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This started out beautifully on me, bright sweet citrus with a little bit of a floral vibe behind. I never really got the sandalwood note, but as the orange burned off I guess I amped the tuberose because I got all floral all the time, and although it wasn't an awful floral note, it was very sweet, strong, and it hung around for quite a while. It's pretty, but not for me.

On first application, this was a bizarrely gorgeous scent on me--like a glass of lemon-lime soda with a bottle of almond extract poured in: fizzy cool citrusy almond extract.

 

I'm not sure about it now that it's dried down; there's basically no throw, and what's left on the skin is very sweet, a little powdery/plasticky, a little almondy, a tiny bit spicy, but I think overall a bit too muddled for my tastes.

Sadly, I get no grains, woods, herbs, or anything out of this, and I had such high hopes... My skin did to the Chicken-Legged Hut the same thing it did to most of the metamorphosis scents I've tried, which makes me think there's a sugar note in here somewhere. All I get from this on my skin is a sweet, acrid, burnt-chemical funk.

 

 

 

Goth in a bottle.
Omg.
Delicious tobacco with the lemony black musk and chocolate--- heaven!!!

Black musk has this way of becoming dark, sinister and slightly lemon tinted. It's like citrus incense on my skin. This is definitely my new fave. Need more. Like now. Horde horde horde! <3

Ok, that totally explains it, did not know black musk went lemony and I was very confused about what I'd put on ...I just got my decant and dove in. Wet and first applied it was...inappropriate tootsie rolls--the cocoa is very distinct, but there's an air of raunch behind it that keeps this from turning into foodie hell. The cocoa burns off very quickly, and what's left is sweet and musky and a bit citrusy. I was worried about the tobacco because it doesn't generally work on me, but this is staying mellow, rather than amping up to choke me. I'm not sure this will be a favorite, but it's so interesting and hard to pin down I keep sniffing my arm.

Aureus to me is a gorgeous cedar-y wood scent (I've been known to layer that with O and basically get 'Sex in a Cedar Chest'). If you like spice/cinnamon, Sin might also be worth a sniff--I know it's patch, but it has a very cedar vibe to it for me. Magus is nice as well. Tombstone also has cedar, but depending on what you amp you can get a sweet rootbeer/vanilla vibe from it. Still nice, but not woods.

 

There's also a wood recommendation thread here if you haven't browsed that, yet.

My bottle says lotion / very water resistant sunscreen.

 

Have been to the page, too, and was surprised by the lack of information ...

 

Funny, the components listed are nothing my nose is picking up - well except for Flower Extract. But the rest?!

 

late to reply, but I know someone mentioned that the 2009 LE Season of Ghosts smells a lot like Australian Gold sunscreen to them. Just a warning, it's pretty hard to track down.

This is truly a bizarre scent on me. And apparently, now I can narrow down the culprit, since I got the same cornchips-cumin-and-canned-chilis effect from this that I did Clytie...I've worn some lily of the valley scents without incident, but apparently the Lab's note does not fare well on my skin. Alas.

The 2010 blend is one of my favorite Yules, but when I got to test 2011, it just wasn't as good, I can't pin down why, it just wasn't as crisp and sweet to me or something. (I liked Cloth of Gold much better than WiW '11)

 

To specifically review the '10 blend...the hemlock and juniper are very present, but not in a particularly whack-you-over-the-head-with-pine way, and the snow adds a very cool and sweet tone to this. There's something almost hinting at floral without actually getting there. The overall impression is gently pine-y and sweet, a touch powdery (it has something of a just-showered soap vibe, but I actually like that in this case.)

 

And it complements Paintbox's Yuletide Mariner soap wonderfully.

this is the most bizarrely amazing scent on me, not because of how good it smells necessarily (I do love the scent on me though), but because it's half my childhood in a bottle. I can't pick out any individual notes, but this smells exactly like our little old condo in Florida. There's something very gentle and sweet, I do get a little of the citrusy feel, and the kind of sunscreen that didn't smell like coconut. I'm hording my couple of imps for when I want to smell home.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Bat is more of a honeydew, but it's a very melony scent. There's also something about the bamboo note in Habu that makes me think watermelon.

Sudha Segara, the Lion, and Coyote are all very warm, comforting scents to me

Well, if you're a honey and red musk fan, and want a Weenie, Third Charm is pretty much a shoo-in. fiery red musk, luminous elemi, East Indian patchouli, champaca flower, cedar incense, ho wood, and hemlock accord sweetened with a peculiar sweet honey. On me it's pretty much exactly as advertised (and gorgeous), and the honey is the same rich, syrupy honey as in O, to my nose.

 

Rogue is a beautiful soft leather scent, but having not smelled the others you mentioned I don't know if there's any comparison.

This is bizarrely pretty on me--actually the first mainstream perfume-esque scent that has worked.

 

The book part of the library manifests as a soft powdery overlay and the rest of the scent on me is the vintage perfume thing. I know some people have mentioned Chanel, but on me this is a dead ringer for Shalimar, which makes me happy.

 

On me, this stays fairly close to the skin, not much throw at all, subtle and quite lovely.

The 2012 Lurid Library is nearly a dead ringer for Shalimar to my nose (my mom even agreed, and Shalimar is her most-worn scent), only with a little bit of a powdery vibe overlaying.

Delirium came immediately to mind for me. I think it's lemon, rose and apple. Baobhan Sith is another one--think it's grapefruit, not lemon, but it's a fruity, light floral scent to me. (I'm also a huge fan of Embalming Fluid--not floral, but citrusy and very clean)

 

eta: compromise! How about Aelopile from the Steamworks? Glowing amber and citrus, labdanum, verbena, cedar, and oud.

Ok, in the imp this is a deep, lavender with a smoky undertone, very promising. Unfortunately when it hits my skin I get the same chemical-y weirdness that I get from sugared blends and a few other random things like Sentimental Initiation.I can't pin down the death note they have in common, it might be something with tobacco, or whatever makes the 'blackened' note. In any case, gorgeous in the imp, unwearable on my skin.

If you can do woods, I'd try Aureus--there are no notes listed, but to me it's a warm, spicy, cedar-esque scent (I'll occasionally layer it with O, but that's likely an overboard combo for a man). Also, Coyote, which is dry grasses and musk is a very soft, sweet scent to me. And another favorite of mine is The Lion, which is spiced amber. I'll also third the rec for Tombstone, but I've had two imps of it, and one was rather distinctly rootbeer-y in scent. I don't mind this, but just a heads up that it can go that way.

I probably reviewed a looong time ago, but I haven't worn it in at least a year, and I found my probably at least 2-year-old imp today. Strangely, Delirium has good throw and crazy lasting power on me (I just swiped the imp wand once over the crook of each arm, and 9 hours later I can still smell plenty). I don't wear rose well at all, but this doesn't amp, and instead I get mostly sweet apple blossom with occasional fruity rose wafts, more like a fresh rose in my garden than a standard rose perfume smell. Very sweet, and the apple blossom gives it a little bit of a vintage shampoo vibe, but overall this is a lovely uplifting spring/summer scent.

 

eta: I know the notes say apple, but this has always been more of an apple blossom sort of scent to me, probably because of the rose note mingling with it.

O is definitely a rich honey scent to me, I love it, and it layers gorgeously with spicy wood scents (O layered with Aureus is like sex in a cedar chest)...I can't wear Dorian because I think it has white musk in there, which is an absolute death note on me. It smells pretty until I get it on, then it's awful.

 

I gravitate personally toward ambers, woods, and some fruit, so I'd add to your 'to try' list:

 

Intrigue: Black palm, with cocoa, fig and shadowy wooded notes. For me this is a soft, woody coconut.

Aureus: No notes listed, but for me it's a spicy, not-quite-cedar wood scent.

The Lion: A golden, spiced amber, proud, regal and ferocious.

Anne Bonny: A blend of Indonesian red patchouli, red sandalwood, and frankincense

 

If you like peach, I strongly suggest snagging an imp of Alglaea at some point. Three golden ambers, bright musk, peach wine and myrtle.

 

Banshee Beat might be something fun to try if you can get a decant off the forums or something, it tends to be either a love or hate scent. (vanilla, hemp, and patchouli)

 

Also, did anyone direct you to the sales/swaps section of the forums yet? You can usually find a lot of stuff there, especially imps and decants. If you use the search box and type in something like smut in the sales subforum, it should pop up posts of people who have some to sell.

A fruitier ginger suggestion for you would be Baobhan Sith, which is listed as: Grapefruit, white tea, apple blossom and ginger.

 

My personal favorite is another of the Diabolus scents, Kumiho: A sharp, biting blend of crisp white tea and ginger. This reminds me of the White Tea and Ginger B&BW scent, but cleaner and prettier.

Ok, I think this might be a close second to Aglaea for my favorite peach scent, and I can justify loving both since they're so different. I'm not really getting the fresh peach thing that a lot of other people seem to get; depending on my skin chemistry of the day I either get a sweet, soft, musky peach (can definitely smell the osmanthus in there), or I get a bright, fruity peach jolly rancher type scent. Reasonable wear length on me, and it stays pretty close to the skin.

My skin chemistry does something completely wonky with this one, and what I get is very sweet and spicy--I'm definitely getting ginger, and kind of an underlying baking-spices feel without having another specific spice I can pinpoint. This is where the wonky part comes in: all of this lovely warm spiciness is overlaid on the same kind of earthy bubblegum vibe I get from The Lion.

 

I'm happy to have a spicy cider scent I can finally wear and enjoy, I can see wearing this a lot come fall. =)

My favorite of the Yules this round. A cool, clean, floral vibe without being really FLOWERS. The closest scent comparisons on my skin are 2010's Woods in Winter (CoG is a little less green), and Elf from the RPG collection (minus the snow note).

quilt squares are way easier to manage than knit/crochet (well, if you're stitching by machine anyway) so I'd think 10 wouldn't be too much. i'd be up for this for sure, give me some more practice on the sewing machine besides

My absolute must-have this year is Woods in Winter. I have a bottle from last year and it's one of my favorites, but I'm probably strange in that. If you've smelled Elf in the RPG series, add a snow note to that (cold, very very faintly minty) and you have Woods in Winter. I'm waiting till I see reviews, but my holiday money bottles are probably going to be WiW, Dust of Snow, Diable in Boite, and I might brave Yellow Snowballs.

 

My favorites virtually never line up with the crowd favorites, so I usually just have to look at note lists and cross my fingers.