countessmouse

Slightly disappointed with this one. It took several hours before it morphed past just a vaguely rose scent and the fig and vanilla finally appeared. This is nice (finally), but it just doesn't blow me away like I expected it to.

On me, tea rose = soap. I can smell a little of the lilac, but it's mostly just soap.

Meh.

Lovely, spicy red carnation. My only complaint? It does not last!!!

Beautiful linden with a teeny, tiny hint of vanilla. This is my favorite out of the series - I don't smell like candy or hairspray...

It smells like...hairspray...hairspray that I used in the 80's that came in a pump bottle.

A very pleasant blast of minty lavender at first that calms down to a really lovely floral. The bad part is that it keeps calming down until nothing is left.

Color me severely disappointed with this one!

I've decided that this one just needs to age. I got a tiny bit of sweet citrus with the lily, but none of the vanilla. And it had no staying power whatsoever. Horribly disappointing.

This one is going back in the box with the intention of trying it in about 6 months.

A nutty floral in the imp, it changed to ashy, dry wood in seconds on my skin. I feel like I'm wearing an ash tray. Blech.

I had such high hopes for this one but, thus far, I have been disappointed. Almost immediately, it's all chocolate and pomegranate. Where is the floral? More importantly, where is the vanilla????

And, for god's sake, after two hours - where is the scent????

Lots of lovely dry, spicy lavender - but, dammit, it has absolutely NO throw on me. Three hours after application, I can barely smell it.

I had such hopes...

In the imp - candy. On my skin - orange fizzy candy. Meh.

I'm getting magnolia...and nothing else. It's pretty, but it's all magnolia on me.

This one is odd. Started off with a blast of root beer???? and has now switched to dry sandalwood. I'm not getting any of the wisteria or verbena, which I really like. Just...odd...

Oddly, the 2011 version is much stronger on me than the 2010 version was, and maybe a bit spicier. And it is still one of the few rose oils that doesn't go all soapy on me.

I was kind of meh about the scent when I first put it on because I was mostly getting hemlock - which smells very much like caramel popcorn to me. Then the evergreen, wood and icyness hit and I was suddenly in the woods on a snowy evening. I could smell the icy wind and woodsmoke from a chimney somewhere nearby. Every once in a while I get a whiff and I'm quickly transported back to that spot in my mind.

I LOVE this! Must get a bottle!

Almost overwhelming on the snow/slush note at first but, like others have said, this one is a morpher. Snow was soon enhanced by the hemlock and then the flowers were uncovered. The floral note is icy, as if the blossoms were rimmed in frost.

Quite lovely. I'm glad a I have a bottle.

Dry sand and spices that was very light going on and faded into nothingness within a few hours. Too bad, though, because it was quite nice.

I honestly can't decide if I like this one or not at the moment. While I love the underlying spice, the musk is really kind of off putting.

I'm really loving the plum, orchid and musk...and then stupid jasmine shows up and ruins everything.

Usually, when one of the notes is dirt or soil, I NEVER smell it. This one, on the other hand, was so prevalent that I couldn't miss it: potting soil with a hefty dose of pomegranate. Interesting and fun to try, but not my cup of tea.

Out of all the Celestial Apples, I think I like this one the best. The initial blast of sweet green apple was sort of off putting, but it has given way to a lovely blend of apple blossom and violet leaf with just a hint of the tea rose and the sandalwood. What a lovely, sweet floral scent!

Mmmmmm, perfumy violet and aquatics. Love it, but I think my skin is eating it up. Not much throw at all.

Cough syrup. Blech.

Lavender and amber, tamed by sweet fruity figs and the black currant. I'm in love.

On occasion, narcissus likes to try and throw that sour smell jasmine does on me but this time the gardenia wouldn't let it happen (yay!). Mostly sweet floral led by gardenia at first, it's now being toned down by the white musk and something slightly fruity (the davana?). Very pretty.