Little Bird

First on, this is wonderfully juicy. Sort of like fresh honeydew melon and freshy squeezed white grapes. Perhaps it is the white tea that is giving off that melon scent? After a few minutes I can smell the earthy patchouli, but it's not overpowering at all. Mostly this smells like cucumber and honeydew melon. This has completely disappeared after about an hour, but it was very pleasant on me while it lasted. It never smelled really floral or spicy on me. The patchouli comes on strong for about fifteen minutes and then fades to the background again. I love patchouli, but I think that Iambe would actually be better without the patchouli in it. I liked the juicy/wet stages of this one.

... Cypress, ginger, fig, dried rose, red patchouli, tonka bean and cyclamen. I love falling in love with a new imp . I love most of the notes in this, so I'm not sure why it has taken me so long to try this one. First on, this is all cypress. It reminds me of standing in the forest and leaning up against the trunk of a tree, breathing in the spicy wooden scent. Then my beloved patchouli comes in and rounds out the cypress. I am in heaven. This is the sort of fragrance that makes me dizzy from sniffing it so much. 15 minutes later. This hasn't changed much at all. I'm not getting any ginger, fig, rose, or cyclamen. The patchouli has gotten a bit stronger, but it still isn't overpowering the cypress. Half hour later. Fig smells dark, dry and woodsy on me; and it is starting to come through between the cypress and patchouli. The fig is also adding a light sweetness to the blend. I'm still in love. The blend is rounding out and getting better every minute. After about an hour, the cypress has mostly faded. This is primarily patchouli and fig, with a smooth whisp of tonka in the background. This is so good. The rose and floral never come out on me (yay). This is a dark, amazing blend. I love this on me, and I would devour a man who was wearing Nemesis

I have a hard time describing Hell's Belle because I'm not familiar with what exactly oleander or magnolia smell like. Florals are very tricky for me to pick out, because I normally hate them and want nothing to do with them. That said, I think the floral scent in Hell's Belle is wonderful. They smell like light, honeyed blooms. Sweet florals rather than perfumey ones. This also doesn't smell very musky on me, and my skin normally amps up musk to give me a headache. After an hour, lush honeyed blooms and a touch of spice. I'm not sure what sort of spices, not cinnamon or pepper on me. It's sort of sweet, but not quite. I don't find this very hellish at all, it's quite nice. I can't pick out any specific florals or any musk at all. At times I think I can pick out a sweet mandarin note hiding in the background. It's a pleasant spicy/sweet floral. I'll be keeping my imp and perhaps even purchasing a full bottle.

I was expecting this blend to be darker for some reason. First on, I am actually getting a honey BBQ chicken association . It's a sweet, toasted honey and spices. In the drydown it begins to get a bit perfumey and smells sort of floral on me.. Smoky resinous honey with a touch of perfumey florals. Anubis is not a good blend for me, though it is making hungry.

I expecting this one to smell very woodsy, but I'm not getting any cedar out of it at all peculiar because my skin usually amps up cedarwood. This is an intense lemon scent. Sour and bright. I can smell the sage in the background and it is making me ill. I have such a bad association with sage because of the rituals that it was used in when I was younger. After about an hour, the sage has increased in intensity and something in here is going soapy. I'm not fond of Eidolon at all.

First on this is a sort of fruity floral with a spicy edge. Exotic flowers blooming in the forest, near a wooden shack where someone is burning incense. Black orchid is one of the few florals that I love. It smells dark and juicy to me, and it's the main floral that I'm smelling in Medea. After about an hour it loses some of the floral and the myrrh/incense come out more. It does smell a bit magical and ancient. Sort of a dark fragrance. I like this one.

I expected this to be sharp and perfumey, so I was surprised at how sweet it is. It isn't sharp or perfumey at all, but a smooth mixture of light almond and sweet orange. I tried this on with the expecation that I wouldn't like it and was ready to add it to my swap pile, since I normally don't like citrus, almond, woods, or rose scents. I'm glad that I gave it a chance. Seraglio is really lovely. The rose is so pretty. It doesn't go bitter or powdery or soapy, nor does it smell like a fresh rose. It's just classic and pretty. Underneath the rose is a smell like sweet orange juice and sugar. It's actually a rather creamy scent on me. The sandalwood never makes an appearance, and the spices aren't that noticeable. I like this. It's not a full bottle purchase, but I'll be keeping my imp. It's a nice creamy rose scent.

The mixture of dragon's blood and ylang ylang is the main thing that I smell in Glasya, the combination is very metallic and sour on my skin. In the drydown this gets a bit more musky, but that's not a good thing where I am concerned. It is that hairspray scented musk. Conclusion: This gives me a vicious headache.

I love this one. It's heartbreaking to me to think that once my imp is used up, this is gone. Entropy combines two of my favorite notes - patchouli and civet . On me this is mostly earthy/spicy patchouli, but with something sweet and heady lingering in the background. The notes combine underneath the patchouli to make this a more well rounded fragrance. Patchouli, but better than that. After about five hours or so, this is rather faint and the rose has come out more. It is a sweet, spicy rose. The most perfect mix of rose and patchouli. I would buy a bottle of this one if I could

French Creole does not work on me at all. Sadly, I put some on before class and had to deal with it for over an hour before I could scrub it off. The cinnamon amps up insanely, so I smell like sharp red hots candies. I like a sweeter cinnamon scent, but this is sharp almost to the point of being bitter. After about an hour I think I smell something light and floral underneath the red hots candies. This was very distracting for me, and started to give me a headache.

I fell in love with frankincense when I first tried Kostnice & Cathedral. That spicy, dill pickle-ish sort of scent. The singlenote is very strong and has a lot of throw. This is a bit spicier and has more of a woodsy bite than Kostnice, but the two are very similar. I love both of them. As an odd sidenote, my mother smelled this and started rambling about how she wanted a hamburger. It’s a disturbing comparison. Still, this is one of my favorite singlenotes.

The first words out of my mouth when I applied this were, "Oh crap." It was pure perfumey musk. That cheap hairspray smell. Thankfully, it quickly morphs. The neroli and bergamot are dominant, making this a zesty citrus scent on my skin. Also sort of reminds me of the fruity sweetness of gummi bears. Then it gets darker in the drydown. It smells like a rich, spicy men's cologne with a squeeze of citrus over it. The sharp citrus mellows out into a more powdery sweet scent. I like this one a lot after it has sat on my skin for about ten minutes. It's the kind of fragrance that drives me crazy on a guy, but that I would also enjoy wearing myself. Very spicy and sexy in the drydown.

Review for the unreleased prototype version of Baba Yaga: First on this smelled a bit perfumey to me, sort of a creamy vanilla musk scent. After a few minutes, I'm getting the canned pineapple scent that others have mentioned. Sweet, yellow, and syrupy. Within a half hour I am getting a definite floral and soap smell from this. Perhaps jasmine? It's not overly strong though, so it's not giving me a headache. The fruitiness is the main note. Baba Yaga, on me, smells like a nice tropical scented soap. Sweet pineapple and sweet exotic florals. It's nice... I'm not sure that it's really me though. Review for the released version with notes of: "Spell-soaked herbs and flowers, cold iron, broom twigs, bundles of moss and patchouli root, and moth dust." In the imp, this smells like potpourri and immediately turned me off. On my skin, yup, this is cheap potpourri. It's like that dry bagged mix potpourri that people put out in little dishes around their homes. It smells oddly spicy, like cinnamon + kitchen herbs (maybe some type of pepper in here as well). There's a little bit of floral perfume and dry, dusty smelling wood underneath the spiciness too. It reminds me of Mama-Ji, but a paler, cheaper, not as spicy version. The overall feel is cheap potpourri, and it gives me a vicious headache. I'll pass on both versions of Baba Yaga.

This is a very pretty blend, but not one of my favorites. It is too floral for me, and gets a bit too soapy in the drydown for my preferences. It makes me think of a white rose encased in melting ice, with the green stem glittering with frost. It's a bit herbal and floral, with a shell of icy aquatic. In the drydown... just soap

First on this is very menthol and cold. Juniper? Most likely eucalyptus. There's also something that smells slightly peppery in the background. In the drydown I'm getting lavender soap, and perhaps some florals. I don't love this one... it's pretty bland on me.

Oh wow. I will never know what took me so long to try this. This is the most beautiful and appealing aquatic fragrance that I have ever smelled before in my life. I'm in love with this and I normally don't even like aquatics. First on it is very chilly. Like standing on the top of a cliff and watching waves slam violently against the rocks. A salty spray is on a chilly breeze, whipping all around you. In the drydown, this gets a bit warmer. It's like being underwater and watching rays of sunlight shimmer off of all of the greens and blues. LOVE I'll be getting a 10 ml of this for me and a 10 ml for the boy.

This is very dry, slightly earthy, and slightly sweet. It makes me think of almond shells stamped into dusty soil. On my skin, there's a slight whisper of spice that's very subtle and not really foodie or cinnamon-spicy at all. The overall scent reminds me of Morocco a bit, but better and more complex. Almond notes usually smell like cherry on me, and I don't get that here. This smells dry and like real almonds, toasted and with shells & all. Nutty, earthy, warmth with a bit of sexy, sharp spice and a powdery edge. It's sweet enough to be appealing to me, but not sweet enough to really be considered foodie. It's like a nutty, darker, more complex Morocco on my skin.

I figured that I would love this, with my preference towards foodie scents, but it really didn't work well on me. First on, boozy cherryish almonds. Also something like candied orange peel mingling with the almond scent. It's too much fruit and too much almond. It makes me feel a bit sick. In the drydown, a lot of sharp cinnamon starts to come out. It's not a fresh cinnamon or a foodie cinnamon on me, it smells like cheap cinnamon potpourri. Giving me a vicious headache. There is still a cherry smell underneath the cinnamon, but overall this smells really sharp on me.

I really need to stop playing around with the single notes. It makes me so depressed that they're no longer available for purchase. I, the floral hater, completely love violet single note. It's ever so slightly powdery, but it's mostly the best floral that I've ever tried before in my life. Perfect scent of bruised little flowers. They smell dark yet innocent. The troubled child of the floral world. This would be my ultimate girlie perfume if I could get more of it. Girlie with a sad edge. Or maybe I'm just sad because I'm almost out of this lovely fragrance.

I expected this to be dark, woodsy, and masculine. On me, it's intensely soapy florals. In the drydown it gets a bit more aquatic, but the overall scent reminds me of wet laundry. I'm trying to think of something else to say about this one, but nothing is coming to mind. I've tested it out twice, two weeks apart, to see if there was any difference. Nothing. The Emperor is a bar of generic soap.

Ugh. Oisin turns horribly on my skin. It's definitely a very clean musk. The white musk ends up smelling way too perfumey on me though, reminiscent of cheap hairspray. There's a sort of herbal soapy scent in the background as well. This isn't a horribly strong fragrance, but it's strong enough to give me a headache.

This one confuses me... it doesn't smell dry, dusty, or woodsy as the description would suggest. I thought that perhaps my imp of it was mislabeled, but I've since tested out 2 different Seance imps and they smelled the same on me. Fresh, wet rose. It goes a bit soapy on me too, so the overall impression is of a blooming clean rose. It is also a bit sugary sweet in the background. The drydown does get a bit drier and more powdery. It actually smells very much like the rose dusting powder that my grandmother used to wear. Still no woods though... and it isn't something that I would call a dry scent.

Wow. This morphs into several different foodie confections on me. First on it is like candied oranges and strawberry bubblegum. But it's also a bit powdery, like sweet tarts. The boy said that I smell like a candy shop. I take that as a compliment. That's just the sort of thing that I aspire to smell like, lol. In the drydown this starts to remind me more of cookies, almost a light gingerbread scent. I'm also getting the fruity cotton candy that others have mentioned. This is highly sugary, and I love it. After several hours this has left a warm vanilla and sugar cookies scent lingering on my skin. I can easily see myself getting a full bottle of this one

Other than agreeing that Dorian, Tamora, and Antique Lace are good ideas... I would also suggest Black Opal. It smelled very creamy/foodie/musky to me.

I’m not sure why, but the Raspberry single note makes me very ill. It smells like a cross between raspberry jelly (super sweet) and the smoky way that jasmine turns on my skin. I would almost swear that this does have jasmine in it. It gives me a vicious migraine. This isn’t fresh berries on me at all. Smoky, headache inducing raspberry jam. And it’s SO strong on me. This is probably the worst of the singlenotes that I've tried so far. My skin chemistry kills it.