SophieCedar

Uhm ok... so this will take a Taurus' skin chemistry to keep the flowers from fading.

Starts out lovely lush floral blood musk with all the trimmings. The blood chypre takes over too much and I smell more metallic in drydown. I can see this one's potential! Really! Its just frustrating that the notes boomerang on me. Everything stays present, its in opposite order later though.

I get low throw honey and a touch of amber with a slight suggestion of hay.   Less hay than I thought it would oomph, compared to past bpals.  I thought I'd be burning the amber torch in the barn on this one. Lovely blend though.

This is all carrot seed and white musk on me. Refreshing for the right moment on the right person. Tiny tang of black currant but I'm really stretching the truth on that one. 

Wet: a jumble of awesome wet juicy and strange herbal brown notes...? One of the most confusing blind test bpals I've experienced. Thoroughly disappointed in my smelling talent after reading the description, with "oh...that's all. And I couldn't figure it out. :("This is one of those cases where only 3 notes can absolutely baffle me and I realize I would make a terrible "Nose".

Dry: mandarin that sticks around longer than all other notes? How does that? Well, clove too. The carnation is the confounder, here- The note that's getting all contorted. Its still hard to identify dry, but after deducing what I could identify..that's it! This is a strange but good, and darker toned mandarin scent.

Something about this makes me giggle everytime I apply it...to the point that I HAVE to buy a bottle.

Smells like shortbread cookies next to white tea, to the unknowing nose! And I can't shake it even after reading the description! I love it.

Wet, getting a low throw version but its evenly mixed between liquid clear honey over white amber and a splash of red currant. Reminds me of capri sun juice boxbags?

When it dries down the currant gets stronger with a warm amber background.

I was expecting the oomph of EatMe currant with like strong orange amber wildflower honey over dark reddish amber. That's my fault... this is great in its own right.

Mostly clove and leather with some warm vanilla/sandalwood notes that provide staying power. A pleasing, gothy melancholy, refined, gender neutral scent. I could smell this everywhere I go and not get tired of it. The scent version of how I *wished* my 90's goth self was perceived...but we all know I looked not exactly THAT cool. Ahhh being poor and young!

A lovely floral sandalwood! Mostly smell pink carnation and clove, as my brain neutralizes detection of sandalwood. Soft sweetly green muguet is a lovely addition.  All notes are relatively easy to detect on me.  Seems dominant notes vary quite a bit depending on the wearer yet everyone is having a relatively pleasant experience. Yay!

Wet phase, the frankincense is sweet...smells like hope and fear set free.

Drydown, frankincense is even with the rose resin. Rockrose is muted, only a touch of floral brightness. Definite dry stone smell but not overwhelming. Closer to a white marble.

Has a dry early autumn feel, like uhhh when you attend a country fair- the smell of the dry dirt walkpath surrounded by acres of grass, wildflowers, hay bales and (yes) rocks. Nicely nostalgic!

Oooh boy. Sexy peach musk. Slightly commercial perfume sheer sugary amber in the background. I like it in a nostalgic girly way. Something about it smells of the base note in some lighter victorias secret scent lines? Not in a bad way...it doesn't burn my nose!

I wish victorias secret could figure out they don't need to put a ton of trash in the background of their scents. Just this. I'd be happy if I left the strip club stinking of this instead.

Is it weird to say this is what I wish sunscreen could smell like? Vanilla tinted sunscreen sunshine. Please?

Anyways, Pericardium kinda has an all natural sunscreen vibe...but this is sweeter and gentler. Floaty summertime vanilla breezes. The perfect outdoor day. This review is getting weirder by the second so I'm stopping now.

Nice addition to the rose category! Fruity, nuanced, gentle, loving.

Sweet orange-tinted juicy apricot and slightly tart reddish plum. Gentle deep lush red red red roses merrily alongside the fruit. No bashing here. Like I said...gentle. The vetiver is just an incognito depth supporter and barely there...not an "lets have a vetiver experience now, mmkaayy?" upfront thing. I love when vetiver is used in this manner!

My skin eats it and it becomes part of me...synonymous... but I consider that a compliment to my overall energy and aura. Wouldn't you? Not a bad thing at all.

Wet: Huh. I see the fizzy thing everyone is mentioning..but its not bad..?  Its about the fizz and smell of that wizardy butterscotch cauldron soda. Mix that with amber incense and there ya have it. Mystical D&D gametime.

Dry: Bit of labdanum fizz still around but its good and just smelling more resiny than anything. The warmth of the amber and vanilla is amazing.  Tobacco finally came out bigtime. This scent is a lingerer! I agree this will be sought after later. Amber vanilla collectors will be on this.

bonfire smoke and leather with a touch of leaves and patchouli. Very fall/ deep outdoors. This should be a beard oil.

Ooh. Pink tinted white tea. Sweet and waftingly beguiling. The cashmere wood provides a nice musk base. I love this too. Its going on the bottle list. This order is gonna be massive.

Ooh pretty things. Pretty shiny things with nice smelling stuff inside! They promise to make me feel less gross and human and they work!

So, this smells like super nice british soap or like williams & sonoma fancy hand soap. I like it. Summers at the lake with unnecessary and puzzling cooking utensils and the best white wine ever and chopped herbs on every damn dish. Fancy, clean, green, refreshing.

Red ludens? That's all I get. Well, I've determined fully that my skin turns cherry musk into cherry mush. Its a lovely red scent overall, and I can tell that if I smell really hard..like when you're trying desperately hard to hear at least ONE noise to save the whole ghost hunt.. but quite muted due to my chemistry. 

Ooh a perfect cocktail.

Wet: Slippery sweet absinthe and white honey. Uhm, as this dries, I actually get strong perfume honey like Honeyed Apple...? YMMV I guess. Overall I LOVE this.

Wet: The absinthe settles on drydown and this becomes a gorgeous sweet fragrant honey perfume with a breath of herbal green absinthe.  Absolute winner. Bottle.

Maybe my nose is off and I shouldn't be reviewing.  It smells really salty to me? Like I know there's snow mint and thyme but combined with the champaca it smells aquatic to me. Its a bit sweet too. Not bad, just not expected.

Aquatic lovers, give this one a shot and write what you think!

2019:

Ok, either I finally get it with the whole Love's Philosophy love or this 2019 version is quite different. Either way, this year we've finally come together for a valid friendship.  Its sweet rich vanilla scented figurines wet, then smooths to the floofiest awesomest vanilla cream musk... of the best kind. I'm having tea with dolly inside my brain and I wanna stay here. Screw getting old. I'm totally in for a bottle of this and will cherish it.

The perfect romance..in a bottle.  Really. I could point out all the listed notes..but really what would that do for you? Instead, I will tell you this: All notes together are a beautiful, placeless, timeless, heart-throbbing, deeply sensual, wistful, idealistic, yearning romance. Can't get over this one!

Huh. Smells a lot sweeter on me than other reviewers?

Wet: got Marc Jacobs for Men, if anyone remembers that lovely discontinued scent *sob*. Lots of teakwood and smells strong like Antikythera Mechanism.

Dry: beeswax rosin-warm spicy and gummy, sweet resinous myrrh and a sexy teakwood. It does have a drier parchment feel in this phase but not overwhelmingly so. Pretty damn accurate scent.

Better than I thought it would fare!

2019:

This year is drier. 2019's version smells like a leather motorcycle seat baking in the summer sun.

Ooh smooth understated black leather with a musk base. Like just enough naughtiness to steer the collective's subconscious thoughts in a boardroom meeting..for all you dirty birdies that get bored in meetings! Hahhaaa!

Grounding, deep, resinous musky sweet patchouli based scent. More like white patchouli but I think its because sweet oudh is the 1st note and everything else is harmonious.   Smells a bit like Prada Amber? Hey, that's not a bad thing at all. One of my favorite commercial perfumes!