themerrybaker

At first I get wood and kelp - a very peaceful pirate boat at night. After a very long time, Pirate Moon fades down to lime and incense (maybe the sandalwood?). This is so lovely, too bad it doesn't have much throw and disappears as quickly as a pirate raiding party.

This is another "never say never" experience. Cocoa and wine are two notes that just don't work on me but in small doses, as mentioned above, Midnight Kiss is great. The red musk and other perfume ingredients keep this from smelling like Gothic M&M and like a sexy scent.

At first this one smells like lemon buttercream frosting which of course brings to mind a vampire crying because he can't have any cake. (Well, maybe he can HAVE cake, but eating it is another matter).

It then does something weird - it's sugary, powdery, and bitter all at once.

But dry your Tears!! It finally settles down to what will be a great predominantly citrus summer scent with sublte floral.

The Philosopher is sweeter than Minotaur but doesn't turn to grape kool-aide on me the way some of the GC incense blends do.

Although I am not usually a fan of incense perfumes, this is the truest evocation of the little burning cones that I've tried yet. Philosopher is heavy, syrupy and sweet but definitely in contention for a bottle purchase.

I work in a children's room and will be working that night, and so I need to dress up. I'm thinking I'd make a good Hermione. Miskatonic U could be a good scent for her. But not for me. LOL I wonder what else would work?

 

Rina

It would be easy to capitalize on the animal mascots: there are Snake Oilies for Slytherin, The Lion for Gryffindor, Crow Moon for Ravensclaw. Hufflepuff might be a challenge, though.

I am going to dot the entire contents of my imp box all over my body and go as one of those supernatural jelly beans.

Lydia reminds me a lot of Ligeia but is much more wearable. Lydia is more of a lush, hot ,humid, jasmine while Ligeia had this cereal/grain undertone. As much as I adone my pampered jasmine plants, I prefer my perfume to be a bit more balanced. Perfumed Garden is still my all-time standard for jasmine blends. Lydia comes close.

I get the scent of dried immortelles, (maybe dried herbs?) from Shanghai Tunnel. It's definitely the Tunnel of Love.

The Unheavenly City inspired a pretty heavenly perfume. The gardenia and other flowers remind me of some of my favorites: Dark Delicacies and Black Moon. Maybe it's the red musk, but I also detect something woody (that is either a bad pun, or the note that brings the flowers indoors to evoke Cat House). Much love for this scent.

I must have some pretty strange chemistry because Black Phoenix becomes Organic Chem Lab II on me. It takes me back to the days of synthesizing aldehydes and ketones which we irreverantly referred to as "making banana smell".

This is also a very strong and assertive perfume that I'm glad I got to try.

All I can say is that the "hint" of vetiver must have been a pretty broad hint indeed. Black Annis is probably the darkest scent I've ever smelled: very woody, damp and musty. Perfect for those days when I want to snack on little German children.

Very glad I got to try this anti-hero of the forum favorites. If used sparingly, it dries into a nice heat-busting vetiver number.

Squirting Cucumber is pretty grassy in the lawn-grass sort of way.

( Think it was a parody of a Glen Campbell song but does anyone remember "It's good to smoke the green, green graaa-yass of HOME?)

Selkie looks like a romance novel cover. =)

It makes you want to rip its little bodice off and bathe in its love juices.

Whoa... definitely apply your Thunder Moon with a very light hand.

Yep. These Thighs have a serious Whoa-Zone thing going on. Like inhaling the smoky remnants of a lightning-zapped miscreant. Thunder Moon then goes through its happy beauty parlor of wonderful hair products stage before settling down to a clean herbal stickiness-busting grassy summer scent.

This is definitely a good one for humid weather.

The Perfumed Garden is an incredible jasmine blend...the jasmine has "bite" and substance. This is an intoxicating blend, and very different than the typical, "heady" jasmine...

What she said!! PG is rated X.

For me, jasmine can be OK if there are many other components. It's not so much the type of jasmine used so much as the quantity.

I keep reading the pretty label as "Tomato No More" and hence this oil reminds me a bit of fruit salad. (But really, really, good smelling fruit salad). There seems to be some phantom coconut here.

TNM is a sweet, syrupy, good both for the summer and later in the winter when we miss the summer fruits. It reminds me a bit of Hungy Ghost Moon, as mentioned previously, and also of Peony Moon.

Such a surprise given the list of components.

Who is the luckiest person in the world?

I am! I am!

My Blue Moon arrived today. The short review is: Yes. It definitely lives up to its reputation as bottled beatitudiniferousness. Neutral Good? Chaotic Good? Lawful Good? No, it's Blue Moon Good.

Blue Moon is mostly floral on me, as was Black Moon. It is warmer, more herbal, it reaches up and gives my nose a tickle while maintaining an undertone of creamy, elegant, sensuous lipstick.

This one is definitely worth a second bottle.

No bull: Minotaur is indeed a great resin blend. It reminds me a bit of Jacob's Ladder (galbanum and benzoin). I prefer this perfume because the "saliva" undertone is not as noticeable. Although Minotaur is fairly dark and heavy, I think it will work in the summer - the wearer will be an animate stick of burning incense.

Akuma has a nice contrast between the bitter orange and the "fruity". I wouldn't want to smell like this every day, but when the weather is hot and sticky I could see wearing this to pretend it's fruit juice, not sweat, on my skin.

There's no accounting for taste, but the Rat King doesn't smell particularly rodentiferous either to me or to my kittehs. Maybe it has mellowed with age.

This is a dirty blend, but more aromatic and "perfumey" than Death Cap. Rat King reminds me a bit of Destroying Angel.

I am surprise how much I like it. It will get some rotation in my "perfumes to garden with" collection.

Bad Luck Woman Blues reminds me of two things: the "dirty-sweet" line from T. Rex and summer as a kid. This oil smells like a hot summer day, a Slo-Poke sucker, squashed bugs, and a muddy creek bed to explore. A very memorable scent which I think will improve with age.

Eek!! There's a Spider in my shower.

This reminds me so much of a lathery headfull of the old Prell shampoo. A pleasant association, but I'm not sure how to relate to this Spider as a perfume.

I don't much care for wolves, dogs, or hyenas so contented myself with a decant of Oborot.

Darn. While I was expecting another "pine forest" winter smell, this is more of a dark "dirt" smell and I really dig Beth's dirt. This is more of a tarry burnt dirt (I could swear there was vetiver in here) than a loamy garden dirt, though.

Oborot is a surprise like for me.

I think apple must be one of the sumo notes in a perfume because at first Poisoned Apple smelled like ...apple (duh)? So, a quick sniff-off with The Hesperides: Poisoned Apple has less throw and is more herbal - apples hanging out in an orchard with other vegetation, while the H-nymphs are apples hanging out in an oaken cask waiting to become cider.

This is an interesting variation on the apple concept, but I wouldn't want to smell like this every single day.

Maybe my nose is being wonky, but Black Lily reminds me of the smell of animal crackers. (A summer bouquet of animal cracker - not a bouquet of funeral animal crackers).

It's light and subtle and soft. I think this actually smells better than Oriental Lilies. Glad I got to try it - this one lives up to its legend.