skylarkza

What I have found is that you don't need to start with "basic" scents. While the more complex ones may be more frustrating at first to pick notes out of - your nose will get there with time (I find that the lack of OMG PERFUME ALCOHOL makes it MUCH easier to pick up on things).

But yeah - start with what you know and what you like. One of the first scents I got hold of was The Magi (in an imp) and I just LOVED it. It smelled just like the frankincense and myrrh stall that the local holistic fair had. Oh, there was more to it than that - but that instant connection was AMAZING (and sent me off on a hunt for a bottle). So I would suggest giving us a hint of what kind of smells you like normally - even if it is every day stuff, and maybe some smart bpalers will be able to point you in the direction of those scents. Then go and have a look at the reviews for them.

Ozone, huh... have you tried Hurricane? Or looked at the Phoenix Steamworks selection?

In the bottle: Rose-y, pink and delicate!

Wet: Pink and sugary - like rose syrup candy floss!

Dry: Rose, but a complex rose. Sweet and light.

A While Later: The rose has faded back into just a hint of itself - mostly sweet. This reminds me of a rose syrup cordial.

In the bottle: Cold and almost soapy. Very slightly soapy.

Wet: Orris? Some small delicate white flower? Something cold.

Dry: Oh wow! This is slightly floral but has that cold zing to it that the air gets the morning after it has snowed!

A While Later: Cool and crisp. Slightly sweet. It makes me think of snow drops.

Personally, I would go with a "cool" fruity scent (just to play off the warm colours in dress) like Twinkle, Twinkle Little Bat.

In the bottle: SWEET! It smells like concentrated english toffee syrup!

Wet: Burnt sugar, caramel and a floral something...

Dry: Oh ylang ylang! This is sexy flowers strewn over a wooden table with a box of sweets on it...

A while later: This has good throw! It is sweet and sexy. Like honey and crushed flower petals.

In the bottle: Chocolate and thick, black smoke.

Wet: Wow, this oil is dark! The cocoa is still there, but the smoke is coming forward - dark and super sexy. It is almost like cigar smoke, but has something feminine and sexy as hell about it as opposed to being masculine.

Dry: The cocoa is back, and the tabacco is hanging around like a lazy lounge lizard. This scent is verging on being skeezy, but not quite getting there.

A while later: Sexy and sultry! This is a slightly sweet, slightly smoky, VERY sexy scent that I can't quite describe. I think that it is the musk that has taken over, but damn - it is sexy.

In the bottle: This smells like Cape Velvet...

Wet: Cape Velvet and some green herbs. o.0

Dry: Cape Velvet with added nutmeg and ginger... and a shot of jager hiding somewhere just out of sight, but not completely out of smell...

A while later: Hmmm... now this smells like a very creamy don pedro - with Amarula and nutmeg. Maybe a dash of Kalhua. The sweetest creamiest booze... yum

In the bottle: Lime and soda water.

Wet: Bright sparkling popping lime and something green and mossy.

Dry: Slightly less fizzy, there is a dank wetness behind the lime now - slimy and green - like wet moss.

A while later: The wet moss is dominant now, with a limey tinge to it.

In the bottle: MENTHOL and mint.

Wet: Peppermint cough drops?

Dry: Ohhh... candy cane - now I get candy cane! The menthol has mostly worn off and it is just sugary peppermint with a hint of that coldness that fills your tastebuds.

A while later: Eventually this fades to nothing. Sad really, but it was nice while it lasted.

In the bottle: Red jelly tots and booze!

Wet: Booze and red Maynards wine gums.

Dry: Red fruit - berries, LOTS of berries. Cranberries, raspberries, strawberries - pomegranate? And just a hint of booziness.

After a while: A faint red-fruityness lingers. Like cranberry and raspberry. Faintly reminiscent of when you make that RED kiddies juice from a cordial and the scent lingers on your hands... but more tart and less saccharine. I LOVE this. A wonderful fruity RED scent!

In the imp: I almost want to say peppermint! But it is actually pepper, and something sweet... very spicy and hot.

Wet: Hot pepper. This smells almost like chillied peanuts.

Dry: Nuts and spices. Hot... with cinnamon and nutmeg. Yummm.

A while later: Spices. Something warm and hot - cinnamon and nutmeg. And heat from pepper. A very faint trace of nuts. DIVINE. I am LOVING this one.

In the bottle: Crisp light floral.

Wet: The same floral, but a little creamier and with half melted snow slush in the background.

Dry: This smells like small white flowers, cream and the wind sneaking through the window on a snowy day.

A while later: At first I think that it has disappeared. But then I realize that it is still there. Slightly creamy, slightly floral, but mostly cold. It smells like "cold", I don't know how, but it does.

In the bottle: Berries, nuts and hay.

Wet: HOLY horses! Hay and lemony something and fresh chewed carrots and HORSE FIELD.

Dry: Berries and hay and honey.

Many hours later: Berries and something slightly hay like, but a tad more grassy. Sweet and clean.

In the bottle: Almonds and cherries and wet, sticky glaze icing.

Wet: ALMONDS and cherries and apricot jam and sugary pastry.

Dry: Cherries and almonds and sweet sugary pastry covered in sticky white glaze.

MANY hours later: Pastry glaze, with a hint of maraschino cherry. Delicious.

In the imp: Squished rose petals.

Wet: Oh! Squished rose petals and broken stems.

Dry: The rose is un-crushing! This is smelling like a few loose petals and leaves, uncrushed.

A while later: Very rosey... but very soft and gentle. This makes me think of a luxurious bouquet of red roses. Hmmmmm.... What I find amazing about this scent is that it smells like picking a rose out of a bunch and crushing the petals and leaves... but in reverse - going from broken to whole. AMAZING.

In the imp: Eucalyptus.

Wet: Halls cough drops - the eucalyptus ones.

Dry: Minty eucalyptus... but I can tell that this is busy morphing...

A while later: There is something almost metallic to this. It smells like cold silver metal... and violets. Man... I could see GlaDOS wearing this scent - cold, clinical and just that something random - innocent yet terrifying.

In the imp: Mojito?

Wet: JUNIPER! At least, it's a fruity smell that I assume is juniper. It smells like juicy red berries and dark green leaves.

Dry: MMMmmmm. That same juicy berry smell - but now floating in a dark and VERY sultry aquatic.

Many hours later: A slightly minty dark and aquatic scent. Very understated. Hardly there. You might miss it. Just like it's namesake.

In the imp: Candied cherries and almonds. A little myrrh too.

Wet: Candied cherries and cardamom. The myrrh is still there too.

Dry: Cardamom, saffron and myrrh. Spicy and golden with a sweet edge. Very nice.

Many hours later: *chuckles* Well, at first I thought that dinner was interfering in the smell on my wrist, but then I remembered the saffron in this blend. It smells warm and slightly spicy with a slightly higher pitched sparkle of myrrh.

In the imp: Dragon's Blood and a floral musk.

Wet: Floral musk with a wisp of coconut.

Dry: Gorgeously soft and luxurious floral musk. With coconut rounding it out.

Many hours later: Hmmmmm... this smells like a pearl SHOULD smell. It is a round, glossy smell. A tiny hint of coconut and the most loral dragon's blood ever on me. This does not smell so much like a BLOOD pearl, but I could definitely imagine this as the scent of a pearl laying on the curve of a naked belly in the moonlight. (IF pearls had smells, that is)

In the imp: Watery cologne.

Wet: Sharp smoke and cologne.

Dry: Smoke and spice. This smells like incense and rosewood. Hmmmm.

A while later: Smoky, wonderful. There is something faintly floral but far more spicy and dark about this. It is a very insucstantial smoke - like the faintest puff of incense on a dark breeze.

In the imp: Patchouli and neroli.

Wet: The neroli is a bit stronger and the patchouli is still there. Something "spicy" too.

Dry: A little bit of wood and carnations, oh my word - carnations! I think there is a little orange blossom lurking, brightening it up.

A while later: Carnations and something else... I think it is the ambergris - sweet and almost sparkly, yet smooth. Lovely.

In the imp: This smells very familiar. A high and bitter floral.

Wet: HOLY SMOKE! It's Opium! Like the Yves Saint Laurent perfume! My mom used to wear this all the time when I was a kid!

Dry: Oh wow! This is Opium and skin musk.

A while later: A sexy floral scent. Slightly bitter, VERY musky and definitely still has the opium edge going on. I think I may have to get this for my mom.

In the imp: Honey and geraniums.

Wet: Myrrh. And booze. A slight bit of honey.

Dry: Rich and sexy. This is honey and myrrh and geranium. VERY nice. And almost foody - it reminds me of dark chocolate.

A while later: OMG! This is one sexy scent. This is HONEY. But HONEY and deep, dark sexyness. I get glimpses of incence. But mostly is is a dark and spicy honey. And hellava sexy.

In the imp: Musky lavender.

Wet: Musk and berries and leaves and flowers... hmmm...

Dry: The musk has transformed into this wonderful creamy scent. This provides the amazing backdrop to what lying (and snuggling) in a meadow filled with wildflowers and blackberry bushes would smell like.

A while later: Gently sweet and creamy floral - with a hint of berries. I had a really stressful day today and this was such a nice and calming scent that it kept me smiling.

In the imp: Water and water plants.

Wet: Wisteria and jasmine in a fight to the death...

Dry: Aquatic. Wisteria over the water on a sunlit afternoon?But more flowers are being blwon past on the wind. And the scent is very full and rounded.

A while later: *chuckles* I think I can understand why a friend of mine said this made her smell like "old lady". Happily, it works differently on me. The lightest tinge of citrus, something deep juicy and red, a couple of wispy florals and a touch of aquatic. This smells like a sunset over a river or lake. All orange, gold and red, yet incredible gentle and tranquil.