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I see someone else compared it to Snow Bunny as well -- did you get a pine scent on your skin?

Its been awhile since I tried it, but I remember Dublin being a pale green feeling? Ides of March maybe? but for the sweetness you mention.... Did you try/like Leanan Sidhe or the Unicorn? Those seem to be the first rec people give.

I was a little worried about the dark musk, and very worried about the anise. When I first opened it and even wet, I smelled a lot of anise and heavy musky-ness - immediate thought was - nope, not a keeper. But its settling on my skin now, and I keep catching whiffs of it -- very intriguing. This is the reason I risked it =) Its very dark, sweet, and woody on my skin. I dont smell vanilla, but it does have a sweet touch to the darkness. I don't really get anise now, but I'm sure its the edge I smell. Against all odds, I think I'm keeping this as a sexy, night-out scent =) Curious what hubby will think of this one -- ooo I wonder if I can get him to try it?

I finally got a chance to try this =) This is one that I like better away from my wrist, than up close trying to smell it. I get the honey musk thing floating around, but up close I smell an herbal type scent. I keep going through stages of OOO I need a bottle of this, and eh its pretty, I'll keep the imp. I was hoping for creamy vanilla beeswax honey, but I'm thinking this is kin to Hetairae (which isnt a bad thing, I like that one, but it wasnt what I was hoping for from this) I do like the skin musks and this is a very pretty one, just not the OMGLOVE that I was hoping for.

(I will confess that I'm testing Yvaine on the other wrist, and what I smell wafting up to me is a DIVINE mix of the two oils)

This is one of those that I seriously can barely smell on my skin. I applied it twice now, and if I stick my nose directly to my wrist and hyperventilate, I can tell theres something there, but its not nearly strong enough to pick out notes. The grindhouse ladies all did this on my skin too -- and everyone else has such beautiful reviews. I LOVE Lavender, so I'm really very sad that this doesn't show up on me =(

thanks apple-would the similar to bonfire night perhaps be tombstone? cause it would be great if it was cause i just ordered it?thanks for the suggestions.scurries off to lab again

On me, no. But I should perhaps qualify that I have horrible skin chemistry.

 

On my skin, Tombstone was a big ol' vanilla candle with a splash of root beer. Bonfire Night was smoky and leathery (reminiscent of De Sade) with a buttery, foody quality that reminded me of popcorn... or maybe caramel corn (which is how Cockaigne smelled on me).

It seems that Hand of Glory might fit the smoky, leathery, slightly foody (thats how it smelled on me anyway - gorgeous!)

so theres this little bear on the swing that you are supposed to scent with something calming -- I'm now thinking about scenting it with Snow White, or maybe TKO -- should i consider something else? Shes 2 months old right now

I thought about that and wondered if I should add that to the sandalwood page instead -- its a HUGE category!! And, there are still scents I havent added to this, in the LE and disc categories

(let me know if I should remove some of these for... not actually smelling woody!)

WOO! Very nice... thanks, Cauda!

 

Any chance we could add a category for sandalwood? Or do people not find that "woody" enough? And maybe pine/fir?

(let me know if I should remove some of these for... not actually smelling woody!)

TEAK

Agrat-Bat-Mahlaht - Amber, cream accord, white honey, apple blossom, skin musk, caramel, and teak.

Antikythera - Teakwood, oak, black vanilla, and tobacco.

Boomslang - Snake Oil with cocoa, teakwood, and rice milk.

Glowing Vulva - Cream accord, amber, teak, and lotus blossom

Habu - Snake Oil with ho wood, teak, black musk, and bamboo.

Ouija - rosewood, oak and teak notes with wispy blue lilac, tea rose, dried white rose and ethereal osmanthus.

Pumpkin #2 (2008) - Pumpkin with black musk, leather accord, tonka, teak, orange wood, and opoponax.

Pulcinella and Teresina - Labdanum, cedar, teak and red rose.

OAK

Antikythera - Teakwood, oak, black vanilla, and tobacco.

Haloes - Oak, tonka, vanilla, w. sandalwood, lily ot valley, white ginger, amber, apricot.

Hand of Glory - Beeswax, dry leather, black pepper, saltpeter, nutmeg, Mysore sandalwood, and oak bark.

Kill-Devil - Sugar cane, molasses, oak wood, and honey.

Mad Sweeney - Barrel-aged whiskey and oak.

Miskatonic University - Irish coffee, dusty tomes and polished oakwood halls.

Ouija - rosewood, oak and teak notes with wispy blue lilac, tea rose, dried white rose and ethereal osmanthus.

MAHOGHANY

Forbidding Foyer - The faint scent of brimstone, ghostly breath laced with cognac, neglected mahogany panels, and rot.

The Red Queen - Deep mahogany and rich, velvety woods lacquered with sweet, black-red cherries and currant.

CEDAR

Aelopile - Glowing amber and citrus, labdanum, verbena, cedar, and oud.

Alecto - Olive leaf, raspberry leaf, vetiver and cedarwood.

Azathoth - tangerine, saffron, vetiver, black amber and cedarwood.

Death and Life Completed - Grey amber, carnation, lemon balm, hydrangea, Chinese peony, white sandalwood, cypress, juniper, cedar, hibiscus, and African daisy.

The Jersey Devil - Pitch pine with blackberry leaf, cranberry, cedar wood and tomato leaf.

Kathmandu - Saffron, blessed sandalwood, Himalayan cedar and the miraculous lotus of the Buddha with chiuri bark and Nepalese spices.

Lear - White cedarwood, blue sage and bay leaf.

Magus - galangal, high john essence, frankincense, cedar and sandalwood

Mandrake - no scent description (soft dirt and cedar)

Namaste - Sandalwood, jasmine, rose, patchouli, cedarwood and lemongrass.

Pulcinella and Teresina - Labdanum, cedar, teak and red rose.

Sri Lanka - Indian sandalwood and cedar, and the dry incense smoke of olibanum, gum mastic, patchouli and myrrh.

Tombstone - A rugged, warm blend of vanilla, balsam and sassafras layered over Virginia cedar.

Umbra - East African black patchouli, cedarwood, vetiver and a dribble of cinnamon.

REDWOOD

Aeronwen - Fig, dark myrrh, amber, redwood, nutmeg, tarragon, black musk, and sweet orange

Carceri d'Invenzione - Redwood, red sandalwood, black pepper, blonde tobacco and frankincense

Tristan - redwood, tonka bean, white sandalwood, lemon peel, patchouli, rosewood, coriander, crushed mint.

ROSEWOOD

Ave Maria Gratia Plena - Rosewood with Sicilian lemon peel, red Mysore sandalwood, pale musks, sweet mountain sage and a dusting of lily, night-blooming jasmine and orris

Belle Vinu - Red sandalwood, vanilla, rosewood, osmanthus, and white peach.

Dee - Soft English leather, rosewood, tonka, incense, parchment, soft woods.

Fenris Wolf - Rosewood, amber, red musk and a dribble of red sandalwood.

Golden Priapus - vanilla and amber with juniper, rosewood and white pine.

Himerus - juniper, sandalwood, rosewood, red musk, orchid, bergamot and lilac.

The King of Hearts - Rosewood and black cherry with white musk, red rose, red musk and a spark of lavender

Medicine Show - tobacco, balsam, ginger, elemi and rosewood, with a touch of opium to fuddle your senses.

Old Scratch - a lavender fougere with tonka, amber, rosewood and a whiff of diabolical patchouli.

Ouija - rosewood, oak and teak notes with wispy blue lilac, tea rose, dried white rose and ethereal osmanthus.

Seance - dry, mellow rosewood, crushed rose leaf and the slightest touch of warm hazel.

Tristan - redwood, tonka bean, white sandalwood, lemon peel, patchouli, rosewood, coriander, crushed mint.

HO WOOD

Habu - Snake Oil with ho wood, teak, black musk, and bamboo.

Hungry Ghost Moon - ginger candy, sugar cane, smoky vanilla and rice wine mingle with a ghost's perfume of white sandalwood, ho wood, ti, white grapefruit, crystalline musk and aloe

The Lantern Ghost of Oiwa - Black tea, cherry blossom, ho wood, calla lily, rice wine, and white mint.

Miss Lupescu - Animalic musk, with amber, patchouli, ho wood, cypress, almond blossom, golden sandalwood, and strange spices.

The Sluggard - Pious frankincense, angelic gardenia, unsoiled pear, and staunch ho wood conflict with prickly, overgrown thistle, idle labdanum, and lethargic lavender.

BAMBOO

Autumn Coolness - wisteria, Cymbidium, lotus blossom, and cassia buds drifting on a breeze through gently swaying bamboo reeds.

Earth Rat - Peony, bamboo, plum blossom, tangerine, lychee, orange, pine resin, golden kumquat and quince, narcissus and King mandarin, // coconut, and candied melon, with a splash of dragon's blood.

Fire Pig - Peony, bamboo, plum blossom, tangerine, orange, lychee, pine resin, golden kumquat, pussy willow, and quince, narcissus and King mandarin, // peach blossom, with a splash of dragon's blood

Habu - Snake Oil with ho wood, teak, black musk, and bamboo.

Holiday Moon, - Bamboo pulp and oude with green and white tea.

Jingu - Sakura, white orchid, mandarin, bamboo, red sandalwood, plum blossom, and lilac

Sleepy Moon - black opium poppy, bamboo pulp, ylang ylang, lavender, chamomile and white sandalwood

Whippoorwill - Spanish moss, cedar, black pepper, oakmoss, juniper, bamboo reeds and cardamom.

Wood Phoenix - Chinese musk and five woods with newly budding bamboo shoots, hyssop, chamomile, pink clove, magnolia, walnut, and fig

AGARWOOD / OUD

Aelopile - Glowing amber and citrus, labdanum, verbena, cedar, and oud.

Danse Macabre - Black cypress with oakmoss, frankincense, oude, and a sliver of toasted hazelnut.

Death of Autumn - Dark amber, dead leaves, khus, saffron, bitter clove, chrysanthemum, camellia, galangal, and a drop of oud.

Eanach Dhuin - balsam, frankincense, blackberry leaf, oud, white rose, driftwood, zdravetz, and bitter clove, beneath the cold waters of the River Corrib.

Gothic Horror - Byzantine incense, benzoin, myrrh, bitter clove, spikenard, oud, and ancient balsam

Holiday Moon, - Bamboo pulp and oude with green and white tea.

Lovers with Rutting Cats - Vanilla, red ginger, oakmoss, palm date, and oud.

Maltese Cross of Sanctus Germanus - Golden amber, blood orange, ambergris, lilac, frankincense, and agarwood.

Snooty Rose - Red rose, oud, plum, bergamot, and red sandalwood.

Svadhinaopatika - golden amber, oude, red sandalwood, massoia bark, honey, and currant.

Uncertain Horror - Red patchouli, sage leaf, Darjeeling tea, smoke-scarred sandalwood, green tobacco, and oud.

Velvet Panther - Dark musk, star anise, agarwood, styrax, vetiver, gaiacwood, King mandarin, violet leaf, and black vanilla

GENERAL

Arkham - forest of maple, birch, dogwood, cypress and pine softened by a garland of New England wildflowers: bergamot, columbine, rue anemone, blue violet, creeping phlox, bloodroot, toadflax, and pixie moss.

Aureus - True, perfect golden light, refined into an incomparably glorious scent.

Blue Moon 2007 - a potent lunar-charged blend of exquisite Asian woods, moonflower, Madagascan ylang ylang, Florentine iris, Greek cypress, davana, green tea absolute, palmarosa, cucumber, Clary sage, melilot trefoils, wood aloes, and pale creeping buttercup

Bezoar - Copaiba balsam, Tolu balsam, hay absolute, cardamom, and hiba wood

Calico Jack - Sea air, driftwood, waterlogged kelp, and the memory of plundered spices sprayed over worn leathers, rough musk, and the salty wooden floorboards of the Revenge

Carfax Abbey - heavy woods and thin dusty herbs touched by incense.

Cathedral - the scent of incense smoke wafting through an ancient church

Chintamani-Dhupa - sandal-wood, Kunku, costus, Krishnaguru, Suvasika-puspha, white vala and the bark of the Deodaru pine; and, after reducing them to fine powder, mix it with honey and thoroughly dry

Coiled Serpent - no scent description (Woods (cedar?) and spice, warming)

Dee - Soft English leather, rosewood, tonka, incense, parchment, soft woods.

Dragon's Bone - dragon's blood resin with white sandalwood, dusty orris and crisp blondewood.

Incantation - vetiver, dark woods, crumbling and burnt black sandalwood and a drop of lemon rind

Intrigue - Black palm, with cocoa, fig and shadowy wooded notes.

Ivanushka - Soft, velvety fur and warm musk, brushed by forest woods and dusted by dry leaves.

Jolly Roger - Sea spray with an undercurrent of leather, Bay Rum, and salty, dry woods.

The Maltese Cross of Sanctus Germanus - Golden amber, blood orange, ambergris, lilac, frankincense, and agarwood.

Manila - A tropical, humid, lush scent, with a faint echo of Pacific breezes, jungle blossoms, and deep wet woods. Sampaguita blossoms, banana leaf, palm, and narra.

Nanny Ashtoreth - middle eastern flowers, amber, honey, blood red berries, whip leather, polished paddle wood.

Oblivion - Dark musk, wood spice, labdanum, patchouli, dark African woods, and saffron.

Odin - dry elm bark, amaranth, warrior's musk and Odin's 9 herbs of power.

Pirate Moon - Red musk, ambergris, coconut palm, red sandalwood, balsam, date, warm leather, tobacco, ebony, lingum vitae wood, pandanus grass, an' a touch o' lime

Polyhymnia - Orris root, white sage, rowan bark and red sandalwood, with myrrh, rosemary, lemon balm and honeysuckle.

Port Royal - Spiced rum and ship’s wood mixed with the body-warmed trace of a prostitute’s perfume and a hint of salty sea air on the dry-down

Pumpkin #2 (2008) - Pumpkin with black musk, leather accord, tonka, teak, orange wood, and opoponax.

Pumpkin #5 from 2005/06 - Pumpkin with five woods, English ivy and galangal root.

Robin Goodfellow - Dark musk, moss-covered wood, ragwort, heather, and sage

School-House - Dandelion, white clover, balsam fir logs, and birchwood switches

Ile de la Tortue - Damp air trapped in limestone caverns, heady greenery, hothouse orchids, nicotiana blossoms, bois de chandel, elemi, palm wine, garambullo, pega-pega, flame of the forest, and a swirl of Haitian vetiver.

Shroud - Dry white sandalwood wrapped in thin woods, soft grasses and the lightest white flowers layered over cajeput and the warm, deep scent of embalming herbs.

Spirits of the Dead - dry tea leaf, linden blossom, papyrus, orris and coffin wood

The Two-Headed Goat - Dark musk, pimento berry, oakmoss, birch wood, and petitgrain.

Wood Phoenix - Chinese musk and five woods with newly budding bamboo shoots, hyssop, chamomile, pink clove, magnolia, walnut, and fig.

Yggdrasil - Nine woods, nine leaves, and three herbs each for Ratatosk and Vidofnir, with three final herbs

I did a run down of as many of the wood containing oils as I could over the past few days -- arranged by note (teak, rosewood, etc, etc) -- would anyone be interested in benefiting from my OCD?

Ok I didn't apply it on purpose - but I swear my baby girl's head smelled like Snow White yesterday! It was actually hard to tell it apart from her own scent, but I couldn't stop sniffing her, so I had to really sit down and figure it out... I had a friend come over to visit and she was definitely wearing Snow White =)

Tessa is very sniffable

honestly, Smut 08 did this on my skin -- It wasn't that I couldn't smell it, it just smelled like me... I didn't think I was all that smutty... (Three swarthy, smutty musks sweetened with sugar and woozy with dark booze notes). I didn't get any of the booze from this btw

and then Velvet Nudie smelled like... Lemon Pledge - it was so wierd, and I was SO looking forward to trying it!

I had heard Ozymandias smelled like Chanel No. 5 - I know it was beautiful and dry, but I havent smelled the other so...

I tried this because of my obsession with ambergris, and I'll admit I was nervous about the pine. When I first put it on, it was PINE and I thought *crap* because I don't want to smell like cleaner. But after it settles, it has the same quality as the pine in Illustrated Woman...

It smells like forest, not air freshener, and the ambergris gives it the smooth, ... almost chewy?.... feeling that is hard to describe. I am surprised to say that I like this and think I will keep it in my little box of scents =) It seems like a winter scent to me.

The scents with rose in that I've actually liked (either I love the rose, or it doesnt amp to take over the scent)

So what I'm trying to figure out is which rose I like and which one I dont

mostly rose, liked:

*Spellbound (favorite)

*Black Rose (2nd)

2,5,7

Rakshasa

Jezebel

could barely smell anything:

Harlot

Les Bijoux

Blood Rose

Lucy's Kiss

Queen Mab

Eve

Did.Not.Like.

Chuparosa

Miller's Daughter

Old Venice

Marguerite

Psyche

Les Fleurs du Mal

Wildfire

I love the greens =) I tried to think of the most plant like, not perfume like

My recs:

Strangler Fig (sappy, thick green)

Eden (very lush, with some tropical feel)

Leanan Sidhe (delicate green)

Nocnitsa (green forest and dirt)

Amsterdam (grass and fresh cut flowers)

Squirting Cucumber (sweet and very cucumber fresh)

some others to consider, a little diff from above, either green or a very fresh realistic feel

Ulalume (the end of green, very autumn leaves and a little wet outside)

Deep in Earth (the scent of digging in your garden outside)

Santa Muerte (very unusual, but very 'plant like')

Defututa (this one isnt green at all, but i love the olive blossom in it!)

Embalming Fluid (fresh, clean, greenish but not planty)

Envy (another that is green, but not plants)

Mock Turtle (another that is green, but not plants)

This to me was a cross of the fruit aspect of Bordello and the cream of Love's Philosophy - I will say I think I like Bordello better though, a bit darker maybe?

(eta: over a year later - turns out I love this, and may be giving Bordello up to keep this one. I get an earthier Bordello, maybe with a hint of cream)

When I first put this on it was heady flowers and all heady flowers -- I was not happy with it at all. But I wore it, and eventually this fantastic fragrance hit me. It really is beautiful. I'm guessing that I smell the tobacco (the pretty kind, not in a cig kindof way) and the amber mostly -- its almost got a creamy (hazy?) quality to it that is very nice. I didn't get any fruit from this at all. If the first phase was a little less FLORAL - I would be sold on this. I will keep my imp though =)

I love all the light breezy floral/aquatics -- I second Tempest (I remember this being very close to Sea of Glass) and Szepasszony (both very soft and breezy), maybe Olokun (sweeter on the last one). Others that I have loved that have the same feel, if not actual smell - Caliban (very outdoors, saltier with a wet green)

a lot of the reviews for Sea of Glass seemed to sniff: ozone, grapefruit or something citrusy, and lily or lily of the valley, lilac

(it was also mentioned that this smells like Tears or Dunwich - not that that's particularly helpful to your search! but maybe for ingredients)

little black dress = Ozymandias

velvet screams sexy to me =)

Steamworks yes is all I know. I just ordered Marchen imps, so I guess we will see!

For those of us who still love Twilight, I've been working on a theme pack. Some fit better than others, but I know I would be *beside myself* to get a gift of these:

Twilight

Desire

Love Me

Delight

Eternal

Bliss

Velvet

Love Lies Bleeding

Eclipse

Shattered

Bloodlust

Blood

Lust

Love's Torments

Antique Lace

Dragon's Blood is my immediate sniff. Maybe something lemony in with it. I can also see the jasmine comparisons, although that might be the DB.

(edit: as this dries, I smell a distinct, sharp floral that I don't like. I think its violet, but its mixed with the DB and I can't tell exactly)

This smells exactly like the cake from Haloa, except with orange. I didn't smell the anise at all, and this was absolutely glorious =) I'm just trying to decide now, is that same (perfect) cake a necessary purchase, when I already have a bottle of Haloa. This doesn't have the other complications of the florals and whatnot, but still, its very similar to my nose.