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Yankee candle used to have a scent that I am really reminded of by this blend, and I honestly mean that in a good way. I do actually quite enjoy this blend, but I have the same reaction to it as I did fearful pleasure- it's a wonderful spicy warm blend that I like better around me than on me. It would be an excellent home fragrance for me- it does really remind me of the way that Yule 'should' smell, just not on me. It honestly doesn't remind me of the food notes that inspired it at all, especially mead (I was hoping to see what mead would turn out to smell like but I'm not getting any of the honey at all).

I was actually a little disappointed in this one because it honestly sounded so good in the note list and just didn't work for me. It's not a bad blend, it's actually nice for what it is, but it strikes me as meh when it's on my skin. I got two sensations from it which probably won't do anyone a world of good: the first is that it reminds me of spiced cookies that have been sitting out in cigerette smoke too long. It's a weird ashy kitchen spice note that I really can't place, and I find it actually to be disappointing. I love spice notes, and I love tobacco- I especially love smelling like clove cigarettes. I think that if either the spice or the tobacco notes where stronger i would be in love with this scent, but right now it falls a little flat. Perhaps after it ages a little. The second scent image that I get from this blend is the smell that patcholi can get if it's been on the skin too long- it's like really stale incense. It reminds of something probably smelled good fresh but the main oomph of the scent is long gone- sort of like a room can smell after a scent is used but hasn't been in awhile if that makes sense? I find this to be one of the hardest of the scents I've tested to describe, but in general it didn't live up to what I had hoped it would be.

I like this blend. I don't love it, but I do like it and see myself wearing it. It reminds me a lot of torture king (which is probably good because it'll be easier for me to find) but without the citrusy notes. It starts out with an almost generic spice/musk type feeling for me, but then dries down into a pine-y spiciness that I enjoy. It really does remind me of torture kind without the leather and the citrus- this is a much milder, calmer blend that than but with the same spicy darkness on my skin.

This will be an ongoing and updated list! Bolded entries are what I'm willing to swap away immediately- bad, bad skin chemistry issues. Italics are ones that I am not interested in swapping/selling at this time. Arcana catherine chaos theory v clxxxi chimera crib girls crossroad-needs to be relabeled, using as a ritual oil danse macabre dee dioble en bote Dragon's Heart dragon's hide farewell to false love J Horror king of hearts Laudanum Le Père Fouettard lump of coal nephilim P Horror plunder prurience (sniff) Queen Mab Santa Eularia Des Riu sapphics sleipnir (spelling?) st. john's eve suck it the coil- partial the great sword of war 2x the music of erich zahn torture king the ides of march yew trees * one of these are being frimped, i need to double check which one. wishlist: German Expressionist Horror A Bachelor's Dog The Grand Inquisitor's Heretic's Fork -any of the four lick its Aelopile AEVAL Anne Bonny Aperotos Eros Archangel Winter BARON SAMEDI belladonna BELLE ÉPOQUE Bengal BLACK FOREST Block Buster Bonfire Night Brimstone Calico Jack chimera clemence Crowley CZERNOBOG de sade (but only in a sniffie) Death of Autumn dee Devil's Night Djinn Doc Constantine, Act II: Fiat Nox EPHEMERA fae Faunalia fenris wolf GRANDMOTHER OF GHOSTS hades HECATE Hellfire Hexxenacht HIGHWAYMAN Himerus holly king Jabberwocky JACK Kali LAMPADES Loup Garou Love and Pain Loviatar Mama Ji mata hari Nemesis oak king oberon On Darkness Pais de la Canela Priala Red Devil red lantern Rumpelstilzchen Samhainophobia Sin skadi smut Snow Bunny snow moon Strangler Fig TAVERN OF HELL THE ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM THE BLACK RIDER THE BLACK TOWER the catapillar the dodo the Goblin Ride The Great He Goat THE JERSEY DEVIL THE LIGHTS OF MEN'S LIVES the music of erich zahn THE OBSIDIAN WIDOW Tintagel Titus Andronicus torture king Ulalume Van Van vice White Light wraith YEMAYA

I was lucky enough to receive a partial decant of this from a forumite for yule and i was quite excited to receive it. i did a partial test last night. in the imp: oh. oh gods. nail polish?! all i smell is nail polish. this may be the oddest smelling blend out-of-the-imp that i've come across so far. i'm actually concerned. (I'm guessing that it's the lemon and the lime). drying down: still the odd sharp sourness, but it's slightly sweeter. i'm still worried. completely dried/slightly later: OH HELLO THERE. this is the first blend that i have tested that did a complete 180 on me. the leather and the vetiver come out in full force along with the frankincense. the clove and the bourbon balance out whatever the sour notes were, and the sourness is gone completely. yep this is what i would think the torture king would smell like- 'toy' leather and musk and sexy things. this is what i would want my boy to wear if he ever wore scents. i will be coveting my partial imp and hunting down more, because i'm wearing this when my boy isn't around to make me think of him.

this was a free imp that someone was nice enough to pass along to me. i was interested in seeing what this one would be like as crossroads are sacred in my spiritual path...it's not a bad scent, per se, but it has a lot of throw (my boyfriend just commented that i'm stinky- but he finds most perfumes/oils to be stinky). i'm not getting anything chilly about this scent- it's warm incense, slightly herbal, and a lot of white florals. it's not a bad floral and it's not turning as powdery on me as most florals do. it's STRONG on me though. i'm still not getting any dirt notes though. it's not a bad blend though i still don't prefer florals. i think that i'll hold onto it for a summer ritual oil though.

warm, vaguely floral, spicy, and kind of powdery but in a good way. my beloved tonka's saving this blend i think. it's a lot...more delicate? than what i normally like and i did get the dreaded hairspray impression in the imp that other people talked about but i think that i'm going to hold onto this one.

This will be an ongoing and updated list! Bolded entries are what I'm willing to swap away immediately- bad, bad skin chemistry issues. Italics are ones that I am not interested in swapping/selling at this time. Arcana catherine chaos theory v clxxxi chimera crossroad-needs to be relabeled, using as a ritual oil danse macabre* dee Dragon's Bone* Dragon's Heart* dragon's hide* farewell to false love J Horror king of hearts Laudanum nephilim P Horror plunder prurience (sniff) Queen Mab Santa Eularia Des Riu sapphics st. john's eve suck it the coil- partial the great sword of war 2x the music of erich zahn torture king the ides of march yew trees * one of these are being frimped, i need to double check which one. My current wishlist; -any of the four lick its Aelopile AEVAL BARON SAMEDI belladonna BELLE ÉPOQUE Bengal BLACK FOREST Block Buster Bonfire Night Brimstone Calico Jack chimera* clemence Crowley CZERNOBOG de sade (but only in a sniffie) Death of Autumn dee* Devil's Night Djinn EPHEMERA fae* fenris wolf GRANDMOTHER OF GHOSTS hades HECATE Hellfire Hexxenacht HIGHWAYMAN holly king Jabberwocky JACK LAMPADES Loup Garou Loviatar mata hari* oak king oberon Pais de la Canela Priala red lantern Rumpelstilzchen Sin skadi smut Snow Bunny snow moon Strangler Fig TAVERN OF HELL THE ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM THE BLACK RIDER THE BLACK TOWER the catapillar the dodo The Great He Goat THE JERSEY DEVIL THE LIGHTS OF MEN'S LIVES the music of erich zahn* THE OBSIDIAN WIDOW Tintagel Titus Andronicus torture king* vice wraith YEMAYA * what i will always buy/swap for if offered (imps preferred, no sniffies/testers)

2009 version all the descriptions are saying lemon...this may not be a good thing. in the imp and wet, yes- lots of fake lemon. lots and lots of fake lemon. on dry down though i'm starting to get the amber and rosemary. it's kind of soapy on me though. i'm amping the spice like normal. it's not bad on me, but i'm not seeing this one getting a lot of rotation.

Admittedly I think I'm coming down with a head cold so this may not be the best time to review this... I'm not getting any of the notes that other people are getting for this one. In the imp I get something minty, green and sharp. I'm not getting dirt at all. It's pretty much the same wet as in the imp-- it reminds of whatever note reminds me of tea tree oil in wolfsbane. Dried down there is something faintly sweet, overlaid with something that reminds me of a sharp white floral. It fades down to a powdery white floral as opposed to a sharp one. It's still very green. I normally amp spice and resins but I'm not getting them at all. Admittedly, I have slightly odd skin chemistry. It does remind me of spring, but more in a blossoming fertility kind of way than anything that reminds me of silt or flooding. It's not a bad floral, but most florals go powdery on me. It's not on my must swap list, but I'm not sure that this is going to get a lot of wear.

#20 Love Oil Chimera crib girls crossroads Dee diable en bote Eve Fae farewell to false love Fearful Pleasure The Great Sword of War Jolly Roger JOULUMUORI Kabuki The Music of Erich Zahn now winter's night enlarge torture king Sapphics Season of Inundation sleipnir suck it Wolf's bane

This will be an ongoing and updated list! Bolded entries are what I'm willing to swap away immediately- bad, bad skin chemistry issues. Italics are ones that I am not interested in swapping/selling at this time. Arcana catherine chaos theory v clxxxi chimera danse macabre* dee Dragon's Bone* Dragon's Heart* dragon's hide* J Horror king of hearts Laudanum nephilim P Horror plunder prurience (sniff) Queen Mab Santa Eularia Des Riu sapphics the great sword of war the ides of march yew trees * one of these are being frimped, i need to double check which one. My current wishlist; -any of the four lick its Aelopile AEVAL BARON SAMEDI belladonna BELLE ÉPOQUE Bengal BLACK FOREST Block Buster Bonfire Night Brimstone Calico Jack chimera* clemence Crowley CZERNOBOG de sade (but only in a sniffie) Death of Autumn dee* Devil's Night Djinn EPHEMERA fae* fenris wolf GRANDMOTHER OF GHOSTS hades Hamadryad HECATE Hellfire Hexxenacht HIGHWAYMAN holly king Jabberwocky JACK LAMPADES Loup Garou Loviatar mata hari* oak king oberon Pais de la Canela Priala red lantern Rumpelstilzchen Sin skadi smut Snow Bunny snow moon Strangler Fig TAVERN OF HELL THE ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM THE BLACK RIDER THE BLACK TOWER the catapillar the dodo The Great He Goat THE JERSEY DEVIL THE LIGHTS OF MEN'S LIVES the music of erich zahn* THE OBSIDIAN WIDOW Tintagel Titus Andronicus torture king vice wraith YEMAYA * what i will also buy/swap for if offered (imps preferred, no sniffies/testers)

I'm doing homework for a friend (as a way of enabling as well). Her favorite scent was discontinued from wherever it was that she was getting it, and the notes were caramel, orchid, and musk. I was wondering if there's anything similar? I'm finding lots of recs for caramel and spice, but not so much caramel and florals.

The Music of Erich Zahn is REALLY smoky on me, but maybe it's just me, too. Vetiver is almost always smoky on me.

In the imp and wet: woody with pine and an herbal over note drying: still woody and the herbal note gets stronger but not over powering like it did for me in #20 love oil. maybe an herbal i can actually wear with my chemistry? then a weird creamy cocoa, tea, and saffron mix for awhile, but that fades. dried: the herbs and the cocoa are still there, but my beloved musk and tobacco become more prominent. the tea has faded, and i still haven't gotten any mandarin at all from this. whatever the five herbs are, they're being kept in check by the other notes- which is nice, since most herbals tend to turn into screaming green-ness on me. great sword reminds me a lot more of male cologne than most of the spice/smoky blends on me (i'm guessing that it's the red musk and the tonka) but i actually tend to prefer cologne over traditionally feminine scents. oh hai there mandarin! you decided to come play. it tones down the baking chocolate note of the cocoa and tones down the overall cologne aspect of the blend. i don't normally rank scents because i don't have a lot of basis for comparison, but i give this a four out of five. i'll wear it, but i'm not sure that it's one that would come to mind automatically over dee or the music of erich zahn.

Fearful pleasure definitely reminds me of autumn, but more for the way that halloween decorations smell: a good, spicy, almost dusty smell in the imp. I have to echo what another reviewer said: it reminds me of candles. But I like candle scents, so I'm happy with that. Wet, it reminds me of cinnamon dough and slightly like an apple scented candle more than apples themselves. it's not an entirely unpleasant smell but i was hoping to get more apple cidery notes out of it. Dried down, it goes very faint on me. There's an apple note there definitely, but it's really light on me. It reminds me of halloween parties that I used to go when I was a kid: it reminds me of the smell of handmade autumn decorations and apple cider mills more than actual cider. It's a nice blend, but it fades out REALLY fast on me- I have to actually hunt for where I applied it on my arm for testing. I would keep it for layering with something like Chimera to lighten/sweeten the scent, but I'm not sure that I would actively seek this one out.

Tea tree oil. With identity issues. In the imp and immediately on, it smells like tea tree oil. I like the smell of tea tree oil for what it is, but it's nothing that I want to wear as an actual scent. After a couple of minute once it starts to dry down then it smells like tea tree and...cinnamon? where'd that come from? and then...tea tree and vanilla, which is even more random. Something green starts to come to the surface for a split second which i'm assuming is the actual wolfsbane itself. after dry down though, it completely shifts into heavy leather and something spicy- the patchoulli and vetivier i'm guessing. it smells like it's trying to do that amazing smokey thing that i get with the music of erich zahn but just can't work up the stamina to do it. it's really not a bad scent though, just not one that i see myself wearing. it honestly reminds me of dog leashes and wet saddles, or a facial cleanser at best- again, scents that i don't necessarily dislike but not ones that i really want to seek out either. this may be the first imp that i've tried that actually went really bad/weird on me.

I LOVE this scent. This is a spicy, foody blend that's sweet and almost thick in the imp, but is surprisingly light on. The cinnamon is the dominant note on me, but the honeysuckle keeps it from being too heavy. Something makes this blend very foody on me, and reminds me a LOT of hot apple cider. It keeps from going red hot on me, but also keeps from being too floral or too light. This is definitely going on my most wanted and/or replace list.

i just test the chimera, and it was lovely! thanks so much for the rec!

This is the only rose scent that I've tried thus far that I didn't amp into oblivion, and thus will remain in my collection. In the imp (I have no idea how aged it is, however) it's a warm floral. It's much closer to the spicy floral than the green floral end of the spectrum, which already makes it much more pleasant than some of of the other blends that I've tried. I actually can't pick up on the rose in the imp- the tonka and the jasmine are much more prevalent. First applied, I actually get locust blossom- heavy, soapy floral, which made me a little concerned. But once it dried down it actually became a sweet rose. The rose is constrained by the other notes, though I'm not sure that I can actually tell what the other notes are beyond something spicy and maybe a resin? I don't get food out of this at all- no coffee or vanilla. It's a pleasant rose though, and it's the first rose that hasn't turned into bathroom cleaner on me.

just out of curiosity, how strong is the milk in lambs wool? milk/cream tends to make me smell like i just dumped a steamer on myself...

Fae is such a bizarre little scent, in a completely good way. In the bottle I get something sweet and spicy at the same time (the peach and the musk?) It's an almost sharp scent without being green. When it's just applied, it reminds me of chai tea. I'm not sure why, but it reminds me of the essence of chai but not the actual scent of chai- the same sweet spiciness with something vaguely herbal underneath that's just barely registering. I read a review for another scent that commented that it smelled like a pagan bookstore- and this reminds me of essentially the same thing. It reminds me of the herbal store that I frequent on occasion. Fae gets sweeter as it dries, which I'm assuming is the peach coming to the surface more- and fully dry it reminds me of ribbon candy. A lot of people comment that Fae smells like spring to them, but to me it smells like Christmas! This will be an imp that will be replaced.

I LOVE this blend. This is my long standing favorite and it's the only blend that I have actually hunted down so far. In the bottle it's definitely masculine- it's dark, heavy and smoky. It's almost intimidating, but I like incense type scents. This is definitely not a light blend at all. On- oh my. It's heavy,rich, spicy, and smoky. It dries down to remind me of autumn and woodsmoke, which are two of my favorite scents. I don't get any food type smells from it, but there is a definite spice aspect that balances out the smoke that I get. The musk gets stronger the longer that it's on and helps to balance out the smoke and the other notes. This is not a subtle blend but it works really well for me.

To use a cliche, this is exactly what it says on the tin. And it got swapped almost immediately. In the bottle, all I smell is candy. Sweet, overpowering, red cherry candy, like twizzlers. It stopped just sort of cough syrup but it was definitely in that line. Wet, there was a slight mellow richness that started to come through, it wanted to come through (I'm assuming the red musk), but then the cherry kicked in again. Once it dried down completely all I got from it was old licorice (the star anise). It worked wonderfully for a friend of mine, so it's hers now. I think with a heavier musk it would have worked better for me because musk plus me just works, but this just reminded me of aging candy.

I actually have to wonder if I had the same blend as everyone else, because mine definitely didn't smell like anything other than rum! Rum, rum, rum. I smelled like rum balls! But in a completely good way. A lot of the 'alcohol' based scents (rum, pina colada, etc) absolutely reek on me if I'm not careful, but this one is sweet and light, but still heavy enough for my tastes. There is a hint of leather, but I definitely don't think the beach with this one the way that other reviewers have!