DigitalCoyote

Wet: Vicks and pencil shavings. I am confused. Semi-dry: This is getting tingly--I bet the lab's cinnamon is in here somewhere. This is a warm, earthy smell. It's not dirt but it's definitely got that spice cabinet near the oven in use with. That and some comforting wood without it becoming Christmassy.

Wet: soap and ginger and cloves This disappeared on me within an hour or two. There's a faint whiff of clove several hours later but I think my skin won this battle.

Wet: Cypress and the eucalyptus smell I know from my childhood schoolyard with some creamy jasmine. Kinda dry: The woods didn't turn to hamster cage or pencil shavings on me but a mellow jasmine is the star of the show. Dry dry: On me, it's the jasmine and some background wood that hangs (~12 hours) with a background sweetness. You have to get super close to smell it. This might be for you if you don't want people to smell you before you appear or if you're looking for a jasmine-forward scent that isn't screechy or indolic (poopy). This might not be for you if your chemistry gets overwhelmed by florals or woods.

I'm a fan of the lab's steel and leather (usually) so I had to have it for those days where I feel scrappy but don't want to announce myself like SkekUng or War. In the imp: I get where the chemical impression came from. I almost didn't put this on. Wet: Apples! Like underripe green apple flesh. Semi-dry: there's my (brown) leather and steel. Dry: L wrist: Something a little smoky in here? It could be leather continuing to evolve but that's all I get on that side. R wrist: Old steel and leather. It smells like the good parts of SCA fighter practice.

The lab's brandy doesn't like me. Snake Oil and I are mortal enemies. .....this. This has people huffing me and commenting on it aloud. Wet: a blast of warm syrupy/macerated peach Semi-dry: Boozy peach note. This would be the best Slurpee ever. Note: this started to warm and tingle where I put it so if you're sensitive, this one might not be for you. Dry: This is hard for me to describe and I'm going to contradict myself a little. To me, it's musky spicy peach with some sweetness so it's not a heavy smell. It's a warm scent. My mom's peach cobbler kind of smells like this the next day before you heat it--like the all the peach and nutmeg and such with a bit of sugar before warming it pushes the sweet and crust smells up front--but it's not necessarily a "foodie" smell. It's totally wearable. I'm surprised I like this.

Wearing this one today because I need a little help on the feelings of scarcity front. Wet: I'm not sure what's different in this cedar note but it didn't immediately go to pencil shavings on me like what normally happens. The herbs and moss are prominent on my skin. Dry: This is a warm, comforting, homey scent. It's like coming home and knowing you're safe after a rough day. Maybe that's how the abundance happens: you're able to be grateful because this is a peaceful scent.

Three minute hot-out-of-the-mailbox review: SUGAR. All sugar upfront. My teeth actually hurt. I smell like some kind of carnival food (like a churro) with some peach hiding in the background.

Three minute hot-out-of-the-mailbox review: The peach faded quickly. This is "masculine body" on me after it goes. After that, just sage and oakmoss hanging out doing sage and oakmoss things.

Three minute hot-out-of-the-mailbox review: I was so excited for this. It went from peach fuzz to permanent marker on me real quick. Maybe it'll calm down.

Three minute hot-out-of-the-mailbox review: I feel some kind of way about this. I feel it very strongly. Not slinky. Not coquettish. Ive never been a spring fling but I could definitely be an Indian summer [if anyone has a better term, please let me know] romance in this. ------- 22SEP21: I stand by my initial impression. This is a "I will ruin you and let you marinate in that until spring" smell.

Literally just got this, warm, from the mailbox. I sprayed it because I wanted the place to smell like something other than wildfire. This is sexy in the air: musk, warm patchouli, and sandalwood with enough carnation to keep it from becoming foreboding. It's definitely broody. I hope I still love it when the smoke is gone. I will have to try it in linens, too. I've never tried any of the atmos in linens.

Wet: green soap It's a very clean smell. Fairly aquatic upfront with a quick tang of wasabi and flash of wood (that fortunately doesn't bloom in to pencil shavings on me). Wet green from bamboo, moss. Kind of dry: Soap phase is over. Very solidly bright wet forest on me. Dry: This ran away on me fairly quickly. L wrist - muted green with warm soap notes R wrist - green with musk and a little spice Neck - smells like the juicy middle phase on the inside of my shirt

Wet: liquid dish soap This came out hard and punched me in the nose. Slightly dry: Pink (?) rose front and center. Geranium pops in and out until the overall effect is less screechy. Dry dry: This is a lot Pride. Still getting a few puffs of non-rose flower. Not sure where the vanilla is.

I normally avoid the lab's strawberry because it typically turns in to unpleasant plastic candy (Twizzlers) on me. My skin chemistry can also turn sweet scents in to weaponized projectile diabetes. Yesterday, this was in your face strawberries and sugar on me for an hour before the honey started to come out. The honey stayed until this morning. It did not go powdery on my skin. I'd wear this during the summer in a sundress and hat.

Imp: Fresh! Kind of citrusy. Wet: Verbena and bergamot. Semidry: ...what is this minty business? It's not a toothpaste or candy mint but I was not expecting that in here. Dry: There is a distinct salt and soap transition happening. Irish Spring or Coast? The citrus is back to tamp that down.

Wet:JASMINE. SUGAR...and hay. I expected this. I amp jasmine and sweet anyway. The hay note is usually close enough to wood on my body that it gets boosted but not to 11 like wood almost always seems to go on me. I think that's carnation flashing by but it's being crowded out by the sweet smells. Semidry: Musk is sitting on the jasmine so it behaves. Tobacco and sandalwood are there quietly. I don't know where leather is off galavanting. Dry: Musk, jasmine, sandalwood, and a faint hint of leather. @groovyrooby is right about it being warm but not cinnamon burning on the skin. I struggled with when I would wear this both times I've tried it. I don't usually think of myself as sexy and this feels like expensive-sexy-in-expensive-formal-wear to me. I'm kind of overwhelmed by it because of the dissonance between this image and my usual way of going. I do, however, think I like it.

I got leather and metal upfront. I know it's not in the notes but there was definitely sulfur/gunpowder note in this; it's present in the bottle as well. I've smelled like a very sexy man's cologne most of the day. With time, this has worn down to lowkey--but fully--competent sharpshooter.

I wish my skin allowed for the nuances of this scent to develop but alas. On me, this goes from cedar bomb to hamster cage to chocolate pencil.

Trying from a bottle I bought labeled 2010. Wet: Mint toothpaste. Sort of dry: Brewed mint tea. Mostly dry: Herbally with some not unpleasant tea astringency. Dry: Softer mint tea with herbs and that sweet dry grass thing that happens in the summer when it gets hot. It's not bad but I don't know if I could wear this. edit: 3 hours later it's honeyed baby powder with the ghost of mint.

2020 Version Wet: I want to roll in this. I want this as a wallflower for my house. This is cool air, damp leaves, and tree with someone's fireplace far off in the distance. Dry: Still damp leaves and cool air. It's literally how October smells in California.

Wet: Wood and smoke Dry: A whiff of jasmine, smoke, and Sharpie. This doesn't like my skin. Will try again.

Wet: I was not expecting this to be cloying. Super sweet and tingly on the skin. Semi-dry: I wouldn't say rancid bit this is a little sour now--not sure fermented pumpkin or wet brown leather. I don't think this likes me and I'm feeling similarly about it. Dry: tobacco, spice, wood. Arm is still tingly. This probably smells better on a dude.

Wet: Green with some wood. Almost Christmas tree. Semi-dry: That's not Pine-Sol but it definitely has a cleanser note developing and I don't like that a pencil shavings smell is coming with it. No no no no no no no. Dry: The cleanser tang falls back. The smell of freshly molested/disturbed evergreen is there. Warm. I'm glad I took a chance on this. I want to layer it with a rain note for "Yosemite in the summer" kind of vibe.

Wet: Lemon and Skittles. It's almost overpoweringly sweet. Kind of dry: All the sweet is gone. There's a body lotion smell that comes out on my skin. It's one of the common commercial ones, like Jergens. I have no idea where this came from--I don't put anything on my skin when I'm trying things out. Drier: Burst of grass but it's very short lived. Dry: L wrist: A hint of tea, grass, and body lotion. R wrist: Body lotion. It's not an unpleasant smell but it's not quite what I was expecting.

I hate you guys for this one. I say that with love and respect. It smells like when my dad used to pick me up in his work truck on Fridays and we'd go get a treat before he dropped me back off at school or the baby sitter. It made me cry.