SophieCedar

normally wouldn't have bought this one but it was in a pack with a couple other partials I really wanted. Wet: petitgrain, you love to amp on my skin... sharp green underripe citrus brown and incense notes. the copaiba balsam is lovely though! Appropriately, there are many curious and unfamiliar notes in here, so I'm having trouble identifying whats ganging up with the balsam to give me this men's cologne smell. I looked it up a few unfamiliars (thanks interwebs): now understand why its sinicuichi "accord".. it's a hallucinogen...made from a flowering plant..hahaha. Betel nuts-carcinogen commonly chewed.. interesting. Wattleseed-I remember hearing this one before..australian seeds that smell like hazelnut-y chocolate. Drydown: things are combining to give me an aquatic herbal smell with metallic ozone? This is a bizarre cologne!

Wet: vanilla amber and arabian musk with a bit of coconut and peach. There's an incensey oude and champaca note too. This is much lighter than expected. I was hoping for something that could rival romanti.goth in strength. I can tell orchid's there but it's obscured by the ignition and evaporation of the sweet and musk notes. Drydown: the peach gets a little cloying then disappears, vanilla amber is slight. No currant or vetivert notable throughout the whole experience. The orchid leaves a slightly sour tinge and is left twined with the peach and coconut, but not in a good way. This is only if you're really paying attention... the whole mix is so light on my skin that I can barely tell I have perfume on. Kinda a bummer.

Another one reminiscent of Christmas Carol scents. Wet: not sure how much I can say about this one. It's exactly as described. Fuzzy brown clove and port wine-like black currant. Mmm..great. Now I want port wine cheese spread... Drydown: mostly clove and the currant has dried out a bit.

Wet: reminds me of a few atmospherics from Christmas Carol. Oh wait.. there's the oak. Mostly oak and a touch of metal. Reminds me of the adjoined offices in the high school my dad worked at. They were filled with oak and iron furniture. We visited mostly in the summer. The AC was off and the furniture baked in the summer heat behind closed doors. When I'd open the door, a hot dense cloud of this smell would hit me in the face. Drydown: oak turns to mens cologne on me. The metallic note is amplifying this. Bizarre and not sure I'd wear it all the time, but interesting enough not to break up the imp set by swapping.

I call this "White Wulric", as that's exactly how it plays out on my skin. Instead of cocoa absolute, lavender, and birch tar, there's white chocolate and iris, and lilac. Very girly, wispy, unique with a perfect balance between sweet and woodier/floral notes. Wet: loads of white chocolate, coconut, and a bit of lettuce and lilac. The oakmoss is a nice grounding touch. Soft, meaty, sweet. Drydown: sandalwood, orris and oakmoss are more prevalent. The white chocolate and coconut are still notable but aren't as loud. I can still smell touches of the lilac and iris, which is nice. Usually these notes jump right off my skin as soon as they can. Debating a bottle.

Oooh I like this. Wet: heather, sage, and moss with maroon black musk notes. Drydown: mostly moss and sage. Yesss...

What a weird one! Wet: Ultraviolet doesn't morph quickly but the sensation is so bizarre that you expect it to. It vibrates! The neroli amps the eucalyptus, bounces off the violet, then the whole combo b-lines up my nostrils, injected with mint. I got the sensation it was dancing around my nasal cavity and wouldn't leave. Drydown: The eucalyptus and neroli settled...whew. It's violet and mint now with hints of eucalyptus and neroli. Actually nice, sweet, and uplifting! That was completely bizarre.

Sensual brown musk, rich amber, English rose, oak bark, and moss. Wet: combination of english rose and suede-like brown leather with a touch of amber. The brown musk is amping it strangely. There's a sharp pungency about it. Drydown: english rose goes powdery on me apparently. It's a warm, powdery, brown country rose smell with wafts of smooth suede now. Very romantic. Oddly enough, this is growing on me like grandma's worst cookie recipe. Something about it is simultaneously revolting and comforting to me.

Wet: Ohh, the petitgrain does not like my skin all that much... sharp! Combined with the bergamont and my Monday morning nerves, it caused a sensory explosion. Which, thankfully got me past my Monday nerves and onto other things. Drydown: The tonka and amber are 2 of my favorite notes and quickly take over as the petitgrain and bergamont settle down, making this a pleasant, resinous, sweet citrus scent. The bergamont and petitgrain continues to keep my focus, while the tonka and amber is tempting my mind to wander and disperse. Funny how it causes a sensation similar to the butterfly's erratic ramblings and movements.

Fresh green grass, soft musk maybe?, and something that smells like crocus and lily of the valley? It's hard to tell what flowers are in here because of the green grass note. Nice, crisp, saving for a moment when I need to remember spring.

Wet: very solemn blue white floral mix. Varying shades of gray and soft green too. The muguet and calamus are strongest, lily of the valley and hyacinth second. Drydown: same color mix, add dark purple. Great sad, but not sweet, floral scent. the lily of the valley is still slightly obscured by the calamus amd muguet? Unless this is a lily of the valley essence that I'm not familiar with. Further into drydown: ahh there's the lily of the valley! It gets a little spicier white floral as the blue/purple notes subside.

Patchouli and tonka were off to a running start however the smoke & ash beat them into submission. This is a great blackened smell. I agree with a previous reviewer's comparison to Coalface from Lush, which I love and crave the smell of. Great smell for mischief, if you're tired of Goblin.

I smell mostly jasmine, a spike of carnation, and the brown moss, incense notes, and vetivert. The iris was around when it was wet, but quickly disappeared. I can tell I'll totally be feeling this some day, just not today.

This is great but it could be a touch more concentrated for impact. It reminds me of Haunted after the neroli burns off.

Yum. Awesome sweet dirt. This is the refined and drier version of Penny Dreadful! It starts out very moist and sweet, with linen and angel's trumpet underneath. Then blossoms into this amazing fresh-dirt-on-late-spring-morning wonderfulness. I don't use this often, but . Seriously. This smells like my walks through Victorian picnic-park graveyards with wonderful plant subspecies that I never knew existed.

Wet: dominant note is pear. Truly I can't smell much else (weird considering how strong gardenia is usually!) maybe a pouf of lavender but this is super sweet pear with a slight woody note underneath. Drydown: the gardenia popped out singularly for a second then melded nicely into the mix. The frankincense is a bit stronger, but it just translates to a drier pear, if I'm not thinking too hard about it. This is actually well balanced, clean, woody and fruity.

Wet: patchouli? do I have the correct imp? Uhm.. yes. Wait a sec...my nose is off because of overloading. The indicator is that my coffee smells like chinese food. Ok wait.. there's the bright berry and spices with amber. I guess the patchouli thought was because of the berry and spice mix w/ amber? The iris is pretty and green as well. Drydown: something here reminds me of my little ponies. I think the berry took over more, that's why. Ok thankfully that's passing. It's a really lovely berry amber and I wish I could make out what spices are in here!

Wet: dragons blood, bright and strong, with very light leather and smoke note. Lovely, sexy, smoky, sultry dragon's blood. Drydown: I wish the leather and smoke hung around longer. It's just dragon's blood here with a ghost of leather.

Wet: smells exactly like some scent I used to buy from a mall chain.. Damn it if I can remember! There's a sharp rancid decaying sweetness (in a good way) and a touch of water reeds? The sweet olive and spanish moss are there. maybe it's the moss note making me think of rancid and water reeds. Drydown: mega-shifter. I agree with the other review that said carrot cake... but with a lemon wedge.

Wet: super spicy pumpkin, stick sweet from the blackberry juice note. This is uber spiced. Cinnamon overload! Drydown: the blackberry and pumpkin wane and I'm left with the same base as Pumpkin Latte minus the heavy cream.

Wet: rosewood, lilac, bergamont, and orchid. Sweet but manly. The rosewood masks the red musk, I guess contributing to the overall sweetneess and amping of the mix. Drydown: more sandalwood. Mix becomes drier and the juniper is more prominent (juniper is always super sweet when it 1st hits my skin). I mostly smell juniper and lilac here.

Wet: smells like fresh paint! I love that smell! I think it's mostly due to the carrot seed. The chamomile comes out for a second then runs away. Wormwood accord, hmm. I can't say I've smelled it anywhere outside an absinthe bottle. Drydown: nice dry warm rooty scent. If you like the smell of wood cabins tucked away in rural settings, this is the scent for you.

Exactly as described. The figgy pudding is really nice, the holly unoffensive. It's a nice sweet confectionery fig with atmospheric and complimentary holly.

Mmm.. This one is my favorite so far. Wet: oakmoss and leather. There's a slight touch of tonka and cumin. Under a different name, this could easily be a sexy VILF or weenie scent. Waaaiiitt..I think if brown musk was added I'd be a WILF hit... Drydown: aahh. I see. Lack of musk equals dominant cumin and black pepper. It's still darn sexy. The tonka, as usual, is amping on me. The cumin is twining with vetivert, which is news to my nose. Very interesting. My nose is playing it along the same vibrations as anti-byronic hero.

Wet: 1st note that hits me is pine, swiftly followed by sweet spicy pastry like chestnuts and pears. Drydown: spiced pear and punch and a slight touch of holly. Surprised the pine subsided! The chestnuts are still strong, which is nice because in some blends they disappear on me.