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A great undersea metropolis located below Devil's Reef. A swirling, lightless, effervescent scent: the deepest marine notes with bergamot, eucalyptus and foamy ambergris. this is very aquatic with a fruity sweetness to it. not sure what note is doing that. it reminds me of shampoo a bit and is too sweet for my personal tastes, so it's off to swaps.

i think i smell sandalwood and cinnamon? and not much else. this is a spicy warm scent, but has a distant feeling to it. it's ok but not really 'me' so i think i will swap it.

i think this is roses and rosewood...like others have said. rosewood has a tendency to go sour on me, so i am not liking this one much. i liked it at first when i got more of a creamy rose scent, but now it's turned to sour rose. off to the swap pile!

oooooh i love this one. all i get is amber with a slight spice of some sort? maybe some woods. i am having trouble picking out anything but the amber. this scent is warm and comforting and i want a big bottle

this smells like mint and turpentine in the imp. it dries down to a fruity-mint. maybe apple or peach? not really my favorite, as i dont really like fruity scents.

i can honestly say that i have no idea what is in this but that i like it a lot. it's sort of dry and herbal with a hint of...floral maybe? it's very light and there is a slight skin muskiness i can notice. i might want to get a bottle of this. eta: i read a review above mine and i can now safely say that it is indeed orange blossom. creamy orange blossom. mmm.

this scent is very sharp and woody. i am getting the pencil shavings i get from cedar i think. i am not a big patchouli fan but am a recent convert to vetiver love, so i thought i'd try this. however, i dont think it works so well on me, so off to swaps...

despite not being my normal kind of scent, i like this! something in it is so familiar to me. it smells like a commercial men's cologne that i've smelled before. it is very cologney to me- aquatic and sort of powdery. i wish i could place what it smells like. not sure i would wear this much, i might like it better on a guy.

all i get is honeysuckle and black pepper. i sort of actually like the pepper, but honeysuckle is not my friend. too bad because i'm an aries, but this one doesn't do it for me.

after smelling this in the imp, i was almost afraid to try it. it smells VERY foody in the imp, like saffron rice. on my skin it smells like mataar paneer with saffron rice! i love indian food but dont want to smell much like it now that it's dried a bit i can smell the bay rum and tobacco with just a hint of lime. bay rum is not very 'me' and it's pretty prevalent here, so this doesnt work for me. it's an interesting scent though and very evocative.

first off i smell the carnation and a cakey scent with the wine at the forefront. once it dries, the florals and amber come out more adding some spice to the wine scent. i know this has wine in it, but it smells young to me, not sophisticated as others have said. but maybe that's just me. i think i will keep my imp, but i dont need a bottle.

this reminds me a bit of chrysanthemum moon but it's a bit softer. perhaps it's the heliochrysum, which i assume may smell similar to mums? the copal is in the background and blends beautifully with the florals. i usually cannot wear frankincense or ylang ylang, but i dont sense either of them in this at all. must get a big bottle!

at first the vetiver is very strong. once it fades a bit i think i am getting primarily leather and champaca flower? it's leathery but sweet with a faint herbal-earthiness in the background. reminds me of the smell of tobacco, even though tobacco isn't listed as an ingredient.

hm im not quite sure what im smelling here, but it's incensy and woody and has something that burns the nostrils when i smell it, so it's a very powerful scent. i am currently experiencing my first saturn return, so i was really curious to try this. i think it's amber, patchouli, black musk and vetiver, maybe? not sure i'd wear this one too much, it is just so heavy and resiny, yet i still sort of like the scent on me.

cedar just does not work on me, i dont know why i try to get it to work! it smells like pencil shavings on me, as usual. i get cedar and amber and something kind of dirty smelling. not sure what that is! off to swaps. eta: after it's dried a bit the cedar calms down more and it's kind of a nice scent with a warmth in the background (from the saffron?)

there is no emoticon to accurately describe my undying love for pink moon 2007. i love the sugared violet and rose of faith and hope and i love this one even more. carnation is my favorite floral, and pink moon is a mix of this with a little sugar for softness. i think the phlox adds a slight greenness to the background? probably one of my top 3 favorite bpals ever, if not absolute favorite!

this is a very grassy and green floral with a slight aquatic to it. it makes me think of spring. it's very light and not overwhelming. im glad i got to try this at the beginning of spring!

this is lovely! it's a pale, soft floral with a bit of cleanness that reminds me of a faerytale for some reason. the moonflower is definitely there, and the poppy doesnt overwhelm as it is wont to do on my skin. it's a bit powdery but clear at the same time. very pretty scent!

i get the aloe and white sandalwood with a hint of vanilla. this is a very light scent, but some note in it is amped on me and has a sharpness that gives me a headache :/

whoa this smells like cola in the imp! exactly like it. on my skin however, it's different. it's clovey with vanilla, lime and a bit of pine. i kind of like it, although something in it is amped on my skin and gives me a bit of the headache (maybe the pine?) i think i'd like it better on someone else.

ooh i like this one. in the imp it's very smoky-floral, with a touch of sweetness. for once the poppy and lilies work on me. this is a bit perfumy, but i like that about it. it's a smoky-sweet floral but difficult to pick out any notes. i think i may have to get a big bottle of this.

Fiery, primal, and precociously diabolical: red amber, Spanish moss, Indonesian patchouli, ambergris, red pepper, two cloves, and vanilla flower. in the imp this smells very much like amber, clove and musk with a slight earthiness which i think is the moss. the vanilla rounds out the scent a bit. this is a touch on the masculine-musky side for me, but i still like something about it. it is very animalistic. so much so, that i cant believe there isn't some sort of musk in it.

this is an ozoney-aquatic floral. i think mostly white florals, but i can't really pick out notes. i think i sense jasmine or honeysuckle in the imp. on my skin the metallics really bloom though. this smells very perfumey on me, in the department store kind of way. i kind of like it but dont love it.

omg this one was a surprise hit. i thought this could go either way but had a feeling that i must try it. it's definitely mostly vanilla-cocoa on me with hints of lavender and vetiver, and it's very well blended, so other notes are difficult for me to pick out. it reminds me a bit of a lush massage bar, for some reason, but i'm not sure which one. it's warm and cocoa-y but not TOO foody, which is perfect for me. i may have to get a bottle of this.

this smells more like a fruity green-shampoo scent on me...i dont get much incense or tobacco, unless opium smoke has a sweetness to it. this actually smells more incensy in the imp but more clean on my skin. weird, not what i expected at all. it's not really my style either so i think i'll pass it along.