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MMM smells just like a rose. Some roses smell kind of lemony to me, it smells like that. I've tried a lot of blends with rose, the 'rose' note has to be the most versatile, varied note. Sometimes its a musty rose, sometimes a soft tea rose, sometimes they're acrid and don't work. The rose is in this is one of the best I've tried.

Super dry, it's almost an unpleasant sensation to my nose to smell something this dry. Too sweet to smell like baby powder exactly. I was hoping this would be more woodsy or nutty. It's pretty flat, I can't make out individual notes and it doesn't morph much. For me it doesn't match the description at all. If I smelled this without knowing what it was I would think it was some kind of dusty floral. Reminiscent of an old lady's house.

Everyone gets apple, I don't smell apple. It smells herby, like The Apothecary, and sweet like bubblegum. It's SUPER familiar and almost nostalgic but I have no idea why. I have a feeling I'm recognizing a note from a commercial air freshener or shampoo from a million years ago. It smells good but I'm ambivalent because it just reminds me of something and it's bothering me to figure out what. The more I smell it the more I think bubblegum, maybe Juicy Fruit? Very strange!

I love violet and rose usually. The rose in this gets a little pungent or sour on me though, it only does that in some blends, I don't know why. Other times it smells just fine, and the violet is lovely. They seem to switch back and forth rather than to really blend with each other. I'll have to test this a few more times, but I hope it works out because the violet note is great and really comes through.

Realistic red apple, not artificial, not too tart or too sweet and candy. The best "apple" smell I've ever come in contact with. I'm not familiar enough with the other notes to pick them out. Soft florals come in and neither the apple nor the floral smell overpowers the other, they blend nicely. Love it.

09 and 07 both smell like playdoh. I can tell there's other things going on that I want in on, but the playdoh dominates and ruins all of it. I really wish it would work for me. 09 is a sharper smelling playdoh.

Smells like a fabric softener I bought once. It smells "cold" but I don't get mint directly. Would make a good room scent.

Yep, a candy cane. It gets more sugary after a while.

Starts out too strong and fruity, an artificial cherry smell. The dry down is nice though, it smells like a chocolate covered cherry. ETA: This rapidly grew on me. It smells like cherries and chocolate, it's long lasting and has good throw. Definitely want a bottle.

Wow. This is the most frequently hated blend I've skimmed the reviews for. I have to agree. It's strangely gross. It starts out smelling like burning wood, then it becomes this weird old-people smell. Then it gets a bit more medicinal and finally settles into smelling EXACTLY like a baby's diaper.

This smells like carrot and some unidentifiable flower. I don't know why I get carrot, it's almost like vegetable broth...? Strange! Not appealing.

All I smell is gardenia, which I recognize in Has No Hanna and French Love. This settles it, I hate gardenia.

Weird, I like all the notes and have never had a problem with them before but for some reason Jezebel is Kool-Aid and baby powder on me. YUCK.

Patron of the Aztec pantheon, he is the personification of light within darkness, warmth in the cold, and life in, and after, death. He is a creative and destructive God of Fire and Light, and is appeased only by sacrifice, trial, and the slaughter of his people's enemies. Copal, plumeria and sweet orange and the smoke of South American incense and crushed jungle blooms. Weird, this smells like banana to me. Not a fruity, sweet banana but more leafy and green banana. Maybe like a banana leaf or a plantain.

At first, strong cocoa, then it becomes chocolate and leather. Then it gets really smokey. I thought I smelled tobacco but apparently there's no tobacco in this. It's kind of a strange blend in that sometimes it seems really warm and chocolatey and leathery, and other times it just smells like smoke with some floral mixed in. I like it, but I don't think I would wear it often. I will apply to my boyfriend and try it out on him. It's very masculine. Not particularly foody to me despite the cocoa.

It smells like a dusty rose. To me it's almost exactly like Black Rose. I think I slightly prefer the latter.

I love this. It smells like sandalwood mostly to me, like the white sandalwood in Kuang Shi. It's also sweet, maybe fig? I'm not sure. It's beautiful. Unfortunately it is so faint, has no throw, I can barely smell it. It fades very fast. I've gone through half an imp the past 3 hours just reapplying and trying to trick it into coming alive. I put it in a scent locket and that wasn't any help either. Fortunately it's similar enough to Kuang Shi that I will just get a bottle of the latter and not feel too sad.

The sweat pea is way to sweet for me and it's the only note I detect.

This starts out way too sweet and sharp. When it dries down its a sweet, mossy smell. It reminds me of The Apothecary now. Its subtle and green. Too sweet for me initially.

Sweet, floral and girly. I'm hoping to find something that fits this description that doesn't underwhelm me but perhaps its the genre itself that underwhelms me. Sweet and powdery, nothing special.

Bottled gloom; the essence of oblivion. Blackest opium and narcissus deepened by myrrh. I think it's the narcissus in this that smells almondy to me because I recognize it from Hunger. Hunger is great on my boyfriend but is just a flat almondy smell and not interesting at all on me. I detect that smell in this but I don't think it's overpowering it yet. It definitely has a smokey, snuffed out candle smell to it, and a sweeter almost boozey floral smell, is that opium? It's good because some of the notes are working but as a whole I'm not that into it. I think the narcissus is kind of bleh-ing it up.

Sweet lemon drop. The tea and lemon makes this very similar to Shanghai. I think I slightly prefer Shanghai because the green tea is stronger in that.

This smells like Kabuki after a few hours when the cherry and the anise has completely vanished and all that's left is the red musk. Plus something a little dustier- rosewood? Nothing else comes through but I really love red musk so I would probably get a bottle of this.

On me this smells like an apple-scented candle. Mostly candle. That hot, burning candle wax smell. Noxiously artificial. I'm disappointed, I had high hopes for this one.

Yeah, this really smells like candy corn but also cinnamon and vanilla. Smells very edible.