xoe
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wet i get mainly the treacle, then the cider. like a mix of sugarskull and samhain. it dries and becomes a soft, warm scent. nice. ** about a year later, I'm wearing this again. now it is mainly carnation. but with some extra warm sweetness... still quite like it*
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spicy sweet and warm. comforting and fun. Pink Moon is going to be my main scent this spring!
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At first wet on my skin, this is very strong eucalyptus/medicine scented. That quickly calms down and becomes a lovely woody blend. Very nice
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black rose really doesn't work on me. metallic, soapy, babypowder is not good.
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For me Paris was at first all lavendar. a bit spicy, but mainly lavendar and strong. But the lavendar quickly faded, then I had a soft sweet spicy blend. It's quite nice. It isn't me at all. But it is very nice.
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Bewitched is soft, sweet and billowy. Light and fruity. Very nice! I'm startled to find that I hadn't already tried it.
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Dee came as a free sample from the lab. I have searched the forum and the lab site, and can't find it anywhere. If it is actually released, then mods please accept my apology and move Dee to its rightful place. Dee is masculine. At first I thought maybe vetiver, maybe leather. But on my skin it's a nice manly cologne which smells of neither vetiver nor leather. I tried to get my spouse to try to suss out some notes... to no avail. So there you have it. Dee: a manly fragrance. Merged with existing thread --Shollin
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for me pontarlier is lilac. fresh beautiful lilac. if i think about it, i can tell there are other notes: rose, some herbs. but mainly lilac. it's very pretty. very springtime. i think it is making me sneeze though.
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Temple Viper is very light in the bottle. On my skin it is also very light. Nice, but very very faint. Just a whisper of a scent. On my lovely spouse, it is a bit stronger. And much more delicious. Sweet and resinous and delicious.
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OH MY! First whiff out of the bottle. COCOA! Wet on me, cocoa and warm spicy-sexiness. Dry on me, warm spicy sexiness with a touch of dark cocoa. I'm one of the people on whom snake oil turns to Play Doh. Not in Boomslang, though! Oh it's so beautiful! And it lasts and lasts and lasts. I tried this on as soon as I got home from work last night, and could still smell it this morning. LOVE IT!
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my experience is akin to Sterling Spider's review above. It starts out quite floral with a resiny background, but the florals quickly fade into the background. The resins are so rich and delicious. I want to smell like this on fancy nights, a dinner party or a romantic evening. FANTASTIC.
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Wow Dr. John Seward, you are a soft and smoky fellow indeed. This blend is a perfect daytime blend for me. It's somehow romantic though too. So I don't get lost in the mundane workaday world, lol. I tried this last night, and it disappeared far too quickly. So this morning I really slathered it on. It's been about 4 hours now and the scent is almost totally gone. If I sniff really closely at my wrist, I can smell it and it still smells lovely. I guess this is one I'll have to carry with me and reapply at lunchtime or something.
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I traded for a half bottle of samhainophobia and am glad i did. It is beautiful. So warm and dark. At first it is quite vetiverful and manly. but it calms down and down and down. It is like a deeper version of Samhain. The darker side of Samhain if you will. I've had it on for about 8 hours now, and it is just the balsam/leaf notes. Really close and autumnal. Lovely. Unique.
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Oh Jersey Devil how I've longed for you. The scent is much sweeter and softer than I'd imagined. Beautiful sweet, soft, berrypine. I can't smell the tomato leaf at all. But it must be there. To me it doesn't smell like the pine barrens actually smell, but it's evocative of the place. GREAT!
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Red Phoenix, I love you. At the very beginning, this is 100% cassia. Smells like cinnamon, but not quite the same. Then it morphs and slowly becomes absolutely beautiful. Mature and fantastic. I stepped outside after having put this on and the air around me smelled so alluring. This one has amazing wafting power. It goes through a very plummy phase on my skin. and settles down to a rich, complex tobacco mixture. Thanks Lab!
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congrats! Hope the day is going beautifully.
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I traded with Stumbeline for Devils' Night, and I am so glad that I did. This scent is so beautiful and complex and sexy. I am in love. At first it is very sweet and fruity and smokey, but it dries to a very light musky scent with a little bit of smokiness and fruit in the background. I am completely in love. It definitely requires re-application. I may make a small container of lotion so that I can layer this scent with itself and try to extend the wear time.
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I too received the discontinued Ingenue as a freebie. Ingenue is very innocent, verymuch for a teenager. It's nice, but it isn't for me.
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very lovely. it does go through a "perfumey" stage on me, but then it becomes quite soft and lovely. Very feminine and beautiful.
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I do not remember what are the components of this blend. It smells a little boozy. Like it would be really great to wear to a great keg party. That sounds weird, but it's what it reminds me of.
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I really love this blend. Complex and soft. And on my skin, the white chocolate scent lasts for hours.
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Unbelievably fantastic. Huge wet rose and a faint trace of leather. Normally I don't like leather, but it blends beautifully with the rose. Whip is thus far the greatest rose blend I have tried.
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Rose cross is just as everyone described. Roses and churchy incense. The incense lasts for hours and hours. This is a perfectly lovely blend.
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Moxie was really great for me. At first sniff it was PEZ Candy, and I kept making my bf sniff me and smell the PEZ. But then a strong grapefruit came through, and it was so beautiful. I wore it to my friend Tom's house to watch him shoot off some fireworks. The fireworks were a disaster, backfiring into the yard and nearly killing all of us. Luckily the only one even slightly injured was my boyfriend and he just got 2 bruises. But I'm digress... At Tom's house, I was much more sociable and less nervous than usual. Moxie really gave me some Moxie!