jencallisto

In the decant: Spice cake.

Fresh on the skin: Similar, but darker and not actually all that foody.

3 minutes in: It's tingling a bit, but it's on the inside of my elbow rather than on my wrist, so that's probably why. Also, it's got a distinct scent of cigarettes in the very center of the fragrance. Odd.

7 minutes in: Wow, this is strong. Long throw, too. Very dark, warm and sinuous.

15 minutes in: This feels very familiar to me -- dark, slightly spicy vanilla and musk, hardly sweet at all and somehow quite exotic and mysterious as well as comforting.

40 minutes in: This is pretty stable. Nice, if not quite inspiring.

2 hours in: ... More and more musk, less and less of anything else. Laundryish. Damn.

 

Verdict: Nice enough, but not super compelling. Faded to just musk really fast.

 

One phrase: Vanilla musk.

In the decant: Floral Necco wafers.

Fresh on the skin: Floral-fruit soap. There's something about this one that disagrees with me. It smells like something very distinct that I'm not a fan of. Plumeria, perhaps? Coconut? Something tropical, but not as nice as that implies. This is oddly creamy, too.

5 minutes in: Yup, tropical-floral soap. Light and sweet, but somehow also sour and cloying. This is... really not good. One of those scents I could totally see other people liking, and it's so close to something I might actually love, but that little bit of wrongness makes me want to recoil.

1 hour in: Well, it's stable. Unfortunately.

2 hours in: Very unfortunately.

3 hours in: Stable, indeed. I think it's morphing a bit, but it's hard to me to tell because I'm still sort of recoiling.

4 hours in: Uck. Worse and worse.

 

Verdict: Almost lovely but instead kind of really disastrous.

 

One phrase: Tropical floral soap.

In the decant: Spicy, sweet, dark.

Fresh on the skin: Spicy, sweet, Christmassy in the best possible way. I love clove! Which is good because there is a lot of it.

5 minutes in: This is delicious, it smells just like spicy plum pudding. Or what I would imagine spicy plum pudding smells like, anyway. Quite strong, medium-to-long throw. Warm and spicy and comforting and just sweet enough.

15 minutes in: Still quite prominent, but not overpowering. I think it's the fruit that keeps this from being more of a room scent... though it does lean in that direction regardless. I like this, though. Spicy and plummy and Chrsitmassy! I'm not really that into Christmas as a religious thing or as a holiday, but I do love the smells!

30 minutes in: Warm, sweet, spice. The plum is still there but has moved a little more to the background.

5 hours later: Faded down to a faint sweet-spicy scent.

 

Verdict: I like this a lot, though it might be a bit more of a room scent than a personal scent. Very nice, though. I may need a botttle!

 

One word: Christmassy!

In the decant: Smarties and Jolly Ranchers. Yummy!

Fresh on the skin: Lime jello. Sugary and light and delicious!

5 minutes in: Sweet and tart and pretty.

15 minutes in: Precisely. Really very pretty, and somehow sugary without being too sweet.

30 minutes in: Super delicious. Warming up a little, taking on a slightly deeper scent.

2.5 hours in: Faded down to powdery sweetness, almost laundryish but not quite. That was fast. Unfortunate.

3 hours in: Yup, laundry. Alas.

 

Verdict: Love the candy of the first hour or so, but it faded to laundry really fast.

 

One word: Candy.

In the decant: Sweet, warm, a little spicy, a little fruity.

Fresh on the skin: Very very fruity. Candyish, sugary, but with a warm, round base. Yummy! The sugar's a bit scary, though.

5 minutes in: The sugar's not backing down, which makes the whole thing a little cloying. I'm having a bit of the caramel problem; possibly some combination of the pumpkin + mango + pumpkin + sugar cane. I do get a distinct light citrus-and-ginger at the edge of the scent, which I quite like, but I wish it were a lot stronger.

10 minutes in: Fuzzy, warm, sugary. A very orange scent. I'm not sure the amber is playing nice for me today.

15 minutes in: Oh, hey. I think I spoke too soon! The sillage on this is gorgeous! There's still a bit of not-quite-appetizing fuzz right near my wrist, but I think the scent as a whole is becoming something quite pretty.

30 minutes in: Still a bit syrupy, alas. Fairly pretty in a warm way, though.

1 hours in: Still warm and rather sugary and syrupy. The pumpkin's really coming out.

2.5 hours in: Fuzzy, sweet, still a bit syrupy but now it's almost chocolatey. The super-sweet cheap kind made with high fructose corn syrup. Doh.

4 hours in: Fuzzy, sweet, vaguely like cheap chocolate syrup, yup. Not what I was hoping for.

9 hours later: The chocolate syrup is still around.

 

Verdict: There's a rather pretty stage in the middle, but the sugar shock at the very beginning and the cheap chocolate that it settles into fairly quickly make it not really wearable for me, sadly. And I had such high hopes for this one.

 

One word: Syrupy.

In the decant: Sweet, cloying, fruity alcohol.

Fresh on the skin: Very alcoholic, very fruity.

5 minutes in: Warm, fruity, alcoholic in a round way. Kinda dark for fruit.

10 minutes in: Basically, an alcoholic red fruit lollipop. I'm not sure where the redness comes from, given that the only fruits listed are pineapple and lemon, but I'm not complaining!

20 minutes in: Warm, alcoholic, fruity lollipop, yup.

40 minutes in: Rounded, fruity lollipop. I like this reasonably well so far.

1 hour in: Red fruit, hard candy, pretty pretty pretty.

2 hours in: Sweet, red, shiny fruity candy. But light and not at all cloying. I love this!

3 hours in: Fading to a light, airy version of itself. Still love it.

4 hours in: Still a bit candy-ish, but almost gone.

5 hours in: Tiny bit of sweetness left, but basically gone.

6 hours in: That last little bit is hanging on, but probably not for long.

 

Verdict: Delicious! I want more. Lots more!

 

One word: Lollipop.

In the decant: Spicy-sweet dark.

Fresh on the skin: Sweet cream, powder, something sharp.

5 minutes in: Rounding out, still a bit powdery. Oddly fruity.

10 minutes in: Creamy and dark. Quite nice.

15 minutes in: This is really, really pretty! A little powdery for me, but warm and creamy in a not-plasticky way and really very nice.

30 minutes in: Pretty, creamy, warm, dark. Still like this.

45 minutes in: Creamy, sweet, dark, warm, light. Still nice!

1 hour in: Going a little plasticky around the edges, unfortunately.

2 hours in: Still creamy and dark, still kinda plasticky. Hrm.

3 hours in: Mostly fuzzy plastic, maybe something that's sort of a bitter musk. Sad.

4 hours in: Faded sweet musk.

5 hours in: Fuzzy and almost gone.

6 hours in: Tiniest hint left, but basically gone.

 

Verdict: Quite pretty until it turns to plastic and musk. Wish it stayed at the half-hour to 45 minutes in version of the scent.

 

One phrase: Dark cream.

In the decant: Perfumey, hard to make out any specific notes.

Fresh on the skin: Bitter and sour and uck. There's some sweetness to it, but it's hard to get to it.

5 minutes in: Uck. Powdery and perfumey and bitter and sweet in a cloying way and ew. Not my style.

15 minutes in: The opium is taking over for me, I think. There's a sweetness and a bunch of other things -- very complex and well blended -- but the opium is standing in the way. The other stuff is trying to bloom, and I'm hoping it keeps coming. But basically right now this smells like icky, overly strong soap.

20 minutes in: Cloying and stuffy. Not a fan.

30 minutes in: Yup.

1 hours in: Still all opium and bitter florals and ick.

2 hours in: Opium and bitter, cloying florals. Hate.

3 hours in: Lots of musk now, soap and armpit. Don't much like this stage, either.

4 hours in: Yup. Armpit.

5 hours in: Still going strong. Armpit.

 

Verdict: Ew. It is never good when "fades to armpit" is an improvement. This was probably the biggest disappointment of the C2E2s for me -- so many potentially wonderful notes (I even like jasmine! And honeycomb and amber and bergamot and clove and dark fruits are all often lovely, and skin musk and tobacco leaf and gunpowder and narcissus and tarragon all could've been fine!), so monstrous on my skin. I really need to remember that opium is one of those notes I hate that amp on me.

 

One word: Cloying.

In the decant: Bright green fresh-cut grass, a little sweet.

Fresh on the skin: Sweet, green, fresh-cut grass and sweet, bright yellow dandelions. Spring!

5 minutes in: Sweet, fresh, green grass and yellow pollen. Makes me want to sneeze, a bit, but I like it!

10 minutes in: Sweet and fresh and pretty!

20 minutes in: A little excessive on the pollen side, maybe, but I still like this. Kinda fascinating. Similar grass to Dog Days of Summer, I think.

30 minutes in: Sweet, green, soft, bright. A bit of... something else. Almost aquatic. The metal, perhaps.

1 hour in: Bright and green, a bit astringent.

2 hours in: Bright and green, gone quite aquatic.

3 hours in: Green and almost all aquatic now. Soap, but a nice enough soap. Fresh.

4 hours in: Green soap.

5.5 hours in: Yup. Light and fresh green soap, but still green soap. Quite nice compared to other things.

 

Verdict: Pretty in a lot of ways, almost too evocative because of the pollen, and the soap it becomes isn't ideal. And yet, I liked it, overall. Especially the sweet, fresh grass at the beginning.

 

One word: Spring.

In the decant: Clean and sweet.

Fresh on the skin: Huh. Basically yeah, hair gel and aftershave. And shaving cream. Actually, especially shaving cream.

5 minutes in: Yup, stuff like shaving cream and such. Huh.

15 minutes in: Shaving cream, yup.

35 minutes in: Still shaving cream. I... don't think this is for me.

1 hour in: Seriously shaving cream. Chemical cleaner. Meh.

2 hours in: It's going a bit musky. Still not my style.

3 hours in: Light, chemically musk. Soapy. Almost gone. Not a fan.

4 hours in: Ditto.

5 hours in: Yup.

 

Verdict: Peculiar. Not my style. I only very rarely like clean" scents (I am much more likely to loathe them, but every once in a great while, one will surprise me), and shaving cream in definitely not a step in the right direction.

 

One phrase: Shaving cream.

In the decant: Bright gin.

Fresh on the skin: Bright, sweet, a little bubbly, a little bitter. Kinda delightful!

5 minutes in: Fresh and bright, I really like this!

20 minutes in: Fresh and bright and delicately sweet, a tiny bit fizzy. Pretty!

1 hour in: Pure, light fizz. I like!

2 hours in: Just the tiniest hint of gin fizz left. That was fast!

3 hours in: Still a hint of bright fizz. I like this, but it doesn't last long.

4 hours in: Gone.

 

Verdict: Fizzy and fresh and bright -- delightful! Wish it didn't fade so fast. Still, the surprise love out of the C2E2 scents for me. Refreshing and good for summer.

 

One word: Fizzy!

In the decant: Dark and sour and sweet -- frankly, kind of foul.

Fresh on the skin: Sour and sharp and dark and cloying and musty. Very strong and kind of disturbing.

5 minutes: This is kind of turning my stomach.

8 minutes later: And it also made me sneeze.

15 minutes later: Just, ew. Sweet in the ickiest way possible.

20 minutes later: It is almost hilarious how much this makes me recoil.

40 minutes later: Fuzzy musk, almost chocolatey. Hrm. Not as bad as before, maybe?

1 hour in: Cheap chocolate. Strange.

2 hours in: Ditto.

3 hours in: Still going. Quite sweet.

 

Verdict: Icky-sweet. Unfortunately, too much like the description. Made fake, cheap chocolate smell like relief.

 

One phrase: Sour-sweet ick.

Looking at the previous reviews, I seem to be in the minority on this one. Don't worry, Sky City! At least one person liked you a whole lot more before you were burnt to the ground!

 

In the decant: Burnt concrete.

Fresh on the skin: Paint thinner and wood chips. Uck.

7 minutes in: Sweetened up some, now smells almost... Christmassy? But still bitter and chemically.

30 minutes in: ... Yup. Still Christmassy. Weird.

1 hour in: Still Christmassy. Totally weird. Is my nose broken from testing so many scents so quickly?

2 hours in: Ditto. Seems to have stabilized. Odd.

3 hours in: Yup. Very artificial, like it's a car tree version of Christmas.

 

Verdict: Super weird and off-putting and so not me... that turns into something not quite hideous, but even stranger.

 

One phrase: Artificial Christmas.

In the decant: Dark, earthy, a bit bitter and icky.

Fresh on the skin: Earthy and bitter and rotten. Hideous.

5 minutes in: Still rather bitter and very herbal, but softer and warmer. I smell... mahogany.

15 minutes in: Sweetening up, but I still hate this. It's just... icky.

25 minutes in: It's gaining a bit of freshness to it, but the ick is still there.

40 minutes in: Spicy-sweet powdery woods. Longish throw, unfortunately. Still has that underlying ick.

1 hour in: Much the same. Green and brown.

11 hours in: Very faded, just the tiniest bit of green-brown sweetness.

 

Verdict: No.

 

One word: Brown.

 

In the decant: Oddly sweet and dark.

Fresh on the skin: Warm, sweet, spicy. Intriguing, kinda delicious!

5 minutes in: There's something almost creamy about this, anchoring the dark and sweet and spicy.

15 minutes in: Warm and delicious, but also a bit overwhelming. Tempted to try this one on my SO.

25 minutes in: Creamy and sinuous and dark, and just a tiny be cloying, perhaps. I almost love this, I think I like this, I'm not sure I can deal with continuing to hve it on my skin. Peculiar.

2.5 hours in: Faded down to something rather subtle, warm and dark and sweet.

3.5 hours in: Sweet, spicy cream... and laundry. Quite light and faded. Rather nice.

5.5 hours in: Buttery-sweet spicy cream... and laundry. Fading out.

 

Verdict: I just don't know.

 

One word: Warm.

 

In the decant: Dark, dark vanilla.

Fresh on the skin: Weirdly grassy. Sinuous and dark.

5 minutes in: So, so bitter. Ew.

35 minutes in: Still bitter and dark, almost leathery. I don't like this.

1 hour in: Basically, bitter leather. It's rounded out into something that's not actually terrible.

3.5 hours in: Huh. Faded down to perfectly reasonable warm woods, quite light.

4 hours in: This stage is rather nice, actually. Still not really me, and not worth an hour plus of bitter leather, but. Faded sweet woods, light and warm. Could be a lot worse.

6 hours in: Very faded wisps of wood.

 

Verdict: No.

 

One word: Dark.

 

In the decant: Juniper and perfume.

Fresh on the skin: Bright, sweet, almost nutty but in a sharp, clear way. Syrupy and astringent, over a base of generic perfume.

5 minutes in: Sweet, syrupy, almost cloying, clear and liquid, but still with a sharp edge that's probably the gin.

15 minutes in: This is reminded me of something, something Yule-esque. It's not quite going scotch tape, but it's close. Still syrupy but with other, less sweet aspects. I'm not getting the cigarette smoke yet. I think this could become a rather nice skin scent.

25 minutes in: Yes, this has become something quite pretty, light and sweet and fresh. It still has a bit of cloying edge and I'm not sure it's really me, but it's become something I at least like.

45 minutes in: Seriously, this smells like something that ought to have "snow" in its name. Also like sweet gin. Also still kinda pretty.

1 hour in: The syrupy quality is almost all gone, now it's more of a light and clean sweetness.

2 hours in: It's going warm and a little cloying. I'm not sure this is for me.

2.5 hours in: The throw is deceptive, it's longer than it first seemed. It's also starting to smell sort of... sour? Hrm.

3 hours in: In fact, it's starting to smell a bit like armpit. An armpit that had a sort of generic, perfumed deodorant applied, but still, armpit. Hrm.

5 hours in: Yup, deodorant. Fresh, light musk, nice enough, but not inspiring for me.

6 hours in: Still going strong as lightly sweet deodorant-y musk.

9 hours in: Still going. Quite light, but distinct.

10 hours in: Still going, very faded.

12 hours in: Very faded indeed.

20 hours in: Still the tiniest hint of it on my skin, but it's basically gone.

 

Verdict: At first, surprisingly pretty if not really for me, then it become a light musk that's even more not my style.

 

One phrase: Sweet gin.

 

In the decant: Sweet, dusty.

Fresh on the skin: Clean. Subtle. A bit astringent.

5 minutes in: I don't think I understand this scent. Interesting waft, different from the scent closeup. Overall, a bit... sweet and sour and slightly damp (but also sort of dry... confusing). Like the outdoors.

10 minutes in: Light aquatic. Perfumey, but light, a little alcohol-y (not boozy, though). Not my style.

20 minutes: Yup, light, perfumey aquatic. Throw a is a bit long. <i>So</i> not me. If I were sitting behind someone doused in this at the theatre, it would make me sad and threaten to give me a headache. If it were really lightly applied, it would be okay. Just not actually good. Sad, because I love the concept and colors.

40 minutes in: Indeed, light, perfumey aquatic. Meh.

1.5 hours in: Pretty stable. Light, perfumey aquatic, yup.

2 hours in: About the same. Maybe faded a bit, which makes it a bit nicer for me.

4 hours in: Gone a bit sharp.

5 hours in: Yup, a bit astringent., still thin and light and perfumey.

7 hours in: Still lightly perfumey and astringent. Fading out.

15 hours in: Just about all gone.

 

Verdict: Not me at all.

 

One word: Aquatic.

 

In the decant: Sharp, sweet, bitter, sinuous mint and lavender.

Fresh on the skin: Tingling mint, woody lavender, bitter herbs. Astringent and nostril-clearing. Not unpleasant, thought. I can almost taste how strong it is. Soapy and tingly.

5 minutes in: Sweetened up a bit, but still quite strong and medicinal. Reminds me a bit of the Somnium blends.

15 minutes in: Super medicinal without being searing or painful. A little sweet, but mostly like cleaning fluid. Very fresh, but I'm not sure I'd want to smell like this for a whole day.

25 minutes: Licorice and mint and bitter herbs. Not the worst scent in the world but not actually appealing to me.

35 minutes: Cleaning fluid. Period, end of story. Not the nice-smelling kind, either, the heavy-duty stuff. Not my style at all.

1 hour in: A little faded and rounder. Still basically like cleaning fluid, just maybe more like hand soap than dishwashing soap. So.. better. But still not good.

2 hour in: Fading out. Not offensive, but still not good. Just, no.

3 hours in: Cleaning fluid, yup. Pretty light at this point, which is probably for the best.

6 hours in: Gone.

 

Verdict: <i>So</i> not for me.

 

One phrase: Cleaning fluid.

In the decant: Spicy resin.

Fresh on the skin: Spicy and clean. Very... yellow-brown and bright.

5 minutes in: The center of the scent has gone a dark shadowy brown, but there's wisps of golden light above it. Still spicy and clean. Sadly I think it might be giving me a headache.

20 minutes in: This is kind of strong. And has medium-to-long throw. And I'm still not sure how I feel about it.

30 minutes in: Spicy-sweet, clean, dry resins. Nice enough, just a bit strong and not really my style. It's a scent I might like on someone else, though. I also suspect it might work in my hair.

40 minutes: The powdery aspect is increasing, unfortunately. I'd prefer if it stayed mostly spice. But it's becoming almost entirely powder.

1 hour in: There's still a little spice holding on, but mostly, this has become funky baby powder.

1.5 hours in: The spice has reasserted itself a bit, but there's still a lot of powder going on. It's all a bit faded now, which is probably for the best.

2 hours in: It's pretty stable now, soft, spicy, powdery resins.

3 hours in: Faded down to light, sweet powder.

4 hours in: Almost completely gone, just faint, sweet, resiny powder left.

5 hours in: Just about gone.

 

Verdict: Meh.

 

One phrase: Spicy resiny powder.

Um. I'm sniffing the tester bottle, not spraying it (and almost none of the notes appeal to me, and some of them I actively dislike), so take this with a grain of salt. But it basically smells like anti-bacterial/cortisone cream and leathery band-aid.

Old-fashioned powdery hard candy, the delicate floral kind with a fruity base. DELICIOUS. This is going on my wishlist for sure.

In the decant: Warm, bright musk.

Fresh on the skin: Fresh, spicy, sweet, clean. Almost alarming at first.

5 minutes in: Soapy in an almost astringent way, but with a mellow amber base. Calming down rapidly, thank goodness. I applied it on my lower inner arm, near the wrist that I put Sara Pezzini on a couple of hours ago. They're smelling killer both together and separately.

10 minutes in: Still bright but softened up a lot, clean but not quite soapy any more (at least not a in a bad way at all), and with a sort of sweet red cherryish note that I didn't quite expect but really like. This is working surprisingly well for me!

15 minutes in: The amber continues to bloom, warm and sweet, further rounding the scent. I am basically in love.

30 minutes in: It's one of those things, where it would be easy to hate this, but instead I like it. It's gone a little sour-bitter, and there's definitely still a sharp, searing, edged lightning bolt of metal in there, and so I'm not sure if I _love_ it, but I still mostly like it, and it's very interesting.

45 minutes in: This is starting to make my eyes water a bit, it's so searing. And yet, I still like it. Mysterious!

1 hour in: This has insane throw. And there are bits of it that are two strong for me. And yet, and yet.

10 hours in: ... I think this is completely gone.

 

Verdict: I liked this even though it made my eyes water. I might not need more than the decant I have, it's so strong I would feel kind of bad wearing it in places where other people might hate it. Intriguing, though.

 

One word: Bright.

In the decant: Delicate, musky honey.
Fresh on the skin: Sweet, light, delicate musk.
5 minutes in: Soft, sweet, powder with light honey-musk veil, plus something fresh that is almost citrusy. I'm kind of shocked at how much I like this so far.
8 minutes in: Whoa, <i>there's</i> the leather. Still just at the edge of the scent, but I'm not sure I'm glad it showed up.
15 minutes in: Hi, leather. I know you're here to stay, but could you back off a little, please? Overall, I like how soft and feminine this scent is, while still being totally badass and sexy. The leather keeps almost getting in the way, though.
20 minutes in: I'm kind of loving really this. Huh.
30 minutes in: Subtle leather, honey musk all warm and soft and fuzzy, delicate powder. Fairly clean and light. Very well-blended.
40 minutes in: There's a sort of soapy leather thing happening, and it's so subtly different, I'm not even sure it <i>is</i> different. If that aspects keeps increasing, though, I'm not sure I'm going to like it.
1 hour in: Yeah, it really has gone a little overboard on the clean for me... and yet, I am still more inclined to like it than not.
1.5 hours in: Basically it's become a sort of light, clean sweat scent, which doesn't exactly _sound_ appealing, but it <i>is</i>.
2 hours in: Dear self: you are an idiot. Why, <i>why</i> didn't you get yourself a decent of this when you had the chance? Though I think it might actually be bottle-worthy, anyway. A clean scent I actually like!
3 hours in: Powdery honeyed musk, warm and soft. Probably stable at this point.
12 hours in: Sweet, fuzzy laundry. Not my favorite scent, but not horrific.
18 hours in: Still lingering just the tiniest bit.

Verdict: Hrm. I do like this, but I am afraid that in other moods it would make me recoil. And yet, I enjoyed it a surprising amount. I may need a decant to go with my decant of Witchblade.

One word: Clean.

In the imp: Sweet, rich, dark, purple-y.

Fresh on the skin: Sweet and spicy and complex. Soft and sharp and round all wrapped up together.

10 minutes later: Sweet, spicy, dark, bitter. I'm pretty sure I like the overlay of plum and the base of amber, but I'm not sure the stuff in the middle is working for me. A little too heady, perhaps.

20 minutes later: It's softened up and blended a little more. It might make a nice candle, but I'm not sure I actually want to smell like this. It's not bad, I just don't especially like it. I almost like it, though. Maybe I like it?

30 minutes later: If it keeps getting softer and sweeter and spicier, I might have to give this more of a chance. There's still something about it that sort of puts me off, though. I'm not sure I like the powdery/soapy edge, and that sharp thing I don't like is still there.

40 minutes later: I have a serious love/hate thing going for this scent. Ack.

50 minutes later: Sweet, dry, spicy, dark, light, huh. Still not a fan of the powdery center, but I have to admit that this is growing on me. Smooth and classy, intense but not actually overwhelming. Strong throw.

1 hour later: This is... nice. A little excessively powdery, and not exactly what I typically like or wear, but.

1.25 hours later: Well, compared to Rivet.Goth on my other wrist, this smells fantastic.

2 hours later: About the same. Maybe a little more opium-sweet than plum-sweet, unfortunately. I think I would like it without reserve if it didn't have that powder in it. Well, and probably the opium isn't helping. I wish it weren't so strong.

3 hours later: About the same. Powdering down a little. A bit sickly in the sweetness -- presumably the opium. Still a pretty long throw. Meh.

4 hours later: About the same. The more I have it on, the more sure I am that I don't really like it.

5 hours later: About the same. Possibly even sweeter.

6 hours later: Yeah, I just don't like this stage. Wish it were less strong.

10 hours later: Still around, though it's powdered down to a laundry-ish stage. Actually, no, it smells like shampoo. And not the yummy-smelling kind, either (though also not the hideously chemical kind, to be fair). Hrm.

11 hours later: Sweet, faded laundry.

 

Verdict: Meh. Mixed feelings. Mostly just not quite for me.

 

One phrase: Sweet, dark powder.