Greensleeves

In bottle: Fresh, herbaceous and slightly fruity. Wet: Mint, grass!, a hint of eucalyptus. There is a note of something I can't identify. The fruity scent seems like lychee, which I don't like. As it dries I'm catching a hint of lemon. Part of the problem seems to be that the perfume is reacting with my taste buds and I can sort of taste the scent, which is not pleasant. Dry: Some sort of a dusty herb note, like dried eucalyptus. After a few minutes: Fruity, ferny greenness, with a sort of ambery softness and powdery dried herbs. After first hour: The fruity/dusty note I didn't like has faded into a sort of honeydew melon aroma. I almost like it now, but it's a long time to wait for your perfume to agree with you. After two and a half hours: Soft powdery/flowery/tangy greenness, and I I think I can identify the note I don't like: it smells like tomato leaves. The herbs are savory rather than sweet. After 5 hours: Everything has sweetened up quite a bit, and it reminds me of what I like about Envy. Final verdict: I think I need to do another testing session before I decide if I want to keep it or not.

Hi, I'm new, and I've been lurking around the forum for a short while trying to pick up ideas for new scents to try, when I stumbled across a few people talking about different scents that to them smelled like Irish Spring. For some of you this is a bad thing, but it made me squee because I've been addicted to Irish Spring for years. Some scents mentioned which people found similar were Leanan Sidhe, Slobbering Pine, Tempest, Loup Garou, Lightning and Ullalume. Can you lovely forum people please recommend some others? Thanks in advance! Greensleeves

In the bottle: Pale yellow oil. Sweet eucalyptus and minty green herbal with a hint of fruit. Wet: Tangy eucalyptus, mint and citrus. Dry: A hint of banana, citrus and something tangy, I think the minty note might actually be the white ginger. After a few minutes: Fruity ginger and amber, still a hint of banana. After first hour: Fruity ginger and amber, with hint of berries. After two and a half hours: Soft amber, citrus and fruit. After 5 hours: Amber and citrus. Final verdict: Not bad, but not one I want to keep.

In the bottle: Light yellow oil. Sweet, citrusy, herbal floral. Wet: Clean ozony amber, herbs, citrus. Smells like a combination of Villain and Saint-Germain. Dry: Very citrusy, and amber/incensy, with the soft powdery aroma of white musk. After a few minutes: VANILLA! Some understated florals and musk, the citrus has fallen back quite a bit. After first hour: I'm getting a hint of plastic from the combination of vanilla and white musk, but it isn't overpowering and there are still pleasant elements to the blend like the sweetness of citrus. After two and a half hours: Plastic is gone, it has turned into a soft, sweet, citrusy, powdery musky amber and vanilla scent. Quite pleasant, but I think Villain does the citrus better for me. After 5 hours: Sandalwood and vanilla, that's it. Final verdict: It's quite pretty, but I have other scents that I like better. Time to pay it forward.

In the bottle: Pale yellow oil. Fruity, synthesized ocean themed smell. Wet: Fruit, synthesized ocean themed smell, herbs. Dry: Synthetic ocean all the way, not very pleasant to me. Some sort of overpowering flower I don't like, possibly freesia or hyacinth. After a few minutes: Some sort of minty, ozony note accompanies the synthetic ocean and freesia. Possibly some sort of white musk. After first hour: Mint, juniper, white musk, freesia and sythetic ocean. After two and a half hours: Actually softer and prettier now. After 5 hours: Not bad. Final verdict: The scent is much prettier when it's had time to develop, but I prefer a scent I can enjoy all the stages of.

In the bottle: Pale yellow oil. Fruity pine and musk. Wet: Minty eucalyptus, pine and musk. Very cool on the skin. Dry: Floral, minty, fake ocean/water scent, possibly violets. Sticks at the back of my throat unpleasantly. After a few minutes: I detect a hint of something cool and clear like there was in Hurricane, a strange sort of possibly... ozone? The sweetness of violet is coming out, along with an herbal undertone. This is much, much more floral than I expected considering all the nice herbs. I think I'm getting juniper, which smells a bit floral to me as well. After first hour: The heavy florals have calmed down a bit and I'm getting more of the enjoyable green notes, but not nearly enough. To me the florals evoke that 'commercial' smell that I tend to associate with people wearing too much chemical-infused bleah perfume instead of lovely Bpal. I think this blend just doesn't work for me. At the same time, it isn't making me ill like those commercial perfumes do, so that's something positive. After two and a half hours: The florals have mellowed a bit more and the blend has become a bit more herbal, and the commercialness has died down. Now it's mildly pleasant, but I don't really want to wait this long for a scent to get to a point where I think it is okay, but still nothing I would like to make part of my permanent collection. After 5 hours: More of the same. Final verdict: Not bad, but not something I want to keep.

In the bottle: Medium yellow oil. Incense and fruit. Wet: Sweet incense, perhaps sandalwood, and something like peaches, and honeysuckle, oh honeysuckle, I would know you anywhere. Dry: Honeysuckle, fruit and incense, possibly some jasmine. This smells a lot like Twilight. Maybe a hint of rose. After a few minutes: Honeysuckle, rose, jasmine, and amber. After first hour: Faint honeysuckle and jasmine. After two and a half hours: Faint honeysuckle and jasmine. After 5 hours: Gone. Final verdict: Pretty, but it doesn't stand out for me.

In the bottle: Medium yellow oil. Fruity dirt. Wet: Incredibly clean, nose-clearing, minty fruity dirt. The clean note makes me feel sort of lightheaded when I smell it. Also, my third eye tingles. Dry: This is like a roller coaster for my nose. Smelling it makes me feel very clear headed and somewhat jumpy and excitable, as if I can sense a storm coming. I'm getting that minty tinge again... that must be the vetivert, in which case I think I have just determined that I like vetivert. After a few minutes: So fresh, clean, rainy and tangy OMG MINTY VETIVERT DANCEPARTY ON MY ARM with a hint of clean soil. After first hour: When I sniff my wrist I am suddenly starting to taste something medicinal and soapy in my mouth.It smells familiar, but I can't place it. Aha, Vaseline Intensive Care original lotion, from back in the 1980s/1990s before they (possibly) changed the formulation and smell. After two and a half hours: More Vaseline Intensive Care lotion. After 5 hours: Lotion. Final verdict: Trying this was a very interesting experience, especially considering how lively and perky this made me, as well as the interesting scent memory it triggered, but this isn't something I would wear.

I didn't do an in-depth testing of this one because I forgot to make notes as I was wearing it, but the impression I got was very kitchen-herby. It really smelled like something that would be a good rub for pork chops and it made me want to go grill some meat. Even the cedar, which for me was disappointingly faint, did not detract from the 'edibleness' I perceived. It was also a very dry scent, and while I do like dry in some cases, like with incense, it wasn't a warm dry, more of a tepid, dusty sort of dry which isn't really to my taste.

In the bottle: Pale yellow oil, sweet herbal incense Wet: Citrusy, faintly musky, with a hint of sage. Dry: Herbal, sagey citrus incense with a hint of leather. Very subtle. I don't think this will be a long lasting scent. After a few minutes: Oh wow, the frankincense has really perked up nicely. This is turning into a lovely herbal and incense perfumed leather. After first hour: Faint incense, herbs and leather. After two and a half hours: Sweet incense, sage, and faint herbed leather. After 5 hours: Faint sweet incense with a hint of leather. Final verdict: Very pretty, and the ambergris, which I was very scared of, did not seem to be offensive at all. This definitely warrants an honourable mention, as this is something I would consider wearing again for sure.

In the bottle: Medium yellow oil. Sweet uplifting incense. Wet: Smells a lot like Penitence, with that same sweet, uplifting, churchy incense smell. I'm also getting the same feeling of relaxation, enlightenment, exhileration and gnosis. Dry: I think this blend may have more flowers in it or something. I think I'm getting a hint of rose to go with the incense and also something fruity. This is a little bit more multi-faceted than Penitence, but in such a subtle way that I would consider these scents interchangeable. The more I sniff my wrist the better I feel, and I was feeling really stressed and unhappy before. After a few minutes: There seems to be something a bit more woodsy coming out. Also my quivering from stress and anxiety is slowly turning into quivering from some sort of spiritual excitement. After first hour: This doesn't seem to have the same staying power as Penitence, and the feeling of exhileration has died down. Maybe the different blend is not as potent for me. Still very pleasant to smell though. A lot more woody than Penitence at this point. After two and a half hours: Sweet incense, and a hint of wood. After 5 hours: Faint woodsy incense. Final verdict: Unlike Penitence this scent did not bowl me over with an almost otherwordly, bordering on spiritual, experience when I was expecting a mere enjoyable fragrance, thus it might compare unfavourably to such an unexpected treasure. It was, however, a quite pleasant, more mellow and complex substitute.

In the bottle: Sweet, resinous green. Wet: Resinous green and floral, perhaps some kind of lily, lilac or hyacinth. Very sweet. Dry: Powdery, resinous herbal green, with a hint of lilac. After a few minutes: Faint resinous green. After first hour: Resin and faint incense. After two and a half hours: The same. After 5 hours: Gone Final verdict: Pleasant, but it didn't inspire me.

In the bottle: Pale yellow oil, rich mossy greenness Wet: Tangy fresh greenness with a very pronounced grass note, a hint of something citrusy, and something cool like eucalyptus. There is also a hint of freshly sanded wood. Dry: Rich herbal green. This is probably the purest plant scent I've ever smelled. It's not just the essense of a plant in liquid form with all the outer parts removed, it's the whole plant, the crisp fresh leaves and stems, even a hint of the earth it's sitting in. After a few minutes: Fresh, peppery, rich tangy greenness. I think I can detect a hint of lavender or mint. After first hour: Spicy sweet and tangy herbal green. After two and a half hours: Faint sweet greenness, maybe moss? After 5 hours: A hint of green. Final verdict: Very pretty and definitely a 'me' scent, but I think some of the other Rappaccini's garden blends do it a bit better. I think I can bear to part with this one.

In the bottle: Dark orange oil. Smells like Green Tree Viper, minus the mint, with instead a very incensy, mossy richness. Wet: Mmm, sweet, dark, mysterious greenness layered with vanilla and incense. Dry: I feel like a sexy forest goddess, the scent is so rich and green and sweet, and very deep and grounded. It is not a meadow greennness, but a seductive, moonlit greenness. I think this might possibly be even better than Green Tree Viper. After a few minutes: Suddenly everything has gotten somewhat bitter. I detect a faint hint of really bad tasting cough syrup, but overall it still smells good. I'm also feeling something sort of burny on my wrist. After first hour: The bitterness has faded and again I'm getting dark green richness mixed with the spiced vanilla of the Snake Oil. I want to hump my own leg again. After two and a half hours: Rich woodland moss and vanilla spice. Eminently sexable. A woodsy sex cookie, lol. After 5 hours: Soft green and vanilla. Final verdict: Wow, this is awesome. Another one for the keeper box.

In the bottle: Dark yellow oil. Metallic and commercial perfume. Wet: Amber, resin, and Off bug spray. Husband says it's 'Not bad', which is one of his few positive reactions to something I also don't mind the scent of. He actually agreed to let me put some on him. Dry: Clean and fresh. Very metallic and chromey. I'm getting a hint of Irish Spring, but it doesn't smell nice to me the way Irish Spring does. After a few minutes: The metallic note is getting cloying and nauseating. I smell machine oil and metal. After first hour: This smells unpleasantly heavy and cloying. I tried to give it a chance, but I think I need to wash it off. Final verdict: Bleah. Another one for the bottom 10.

In the bottle: Dark orange oil. Sweet fruit and incense. Wet: Incense, sweet fruit (is this the mango) and lavender. Dry: Incense, deep fruity richness and a hint of floral lavender. After a few minutes: Rich juicy fruit, smoky incense, and a faint hint of herbal floral. After first hour: Fruit and incense, soft herbal flowers, and a richness that must be the musk. The musk is not commercial or offensive, it just seems to harmonize with the other ingredients and hold the blend together. After two and a half hours: This is starting to smell a lot like Licwiglunga, the incense and the fruit are really prominent. After 5 hours: Very faint incense and fruit. Final verdict: Pretty, but I'm not in love.

In the bottle: Dark orangey yellow oil. Citrusy incensy lavender. Wet: Lavender, citrus and frankincense. Mmm. Like Arcana only more potent. Very cool on the skin. Smells cool to the nose as well. Dry: Lavender, citrus, incense and soft, powdery florals. I'm no longer getting the buzz that some incense blends give me, but it still smells sweet and very cool. After a few minutes: Herby soft lavender, citrus and incense. After first hour: Soft, powdery jasmine. After two and a half hours: Barely there jasmine. After 5 hours: Gone. Final verdict: Pleasant, but I think I'm just as happy with straight lavender essential oil for my bedtime needs.

In the bottle: Medium yellow oil. Lemony jasmine green tea. Wet: Fresh, sweet lemon verbena, green tea and jasmine. This is so sweet and clean, this is what I wanted Embalming Fluid to be. Dry: So sweet, clean, lemony and green with just the right hint of floral. Oh wow, not a drop of lavender to be detected and I am still falling in love. After a few minutes: The jasmine is becoming a bit uppity and obstreperous, while the lovely lemony greenness is fading to the background. After first hour: Now the green tea is making a less than pleasant commercial perfume smell with the jasmine, although the sweetness of the verbena beneath assures me it's still Bpal. After two and a half hours: Soft faint green tea with a hint of lemon, jasmine, and sweet citrus. After 5 hours: Soft powdery verbena, green tea and a hint of jasmine. Final verdict: Very pretty and fresh, but it lacks that certain ephemeral quality that would destine it for my keeper box.

In the bottle: Pale yellow oil. OMG VANILLA with a peep of lavender. Wet: Vanilla and lavender. I feel like a shortbread with lavender florets baked in. Dry: Lavender is starting to stand up for itself more. It is really tangy and nose clearing, but the foodiness of the vanilla is making me hungry. Could there be mint in here as well? After a few minutes: Very foody, mint, lavender and vanilla cookies. I am seriously getting hungry. I think it's time for a snack. After first hour: Foody vanilla. After two and a half hours: More foody vanilla. After 5 hours: Mmm, vanilla. I really amp vanilla. Final verdict: I don't object to this scent, but I don't like vanilla enough for this to be a keeper.

In the bottle: A pale green oil that looks very promising. Sweet green and something like lilies, or freesia, only not as unpleasantly overblown as I usually find them. Also something fruity like citrus or berries. Wet: Something fruity and floral like Cheshire Cat, with a hint of mint, and I do believe I am getting lavender and lilac. Dry: Lilac and lavender with something deliciously minty, fruity and herby. After a few minutes: A sweet, pleasant, softly herbal, faintly green floral, but the wow factor has died down for me. Since the blend doesn't mention for certain that it has lavender, only that it is purple, I find myself feeling not as enthusiastic as I would be if I had definite confirmation. Although my enthusiasm is waxing again, it does smell very nice. Argh, why is it so hard for me to decide? After first hour: Sweet violets, lavender, lilac and green herbs fading fast. After two and a half hours: Soft powdery, floral violet. After 5 hours: Soft floral with a hint of mint, almost gone. Final verdict: I don't think I'm ready to get rid of this one, it warrants further examination.

In the bottle: Very pale yellow oil, smells like Pain. Wet: Sharp, sinus clearing mint with a hint of lavender and a twinge of citrus sweetness. Dry: Sweet, sharp mint and very true lavender, with sweet citrus and herbal undertones. After a few minutes: Very clean and sweet, soft, powdery, minty herbal lavender mixed with citrus. This is somewhat like Villain combined with Pain, only much more gentle, and even cleaner, if that's possible. I think this would be a good blend to wear when feeling hot and sick with a headache or fever. After first hour: Soft, very faint powdery lavender mint and citrus. So sweet and delicious, I wish it had more throw. After two and a half hours: It has faded even more. After 5 hours: Only a pleasant memory. Final verdict: Why do the good scents fade so fast? I think this one might knock Pain out of the top ten because it is so much more multifaceted.

In the bottle: Rich orange oil, sweet woody herbal citrus. Wet: Sweet fruity citrus and the delicious smell of freshly sawed wood. Dry: Soft herbs and wood, very light. I'm starting to get the aroma of lumber yard. Not bad, but not necessarily what one wants to smell like. The aroma is very subtle and close to my skin. I have a feeling it won't last. After a few minutes: Sweet woods, plus something citrusy. After first hour: Sweet, herbal wood, a touch of hickory. After two and a half hours: More of the same, very faded After 5 hours: Gone. Final verdict: Subtle and pretty. I have no objections to this perfume, in fact I rather like it, but I am not in love with it sufficiently to warrant a bottle or even necessarily another imp.

In the bottle: Delicious minty green sweetness with an undertone of something seductive. Wet: Indonesian spice oils to the max, mint is being shoved back. Dry: Seduction in a field of mint, a cool balance of the freshness of mint, coupled with the darkly suggestive hints of vanilla and spice. After a few minutes: Whee, hot sex on a bed of cool mint, while drinking green tea with citrus. Alas, it does not make my husband want to hump my leg, but I think I want to hump my own. Then, after a few more minutes, something really bitter has crept forward, it almost smells like tonka, but not nearly as loathsome amidst the leg-hump inducing goodness. The vanilla and sugared oils have beaten back the mint again, but there is still a hint of cool freshness and tang. After first hour: Powdery, almost icing sugar like vanilla, underscored by faint, raunchily sweet spice, possibly cinnamon, nutmeg, and hint of tonka and a very faint hint of mint and citrus. After two and a half hours: Vanilla and soft spice underscore d by a faint hint of green. After 5 hours: Vanilla and something tangy and vaguely bitter, but still slightly pleasant. Final verdict: A complex scent that leaves me with complex feelings. I wanted this to work for me because I wanted a piece of the Snake Oil mystique to call my own while still being true to myself. Unfortunately the essential notes that I could most readily identify with in the blend were the first to go. I think more experimentation is warranted.

In the bottle: Cool sweet greenness Wet: Fresh green tea with tart, sweet lemon. Dry: More of the same. This is so mouthwatering and clean. This is what I wanted from Embalming Fluid, but didn't get because of the white musk. The honeysuckle is being remarkably well-behaved, and rather than being overblown and nauseating is instead quite soft and green and herbal. After a few minutes: Oh, hi there HONEYSUCKLE, I guess I was a fool to think you would behave yourself. This blend still smells good, but there is something headache inducing now. After first hour: The honeysuckle is cowed somewhat, and the green tea is pungent and fresh with lemon. After two and a half hours: Soft refreshing citrus greenness. After 5 hours: More of the same. Final verdict: Very fresh and pleasant once the honeysuckle stops amping. I'd have almost considered this bottle worthy if I hadn't found Envy first.

In the bottle: Pale yellow oil, delightfully sweet green flower. Must be the dandelion. Wet: Sweet green flower, something that evokes a scent memory that I can't put my finger on... almost like... pineapple? Or pears. Canned pears. Yes, that's definitely it. Dry: Tasty, mouthwatering fresh pears right off the tree. Or honeysuckle, but without it being so violent as it usually is on me. After a few minutes: Now a faint hint of something herbal and hempy. I was hoping for better quality... hemp, but it seems to be faintly redolent of burning tire. The pears are gone specifically, but this blend still feels very sweet and fruity. After first hour: The fruits are starting to sharpen, and things are getting smoky and incensy. After two and a half hours: More of the same After 5 hours: Totally gone. Final verdict: Quite mild and pretty, but it doesn't fill me with covetousness.