Little Bird

First on, Luna is cherries and sharp herbs. It keeps making me think of thorny wildflowers growing by a dusty road. It makes my throat feel tight when I smell it. Poisonous flowers and poisonous fruits. In the drydown this gets a bit sweeter in a fruity sense, but I'm also catching whiffs of white florals and an aquatic twang. The white florals get stronger over time. This smells very pretty and very dangerous. I can't shake the impression that this smells like a beautiful garden full of poisonous plants. I kind of like this, but it's not something that I can ever wear. It literally makes me feel like my throat is swelling shut and I'm suffocating

I am actually rather fond of Hazelnut singlenote. I've almost gone through an entire imp of this one, wearing it by itself. I agree with other reviews that have said this smells a bit wooden. It reminds me of creamy coffee, woods, and brown sugar. The staying power is pretty good, but it's a very light scent with not a lot of throw. It's a comforting 'me' scent though . Warm and wooden.

I normally hate florals, with jasmine being my worst enemy, so I was surprised that I really like Feu Follet. The overall impression that I get from this is that it is a very hot floral. It actually oozes a sense of warmth. First on, this is all heliotrope. It smells very sweet, slightly powdery, and honeyed. Then the rose starts to come out and it is a lovely, spicy rose underneath the heliotrope. I was pleased that I couldn't smell any jasmine for the first half hour. When the jasmine actually starts to make its presence known, it's not a bad thing though. It's not overpowering and is dusted with a powdery sweetness. I'm actually not getting a headache - yay! After an hour, this gets increasingly powdery. Sort of like baby powder, but sweeter. I was disliking this stage, but the baby powder fades fast and this actually smells like a sweet floral incense. It had all disappeared within 3 hours. Lovely while it lasted though. It was a floral with jasmine in it that didn't give me a headache... that's like a small miracle in itself

Pineapple doesn't seem to work well on my skin. At first it was heavenly, like juicy pineapple slices in syrup. After a few minutes, this started to get way too sweet though, and I normally love sweet scents. Powdery and sugary, like pineapple candies that are going to rot your teeth out in five seconds flat. In the drydown, this starts to get a bit soapy on me. Sweet, soapy pineapples. I wish that this were more of a true pineapple.

I so wish that I had a full bottle of this one. Lime is one of the only citrus scents that I really love, and this one is sweet and zesty. It actually reminds me of the limeade slushies that I always used to buy when I was little. I love those things.

Yup. This smells like lavender and citrus. Lavender just smells so boring on me, and I'm not fond of citrus... so this isn't working well with me. In the drydown a bit of a dryer sheet ozone smell comes into play. This one disappears so quickly. It's gone within a half hour after application. It's a fresh/clean blend while it lasts though. My male friends are all very amused that I have a perfume called 'syph'... and I'm getting tired of correcting them.

I almost want a bottle of this one just because I like the name... but this is pretty awful on my skin. It's medicinal, with that cold menthol/eucalyptus scent. Then it gets sort of warm and cinnamony... so the cool feeling and the rush of warmth are battling it out on my skin. Overall this is very sharp and astringent though. It's very 'not me'.

I actually rather like Pandora, though I don't know if it's one that I'd ever want a bottle of. It starts out minty, but that fades away within a few minutes, leaving behind a sweet bubblegummy floral. There is something of a creamy aquatic note underneath the bubblegum-lotus. I actually am rather fond of lotus, so I like this one. It only lasts about an hour on my skin though.

Wow... I definitely need a few Rappaccini's Garden bottles now. I am so loving the artwork

I don't know why grapefruit smells so rancid on me. It just smells really sharp and dirty. By dirty I mean that it actually smells sweaty on me... like someone with bad body odor just ran a mile. Anyhow, after that pleasant thought... Grapefruit. Very strong and making me sick. I wanted to wash it off so badly, but I was determined to wait this out. After about an hour this does get pretty pleasant, but I'm not sure that I could stand the first hour again. The drydown is sweet red fruits with a smooth twist of chamomile and lavender. 'Smooth' is the best way that I could describe it. I like it a lot after an hour. Too bad the grapefruit is so overpowering at first. -------- ETA: I ended up swapping away my old decant of this one and managed to get a newly released imp in a swap. And I love it for some reason. First on, the grapefruit is kind of sharp, but then it dries down to a very sugary sweet grapefruit with light, sweet lavender and calming chamomile. I love chamomile. Not at all strong or the usual dirty grapefruit smell that I get. Light, sweet lavender and chamomile with a hint of sweet, candied grapefruit. Nice and soothing... definitely 10 ml material.

I did not have a good first experience with this, but decided to give it another try in honor of its re-release. Erato is one of the sharpest and most bitter roses that I've ever had on my skin. Something about this just disagrees with me. I can catch a hint of lovely sweet pea underneath the rose, but it is mostly swallowed by the bitterness. After about a half hour, this is turning powdery. Not to be entirely negative, I should note that this smells amazing on my mother. It's a wonderful pink rose backed up by sweet florals on her. On me... very bad Erato.

Calliope is mostly an herbal blend on me. The verbena is apparent and lemony at first, but it quickly dries down to a slightly soapy herbal scent. This is very faint too. Before I have even worn this for a full half hour, I can't smell it at all anymore. Almond is usually pretty strong on my skin, but I don't smell any almond or orange. This is mostly soapy herbs and not very me...

You might want to try Grandmother of Ghosts. It has the pepper, woods, and musk in it along with some florals. I think that might be the closest one. Fae was very fruity on me, and not floral at all.

Mercury is one of the few oils that I have ever had a bad reaction to. When I first applied it, it was an intriguing lavender and metal smell. Maybe it was ylang ylang that was turning metallic on me. However, this quickly switches into pure red hots candies mode. Overpowering cinnamon that devours everything... including the top layer of my skin I had to try to scrub this one off several times and still I had a swollen itchy welt on my wrist. Way too much cinnamon in this one for me.

I am a Taurus, so yay for finally getting a decant of this one. Even though I usually hate Taurus themed scents. First on, this is rose and something green and musty in the background. Very earthy with a slightly sharp rose layered over it. After a few minutes the ylang ylang starts to come out, along with some sandalwood. Sadly, the ylang ylang is turning odd and metallic on my skin (I hate when it does this). This reminds me quite a bit of Wanton as the rose sweetens up and the sandalwood gets stronger. Wanton with a metallic twang. In an hour the rose has gone very powdery on me. Baby powder, sandalwood, and metallic ylang ylang. It gets more powdery over the next hour before fading away into oblivion. I'm happy to have tried this, but it's already getting packaged up to move on to its new home. It just doesn't work on my skin

There used to be thousands of daffodils planted around our estates in Missouri, and they are one of the only flowers that I truly enjoy the smell of. I don't know if this really smells like true daffodil, but it is close and evokes those same happy feelings. First on, this is very sweet and yellow. I definitely think of that colour when I smell this. It doesn't smell traditionally floral or perfumey on me (which is what I love about real daffodils, they smell sweet and fresh). In the drydown, it begins to smell a bit more green, like the wet stems of daffodils. I love this, I love it a lot more than I should love a floral. Especially one that I can't get a bottle of...

I have no idea what cave lichen smells like... that said, Black Annis is mostly anise on me. It's like black licorice mixed with a spicy/citrus men's cologne. 15 minutes later... this is a nice cliche men's fragrance. I expected it to be dark and cold, but it's a very spicy and warm fragrance on me. It makes me think of a sophisticated, freshly bathed and shaven male, who is getting ready for a night on the town. Not what I expected from Black Annis. I probably will swap my imp, since I already have a bottle of Wilde for my favorite 'smells-like-a-man' scent, lol.

I already have so many rose fragrances that I love (Alice, Kurukulla, Marie, Whip, The Haunted Palace, and so on), so I figured that I wouldn't really like Wanton. I figured that I already had so many versions of rose, I wouldn't need another one. Color me mistaken. Rose is often biting and sharp on me, but the rose in Wanton is smooth and slinky. A creeping, seductive rose. It hides under a woodsy blanket of red sandalwood and the entire blend is just... lovely. I don't ever smell any patchouli of this, but it is a perfect marriage of rose and sandalwood. Yet another blend that I will be needing a bottle of

Thanks for posting those Colere . All of the Demon bottles are so pretty... I can't wait for mine to come in the mail. I think that The Evening Star has my favorite label <3

I so want to like this... I want to own a bottle of perfume called La Petite Mort. First on: Wow, this is spicy. It actually smells very peppery andn savory on me. It's not like O on me at all; it's lacking all of O's creamy sweetness. This smells like seasoning that I would want to put on a steak. In the drydown, this smells 'off' on me. Sometimes I think that I smell something rotten, and then I realize that it's the La Petite Mort. It goes from smelling peppery and making me crave a steak... to smelling rotten and a bit dirty. I never really get any sweetness from it. It's just... strange. ETA: Recent versions of this just smell like baby powder and dust on my skin. Not really an improvement, but not as odd.

Much thanks to shelldoo for sending me an imp of this one <3 Antique Lace reminds me of a lot of things. Mainly, baby powder. Somehow this isn't making me sick or putting me off as that baby powder smell usually does though. Perhaps because the powder is mixed with a gorgeous creamy vanilla fragrance. It also smells lightly floral, making me think of the tiniest white flowers. I shouldn't like it (I normally hate powder and white florals) but I do. It smells very innocent and a bit sad on me. I'll be keeping my imp and buying a few bottles of this to enable my friends.

I like the smell of fig. In blends like Intrigue, I love it. Alone, though... it is a bit bland. Fig smells very earthy and a bit wooden on me. The singlenote isn't overly sweet at all (more of a natural fig scent) and this doesn't have a lot of throw. Bland, earthy fruit. I like this singlenote, but I don't see myself wearing it. I prefer the cocoa and fig scent of Intrigue.

I was expecting Venus to smell sweeter and more floral, but it is neither on my skin. It smells like an herb garden and has a definite minty bite to it. Like crushing fresh mint leaves between your fingers. There is also a slight aquatic note underneath the herbal mint scent. I don't really like mint, and this doesn't smell like anything that I would normally wear. In the drydown, this starts to get both soapy and powdery. It's not awful, but it's also not something that I would ever choose to wear. I'm afraid that Venus and I are going to have to go our separate ways.

First on, this is a crisp bite of lemon. Juicy and sour enough to make my mouth water. In the drydown it gets a bit more soapy and aquatic, but it's not a bad sort of soapy. It just smells very clean. This would be perfect for a guy who likes clean citrus scents. I'm not fond of citrus myself, but I have a male friend that this will be perfect for

I have a cold, so maybe my nose is a bit off... but this smells rather floral to me. We have a huge pear tree behind our house in Missouri, and this reminds me of when the tree would actually be filled with thousands of sweet, white blossoms. In the drydown a fruitiness comes out, but it's actually not reminding me that much of pear. I can smell pear if I really use my imagination, but mostly this is a floral/fruity blend on me. It's very pleasant and pretty... but has too much of a floral edge for me.