pensive

Impressions: Got Coyote in a swap, and goodness it is lovely soft fuzzy musk, pet me soft fuzzy cat fur because I am so damn cute.

In the imp: delicious golden musky

On me, wet: Happy mixed musks.

Drydown: ambery musk, second-skin, suede

Staypower: Excellent.

Verdict: Oh yeah, it's going on the bottle list. 5ml will do me fine

Chaos Theory II: CCLXXII (272)

 

I ordered one bottle only. I had faith.

 

So this is what I can determine from bottle #272.

I want to be able to say "this is like such and such scent" but I can't. I don't own anything like this. It's creamy, yet not. But it is definitely berry. It's like a berry shake, if that makes sense. When it dries it is smooth and berrylike - bright and happy. More cheerful than Medea*, 100% less bouncy pop then Jester (which I like, I think.. still mulling it over). If it pulls a crayola out of the box it's purple-red going to a shade that almost matches the label. The scent isn't second skin, not like amber, not like dragon's blood. It's like 'hey, here I am, and I'm just pretty on you, yes?" Yes. I'm happy. No worries. I'll figure out the exact notes in here eventually. Or never. It's chaotic and lovely.

I said to myself, "are you willing to call strangers and get this bottle?" and then I realized I really ought to try and see if I could.

And it worked out and thus, yesterday I got my bottle.

 

I wanted this bottle for a million reasons, and some of them obscure and strange, and thus not needing to share. Suffice to say, I wanted it enough to call strangers - and I really hate phones. I got over it.

 

In the bottle: It smells very lavender.

Drydown? The mellowest cinnamon stick I've got the pleasure to wear.

Rereading the description: It is what is describes itself as. A very effective blend. I had an itty bit today and was clearheaded enough to handle a lot of different communication issues and research.

Verdict: Worth getting disconnected no less than three times from Enchanted Castle.

Am I allowed to go first?



I'm on it.
And what do you know, I have candles in that color now!

Bottle: Amber
Border: Purple
Credits: Twilight Alchemy Lab, Black Broom

Personal quirks: If I were to sit down and examine it fully, Bastet the goddess and I seem to be on good terms. I'm cool with that.
Bottle sniff: Very bright and relaxing, a cheering fragrance. I want to say citrus, but I don't think that is quite right. It's bubblegum bright, though. I can tell you what it isn't: resiny, ambery, minty, musky, coffee, boozy, dragonbloody or sandalwoody or excessively berry although I tore thru my imp box and it may have something in common with Jester, but not much.
It also doesn't smell like any of the imps I have on hand.
Impressions next to Bastet (one of my signature scents): Next to Bastet, now ok, it's like Bastet is that golden amber sunpatch you wanna lay in? well this is the SUN itself coming down on that patch. Color - bright yellow, for those of you who can relate on that level. These are very different smells.
On me: Lively, sparkly, and bright.
Lasting powder: Medium.
My current mood: Really, really good. Content, even.
Effectiveness: Will keep you guys posted

Not to turn into a cranky hoarding wench but.. I don't really feel like sharing this one at the moment.

Imp: Maybe floral, maybe not.

Wet on me: It smells like rose.

Drydown: Herbal, green, odd mixed floral.

Verdict: Swap pile.

Citrus, flowers, mint.

Imp: Sharp, bitey.

On me: Hm, minty florals?

Drydown: Mint goes away fast, but something still smells off. It might be the geranium.

Verdict: Glad I got to try it, don't care to keep it

On me: overwhelmingly booze and a mixture of not so great smells, mixed with woodsy. I like the woodsy, the rest is about to give me a headache.

Verdict: Erm, not for me

Imp: Ugh. I can't even put this on. It smells heavy and bad.

 

It's cranberry. I can't even put this on.

 

Verdict: Definitely for swapping. I have really bad gagging sort of associations with cranberries and have since I was younger (right, no cranberry juice, no cranberry glop at Thanksgiving).

 

Which is a shame since it does sound pretty on other people

Impressions: Oh hm, I have white tea and ginger BBW. I wonder!

Wet: Tea, ginger. Neither of them are offending me.

Drydown: Fades a bit too fast.

Verdict: Excellent compliament to aforemeantioned hand soap, I think. May get the Envy for hot days when I'm not in a Neo-Tokyo mood though.

Spicy HAWT frimp.

 

Imp: Almondy plus cinnamon.

On me, wet: It's like a toasted almond rolled in cinnamon.

On me, dry: That's some kinda gorgeous, there, almond. My nose also tingles.

Impression: I like it AND I like Wrath. Oh dear.

Verdict: Well nuts, I thought I had my perfect cinnamon in Wrath. Now I'm conflicted.

In the imp: I smell daffodil. When you like something that much, you know it when you sniff it. I also smell plum I think.

Wet: Mixed floral. Is that white musk?

Drydown: I'm not getting this fruity thing folks are referring to. This might give me a headache after a while, actually, its that sweet and doesn't have a thing to 'ground it'.

Impression: No spice, no kick, just a pretty girl holding a bunch of flowers.

Verdict: While vaguely impressed I could pick out the daffodil, it didn't stick around. Will find it a floraly loving home.

If it were not for t3andcrumpets consistently going ON about this scent the last week or so, I wouldn't have been desperate to try it.

 

Oddly enough, as I ordered an imp, what shows up the next day as a frimp! I think I was meant to try it.

 

In the imp: Oh baby, lucious apricots.

On me, wet: Drizzled apricot syrup. I want to gnaw my wrist.

On me, dry: Stays put and doesn't get overbearing.

Lasting power: Not too bad. Would last longer over some lotion I think.

Impression: I'm almost afraid to wear this - bugs, okay. Summer means bugs around here. But I really really want to.

Verdict: This does for me what I was hoping Yerevan would do, and lasts longer, to boot.

Source: Frimp.

In the imp: Smells gorgeous.

Wet: Floraly, perhaps the gardenia and gladiolas, 'cause I'm not smelling the rose.

Dry: Pleasant mix of stuff, but way too heavy for summer. Like, spring evening. Not necessarily a 'me' sort of scent, but I think I could find it a good home among some friends.

Imp: Mediciney.

On me: wet. Eucalyptus slapped me around, bigtime.

On me: dry - definitely orangey

Impression: I'm sorta in the mood to clean something now.

Verdict: Fabulous room scent. I'd want my dining room area to smell like this.

Bottle: Adorable!

First smells: Unlike Nosferatu, Queen of Clubs doesn't depress me from the first whiff. It's sweet and earthy.

On me: Earthy amber, with a touch of currant.

Verdict: Not an every day scent. But it has this grounded, comforting feel to it I want to keep and reach for.

Miskatonic U is the little gothy girl sitting in the corner of my most favorite coffee house in the world, which happens to have a neat view of the city proper, and a lot of books in it.

 

I'm so glad I ordered an extra bottle. Now that I've imped out what I'm willing to, I am quite comfortable in hugging this bottle along side Chaos Theory II: CCLXXII and going "it's a mememe scent"

 

 

Verdict: Good wet, dry, perfect concept, brilliant execution, all coffee, all the time.

As far as foodies go, I'm not kicking Spooky to the curb, but this beats that.

Bottle: Sharp, tangy.

Wet: Softer than Cthulhu going on.

Drydown: Dries down a bit faster than Cthulhu. Very oceany, with a bit more ozone.

Impression: Seattle Rain from Goth Rosary is one of my favorite scents, and this is more oceany.

Verdict: I'm not totally sure what to think of Kingsport yet. I mean, I like it, but I also really like Cthulhu which starts out much stronger and dries down equally pretty.

I will probably put this in the swap only pile for another LE. I don't have to get rid of it, see. Not like Storm Moon and Milk Moon that screamed "get me out of the apartment right now".

You know what smells really wickedly good?

Envy layered over Novocaine Smooch.

 

In the imp: Mint, totally.

On me: Mint, with a bit of green. My herbal garden is mint, all mint.

Lasting power: Medium

Verdict: A bottle somewhere - definitely for summer. This humidity rots.

Shattered is sharp, cold and beautiful.

 

In the imp it is minty and aquatic.

On me it is much the same.

I hope it can come back soon

I am shocked, shocked I tell you, to report how much I like this scent.

 

A frimp from the lab.

Imp: Fruity.

On me: Totally fruity, light, then vaguely creamy.

Verdict: This is a floral? I really like it

 

There goes my safe no floral rule out the window...

Imp: Flowers, dragon blood

On me: Generic floral, but long lasting.

Verdict: Meh. Not me, but definitely was worth trying out (I suspected if there was one in the Draconis line that didn't fit me, this would be it..)

Lavender and Rosemary

Used as a dream oil.

Used it with Somnus and singly.

 

Verdict: It's good stuff, its not something I'd use every night but having a bottle handy on occasion would be good.

Dark coconut.

 

On me: suntan lotion gone horribly wrong.

verdict: Swap pile

Imp: Dark, has potential. Can't pick out much.

On me: It smells too dark, too creepy. It's not bad, but it certainly isn't in my 'yeah baby' list.

Verdict: I'd oil burn it, perhaps. Not wear it. Swapable.

A frimp.

 

Imp: Smells woodsy. Sandalwood.

On me: Very light herb plus sandalwood.

Verdict: I have no idea what to think of this. A keeper, but I'm not sure it'd be a bottle.