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This one reminds me so much of the Amaterasu prototypes. I get strong vanilla musk and orchid, some creaminess and saffron. I think I was expecting this one to be sweeter than it actually is. The blend has a slight sharpness (almost alcohol-like) which is reminiscent of vanilla extract, I also get an amber scent, but I'm sure it's the saffron fooling my nose on both counts. After about 20min. the vanilla gets almost fluffy and the vanilla musk gets a slight unisex-vibe as it usually does on me. I think this blend will benefit from some aging and the saffron and vanilla musk will hopefully loose some of it's sharpness.

Overall I find this a sophisticated vanilla blend, though it is feminine it's slightly tipping on the unisex side on me. It has a similar vibe to Amaterasu protos and CC: Female.

I get sweet, soft coconut, soft white rose, lavender and a fresh, slightly watery-feel coming from the freesia, mango and cucumber. Sadly, the freesia amps and get a bit sharp on me for a while. Overall, I find it too soft and it sadly didn’t last very long.

2011: I get smooth and polished light wood, almost citrusy olive oil and smooth, oiled leather in the background. The leather does amp with time, but this version has a slightly sharp, chemical-type scent running throughout that wasn't in the 2010 version (or maybe there was, but it disappeared with aging?), I think it may be coming from the leather. It's now mostly leather on me with hints of polished wood and olive oil.

Comparing it with last year's, the 2011 version starts out softer on the leather and a bit stronger on that citrusy-type scent they both share, but when the it finally settled, I found the leather was stronger in the 2011 version.

I noticed batch variations with my 2010 bottles, one was much heavier on the honey, the other was heavier on the Snake Oil. The 2011 version starts off a little heavy on the O-type honey, but it quickly mellows out and the Snake Oil gets stronger. It ends up settling into soft Snake Oil with honey in the background, I find it a bit flat.

This one starts off strong on the worn, suede-like leather (I haven't tried Dead Man's Hand, but it does remind me of the leather in Quincy Morris), with the nutmeg, frankincense, cedar and sandalwood present, but remaining in the background. After a short while, the leather moves back and the nutmeg, frankincense and woods amp up and get slightly sharp. It really does smell like cowboy scent at this point. I think there might also be some very soft musk in here. Though the leather ends up taking a back-seat at on me, I still find it's the most leather-heavy blend of this year's Lupers. It dries a little powdery and sharp on me.

I get sweet and juicy black cherry, fruity red musk, soft dragon's blood and some soft spiciness from the pimento berry, as it dries I get soft (red?) rose and a faint hint of incense and wood, which amps a bit more with time. I like this one! It smells very "dark red" to me, complex, dark and fruity. ETA: Sadly (for me), the dragon's blood resin really amped up about 20 min. later and started to get a bit sickly sweet as it usually does on me.

Very similar to Metal Tiger, but this is better on me. Sweet, almost juicy, fruity, citrusy, fresh and bright. Many notes stand out- soft mandarin, quince (love this!), kumquat, a hint of peach, plum blossom, soft peony, and dragon's blood. It smells like a delicious, fruity, citrusy, cocktail. But as is usual with most fruity scents on me, it started to fade within a half-hour.

I get strong tuberose, with softer, springtime florals with a soft "greenness" and a bit of sandalwood and mandarin in the background. After a little while, I also start to get soft, green musk and the tuberose gets slightly softer. It dries to a heady springtime floral.

Initially I get strong, heady florals and some tartness, shortly after, the honeysuckle, lily and jasmine start to peek out. Dries to a heady and slightly musky honeysuckle blend.

I get hay, amber and soft musk, with soft frankincense in the background, after a few minutes I get a bit of very well-blended patchouli. The hay smells almost nutty to me.

This starts out strong on the tart, fruity red currant, blood orange and fresh red rose. It dried down to mostly strong red rose, with soft fruitiness, myrrh, and a bit musk in the background (which gets a little powdery). I find the blend a bit cloying.

2011: For me, this is the best Smut version and a total surprise love. I owned bottles of all the previous versions and ended up re-homing them because of this rubbery scent I got from both the 06' and 07' versions and last year's was too fruity grapey on me, but this is just right. Sugary, sexy, slightly boozey red and dark musks.

To me, this one smells like luxurious and softly scented, gardenia and rose soap with soft peach.

I get the sage and also a green leafy scent which must be the ti leaf, slight fruitiness, patchouli and soft amber. This one started out strong on the patchouli but it settled down after a short while, the sage amps with time. Not something I would wear but I find it very interesting.

Initially I get a soft, nutty lavender and bergamot blend, which actually smells much nicer than I'd imagined they'd would together, it's a very interesting scent. The tonka really starts amping after a few minutes and the blend settles into a creamy, nutty, sweet soft, herbal and citrusy scent. At times it makes me think of Earl Grey with milk. I actually find it reminiscent of Sudha Segara.

This is starts off as a very juicy, unique scent. I get sweet mango, which actually smells like mango candy to me, it's a little artificial, the tomato leaf is present (I'm really surprised I like this in a perfume) and keeps the blend from getting too sweet, the fig is soft and well-blended, the red musk is barely there but I occasionally get whiffs of it the background. After a little while it gets sweeter and slightly sharp on me (I think the mango is winning out). The blend ends up reminding me of mango Hi-Chew.

This one's a morpher one me. Initially, I get bright tangerines, "O"-type honey and white musk. The blend goes powdery shortly after and the tagetes amp (and get slightly sharp for bit). After that, it's soft, powdery, musky honey, soft tangerine (but it has lost most of it's initial brightness) and tagetes. It finally settles into a powdery floral.

This is mainly a dusty orris and soft, sweet coconut scent on me, I get hints of cherry blossom once in a while. It reminds me of a sweeter, softer Black Pearl. I had high hopes for this one, but though it's a pretty scent, the orris is just too strong for my tastes.

Strong jasmine and slightly softer gardenia and ylang ylang. This reminds me of the florals in biggerCritters, I think it might be the same type of jasmine.

At first I get lime peel, spiciness, orange blossom, cedar and musk. As it settles I also start to get a soft, spicy, almost peppery carnation scent? I find this one a complex, slightly citrusy, resiny and spicy musk.

This is a mainly oakmoss, blood orange and dark patchouli on me.

This is a dark scent on me! At first I get resins, dark figs, green tea (which is tart and citrusy) and dark, but not gritty, vetiver. It settles into a earthy dark fig, green tea and vetiver scent that's a little smokey, bitter and slightly astringent on my skin.

ETA: This one didn't last very long on my skin.

I mainly get florals (mostly orchid), musk, plum and grapefruit from this one. It settles into a well-blended and heady floral musk, with hints of fruit. This one strongly reminds me of some oriental floral perfumes you find in dept. stores.

2011: I get a spicy, clovey scent (it might be the combination of the notes?), strong smokey resins, and a bit of olive blossom. After a short while I start getting the blood accord, which usually works really well on me.

This starts off as a sexy red musk, patchouli and champaca blend. The red musk here has a sweet, slightly fruity, almost juicy quality on me. As it dries I start to get some gardenia, but the red musk and champaca are still the main players. I find this a sexy, sultry blend that's also a little young and playful.