SophieCedar

Wet: cherry and peppery anise. A hint of red musk. This comes across as clotted sour cherries to me. Drydown: a little nicer as the red musk gets creamier and the star anise stops slapping me in the face. The cherry gets sweeter too. I can see why people are fond of it. It's not 100% me, however I can see using this in late spring/early summer.

I'm with the previous reviewer.. I triple-taked the imp because I though maybe they filled it with antikythera mechanism by accident.. This is rich warm woods, a sweet dark smoke, and a liquor note. No vetivert singularly notable. I actually had to get out my bottle of AM to compare and be sure. it's not AM but definitely a drier version of it! Completely unexpected. I really like it.

Wet: I'm amping the galbanum and myrrh along with neroli. I know there's a ton more in here, but the notes are very uniformly dark and smoky. Drydown: narcissus and lavender are more prominent and the resins are sweet. There's something dark red and dry.. currant-like. This is much richer in the drydown. I can tell this will be a hit for me at a different time, just not now.

1st thought: "death horses are pretty" Wet: lily of the valley. Pure. White. Clean. Ethereal. Drydown: takes a while but the oppoponax comes out. Debating a bottle. It's simple, clean, and eerie-but-you-don't-know-why goodness. The combination translates in my mind to a spectre wearing a jovial mask with tiny bits of rotting flesh peeking out from underneath... that you can only see if you strain your eyes. *shudder* Awesome! Lily of the valley does well with my skin, fortunately. I was afraid, reading the other reviews, but this is perfect.

Wet: exactly as described. I can smell pacific salt air, fresh rain, and damp leaves. Very fresh. Reminds me of damp Tuesday mornings (don't ask..my brain just makes correlations that I can only somewhat control) Drydown: things dry out. The leaves win over the rain and salt air.

Wet: green tea and white tea. I was hoping for more black and red tea, as green and white are not my friends. Drydown: green herbal tea. Didn't even get a touch of peony. Oh well.

Wet: snake oil and buttercream caramel and extra vanilla? Yum. is there a touch of hazelnut? Maybe. Wait. yes. Drydown: I don't get the sandalwood like everyone else. Maybe arabian muskiness, but not sandalwood. there's still a strong caramel and hazelnut to it. Lovely.

Hmm.. you may be able to mix a couple to get the same effect. Bliss is pure milk chocolate. Miskatonic U is very strong and gives me a similarly overpowering effect as gluttony. Bliss + Misk U..hmm that could work. Or bliss + hellcat might work too! Best of luck!

Wet: the strawberry LEAPS at my nose and fills it completely. Smells fresh at 1st but quickly something turns it dirty and just plain wrong (in a sinful way). The orange blossom and hibiscus are making this ultimately cloying and the poppy is turning it towards little girl plastic toys. yikes!! Drydown: whew. the poppy wins over the rest and this turns to a sweet narcotic floral. The wet phase is disturbing but this is much better.

Wet: Time suspended. I want to lay back in a pile of pillows in the dark. This is oddly relaxing yet chock full of guilt. The vetivert isn't too sharp, as it's balanced by the lovely myrrh. Drydown: the vetivert continues to mellow and twine with the myrrh. This turns into the best incense ever. Makes me want to wear my He-Goat today.

Biting tea rose maybe mixed with jasmine. green edge probably just from the tea rose. This one is filled with venom. Proceed with caution through public crowds.

Wet: wow. an aquatic that doesn't turn to stale pee or commercial men's cologne! This is great. dark water and slight ozone and stone. maybe some seaweed but not sure. Color impression dark opaque blue, almost black. I thought I smelled some type of mourning flower too. Drydown: still unoffensive to the senses. dark water and some mourning flower that isn't a white lily.. bugging me! Reminds me of some new age astrological blends from Sun's Eye but can't figure out why! Overall a great aquatic.

mmmm...carnation, amber, jasmine, light lily of the valley, wet warm rose, and a touch of black musk. Color impression dark red, orange and black. And I can tell the bergamont and tangerine are causing the orange color impression. I'm in love.

Wet: aquatic sharp men's cologne. The salt and citrus notes are a lot for my senses this early in the morning. Color impression sharp yellow and white with slabs of translucent light green glass. Drydown: mostly salt and dry yellow color impression. Something about this is reminding me of the weenie called Encroaching Madness. ETA: further into drydown this smells like a beachy yankee candle. Much cleaner and I can smell the florals.

Wet: a whoosh of plumeria that just radiates. Instant mood lifter. The pear is actually green.. not overripe. no champagne yet. Drydown: perky plumeria is still jumping around. Greener and dryer.. now I smell the champagne! Slightly boozy but fun. Can't decide it it's a nsfw or sfw..

“The Beautiful One Is Come”. Egyptian iris and olibanum with red and white sandalwood, soft myrrh and a breath of North African herbs. Wet: Hmm this is light so hard to pick out all the notes. Iris of course,frankincense, myrrh, then..? Drydown: it faded quickly then came back to life. Strange! I can smell the sandalwoods now. The frankincense amps and iris gets greener and rooty. Nice green clean blend that reminds me of something I tried when I 1st started purchasing from the lab..but damn if I can remember! Maybe smells like some of the floral graveyard-inspiried scents. I had tested this next to a sweet one, and it was awesome. Will keep for mixing and those days when I need a gentle clean solemn scent.

Nice. Poisoned beer.. or wait. Extra-poison beer. Wet: beer and a buttery sweet note. Very enticing! The smell makes me wish it was real...minus the poisons. Drydown: lovely warm sweet brown confection. Any alcohol note burns off and this smells like a slightly greener cockaigne.

Wet: smells like cereal drenched in fruit punch in a one of those old wooden salad bowls from the 70s?? Is my snooter broken again? Drydown: still bizarre. More musk and still strange breakfast.

I tried this a few months ago and it went wonky on me during drydown. Trying again for a fair review,considering fall isn't the best season to test things...I'm very biased towards sweet musky and earthy scents during autumn. In imp: reminds me exactly of a couple sample blends a friend made, when she was starting up, about 14 years ago. She called it "aphrodesia". Snake oil and champaca and cane sugar. Reminds me of a new age shop in the best way. Wet: same! Champaca mostly. a touch of frankincense and opoponax. Wonderful incense blend with sweet snake oil making it enticing. I can tell there's sugar cane in here too. It has a distinctive grassy, reedy sweet note. Hyssop is here too! (which I love) Drydown: the incense and sweet divide slightly.. I don't know how to explain it otherwise. Left in the center and most detectable is still champaca. Labdanum is recognizable but only if you're really stretching your senses to look for it. Overall, glad I waited to review. Nice dreamy incense snake oil, with a few divine qualities! This will go in my brain catalogue for possible future bottle order.

Wet: great floral blend. the lilac and wisteria are a wonderful soft wispy purple with an undercurrent of light red rose. Sweet, sad, unmistakable blend. Drydown: rose is more prominent. Some of the wisteria and lilac has burned off but it's still significantly altered the rose base that you wouldn't smell it and only say "rose".

Wet: I'm not that familiar with the smell of stephanotis but I see it's also called "madagascar jasmine". I guess I can smell a tropical heady version of jasmine? I've smelled cyclamen and they don't really have a strong fragrance..maybe a bit like a green plumeria? I can definitely smell the gardenia and white rose. Heliotrope is there but hit or miss. Nice heady, white, buttery floral. Drydown: Same dynamics but looses a lot of omph. Still pleasant though!

Wet: ozone and mint maxing out my nostrils. It's a great feeling. Transports me to cold wind-swept gardens with frost and snow laid over flowers. Drydown: eucalyptus comes out a little more.. it smells like b.o. for a second but passed. That scared the hell out of me! Uhm.. super morpher. Passionflower, orchid, lotus are dominant with a faint breath of mint and ozone. Smells like a strange air freshener.

Wow. I like this much more than I thought I would. I flinched placing the order because it has the dreaded tea rose, who hates me so. Wet: warm glowing vanilla gardenia and jasmine with a breath of tea rose, which isn't tart sour or bitter by any means. I'm amazed! Very well blended. Whatever vanilla note this is, it's magic because it took the screaming bark out of all the other notes. This is like a nice dream. Drydown: a little more jasmine but it never goes sour or powdery. The vanilla continues to dominate over the florals. Great scent!

This is second favorite behind Black Rider. Wet: nice red musk and moss overlaying the leather. Gives the impression of freshly tanned leather with thick suede on the underside...in fall. Drydown: the moss and balsam looses a bit of dirt/earth strength over the leather. It's still great but I really liked the prominent earthy note on top. maybe I should mix with dirt..? Yes!

Wet: not looking at the notes this smells like one of those new deodorants that has jasmine, violet, tropical jungle blooms, orchid..etc.. pick anything more exotic than baby powder.. and that's what hits me. I think the orange blossom, nb jasmine, violet, and mandarin causing this. Drydown: oh! Super morpher. Red musk, plum, and smoky vanilla (tend to amp these big-time.) and more resinous and sweet notes, but my snooter's a little blocked up. I love italian horror very much so I refuse to give up on this. It's shape-shifting every couple seconds between the florals, musk, and sweet notes. I keep chasing different notes around my arm but they're escaping me.. Most of these notes are magic for me and I bought a bottle unsniffed. Definitely need to go back to this later.