Elliemental

I've recently come to the realization that I love lotus. So naturally I had to give this single note a try! After slathering my arm I'm getting a definite "coolness" that seems to be coming off of my skin. It's definitely a very sharp aquatic floral on me. I can see where people are getting soap or dryer sheets. I am definitely enjoying this scent, it seems like a clean white scent which would be particularly lovely in hot or muggy weather--it's the coolness mixed with the floral that makes this enjoyable for me. (Luckily the "sharpness" I mentioned isn't noticeable unless my nose is touching my skin, when I hover over the skin it's just a lovely light waft of lotus.)

I think I'll enjoy playing with this one.

Dorian smells like black tea with lemon garnished with vanilla sugar lumps. There's an edge of masculine sophistication that plays footsie with the vanilla sugar but it stays soft-- it's background noise.

Overall I pretty much just want to chew on my arm.

I LOVE Dorian. Lovelovelove!!!!

First off, I am a Labyrinth/Jareth squee-ing fangirl. Have been since my teens, don't imagine it'll be changing anytime soon. That said, when I read all of the reviews and people kept bringing up Dorian (which I lovelovelove) I KNEW, just KNEW that I needed to get my mitts on Jareth. (heh.)

A wonderful forumite gifted me with a decant and the moment it touched my skin I started huffing it like a crazy person. I totally get what everyone is saying: Jareth is absolutely Dorian's more twisted and deviant older brother. I'm smelling the lilac fougere extremely consistently but the rest of the notes are playing ring-around-the-rosy with the lilac and I keep getting this lovely resin-y incense smell.

I'm not really getting any sweetness out of the blend but it is absolutely drop-dead sexy. I could absolutely believe that this is what a naked Goblin King smells like.... It's definitely on the cusp of masculine (for me) but it's a smell I want all over my sheets. I guarantee I'd have *extremely* pleasant dreams.

All in all? It lacks the lemony-sweetness of Dorian but packs a super sexy punch.

I need more of this in my life.

*Wanted to include: Jareth is awesomely sexy but in the past 5-10 minutes he's faded to a whisper. A sexy whisper, but a whisper none-the-less. The Dorian that I slathered lower on my arm for comparison purposes is still going strong. This may just be a trick of my skin chemistry, but I figured I'd mention it.

#361(purchased off LJ: the original seller said lemony cake, MY seller said vanilla, banana and some unidentified flower.)

MY opinion is more along the lines of the latter although I'd say it's a green banana which gives it a vaguely lemony feel. Whatever the banana/lemon thing is, it's pretty astringent on first application; I can feel it practically spiking up my nose. Then, a flower/mystery scent comes out to play with the "yellow" smell and wafts (with spiky precision) right up the nostrils. Hmmm, maybe plumeria?

#428 Whoa, Ginger! It smells like a delicious spicy custard with liberal amounts of ginger!

Then suddenly, there's lemon. LEMON and GINGER with a soft base of vanilla. That's definitely my verdict.

#632 I am completely and utterly thrown by this one. Plastic? Is that what I'm smelling? Wait no, weird-car-interior-smell! On my skin it's doing something weird! Uh oh. Maybe this is a suede note? I know leather notes amp/do funky things on me and this seems similar.

I'm standing by suede because my skin is amping this odd note (much like leather) and it smells leather-ish without the kind of peppery edge I always get with leather. It is getting spicier the longer is sits though. *scratches head* Now it totally smells like spicy leather. *headdesk*

Final verdict: (spicy/peppery) suede or leather. In parenthesis because it seems to fluctuate.

#641 Definitely some kind of floral. Delicious sweet floral. Lemony bloom dipped in vanilla sugar.

#637 Some kind of nutmeg/clove/cinnamon combo. It smells like mulling spices and wee bit of vanilla! Exactly like the typical cinnamon/apple smell but minus the apple!

#635 Really well blended floral and vanilla in bottle. On wrists I'm getting lemon and some weird "Air" scent. Maybe Oud? It reminds me of Aelophile somehow but I'm not quite sure why. I'm not a fan, but judging by how lovely it smelled in the bottle, someone with different skin chemistry might sing a different tune.