my walk I was thinking it resembled Luperci without the beeswax or ivy. But it has beeswax, so I guess it just isn't as prominent here.

It is complex and one of the stronger ones of this set of decants, at least on me.

-edit many hours later- it has been hours and hours since I put this on and I can still smell it. It has faded, somewhat, and maybe the scent has also smoothed out. However, I can still smell this 9 hours later. I think I may have a winner.

In the vial, it is rich and sweet. Very rich and sweet.

On, there's a lot less sweetness and more...depth? Not a floral scent but there's something? Maybe it's the Oud and the oakmoss. On me as it warms up the vanilla comes forward more.

It keeps getting less and less sweet. Very strange. I guess the dates aren't as strong on me as they are in the vial.

On me, this is becoming an oakmoss and vanilla scent. There might be some ginger in there and the oud is being quiet too. The palm date has become a vague sweetness that might just be the sweetness of the vanilla.

Oakmoss isn't what I would have thought to combine with vanilla, but, it certainly makes this an interesting addition to my selection of vanilla scents. BPAL's vanillas like me, and I like them back, mostly. Though sometimes the vanilla note takes over more than it probably should. I think this may grow on me, but, the vanilla may need to step back slightly to make this different enough.

Wet, I liked this far far more than I thought I would. It starts off with a coconut sweetness, but, that is pretty fleeting. It settles down to an almost floral...just enough to notice there are flowers involved. It does smell very white and very elegant.

It smells a bit too white and elegant for me maybe, but, it's a bit like the silk dress you have nowhere to wear...but, you have trouble leaving it behind in the store.

I was looking forward to this, as I am a lavender fan and I also love bergamot.

I do love the scent, and the heady rich lavender is great...except that the whole thing doesn't even last an hour on me. Drat!

It starts of wonderful powerful lavender, and then fades to a lavender/bergamot scent that is a bit more aproachable...and then, on me, it fades completely.

I liked it at first. It seemed very well blended and a nice scent with enough complexity to keep me interested for a little while. However it started off faint and, well, a bit too well behaved. From there it began to vanish entirely. So I checked the notes again and yep, ambergris strikes again. Ah well.

I looked at the list of notes and salivated...it should be fantastic! Except, that on me, ambergris usually kidnaps the scent entirely and makes everything vanish.

It starts off sweet, and sexay, and delicious...but I keep waiting for ambergris to swoop in and make off with it.

*sniff*

Y'know. I don't care. I'll lock this one up tight in a scent locket and ambergris won't be able to steal it!

Plum and wine, such wine! with a bit of wood in the far far background. Ok, I know the other notes well enough that I have finally have isolated what Champaca smells like. Also wow.

Very strong scent so far. The Champaca is clearly the dominant note, now, ahead of even the wine that loves my skin. Sweet, tropical and heady.

Sweet, very sweet. The pear, lily ant the grape are probably the culprits for that sweet, candy-like scent it starts off with.

The florals and vanilla begin to show up as it warms up on my skin. I suspect this may be a bit too floral for me till it settles down. IF the sandalwood and vanilla come forward in the drydown, then I may like it more.

I tried this and Khrysee today. Krysee was very simple.

Melainis is very complex, moody, changeable, and likely to grow on people slowly as they get to know her, and as she matures.

I thought the notes had a lot in common with Red Lantern...except that on my skin the two are absolutely NOTHING alike. The caramel and redcurrant never even bother to show up on me. I don't expect those two to last long on my skin anyhow, so maybe it is for the best.

I almost bought a bottle of this unsniffed, because of the notes, and I might still eventually spring for a bottle, if I can find the cash.

I like it now, but, I suspect I will like it even better once that patchouli calms down a little with age and lets a few other notes through. It smells like the same Patchouli that I smelled in Schwarzer Mond, but with a different slant to it due mostly to the anise, bitter clove, and possibly the teak.

This eventually dries down to just vanilla and amber. It's a simple but classy scent that really likes my skin. It's a floral I can wear, for as long as the orange blossom holds on(a few hours). The vanilla amber is still going strong and seems likely to last the night out at this rate.

For me, with my skin chemistry, the closest GC scent would be Dragon's milk. They both are mostly a faintly floral vanilla on me, with the flowers being slightly different, and Khrysee having the amber mixed with the vanilla even in the long dry-down.

I like it. I just don't know if I love it well enough to spring for a bottle. Although I do expect this to age very, very well.

A frimp from Lycanthrope with a decant circle purchase.

This is my day for finding rose scents that work, I guess. First Red rose and White Rose end up working, and now this. It's lovely. On me it's mostly myrrh and wine, but, the rose and musk are still there. No amping, no over sweetening...it is working.

I have a djinn character in an online game and this is actually just about the scent that I had described for her over three and a half years ago.

I was gifted with a partial bottle of this by a generous Lycanthrope. =)

Scent-wise, it is bergamot and mint...and possibly lavender? I'm not certain. There's definitely some citrus in this.

Workwise, when I sniffed the bottle I felt my brain waking up(and my sinuses clearing, too). This is a very awake and get moving type scent.