thekittenkat

These are all LEs, alas, but I get some ozone in Moon of Ice (a Lunacy from 2008) via the ice note, Countess Dolingen of Gratz (my fave ozone blend), a 2009 Halloweenie, and The Country of Eternal Light, from the Frankenstein series in the Yule 2011 timeframe.

My friend and I both tried this at the DSWC and found it to be wonderful, yummy milk chocolate and caramel. But not ten or so minutes later, it was fading fast on both of us. In half an hour it was gone from both of us. I tried it later in a different spot, and the same thing happened.

In the bottle: juicy berries on green leaves

Wet: much the same as on cold sniff--hope this calms down a bit!

The dry-down: the yummy blackberry note is more present, but the leaves are still green, alas.

First off, I love chocolate, so I had to try this. Secondly, it's not really a morpher. From cold sniff to the dry down, it's much like dark chocolate ground up to make hot/sipping chocolate, but without that dry powder smell one gets when one opens the tin. There's a richness that comes not only from the chocolate itself, but also from the cacao cream. The cream is not a milky note, but more like something that adds to the warmth and faint sweetness. To be sure, this is not a milk chocolate nor is it a bittersweet baking chocolate, just a nice dark chocolate.

Note: I use the bath oils as a moisturizer. I did roll the bottle because in the past there has been sludge in the bottom or floating bits, but I didn't perceive any of that, but rolled anyway. The oil is thin, but not too runny. I did use more on my arms than usual to get the same smoothness.

IN THE BOTTLE: The forest notes are bright and clear, touched by the somewhat sweet snow note.

WET: The pine just amps like crazy, but that snow note lingers to temper the pine forest.

THE DRY-DOWN: The fir, spruce, and pine finally co-mingled into a winter forest, with some sweet snow clinging to the branches. This is more piney unisex on me, and more snowy on the bf.

This is honey and vanilla with a touch of the other notes, with the lavender serving to liven things up a bit so that it's not too foody. The label is amusing. It's fast become a fav.

In the bottle: A little incense, backed by those thorny blackberries that seem more like the lovely grape scent of wisteria. Perhaps a slight whiff of smoke.

Wet: A purple incense kicks into high gear!

The dry-down: The blackberries come back to the forefront, their sweetness subdued by that incense, a touch of smoke, and a gentle green floral note.

A lovely spring scent, but could be worn year-round.

In the bottle: All four notes, not quite melding, but a lovely and delicate scent, nonetheless

Wet: Sharp at first, like a mint leaf, but that's the white patch leaf, I'll bet. Then the lovely sweet beeswax wafts out, with the ambergris as a base. Soon afterward, there's a delicate incense note. Btw, the beeswax is more like a honey note at first, but then settles into the yummy beeswax.

The drydown: After around 4 hrs, this reminds me of the cold sniff, except that there's more of a blending. I see this as a rather elegant set of notes that have a somewhat oriental feel, but light not heavy. This could have worked as a Shunga, and I will use it as a spring scent, although it would do for year-round.

All I read was that the Yules will be up until Feb. 14th and usually, the 13 blends are only up for a day or two. As for the Weenies... I am sure they are coming down soon. Sorry that isn't much help. But I am guessing as long as the items are on the site and they don't say "out of stock" you can still order.

Thanks for trying to help!

When it states that Halloweenies are going down on the 14th, does this mean like 12:01 AM PST on the 14th, or 11:59 PM PST on the 13th, or what? Does this mean both BPAL and BPTP?

And will the new 13 blend disappear at one of those same times?

Questions are somewhat urgent, as I must borrow a friend's computer to make orders.

I did email CS abt this on Thursday, noon EST, marked urgent, and have yet to see a reply.

Just a little bump!

Öndurdis always reminded me of Skadi

Yes, maybe w/ more berries?

I've wished for ages for a bpal dupe of Vanilla Bean Noel. Any suggestions?

Boo HG smells just like the perfume oil to me. I get whiffs of all 3 notes at different times. It's a nice light scent that works well w/ my lighter and sweeter autumnal scents. I need several sprays as my hair is longer again. It's also dry on the ends and frizzy all over, but since it's oily on top, I don't put much there. A lovely and not-too-sweet scent that could be used year-round.

A yr's aging has done wonders for this!

In the bottle: All the notes melding.

Wet: Huge throw, but each note is very present and distinct.

The dry-down:: The 3 notes slowly mix together. At the end is a soft honey tempered by the crisp leaves, with touches of the oudh.

Berry Moon 2009 has blueberries and raspberries and is just a perfect summer scent.

Lady Una has blackberry leaf.

The 1st version of Mabon had yummy blackberries; the 2nd version was rather herbal and not much on the berry-side.

Sugar Skull '14 was quite the best version of that that I have ever tried. It was sweet sugar on my skin, instead of going "poof!" as previous years' had. XOMom agreed w/ me.

In the bottle: A pleasant mix of all the notes.

Wet: Iced blackcurrant backed by spices.

The dry-down: I'm getting a hint of the soapiness that others have mentioned, but at least the blackcurrant isn't amping on me. Undecided about this. May try on Mr. Kat.

In the bottle; Very fresh mint with a touch of clove.

Wet: Vibrant mint, but with the frank and clove as a base.

This for the 2015 version.

In the bottle: Soft sweet vanilla, w/ hints of snow and florals underneath.

Wet: Much as on cold sniff, but with a trace of coconut.

The dry-down: Much the same throughout. A lovely version, but tends to fades faster than I would like,

This is for the 2015 edition.

In the bottle: The fruit notes are very intense!

Wet: The fruit is calming down and the darker notes are more present.

The dry-down: A rather fruity version that has the clove, patch, fir, woods and spices at the bottom. This is like the apple and pumpkin have been placed in a clear glass bowl on top of the woody items, and lightly sprinkled with the spices. It did start out a bit perfumy, but is aging well for next autumn

ETA Aging hasn't really helped. It's still very appley and perfumey; I think I'll layer this w/ an earlier version that's lacking apple.

In the bottle: Yuppers, that's the stale Peeps! Mother gave me some every year for Easter. Well, they weren't stale at the time!

Wet: About the same.

Drying down: Sweeter and with more marshmallow, but a hint of the staleness lingers.

A bit later: This is more like Boo '09 w/o the linen note--I just had to give it time.

Btw, when I received this in the mail a couple of weeks, it had barely any scent. I think it might make a nice layering note.

Oh dear, now it's a bit plastic.

Half-an-hour later it's more like the cold sniff! A morpher, for sure.

I never got to try the original, but when a friend included this in a joint order, I had to test it!

In the bottle: dark chocolate and some cream and something like incense

Wet: much the same as the cold sniff

The dry-down: in the end, I get more of the incense note than either the chocolate or cream

I'm glad I got to try this, but that's abt it. Oh yes, it smelt better on my friend. I must admit that I was a bit disappointed, as I love chocolate scents.

From sniffing the bottle to the dry-down, this was, as Mr. Kat, said, a Cadbury Creme egg all the way.

Strawberry Sufganiyot--loved it!