Ceri

In the vial: Mint chocolate chip ice cream. Instant love!

 

Wet: Mint chocolate chip ice cream on waffles! This is making me hungry.

 

Dry: Mint chocolate chip candy.

 

Overall: This is love!

 

ETA: 1 hour into the scent and this has morph into a lovely smell of....burnt plastic. Bleh.

In the vial: Yummy grape juice.

 

Wet: Powder, grape & leather.

 

Dry: Grape powder.

 

Overall: Mmm, I can't figure out which note is causing this blend to turn into powder on me. =/

In the vial: Soapy aquatic.

 

Wet: Wow, dusty aquatic.

 

Dry: Still a dusty aquatic.

 

Overall: Where is the incense that everyone was talking about? Not for me.

In the vial: Soapy lavender.

 

Wet: Lavender and salty ozone.

 

Dry: Lavender & bitter, salty ozone.

 

Overall: Not for me. I should just admit to myself that aquatics do not work on me. Darn.

In the vial: Orchid

 

Wet: Green orchid

 

Dry: Soapy, sweet orchid

 

Overall: Not for me.

In the vial: Fruity...smells like peach or fig.

 

Wet: Still fruity, but more creamy and the floral is peeking out.

 

Dry: Lesser fruit, more creamy floral.

 

Overall: This is very, very lovely.

In the vial: Soapy floral

 

Wet: Soapy floral (Cherry blossom?) and green moss. This is kind of like cologne.

 

Dry: I like this soapy scent! It's comforting and reminds me of my boy.

 

Overall: Will keep the decant and probably look for a bottle or two!

In the vial: Plum blossom

 

Wet: Creamy (from the wild rice & vanilla?) plum blossom

 

Dry: Plum blossom and rice.

 

Overall: I like the plum but there's something in this scent that makes me uncomfortable... I had to wash it off as it was inducing a gag effect whenever I took a sniff.

In the vial: Sweet, lovely mums.

 

Wet: Floral incense & sandalwood.

 

Dry: The most prominent notes are the floral & incense. I get a bit of both the vanilla and sandalwood, but they are mostly lurking in the background.

 

Overall: My skin eats this right up, after 15 minutes, all that's left is a powdery floral scent. Not for me.

In the vial: This smells like butterscotch and toffee!! Yummy!

 

Wet: It has morph into buttery popcorn.

 

Dry: Burnt plastic

 

Overall: This is a extremely delicious foody scent. Beware for you may gnaw off your arm after applying. But alas, foody scents often turn into burnt plastic on me. 'Lucky' me I guess.

In the vial: Mandarin & floral.

 

Wet: Lemon, floral & tea.

 

Dry: Rose powder & citrus tea with a splash of vanilla.

 

Overall: I'm really unsure about this. I like the tea note but I'm not a fan of roses.

In the vial: Floral soap.

Wet: The most prominent note on me is the sandalwood, but I can definitely smell resins and soft floral in the background.

Dry: Floral powder.

Overall: This is a very soft and beautiful scent. I'm really disappointed that it turned powdery on me.

In the vial: Spicy, musky and warm.

 

Wet: Smells like...tape & leather? The leather note is really strong.

 

Dry: Sweaty men playing with tape and leather.

 

Overall: Something went wrong somewhere and I had to wash this off. Not for me.

In the vial: Green apples in a ice bucket.

 

Wet: Tart, green apples and something that smells like rose... (I'm not a fan of roses)

 

Dry: Oh no. Is that rose I smell? Yup, green apples covered in rose petals and grass. The rose is quite faint, just dancing about in the background, adding a certain sweetness to the otherwise tart & green scent. Lovely!

 

Overall: This is a beautiful scent, I actually like it even though I don't adore rose scents. There's something in this scent that I really like.

 

 

In the vial: Lilac & tobacco

 

Wet: Lilac.

 

Dry: Soft lilac and tobacco.

 

Overall: Not a big fan of floral scents, not for me.

In the vial: Floral soap

 

Wet: Floral soap & wet laundry

 

Dry: Soap!

 

Overall: Not for me.

 

ETA: After 4 hours, this has morph into a scent that's very different from the start. Now it is subtly sweet with hints of musk, cinnamon and rum. Definitely nicer than before.

In the vial: Sweet & dark. Very intoxicating.

 

Wet: Dark, spicy incense.

 

Dry: It gets sweeter as it dries. After 15 minutes this turns into sweet baby powder incense.

 

Overall: This is a gorgeous blend, I love it best when it's wet but it's not for me.

In the vial: Caramel, coconut and something slightly sour.

 

Wet: Overpowering caramel sweetness and coconut.

 

Dry: My skin eats this right up. About a minute into the scent, it had almost completely disappeared. When I sniff extra hard, I get some bits of caramel, coconut and also something sour.

 

Overall: This is quite nice, but it's not for me.

In the vial: Sickly sweet berry

 

Wet: I think I'm getting leathery berry with fig. The notes have blended so well I'm having a hard time figuring this out. Or I'm just lousy at identifying notes.

 

Dry: Creamy, powdery berries with hints of something green.

 

Overall: This is quite nice but I'm not sure if it's bottle worthy.

In the vial: Fruity snake oil

 

Wet: Fruity scent with snake oil as a base

 

Dry: It's here that I can tell the distinct difference between snake oil and snake charmer. Snake charmer is powdery fruity sweetness without a hint of spice on me.

 

Overall: The throw is weak, I can't smell anything unless my nose is right at my wrist. Other than that, this is just a fruity version of Snake oil. Really, really nice.

In the vial: Creamy and sweet. Smells yummy.

 

Wet: Creamy wood.

 

Dry: Okay, I'm not sure if I'm happy or depressed about this. There is a sourish-salty note to the sweet creaminess on my skin. Smells like sweat after sex. After about 15 minutes, that disappeared and is replaced by powdery lotus blossom and cream.

 

Overall: This is lovely. Quite different from what I had expected but still lovely. I definitely have to check Antikythera Mech out.

In the vial: Creamy Pear

 

Wet: Pear! Pear! Pear! Juicy, juicy pear!

 

Dry: Pear & creamy vanilla. This has gone slightly powdery for a few minutes before morphing into lovely vanilla.

 

Overall: I love it! Must..have..more! Bottle hunting for me!

In the vial: Blackberry and something else. I'm not very good at identifying individual notes.

 

Wet: Sweet blackberry.

 

Dry: Blackberry, mint and orange blossom.

 

Overall: This is quite nice. Will keep my decant.

In the vial: Soapy, citrus tea.

 

Wet: Citrus soap.

 

Dry: Sweet, floral, fruity soap.

 

Overall: Most of the shungas smell 'clean' on me, this is another 'clean' scent to add to the list.

 

In the vial: Gardenia

 

Wet: Soft white gardenia. There's something about this that envisions the color white.

 

Dry: Honey and gardenia.

 

Overall: This has a similar honey note as Giant Vulva on me. I'm not sure I love it but this is one floral blend that I can wear (without sneezing). However, the throw and staying power is very weak.