angelicruin

All Souls 2006

Bottle: Sugar cake

Wet: sugar and light incense

Dry: fruity notes with incense

Perfect for Fall!

Bottle: Pear & vanilla

Wet & dry are about the same for me: vanilla pear with a slight muskiness as the oil dries on my skin.

Bottle: All cherry

Wet: I get grape & almond

Dry: now the blood, musk, wine notes intermingle with fruitiness with a hint of floral

Very yummy scent.

YUM!!!

Bottle: red delicious apples

Wet: Mandarin orange note mixes with apple

Dry: turns a bit musky, but not overwhelming.

Great scent for the apple lovers out there.

Bottle: pepper & blood musk

Wet: blood musk & vetiver (one of the few oils that work for me with vetiver in it.)

Dry: Cocoa and musk.

This oil is definitely worthy of it's name.

Bottle: Caramel and butter

Wet: Mostly caramel, but I can detect the peanut brittle note now too

Dry: Back to caramel

I do love this scent and though it's "Spring Training", the caramel also reminds me of Fall

Imp: Definitely picking up the fruit notes and some floral

Wet: berry and gardenia predominantly

Dry: floral turns more to rose note, develops a musky quality

Imp: definitely myrrh

Wet: I'm not sure if it's the combination of notes or a specific one, but it gives me a headache

Dry: Not much change and I need to wash this off NOW.

Imp: Musky orange

Wet: Orange and patchouli notes dominate

Dry: mostly patchouli and vetiver. Not a good combination on me.

Imp: Woodsy, floral notes

Wet: lavender & jasmine make this scent too floral for me

Dry: Overpowering floral even dry

Imp: Oh no, rose again.

Wet: Way too floral on my skin chemistry

Dry: Dry, it's just all rose on me.

Imp: Very smoky

Wet: Clove and Vetiver overpower all other notes

Dry: I can pick up more of the musk, but the clove and vetiver are just too amped on skin.

Imp: sweetened Pine-Sol cleaner

Wet: I can now pick up the pine, juniper, and cypress notes

Dry Down: Woodsy with musk

Imp: Ugh, rose and patchouli again. This combination never works for me.

Wet: smells same wet on skin as in imp

Dry Down: does not change much dry on skin.

This is a no-go for me.

Imp: reminds me of air freshener

Wet: Clean, fresh scent likely from the salt air/ocean mist notes

Dry Down: more musk, but not overwhelming; patchouli is there but again, not overwhelming on my skin

Imp: Whoa, way TOO strong. Smoky---I guess the Vetiver???

Wet: Still smoke. I cannot pick up any of the other floral notes

Dry Down: Just smoke. Yuck.

Imp: Smells like a Xmas tree

Wet: Still all pine tree

Dry Down: Pine still, but eucalyptus is beginning to emerge and I can finally smell the orange.

Still, a little too woodsy for me.

Imp: floral and I can pick up the bit of lemon note

Wet: Very green & floral

Dry down: Floral is amped on my skin. Too overwhelming for me.

Imp: rose and patchouli (not one of my favorite combos)

Wet: predominantly rose

Dry Down: Patchouli comes back out. I have no idea what sandalwood smells like, but this combination with rose is just not working for me.

In the imp: Musk & a bit of cranberry

Wet: I pick up the spiciness with musk. My skin is really amping the musk, so it's hard to pick up the cranberry or lily notes

On the dry down: the muskiness tempers a bit so I can kind of pick up the berry & floral notes along with spices.

A bit too overwhelming for my taste.

In the bottle, smoky and bitter.

Wet on skin, more of a woodsy scent, smoky floral, and I smell the cloves again.

As it dries on skin, even more smoky. Just a little of this oil goes a long way.

ETA: Within an hour, this scent amped into something beautiful. The bitter smokiness is now gone and is replaced with a divine spicy amber and clove scent. I went from disliking to really enjoying it. Might be a keeper as an imp.

In the bottle, I smell spicy musk. Sweet, but not too sweet.

Wet on skin, again, sweet & spicy musk. I am not getting any floral scent from this, which is good. I typically don't care for floral scents.

Definitely reminds me of a chilly, fall night. As with most of the Haunted House series, I love this scent too. A perfect embodiment of Halloween.

In the bottle, I can immediately smell the moss and mold with a hint of sweetness.

Wet on the skin, the incense comes to the forefront.

As it dries, I can smell every single note....I love this scent, almost as much as The Chilling Cellar. It's very melancholy and rich. Perfect for the Halloween season.

In the bottle, smells fruity and honey.

On skin, it develops more of a floral "green" scent and all the sweetness I smelled in the bottle is gone.

In the bottle, smells mostly lemon to me with a trace of floral.

Wet on the skin, it smells like very sweet lemonade.

Dry, I'm still getting mainly lemon, but the floral note is back.