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I was hoping for a perfume oil similar to the old D*Con Con-Cramp massage oil - and this was close!  Maybe a little less sweet because lemon instead of orange.

 

In the bottle and wet both smell strong, sinus-clearing, clean, bright, and lovely!  

 

It took me a few tries to realize that for me, the dry down is nothing.  It's gone in less than an hour.  poo.  It's so lovely and was looking forward to using it as a stress-reliever aromatherapy bottle to keep at my work desk.

I would also love a Spring Cleaning swap! 

Not to bury the lead, but I had high hopes for this that did not work out. 

 

In bottle: definitely get the cozy sweater vibe, don't smell any tea, bergamot, maybe a little vanilla. 

Wet: sweater, all fuzzy, going powdery, not much peach or tea.

Dry down: all baby powder of doom and nothing else. Turned pretty quickly on me. 😔

 

I ordered this based on the video review Tom did. I normally don't do foodie, but figured I'd try it.

 

wet: very much Nilla wafers and some fruity creaminess.

Few minutes: the cookie smell doesn't dry particularly foodie on me, and the peach is stepping up a bit.

Hour+ pretty light, wouldn't call it foodie at all, pretty vanilla peach that's light and not too sweet. 

I guess the Spring Cleaning Round Robin could also be a catch for jewelry... 

Also would have the most to contribute to a jewelry one as well, like... crazy amounts of jewelry from just "fun" pieces to sterling silver. 

 

I am definitely interested in any of the round-robin style swap circles described above! bath/body/make-up, spring cleaning/ unloved bpal, etc, all of it!! ❤️ 

10 hours ago, Greenwoodtree said:

 

HA! I'd LOVE to be able to just pack up & ship a box without having to receive anything! 😝

THIS!

 

I was also wondering, long ago, there was a swap circle box, and it largely contained bath/body/beauty products, and when the box showed up at you, you could remove anything you wanted (marking it off a list), and then put into it anything (in good condition) that you didn't want, and then mail it to the next person down the circle.  What happened to that?  (I have a bit of unopened and sampled-once make-up stuff! - if we could somehow add in jewelry, that would be AMAZING, because I have tooooooo much jewelry!!)

 

 

Oh good! I was afraid I might have missed switch witch sign up! I currently have all my emergency on-fire ducks put out and neatly in a row, so looks like I'll be down for Switch Witch this fall! YYYAAA!

Arg! I love tiny art swap, but there's too much chaos/crazy in my home life right now to be able to be reliable about it.  Have fun!!!

I'm starting to wonder if my skin soaks up everything blackberry. I generally love blackberry-everything, but between this and The Storm, I'm having a hard time finding it. On the other hand, even though I can't smell any blackberry, this is a lovely lilac scent, a bit like the Lilac Wood from the Last Unicorn series, but with a bit more of a woodsier note (maybe I can smell the "bush" part of the blackberry?) - It's a really nice lilac scent either way!

In the imp: SWEET sweet apple! I'm also pleasantly surprised (dunno why, it's the LAB after-all) that they really nailed Honeycrisp apples specifically.

 

Wet on the skin: sweet apple softened around the edges with a creamy note

 

Dry down: Much more subtle, started out with hella throw but now it's dialed back to giving me the occasional "what's that great smell? Oh that's me!" whiffs when I move around. It's still predominantly apple, and a really juicy faithful one, but the sweet milk scent really keeps it from having any sharp edges or "crispness" I've gotten from other apple scents. It's absolutely lovely!!

This one was a big disappointment for me.

In the imp it was clean, light, fresh scent, but I really couldn't smell blackberry or violet.

 

Wet: It's still mostly a light fresh aquatic scent, no flowers, no fruits :-(

 

Dry: It's like the slightest sweet hint of almost gone light and fresh.

 

I slathered heavily after realizing how light it was, and this is still barely a ghost of a scent on me :-(

In the bottle: tea rose! hello! This is the same strong tea rose from Dawn: Maiden and/or like Marie, and I'm quite happy about that! There's a kind of dusty soft, almost powdery feel around the edges that I think might be the sandalwood, it doesn't smell "dry grassy" like the hay note I've sniffed before. i can't smell any vanilla.

 

Fresh spritzed: Very sharp tea rose, it's really really rosy, and there's still that aura of the something soft, dusty-powdery, still suspecting that's sandalwood. I'm not getting any hay, and the vanilla orchid might be this background secondary kind of light note that I'm having a hard time pinning down.

 

After a few hours: this one has a moderate throw compared to some of the other rose HGs. It isn't hanging around as long as Onze, but it's not fading as fast as the white or golden rose ones did. The overall effect is a really bright fresh rose with softened edges, a little plush-powdery (not baby powder-y) to make if less sharp as it wears. The vanilla orchid never really steps up for me, nor does the hay. For me, I'm getting 75% tea rose, 20% sandalwood, and maybe 5% background tints of vanilla orchid with dubious existence of hay.

In the bottle, this is one of the rosiest of the Rose hgs. There's something else, not exactly citrusy, like the perfume oil, but 'other'

 

Freshly spritzed,warm red roses! The benzoin is there, but I'm not getting as much of the orange as I do when I apply the straight oil to skin. This is a drier version, but a nice rose.

 

After a while - throw is good on this one, this mostly rose with a kind of dry orange peel and slightly resiny finish. Wish it was a bit juicier in the orange department.

This isn't my typical scent, but I was hoping for something to be in the same family as Blackened Vanilla and Cardamom, which I am going through at a surprising rate (especially last fall).

 

In the bottle: It definitely smells like it's in the same family, but maybe stronger, and a bit more acerbic from the tobacco(?).

 

Freshly spritzed: this is strong! It's similar to the blackened vanilla, but maybe not quite as "dark" an impression, and more sharp notes. The cardamom isn't as assertive as in the other, but it's there, and helps warm it up a bit, I also think that could be the amber showing up.

 

Several hours later: wow, this lasts, this has staying power! It's strong, but it's got a nice cozy sweater kind of feel to the scent, would definitely put it in the same feel-family as Blackened Vanilla and Cardamom.

 

This was still pretty strong when I woke up with it the next morning. Was brushing out my hair and was still getting a pretty strong since of it's smell. It's a good thing I like it!

First sniff in the sample - light, sunny scent, not overly rosy, but hard to define exactly what anything smells like

Freshly spritzed: The golden rose is a nice note, it's floral and soft, but kind of sunny and gentle. The frankincense is really coming to the top and taking the lead, though. The vanilla bean, I honestly didn't even notice when I was applying it, mostly frankincense with a little sunny rose backdrop.

A few hours later: Not a lot of throw to this one as it calms down. It's very soft, bordering on powdery-soft, but not baby powder. The lingering scent is hard to define, like when it was first in the bottle, I don't really smell "rose" or "frankincense" or "vanilla bean" at this point. It's just a kind of light melange of something soft and slightly "sunny" smelling. I will say, it's only been 2-3 hours, and I don't get much scent off my hair unless I pull it around and huff the ends, this one is a lot quieter than the rest of the rose HG's I've tried so far.

First sniff in the sample: a little sharp, very rosy, and sooo much patchouli.

Freshly spritzed: SO MUCH PATCHOULI. Wow.. rose? currant? anyone? bueller? NOPE JUST PATCHOULI!

Several hours later: it calms down, and a bit of rose and a hint of sharp fruit on the edges, but mostly this is for patchouli lovers (and I am not one).

With rose and carnation, I had high hopes for this one.

 

In the decant - smells kind of powdery light rose and what I think is oudh

 

Fresh application - the carnation is staying really far back in the background, but the rose is up front, with the oudh. It's a very powdery, soft, "velvety" is a good word for it scent. It's not a fresh/green rose, or a lush or creamy one.

 

Few hours later - this one lasts, though! It's a close smell, not a huge through, but I keep catching whiffs of it even with most of my hair back. It's still super powdery, but this isn't baby powder of doom powdery, it's just a kind of dry, light, softness. Now, it's generically "floral" and I think I can pick up some carnation, but it's not the bold spanish red carnation I love, it's a lot more polite and background-y. The rose is there, but not what I'd really think of as "rose" when I imagine that scent. Glad I didn't get more of this one, I don't think I'd wear it again.

I haven't done a full day's test on this yet, but the first sniff and spritz are lovely!

First in the bottle, it's the classic Black Phoenix champagne note that I love! There's a little something citrusy around the edges.

Tiny spritz: the champange is all fizzy and bubbly, but now there's this soft orange carried along with it, it's not powdery or overly floral like I'd expect from the orange blossom, I'm thinking maybe the bergamot and the orange blosssom blend together to create a new kind of soft, but not exactly floral, but not juicy orange scent, it's really nice! And right there, popping up to wave hi and then dance back into the background is this light, soft, very dry vanilla.

Have you ever had a dry vanilla soda? One of those sodas where they barely put any sweetener in it at all, and it's mostly like a scented seltzer water? It's a bit like that. It's not sweet, not foodie, not rich, creamy, or any of those things. Maybe it's closest too vanilla orchid, but that's probably the orange blossom lending to that, but it's lovely! It's vanilla, but if you're generally not a vanilla fan, this might be the one for you! I think this is absolutely gorgeous!

First sniff in the decant, PEACH, I got more peach (and like fruit more than flower) on first sniff than anything else, but there was a kind of pinky-purple light floral scent behind it that came next.

Fresh application: Beautiful, light, floral halo. The peach blossom is definitely blossom now, and the lilac has taken center stage. The rose is playing second fiddle quite happily in the background, and (for me) the dreaded ylang ylang is no where to be smelt.

Hour or so later: It's soft, light, not much throw. The flowers have all largely blended together now and give me the feeling of being in a fresh spring garden. I love this!

I definitely get the ice wine note in this! It's sweet but crisp and has a fermented edge. It takes me a bit to fish the apple out of the scent, as I think it's still very grape-y. The red currant didn't show up much to me, but maybe contribute a slightly sharper edge to the cold fruitiness of the scent. I really like this one!

OK, well, since no one else is going to go...

In the bottle: Fresh mangoes and I would have guessed apple blossom more than apple peel.

First applied: The apple takes a more forward appearance and the mango becomes more secondary, I don't get a lot of frankincense, except for maybe a kind of light, fizzy background note.

Dry down: A very realistic and fresh fruity scent. I still think it's probably more apple (and to me it still smells rather apple-blossom-y, but maybe now a mix of peel and flowers) with mango in the background. Seems to fade quicker than some other hair glosses, I'd say it lasts a full work day, but it's pretty faint by bedtime, and nothing the next day. I could have done with a little bit more mango, but I really like apple, so I'd still say this is a keeper!

In the decant: oh that seems strong! More carnation I think than anything.

Wet: It's like SN: Spanish Red Carnation with something else that's faint, and it feels like it's fading fast.

 

Dry: Just like SN: Spanish Red Carnation, except maybe a bit lighter/fainter. I don't think this will last on me as well as the SN does.

It smells like a better version of a cherry slushie from 7-11. I don't really get "Snow White" as the cold base, but it does smell icy and slushy and a bit sweet, and the cherry is not at all the medicinal darker cherry, but bright light red cherries. Got a sample and had to have a whole bottle. Much more foodie-friendly than I expected - I'm normally not a foodie-scent person, but when it comes to bath stuff, I like a little extra sweetness, and this has it.