torikitty

Amber and green orange blossom. It's got that bright, outdoorsy feel. I guess the saffron is giving it more of a green edge, or perhaps plastic? It's not exactly what I'd expect from saffron. The honey is hanging out in the back, it hasn't overpowered yet. This is pretty, but this isn't a "me" scent. This does settle down into a more orange blossom and honey. Low throw.

And don't forget The Jeweled Spider. The cigarillo smoke is so nice in that one. It doesn't end up smelling like smoke, it smells like fresh cigarillos.

I get more of the hibiscus and cassia. I can pick up a sweetness from the wine. I'd say this is a sweet, fruity, summertime scent. I don't pick up anything dark from this.

Sweet mandarin, and I think I'm amping the chamomile. Fresh, white flowers with orange juice are what's coming to the forefront. The floral is not what I'd consider orangesicle masculine. As it warms up, during drydown, the tobacco comes out a bit more. The floral dries up, and the sandalwood goes a bit powdery. Still trying to decide how I feel about this.

I thought this might have the smell I associate with the Mountain Laurel trees here in Texas, which are similar to grape soda. It doesn't smell like that all. It's more floral, and something sharp to my nose. Perhaps the hemlock? It does come down in sharpness, but it's still a note I find headache-inducing. A green floral. Not for me.

I have no idea how to identify any of these notes. I was thinking that the moss was the general sweet, floral scent, but maybe it's olive blossom? In the end, I agree with zankoku_zen, amazing transformation of tobacco + bay rum + patchouli comes out. This smells wonderful on my husband, but that isn't saying that it's expressly masculine. I just happen to enjoy the earthy way this smells on my husband. It does smell a bit sweet, but it seems complex enough that the sweetness fills out well with everything.

Peach and tobacco. i'm sure it's just the teak mixed with the blackened vanilla, but it ends up having a tobacco note. This is wonderful. Sexy peaches.

Delightful! Coconut and hazelnut. Sweet and creamy. A deeper, sweeter alternative to B&BW's Creamy Coconut. Low throw. I'm glad I got to sample this, but don't feel like I need a whole bottle.

ETA: 3 years later...I managed to snag a bottle from someone on ebay. Surprisingly, anise is the first thing I get! Much different than my original experience with a nearly-empty tester bottle. The coconut is there, but I feel like it's losing this foot race. I think I amp anise over the other 2 notes. It's still really pretty. I can't wait to see how this changes.

Really glad to have a tester of this. Gorgeous vanilla and creamy. I think "wistful" is an apt term for this. Low throw, good wear time. Looking forward to getting more.

OMG! I'm in heaven! When it's wet, I can smell all the individual notes. The coffee and the sundae are more apparent. When it's dry, the curry really shows up. Mixed with the tobacco, it's glorious. It reminds me a bit of one of the pumpkin patches that had curry. Sweet, spicy, foodie. This just screams "big, comfy sweater during the fall". Big throw. Definitely getting a bottle of this.

This ends up going to clean laundry on me. It's really nice, but not what I expected from this blend. I'm unsure what I would be amping that would smell this way. It is a decant, so maybe the wrong thing is in here.

Wet: a peppermint, with a tiny hint of coconut in the background

Drydown: peppermint and lemon pledge. clean, sweet, and minty. no complaints.

Dry: the peppermint stays clean and fresh, but not as overpowering. The coconut and lemon somehow balance each other out. It does end up becoming a nice, fresh, summer scent.

I don't know that I have the vocabulary to describe this. It's lighter than I'd expect from a dragon's blood derivative. It is pretty and dreamy. Glad I got an imp of this.

Orange and floral. Really interesting. It's becoming more clean, a soapy floral. It ends up going to playdoh on me. I'm guessing it's the iris or the Moroccan rose. Possibly mixed with the magnolia.

Holy vodka, Batman! How does that even work? Fizzy vodka and mint. With some dry almond floating in the background. During drydown, I really start to amp the mint. It's beginning to smell a lot like Christmas at Yankee Candle on this wrist. Mulberry spice, is that you? Boo, I wanted to smell like some of the things other people noted. Oh well!

Wow, this is super interesting! Fresh, green, clean, slightly minty at first. On drydown, you can smell a bit of the wasabi coming out. Like it actually has the effect when you smell a fresh jalapeño up close, like inhaling the capsaicin. I like that the cedar isn't overpowering. And the tea gives it a comforting quality. I really just wanted to try something with sage, which other reviewers noted. This doesn't disappoint. I thought it would end up coming off more aquatic, but it's mostly clean and green. I think I'm mostly getting tea, sage, and vetiver. However, this version of vetiver isn't overpowering.

I think my nose is doing something similar to a previous reviewer, where it's reading the leather + vanilla = cherry. So Cherry Snake Oil is a big thumbs up for me!

Previously reviewed.

DCXCIX (699)

Lemon, sweet, but not candylike. Drydown does go a bit floral, with an herb in the background.

Coming back to this again.

Wet: it smells like a sweet wit beer. Or a saison. There's an element of a sweet Belgian yeast in here.

Drydown: Lemon, which comes out more and gets sweeter. Kinda starts morphing into a lemon butter cookie.

Dry: low-key lemon cookie

It's like a sexy, sugared, dark muskiness with the addition of a sweet, dark, dry, woody coconut and an extra helping of a sexy, dark vanilla.

Little Bird summed it up perfectly. Very sexy. Dry coconut and vanilla. I can see this being a good scent for going out on a warm summer evening.

Unfortunately, I end up amping the vetiver, and it's just a dry woods smell. But it was lovely until that happened.

Honey! My deathnote. I wanted to give it a shot since everyone else was raving about it. I'm glad this can find a good home. Everything else around the honey smells nice, though.

Wet: definitely happy orange. Perhaps somewhat artificial, but not orange candy.

Drydown: The tobacco makes an appearance, giving it a more fun cigarillo affect.

Dry: The orange calms down a lot, but still leaves the sweet syrupy smell on your skin, with the hay and tobacco giving it a nice outdoor effect. Definitely a great smell for summer. Like sexy sweet skin smell. Low throw

wet: I get musk and cypress. The peach is there in spirit, but the dark woody earthy smell is overpowering. This has got to be a winner on someone else, I think my skin is eating the fruitiness. Dry is musk, vetiver, and myrrh. It's sweet skin smell, but not picking up much peach.

Lovely frottle from a sale. It very much smells like a creamy coconut with a hint of white florals in the background. I actually had a moisturizer that smelled very similar to this. It's a sweet, comforting smell that keeps close to the skin. I'm liking that I'm not turning the vanilla into a plastic smell. Yay!!!

I'm smelling nearly what Little Bird got. Red sandalwood with a bit powder. It does have a slight masculine edge in the bottle, but earthiness, wood, and tobacco warm up with my skin. The leather might be hanging out in the background, but it's not a dominant note.

I'm surprised at how few reviews.

This is interesting. Same as a lot of others, not sure about mugwort, but a lot of other notes appeal to me.

Wet: sweet, light florals from violet and jasmine. An herbyness from the lemonbalm, perhaps the mugwort, too. Cucumber in the background, cooling things out. It ends up smelling comforting, but cool. Like a house that you like to hang out at.

Drydown: a bit of mint, slightly powdery cucumbers, and a pleasant jasmine floralness. Still a comforting smell with low throw. I would definitely recommend trying this.

Dry: On me, this ends up as sweet, floral jasmine with a hint of herby. Still a low throw.