Tirzah

I'm glad that I looked above at some of the other reviews, because I was starting to think that my nose was going crazy. Wet, this smells minty on me—like scope mouthwash. Not an entirely unpleasant smell, but it’s a scent I associate more with dental hygiene rather than one I’d like on my skin. When it dries, some of the woods come out with the teeniest hints of the florals in the background, but I’m still getting a hint of the minty in the background. Not sure what my skin is reacting to in this to make for the minty-fresh, but this one isn’t working for me. It's not offensive or anything; once dry, it’s quite light, and I can see its potential—though even without the mint, I’m not sure the woodsy-floral would be a scent that’s really 'me.' But not a loss, as I'm planning on passing this off to a friend who's enormously interested in 19th century spiritualism--maybe she'll get more of the seance-parlor scent.

I ordered an imp of this in my most recent order--the combination of mint and musk sounded like an intriguing one, but in my haste to put this one on the wishlist I don't think I really noticed the caramel in the description. Like some of the reviewers from a while back, I don't seem to get any mint at all out of this one--but I do get lots and lots of caramel. Yummy caramel. With the musk and the sage (I think--not sure I've got the most nuanced of noses), the caramel is tempered so it doesn't become too sweet or foody. But I definitely still feel...lickable. This isn't a scent I would have imagined liking with all of the caramel coming out on my skin, but I'm finding it really hard to keep my wrist away from my nose. I'm not sure it's a scent that I'd wear all of the time, but this is a wonderful scent to have in the arsenal--especially in cooler weather. And frankly, the more I sniff as I write, the more I'm thinking that I could be wrong about this not being an all the time scent. It's starting to feel pretty addictive. At any rate, I'm finding myself very happy about my misreading of the description. A bottle might need to be in the next order...