skyelyric

I really wanted to love this, right up until it settles on my skin. Apparently green musk does to me what white does. Other than the chemical muskfunk, I get a slightly salty, fresh green fruity scent. Fresh and clean without leaning to one particular note. The evil muskfunk is turning it into the old fashioned perfumed soap smell. It reminds me of the fancy guest bathroom in my grandmother's house, so a nice scent memory, but not something I'd want to smell like.

I was thinking of Liz for a nice neutral vanilla with subtle hints of floral but a nice smokey/leathery undertone - have you tried that one?

Liz is my favorite vanilla ever, but you have to like that incense-y leathery note.

White Rider is gorgeous if you like a bit of a woody note with your leather; it's definitely a lighter, more unisex leather. Prince Lir makes no mention of a leather note but it's a beautiful leathery cologne scent (from the reviews I'm not the only one that gets that--it's the masculine version of Liz, to my nose). Rogue is a really nice stright-up leather scent, Ranger is a very herby/woodsy leather.

eta: I haven't tried it, but Captain Cully sounds like a promising scent, too.

I love this. I definitely get the leather vibe that a lot of other poeple have mentioned, with a light clean cologne. To my nose, Prince Lir is the masculine version of Liz.

 

The Temptation was really peach rice candy to my nose. Not nearly as sweet or heady as Aglaea, but quite nice. Maybe Josie might work for Aglaea? I really haven't got a clue about most of the others!

 

As for me, hmmm.

 

1. Kumiho

2. Lilith's Feel-Better Flowers

3. The Lilac Wood

4. Holiday Moon

5. The Unicorn

I completely missed The Temptation, might have to go poking around for that. Josie I think I tried and the floral notes amped to hell on me (yay). I just hope Aglaea never gets discontinued, since it's *the* peach scent that really works on me.

Regarding your list, have you tried The East? To me it's got a very lovely true flowering-meadow-in-spring scent to it, might be another in the same family as The Lilac Wood and The Unicorn for you. =) Summoning Stone Play Structure was similar in feel as well.

The only rose I can wear reliably? Delirium. The apple and lemon somehow balance it out and I get a really pretty rose in there. It also lasts all day long on me. I can wear Kali, but I don't get any rose out of it particularly. Black Hellebore when I tried it settled into a pleasant rose, but it was pickles first, so not sure it's worth the drydown period. Moon Rose was actually ok, too, but that's long discontinued.

I seems to favour a somewhat different scent profile than most of the people already playing along, but what the heck:

 

1) Spinning Multicoloured Metallic Pinwheel

2) Embalming Fluid

3) Boober

4) Strawberry Moon '09 (with the grass and dandelion sap)

5) Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat

 

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

skyeleric:

 

Based on Aglaea, what about Peach II or Tamora?

 

Have you tried Kumiho? It's not got the citrus feel of Embalming Fluid (which is actually one of my warm weather faves) but it has the same light clean vibe to it. Shattered might work as well.

Ogun has a distinct melon note just like Twinkle...Bat, but the other notes might disagree with you--I can wear Bat but not Ogun.

For Boober, maybe Dirty? Or Paranorman's Salma (Crisp linen, a smudge of ballpoint pen ink, soap-touched skin, apple shampoo, and effervescent science fair experiment residue)? And for one more random fruity thing, how about Bon Vivant (effervescent blend of crystalline champagne notes and sweet strawberry)?

I actually own Peach II, it is really pretty; Tamora, sadly, like most of the female Illyria scents, ends up shampoo/hairspray for reasons I can't figure out.

1. Hellion V.2

2. Our Lady of Pain

3. A Thought From Propertius

4. The Soul of La Traviata

5. Coyote

 

 

 

 

Based on those, can you think of some I should try? And what is your top five for us to base our recommendations on?

For Propertius, maybe Tanuki no Orai, Fae, or Aglaea? I love Coyote, but I really can't think of anything similar to it that I've tried.

And just for grins, my top 5 at the moment:

Sin

The Butterfly

Aglaea

Miaiphonos

The East

Hesiod's Phoenix is amazing, if you can find it. Barring that, if you do the hair gloss thing at all, Implacable Beautiful Tyrant is very similar.

I haven't tried them, but Hope and Fear Set Free and La Lugubre Gondola seem like they might also be wins.

2012's Punkie Night was a gorgeous spicy tart apple scent.

I never smelled The Unicorn, but for a light, sweet, true floral, I love The East. It's like standing in a meadow in early summer. Elf is another sweet clean floral-esque scent to me.

Croquet is a very pink scent to me--a very bright pink. High-pitched, slightly fruity, very sweet.

This is stunningly beautiful, and on me it's also a dead ringer for Implacable Tyrant hair gloss. It's a very sweet scent, it reminds me a bit of The Lion but without the spices, just that pure comforting sweetness. On me there's minimal throw but incredible staying power. I wear my oils in the crooks of my elbows, and all day I will get light wafts of scent when I straighten or move my arms.

Backup bottle, here I come.

This was a lovely scent in the decant, very much warm, sweet grasses. To me this is reminiscent of Traipsing Through Crop Circles from the Black Helicopters update. Unfortunately there seems to be something in here that's either white musk or behaves exactly like it on my skin, and the supersweet chemical funk overpowers everything else.

I was another of those who came way late to the party to try the original, but this was one of the past Yules that I very seriously wanted to get hold of.

Oh. My. Dog. THIS is the scent I have been trying to find since my first introduction to the Yules. In the bottle I get an almost effervescent fruity mint scent, distinctly cold but uplifting. When first applied the mint turns into more of a cold, menthol-y sensation than a distinct minty smell, the pine beomes evident, and the berries pick up a citrusy vibe and kind of twine through everything. As it dries, Skadi stays very well blended on me, nothing seems to overpower or disappear. Chilly, sweet, and absolutely gorgeous. Sadly it doesn't seem to last more than 2 or 3 hours on me. One word of caution though--if you have issues with mint, be very careful about applying this. I have contact sensitivities to mints, and although it's not breaking me out or anything, I can still feel where I applied in the crease of my elbow (half an hour ago). When I tested a little on my forearm though nothing happened.

Skadi totally lives up to my hopes. This is what I hoped Woods in Winter would smell like in the 2010 Yules, and much as I love Woods for its own unique scent, it's sweeter and sharper with berries, a little soapier, and not as cold in comparison.

very late eta: although the orignal applied scent only last a few hours, the Ghost of Skadi lasts a *really long time* on me, like 12+ hours later I get faint delicate wafts of this gorgeous delicate scent that is reminiscent of clean laundry but 100 times better.

Seconding Misk. U.

Embalming Fluid and Delirium (lemon, rose, and apple) are my favorites to wear.

Havana and Pele. They just smell humid and tropical. I like Intrigue a lot too.

Oh, I'd forgotten Green Tree Viper--that is a nice one.

Stentor from the current LEs might be worth a try? I'm no help on skin-reviews since sadly mint and I don't work out so well together, but it's a very bright, herby mint in the decant I got.

The scent of this to me is straight up aged O, so it's gorgeous, thick, rick, syrupy, musky honey. Unfortunately, much as I love it, I can't wear it since my mother hates the honey note and it makes my boyfriend sneeze. So I guess this would be a desert island scent.

Oh, man, if Puddin' magically remembered what this stuff was and put it up for sale I would buy vats. This is such glorious sweet spicy weirdness. This is like candied Christmas at the bazaar--I get a lot of candy cinnamon like redhots or atomic fireballs, a good amount of sweetness, but not a sugary type, if that makes sense, and the underlying note to me is pine sap (I was thinking that would account for the barking part, just in a different way). I actually spritzed 1 spray on my pillow last night, which lasted forever in the air, was still on my pillow strongly a few hours later when I went to sleep, and then lightly scented my hair to boot! And thank the goblins that my idiot self didn't break out from the cinnamon applied to my face...doofus.

Long story short, spicy sweet gorgeousness, and the lovely Miss Daisybliss was ever so kind to let us partake of the madness.

another couple of fun fruity scents that don't get much love:

TWEEDLEDEE: Ridiculous! Kumquat, white pepper, white tea and orange blossom.

TWEEDLEDUM: Absurd! Green mango, fig, patchouli and green tea.

I can't do -dee because of the orange blossom, but Tweedledum is one of my favorite unusual fruit scents.

Some other good fruity/hard candy type scents to me (I can't do foodie or sugar blends at all) are Aglaea (sweet candied peach), and Aizen-Myoo ("Yuzu, kaki, and mikan with cherry blossom and black tea"). And if you end up liking Shanghai and are looking for other light citrusy tea scents, Embalming Fluid and Kumiho are both lovely.

This is lovely. It's definitely got an old-fashioned perfume vibe going, I want to say the 4711 that my grandmother had, but it's been so long I'm not positive. On first application there's a bergamot/citrusy/soft powder scent predominantly, but as citrus does, that fades and it morphs into a soft, old-world perfume scent with the occasional hints of bergamot.

The closest Lab comparison I can make is The Butterfly, but My Mom with the Sun has less of a brown fuzzy feel and more of a soft sophistication to it. I don't get a whole lot of throw, it's more of a skin scent for me.

Oh, and my boyfriend told me I smelled like an incense shop, kind of like soapy incense but not as strong. I'm guessing he's sensitive to and not fond of sandalwood?

hello hello!

 

anyone have any suggestions for Paco Rabanne XS for her? description: "This modern floral-fruity composition starts sharp and spicy with cranberry, pink peppercorn and tamarind notes around the heart of hellebore noir rose, black violet and cocoa blossom. The base notes are patchouli, Massoia wood and vanilla." It was my best friend's favorite when we were growing up, would love to find something similar!

 

also, Old Spice deodorant? love it on the boys...

 

many thanks!

For the original Old Spice scent, I've seen it mentioned that Villain (A classic Victorian men's cologne: a lavender fougere, with hints of lilac, lime, and citrus musk.) is similar.

I don't have Plunder to try it, but I think layering Spider from the Gaimans (White ginger, artemesia, vetiver, nutmeg, King mandarin, bergamot, and lime.) with a little Plunder ( tea leaf, cassia, cinnamon bark, clove, allspice, sandalwood, tobacco, peppercorn, and nutmeg) might work, or maybe Port-Au-Prince (buttered rum flavored with almond, bay, clove and sassafras.) or Santo Domingo (tobacco leaf, bay rum and heady Caribbean blossoms)

Herbert West or Whitechapel ( White musk, lime, lilac and citron) might work in place of Spider for the citrusy component, too. I don't know what imps you have to experiment with. =)

Sniffing the bottle I get freshly cut wet grass, a little sweet, very green and herbal. When first applied I lose the grass, but get wildflower meadow, very reminiscent of The East from Stardust, but sweeter and with a lot more throw. On drydown it morphs again and I still get hints of wildflowers wafting a bit around me, but if I sniff my wrist it's a sweet, dry hay smell, likely from the clover, reminiscent of Traipsing Through Crop Circles from a couple years ago. The morph on this is so freaking cool! I basically get a late spring day from dawn to dusk in perfume form.