OriginalWacky
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I would think Storm Moon would be better as an air scent. As for fire, maybe the Living Flame or Red Devil?The Living Flame is sheerly flowers on me. FLowers *I* can wear, but still.
Tarot: The Sun for fire maybe? Chimera? Hamadryad?
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Bottle (Imp): Whoa, pine!
Just On: Still pretty much pine.
An hour or two later: It's disappeared already.
Around 6 hours: Uh, yeah, it's still gone.
12 hours: Hellooo, why even have this section when it was gone ten hours ago? Yeah, so I'm a dork and keep it anyway.
Overall: This is all pine to my nose, and not something I can really wear. Off to swaps.
After reading other reviews: I'm very sad that I got nothing but pine from this. I want the salty sea breezes dammit.
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Bottle (Imp): Smells like roses.
Just On: Still smells like roses. Let's see how long it takes my skin to ruin it.
An hour or two later: Wow, it's not soap yet, I'm amazed. Could this be? A rose scent that works on me? I'm still unsure, but so far, so good.
Around 6 hours: Rats, there's the soap. Not as much as I'm used to getting, but it's there. Stupid skin.
12 hours: Yup, my skin totally ruined yet another beautiful scent. It's all soap now.
Overall: Started out beautiful, and I almost got my hopes up. Luckily, I didn't get them too high, since my dumb skin ruined it.
After reading other reviews: Yep, it's a rose scent. Too bad my skin is so mean to flowers.
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Bottle (Imp): Very fresh and herby.
Just On: Fresh, breezy, and herby.
An hour or two later: It's fading some, but still the same scent.
Around 6 hours: Leaning slightly towards dryer sheets, but still pretty close to the same scent. Starting to fade.
12 hours: Gone bye bye.
Overall: This isn't my type of scent, but it's very nice.
After reading other reviews: Boy, I really didn't get mint out of this one. How odd.
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Bottle (Imp): Sweet with a little spice.
Just On: Oh yummy, sweet cinnamon candy scent. I am loving this.
An hour or two later: Oh, this is a lovely sweet cinnamon spicy beautiful scent. Even if it were to turn rancid now, I think I'd buy 10 ML just because it's so freaking wonderful.
Around 6 hours: Drying down to an even more beautiful sweet bit of spice.
12 hours: Barely there sweet beautiful goodness.
Overall: I'm loving this scent. Cinnamon, sweet, some spice, it's perfect. Hit the high bottle list almost immediately, and stayed there.
After reading other reviews: Hmmm, so the honeysuckle is what sweetened this up so much? I did get a hint of redness in the cleavage, but I slathered this on right out of the shower, so duh. I was in a hurry, getting ready for an interview, or I would never have put it on directly after getting out of shower or bath, I *know* better, especially with my ultra sensitive skin. But I'm still getting more of this one!
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Bottle (Imp): Sweet herbs.
Just On: Fresh, pretty, sweet herbs.
An hour or two later: Light fresh herbs.
Around 6 hours: Light fresh and sweet herbs.
12 hours: The last bits and pieces of herbs.
Overall: This is a very nice blend, and everything melds together so well I can't really pick out any specific note. Very nice, all around.
After reading other reviews: I certainly got the herbs, but really didn't get much woodsiness out of this one.
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Bottle (Imp): Oooh, dark foreboding, and earthy.
Just On: Just like in the imp. I can't pick out any notes in this one.
An hour or two later: Mmmm, this is very earthy, dark graveyard crypt soil.
Around 6 hours: Faded, but still very much similar. I really like it as far as a dirt scent goes.
12 hours: Pretty much gone, the last vestiges of earthiness.
Overall: This is nice. This is probably what I thought Graveyard Dirt would smell like (not that GD isn't wonderful on it's own). Another astonishing blend.
After reading other reviews: I really didn't get the juniper, but I did get the dirt scent. And I liked it. Maybe not enough to hoard it, but I can see buying a big bottle of it at some point.
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Bottle (Imp): That's different. I have NO idea what it is.
Just On: I dunno what this is, but I kinda like, and I kinda don't know what to make of it.
An hour or two later: Oh! This is myrrh. Okay, I recognize it now that it's warmed up on my skin.
Around 6 hours: I think I like this one, but not as much as say Gluttony, or Wrath.
12 hours: It's pretty much gone now.
Overall: This is nice. It took me a while to figure it out, but I finally did.
After reading other reviews: Wow, the vetiver never really came out on me in this one. It was definitely a nice scent, but probably not something I'll hoard.
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Base and earthy, yet glittering with golden notes: patchouli, heliotrope, copal and oakmoss.
Bottle (Imp): Maybe patchouli.
Just On: Yes, I do believe it's patchouli.
An hour or two later: This is very well blended and it's hard to pick out what is mixed in there with patchouli.
Around 6 hours: I love the way this dries down on me. It's fading, but still there.
12 hours: I still have it, and it's turned to a bit of powder, which I LOVE.
Overall: I wasn't sure I was smelling patchouli, but I am pretty sure now that's what it was. I really like this one.
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Bottle (Imp): Hmm, musky.
Just On: Musky and sweet.
An hour or two later: Mostly kinda musky.
Around 6 hours: This is musky, not necessarily a bad musk, but also not something I would wear often.
12 hours: It's pretty much gone now.
Overall: Not something I would wear often, but not that bad all in all.
After reading other reviews: The narcissus is probably the sweet, and the rose is what gets musky. I think. I don't mind musky roses, it's the ones that go soapy that I don't care for.
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Bottle (Imp): Oooh, dryer sheet breezes. So fresh and pretty.
Just On: Yummm, fresh and slightly sweet dryer sheet breeziness.
An hour or two later: Mmmm, this is fresh. Just a hint of sweet. Not so much dryer sheets, now, which is okay, but I did like that part too.
Around 6 hours: Pretty much the same, but much softer, quieter, if you will.
12 hours: This is totally gone.
Overall: I like this more than I expected to. I tend to lean more towards foody and sweet, but this is really fresh and nice.
After reading other reviews: Yes, I got the breeziness. The dryer sheet part was nice, and the barely sweet freshness was great.
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This is a second review.. because I've gotten an imp of the original, and reviewed it all on it's own. It's way different than the one out now.
Bottle (Imp): OMFG! I *know* why Penance is going so nuts to get this! It's freaking awesome! Buttery sweet yummyness.
Just On: Oh gods, it's so smooth, buttery and creamy. This is *so* different from the new formulation.
An hour or two later: Oooh, this is delicious. It's starting to fade into a creamy sweet butter, and it's wafting beautifully when I move my arm.
Around 6 hours: Oooooh, this is sooo wonderful sweet creamy beautiful buttery gorgeous.
12 hours: It's finally starting to fade down a lot, and I'm going to miss it terribly.
Overall: This is drop dead beautifully gorgeous.
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Bottle (Imp): Hmm. Very well blended, and I can't pick out any notes. A bit sweet, a tiny bit tart, and somewhat smooth.
Just On: Maybe the sweetness and smoothness is honey?
An hour or two later: Wahhhh. Soap! My skin has turned this to soap!
Around 6 hours: Sweet soap. My skin wrecks some of the best scents.
12 hours: It's quite faded, but still soapy.
Overall: Again, I find that flowers just don't work so well except in special cases.
After reading other reviews: Not much to say. It's soap because of my skin. I never got apple from it at all.
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Bottle (Imp): Deep, dark, and rich.
Just On: Mmm, kind of a smoky sweet thing going on.
An hour or two later: A deep dark smoky scent, starting to fade.
Around 6 hours: It's getting quite faded, but still the same smoky sweet darkness.
12 hours: It's all gone now.
Overall: This is a nice scent, and I can see using it when I'm feeling a bit broody.
After reading other reviews: Okay, narcissus, orange blossoms, and vanilla. Those add up to smoky dark sweetness on me. I like.
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Bottle (Imp): WHAH! MINT!!
Just On: This is very much mint, and that's the only thing I can smell.
An hour or two later: Wow, it's nearly gone, and I can just smell a little mint now. It's a hint watery as well.
Around 6 hours: The faintest hint of mint.
12 hours: It all went away.
Overall: Wow, I really only got mint out of this.
After reading other reviews: Aha, pennyroyal. That's the mint. I never really got the lavender at all. It's interesting, but maybe not something I"ll wear often enough to buy a big bottle of.
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Bottle (Imp): Whoa, very pine-y.
Just On: Overwhelming pine-sol type scent.
An hour or two later: Wow, my nose and skin don't like this one. It's not pine sol any more, but it is pine, for sure.
Around 6 hours: It's mostly gone, with faint whiffs of pine left.
12 hours: It is all gone.
Overall: Whew, I pretty much got pine out of this, and it just isn't my type.
After reading other reviews: I really got nothing but pine out of this, and that's just not a scent for me. It's interesting, but not something I'll wear.
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Bottle (Imp): Dragon's blood, flowers, and something aquatic.
Just On: Dragon's blood, something watery, and flowers.
An hour or two later: Mostly dragon's blood.
Around 6 hours: It's almost gone now, so I get the last vestiges of dragon's blood.
12 hours: It's pretty much disappeared now.
Overall: I really like this. Yet another Ars Draconis scent I like, and now I only have two left to try before I've finished out the group. If I were rich, I'd likely buy the whole set, even the one that doesn't work on me, just to have it. Since I can't I'll settle for using my imps.
After reading other reviews: Hmm, aquatic is probably lily. This is a nice scent, and I like it.
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Bottle (Imp): This smells dry and a little sweet.
Just On: Yes, it's very dry, and just a bit sweet.
An hour or two later: This is a very dry scent. I'm actually reminded of bones.
Around 6 hours: Quite dry, and more sweetness is peeking out.
12 hours: It's gotten much sweeter though still dry.
Overall: I *really* like this one. It goes on the big bottle list.
After reading other reviews: I think the sandalwood is what was so dry about this. I like it a lot.
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Powerful, commanding, blazing with strength.
Bottle (Imp): Dragon's blood and flowers.
Just On: It's dragon's blood and flowers to me.
An hour or two later: Soapy dragon's blood.
Around 6 hours: It's now faded soapy dragon's blood. Not too bad, but I'd rather not deal with the soap.
12 hours: Just a little bit of soap is all that's left now.
Overall: Apparently this has the flowers(s) that my skin hates. I won't be ordering a big bottle of this one.
After reading other reviews: What flowers there are turned into soap, so I agree with those who get flowers. I don't think I'll be after more of this one. -
Bottle (Imp): I have two imps, one is darker than the other. The lighter one smells more like different scents together, and the darker one smells like it's a touch better blended, mixed more.
Just On: They are very similar (duh, huh?) but the lighter one seems to be newer to me.
An hour or two later: The darker one is very faded, and a little foreboding. The lighter one is a bit sweet.
Around 6 hours: They have both faded quite a bit, but I can still smell them both just a little. The lighter one is lighter smelling to me.
12 hours: This fades down to nothing at the end, although I think I get a slight whiff of the lighter one. I don't know if one is a lot older than the other, or what, but it was interesting trying two from different batches of the same scent (or so I assume).
Overall: I think I would wear this once in a while, although not as often as my must haves.
After reading other reviews: Hmmmm fig and black currant. That's probably the sweet. Well, it's nice, but probably not as likely to be worn as others, so I'm probably not buying more.
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Bottle (Imp): Oooh! Sweet, spicy, and quite interesting.
Just On: Wow, it's very well blended, and I really like it.
An hour or two later: OOh, this has amber in it. It's pretty well blended, so I can't pick much out, and I rather like it.
Around 6 hours: I still can't pick much out. Two of my cats are adoring this. Looks like I'll be needing more of it.
12 hours: I get a bit of powderiness. Not a bad bit, and it's faded a lot.
Overall: This is a very nice blend, and since a couple of my cats adored it, I think I may have to have some more.
After reading other reviews: I never could pick out any of the notes, other than a whiff of the amber peeking out, everything just stayed SO well blended. Between a couple of the cats slobbering on me, and me liking it, it's going on the big bottle list.
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Bottle (Imp): Hmm, it's a bit sweet, and there's something else tickling my nose.
Just On: Yes, it's definitely sweet, and there's in it. I think.
An hour or two later: Oh, this has berries, that's what I'm smelling. Sun-ripened berries.
Around 6 hours: It's tart.
12 hours: There is that last bit of tartness left.
Overall: This is the last of the Stations I've tried, and I do like them all. This is probably my least favorite, and I think I'd buy a bottle, so they are an overwhelming success.
After reading other reviews: Ahhhhhhh, it was the grapes that must have been berry scented to me. SO, a hint of sour grapes... but all in all I like it.
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Bottle (Imp): Cinnamon?
Just On: Yes, I'd have to say there's cinnamon in here.
An hour or two later: This has dried down into a carnation amber scent.
Around 6 hours: It's almost totally gone.
12 hours: It's all gone now.
Overall: I really like this, but it fades faster than the other two stations. Again, I am impressed with it, so that makes three of the Stations I like a lot.
After reading other reviews: I didn't get any citrus of any kind out of this one. But it's pretty spot on for the midday sun in my mind.
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Bottle (Imp): Hmm. I'm not sure what to make of this.
Just On: It's got a little spice to it, and seems pretty fresh. Maybe some sweetness peeking out of it.
An hour or two later: This is a sweet spicy scent, very light and airy.
Around 6 hours: Yum, light spices, a bit of sweetness, and beautifully airy.
12 hours: The last bit of sweet spices is still here.
Overall: This is a beautiful scent. It's the second of the Stations I've tried, and I'm impressed with both. I'm trying the others tomorrow.
After reading other reviews: Hmm, amber, and other yummy stuff. I can smell those. This is an excellent scent, and very evocative of it's name.
French Lavender
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Bottle (Imp): Sharp, like lavender always is to me.
Just On: Sharp, like lavender usually does to my nose.
An hour or two later: It's settled into a skin scent on me.
Around 6 hours: It's pretty much gone now, which isn't a surprise.
12 hours: Uh yeah, so it's still gone. Amazing, isn't it?
Overall: Lavender always starts out sharp to me, but I never worry about that, as I know it mellows into a nice scent. However, it also fades pretty quickly on me, so I'd have to go through the sharp stage over and over.
After reading other reviews: Not a whole lot to add.