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At first, very strong cherry, almost licorce-y, with a hint of almond. After only about ten minutes the cherry is gone and I'm left with a flat, weak almondy smell. The initial phase is nice but the drydown is weak and underwhelming.

Smells like lemongrass to me, a little more powdery and dry though.

Starts out too astringent; lemon and alcohol. Then the anise and cardamom come in and I like this stage, but shortly after the anise takes everything over. I like anise, but that's all I smell after 10 minutes and it's overpowering.

I love this, this is what I hoped Snow White would be. It smells like what Snow White smells like the millisecond before it turns weird and play-dohy on me.

 

If you want to like Snow White but it fails on your skin try this one.

 

 

Cranberry and a little tinsy bit of, what smells like, red musk. I might be interested in if the dominant note was red musk and the cranberry was lesser. As it is the cranberry is the dominant note and I don't smell any ginger or lilies, sadly. It's way to sickly sweet for me. Like most berry or wine notes, it reminds me of Kool-Aid.

It smells like lemongrass, but sweeter and sugary. I could see why some people thought of Lemonheads. I like it though. It doesn't smell like a cleaner to me. After a little while it gets a little grassier. Reminds me of summer. I hope I get a bottle by then.

Unfortunately, no matter how much I apply, this blend is super light and undetectable unless my nose is right up to my skin. I smell a powdery rose, but I barely smell anything at all. I tested it on a little piece of fabric to see if it will work in a scent locket and it's still weak, but more sour smelling. Sad!

A leathery, dry, herbal smell. Musty, almost moldy. It doesn't smell like patchouli as I know it, which is a good thing. It's very strong. The apricot just barely peaks through, I wish it was a little bit stronger. It's a very interesting blend.

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.

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.