AlaskaSnows

Very soft, very light, and little throw. Citrus peel and some soft musk, and not much else. Almost the idea of a scent, I can barely smell it.

This for me is mostly rose and rosemary with an overlay of sour orange. The rosemary comes out almost like lavender, somehow. And it's also very, very faint. I think I like it though, and will definitely try again. Bess deserves a plethora of chances to make good.

Somehow I get a dark floral with a lot of saltwater. Doesn't go well with my nose or my chemistry.

For me this smells very much like a man's cologne (as usual one I KNOW I have smelled but can't think of). It is very sour citrus, herbs and musks, I like this VERY much. No chocolate for me, but there is a warm deep base to this and it is probably in there somewhere. Another "make the man wear it" scent!

The apricot and Blood Orange are very evident when I put my nose against my wrist, but for some reason the ambient scent is, for me, sugar and mint with a hint of citrus. I love the close to the wrist smell, not so excited about the ambient one.

Though this starts juicy and fruity and sweet, in the end it turns to a low semisweet lotus deeply steeped in musk. It is not what I expected, but it is very lovely and sensual. A keeper.

This is a very light scent with little throw. It smells, to me, a lot like Chai with lots of milk and honey, which for me is very pleasant. I just wish it had a lot more throw.

 

About an hour later this has little more throw, but has morphed into an incensy sweet floral tinged ECSTACY!!!!!!!!! I LOVE this!!!!

Wet: Dragon's Blood and maybe something spicy without being cinnamon or chili, like nutmeg.

 

Dry: Light cherry-like dragon's blood mixed with a deeper and somewhat drier woody spice. It is nice and has no jarring notes or reason to dislike it, but I do, somehow.

Wet: Vanilla overlaid with a VERY strong orchid.

 

Dry: The vanilla and orchid meld and mellow and become a sweet, creamy yellowish sort of scent, warm and powdery. Feminine yet fresh. Nice. Sometimes the orchid is a bit imposing. I will keep this one. I totally get the "bitch under the sweet interior" with this. One minute it's creamy, one minute terribly sharp. Intriguing!

Wet: Juicy rose, and a fruity light lavender.

 

Dry: The rose takes on a sweet almost fruity note and the lavender gets sharper and herbier. These two blend well. Not really to my liking though, somehow. A bit too sharp and tangy for me.

Wet: Spicy, vinegary men's cologne??

 

Dry: Spicy cedar overlaid with a tangy green earth note. Smells like being outside in trees smelling a flower on a bush. More bush than flower. Not bad.

Wet: Woody patchouli, sharp ginger, almost initially like a more feminine Sin.

Dry: This smells like more than just patchouli, ginger and orange blossom. There is a woody smell that for me dims the patchouli and the orange blossom. It's a nice scent, but too incensy for me.

Wet: Sweet biting mint.

 

Dry: A light bright scent of air with a light sweet mint over it, more mint candy than mint off the bush or Altoids mint. Soft and far less icky than I imagined, but otherwise unremarkable.

Wet: Green herbs and flowers.

 

Dry: Dryness. Sandalwood and some muted flowers, and a lot of that salty tear smell. Definitely bitter and sad. Not my style, but exactly what it claims to be!

Wet: Sweet flowers and a little musk.

 

Dry: Musky, earthy, incensy, maybe a tad of cucumber. Sometimes lovely and very sexy... sometimes a bit too cucumber tangy. I like it, but will be satisfied with the imp unless it morphs seriously later.

Wet: Tart apricot and sharp alcohol.

 

Dry: Definitely apricot brandy, I also get a bit of wood. Cask? Bar wood? For me this is very musty and mysterious. Dunno how much I will enjoy smelling of it though, it's probably a Fall only scent, for reading mysteries and feeling enigmatic.

Wet: Buttery caramel with a HINT of rum.

 

Dry: caramelized sugar, hint of rum, a leetle buttercream... this wafts up and makes me drool. Incredible!!!!!

Wet: Tangy orange and peel over sweet flowers.

 

Dry: Almost Kurukulla like, I smell flowers and sugar and sometimes I get a bit of orange. This isn't strong and I get little throw. Whereas Kurkulla has rose (to my nose) I get sweeter flowers here, headier flowers. It's nice, but I don't know if I need a full bottle. After an hour this gets sharper, more lily-like, and more of its own scent. It's still very sweet and floral, though.

I was sent an imp of this by the amazing UltraViolet.

 

 

Wet: Melon and a sugar and maybe a tad of a tea backnote.

 

Dry: Well, never been so happy to dislike a scent, my pocketbook will be SO happy. On me this is a sharp sour melon with a lightly sweetened tea back. Doesn't begin to go well with my skin or nose, and I am eternally grateful. I feel sad I missed out on what others seem to love so much but I didn't order the NorN shirt, even one, and I cannot afford the eBay price for this.

Wet: Tea and fresh fruits and flowers (rose?) and sugar.

 

Dry: Tea, and fruit, lemon? If so a kind gentle not sour lemon. It rests on a sweet light bed of sugary flowers but the tea, green scent, and citrus-ish smell are definitely in the forefront, strongly. It's a bright, energetic lovely scent.

Wet: Rich vanilla with something elusive and male behind it. Musk?

 

Dry: Wow, exactly the same, a non-morpher. I get very little tea with this. It's a rich warm scent, smells like a candle, but not in a cheap bad way. I like it very much.

Wet: Some sort of sharp biting incense. Almost vinegary.

 

Dry: The same but less strong, maybe a bit of curry... almost smells like a kitchen after someone cooked dinner. Yeah, very curry. Then the lemongrass comes out and smells like cleaner, so I get cleaned kitchen with essence of last night's dinner.

Wet: the world's biggest peice of strawberry Bubble Yum.

 

Dry: bitter tainted strawberry Bubble Yum.

 

Not a favorite.

This was a lab frimp. Thank you!

 

Wet: Rosewood.

 

Dry: Dusty rosewood and air, and the HINT of floral way behind it. It's like smelling a room with nice antiques and a rose in a vase. Has little/no throw for me.

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Dry: Dried roses and herbs. Sometimes fun and bracing, sometimes a bit pickly. If worn layered with another oil, I think this could be nice, maybe with something too plain. Sometimes the rose in this becomes fresher, maybe it would be nice with Peacock Queen or 2,5 &7.