malanna

Yes, do review, or you will have no peace! (I'm so punny.)

Argh. My reply got deleted. Bitch! Anyway, there was talk of this on the Suggestions forum. The thought was that there could be a gift set, six-pack of imps and a voucher for 5mL, so that the giftee could see which scent they most liked and get that in a larger size. However, it was eventually decided that the idea had to be put on hold while the Lab is still really busy.

The only one I've had any experience with that sort of fits the criteria is Blood Rose. It's a purplish red scent to me. Woe, but I do not like rose scents, or I'd be more help.

I did a search for tomato (leaf), but nothing came up. I had this lotion that was Raspberry Tomato Leaf, but I just sent it out, otherwise I would've sent it to you. However, if I remember correctly, Tomato Leaf is one of the Up-and-coming scents. You can see some reviews in that section. I'm not sure when it's coming out, though.

At first, it's apparent that this is a red scent. It makes me think of red leather, not that it smells like leather. It's hard to pin it down, besides red spicy warmth with warm florals. After an hour or two, it a becomes a clean scent. Sort of like Come to Me, except it's not triple-milled soap or any sort of washing agent, it's the scent of clean nothingness. Quite pleasant. Then, I think four hours later, it's the clean, with a tiny hint of floral soap.

Rosalind is sweet, but it's a sweetgrass sort of sweet, not so much sugar sweet. The carnation in Alice makes it sweet to me, but then, I tried it a long time ago. Swank contains pomegranate--pomegranate liqueur. Your list looks very good to me!

The cherry was strong in the beginning, with a hint of anise, but then the anise really stood out, with the cherry in the background, so if you like anise, you should try Kabuki.

I've never smelled Lolita Lempicka before, but Kabuki made me think of cherry and licorice. Imp also made me think of licorice, but that was probably my overactive imagination talking.

I had read the reviews before trying this, so my impression of this was also coffee. Dark coffee, yet not bitter. Dark chocolate, yet not chalky, but the word I'm looking for isn't exactly creamy. I think, if you poured the dark chocolate from the scent, it would pour out without any traces of melted bits, but it wouldn't pour out quickly. It would be sluggishly decadent in making its way down. However, I later asked my grandmother if she liked it, and she said she did. She said it smells like something that's grilled. So now that's what I think it smells like. The burnt, sweet, dark marinade on the edges of a grilled chicken. Actually, that seems to be more of an accurate smell of Gluttony to me. It's a bit weird on me, yet I sort of like it, but still, not enough to keep it.

I had expected this to be a strong musky smell when I sniffed it in the bottle. However, while drying, this is a really clean soap sort of scent. After two hours, it now smells like a combination between #20 Love Oil and Love Me. I may be a bit off with #20 Love Oil, since I haven't smelled it in a long time, but I think what I'm getting from that is the part of Feu Follet that smells like roses and dried tea leaves. I'm also getting the chewed bubble gum aspect of Love Me, with a bit of tang. The tang almost makes me think of cinnamon, but that's not it. It must be the heliotrope, and that makes sense, since Tarot: The Sun had heliotrope and it was a warm sort of scent. The jasmine isn't that apparent, since I'm not getting huge whiffs of "old lady scent," but as I sniff this, I am getting a slight impression of rotting rose petals. Not that it smells bad, but this scent isn't for me.

I expected more of an earthy/nature sort of perfume from the previous reviews, but this seemed very old lady perfume-y. Maybe there's jasmine, which usually gives me the old lady perfume impression. If I sniff the perfume and really think about it, there is rotting wood. But this is mostly just the smell of a really old woman who still pulls out her decades old perfume to "freshen" up. And there's definitely a hint of vetiver, making it a green (mossy) smell. This also is a bit of a "before the rain" smell, but maybe over a hot, humid swamp, not before a light, cool rain.

A bit minty at first, but the berries are still apparent. After drying, the berries come out full force. It's not a tart berry or a sort of wild, untamed berry, but still a happy berry (aren't they all?). Rather makes me think of a scent from The Body Shop. Dewberry, I think. This doesn't have the tartness of Jester, but might have the same tone of Bewitched, if you took away the musk and had red berries instead of black.

There's a warmth to it that I think might be lavender. There's also a slight bit of a medicinal smell that I've been getting with the zodiac oils, but it's not so strong. After a while, it fades, and becomes a bit of a green smell. Maybe eucalyptus? Or perhaps pine. This didn't last very long on me. After two or three hours, I could only smell it if I touched my nose to my skin.

Somehow, I had expected spices somewhere along the line of Snake Oil. However, this is a bit of an incense-y smell. Not Nag Champa sort of incense or incense when walking into a Buddhist temple. Not as suffocating or smoky. It sort of makes me think of what an ivory elephant you'd find in an Asian shop would smell like. I think the incense part is what the saffron lends it, or maybe it's the red musk. Normally, when I think musk, I think animal heat, but perhaps the red musk is what lends Scherezade the incense-heat. The second time I put this on, it was a bit like a warm, red Come to Me, a red soapiness. Then, it morphed back into the incense and after a while, went back to the red Come to Me incense. ETA: I could still smell it at the fourth hour, but it wasn't too strong, nor was it very weak.

After this dried, Tintagel made me think quite a bit of gingerbread. Warm and spicy, just taken out of the oven. The spice, which is cinnamon and/or nutmeg, actually doesn't bother me very much, because they're not screaming for attention, but lend a warmth to the scent. This is another skin/warmth-pulsating-from-the-skin sort of scent. After an hour or so, the leather is more apparent. It's a red leather, worn under the armor, warm from wear.

Light, clean lemon that morphs into a light, clean floral. Very pleasant. It rather reminds me of Kumiho and Embalming Fluid in their tone. However, Embalming Fluid, although it seemed light, it was a bit overbearing, while Phantasm isn't. I like how this floral isn't very heavy or overbearing.

I tested this a long time ago and I can't quite decipher the notes I made, so this review may be a bit inadequate. This is tart berries at first, with the wine coming out later. This is definitely a rich purple scent. This scent sort of evokes the same tone that Bordello does. While Bordello is the satin of a dress that a saloon girl back on the Old West would wear, Lady MacBeth is the satin of a Shakespearian dress--longer and more elegant, but still very tight.

This is definitely a fire scent. The ginger is apparent, as is the black pepper. There's a medicinal smell that I keep on getting from the Zodiac scents. It's a warm scent that seems like a skin scent. In my head, it's like the warmth that radiates from your skin after you've been exercising a lot, but without the salt and sweat. I can't really see this as a perfume, if that makes sense. To me, it's just not a very pleasant-smelling, nor does it really evoke a mood or atmosphere.

This is a woodsy smell and very incense-y, too. It's not incense in the way of a Buddhist temple, but an earthy sort of incense. This is a really strong scent that lasts rather long, too. This makes me think of a hollowed out seat, worn with wear. At the same time, it also made me think of Kill Bill 2, when Kiddo was training in the mountains with the Asian guy. In fact, it's a mix of the place where she trained at the Asian master...hm.

The first time I tried this, I had Old Kathmandu on my other wrist, which I wasn't so fond of, and I couldn't really make this one (Kweku Anansi) out, so, I think in comparison, I thought that Kweku Anansi was pleasant enough. I couldn't get a real grasp of it, so, this is my second test with it. This is very strong. I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to really smell it like last time, and swiped, not dabbed. I was hit with an overwhelming spicy smell. Not Snake Oil spices, but dark, strong spices (nutmeg, I suppose, and definitely pepper). Not processed spices, but raw spices, gathered from the woods. The spices has a woodsy feel--maybe cedar? This makes me think of the rotting wood on the front porch of a deserted cabin in the woods. I had just thought this was the rotting wood on the stairs of a haunted house, but this is also a bit of a green smell (vetiver), hence the cabin in the woods. ETA: This is really long-lasting, too. It's still going strong after six hours and a shower. I can still smell it--faintly--underneath my lotion.

When I first put this on, I thought, "Oh, no. Lotus." However, there's something tempering the lotus--it's still aquatic, but it seems like something is making it sweeter, perhaps the nectar of a flower that grows on the land. In fact, it might not even be a lotus, it could be, as the description says, a combination of another floral and aquatic notes. If that's the case, the aquatic notes are watery in the sense of a stillwater pond, with lilypads in the middle. It's pretty strong. 10 hours later, and I can smell it. It's now less lotus, and more sweet and clean.

Very spicy and nutmeg-y, with a dollop of a dark scent on application. I suppose this is a bit of a gourmand scent, what with the spices and all, but to me, it really isn't one. The sassafrass comes out and sweetens Laudanum a bit, although it doesn't seem very sweet, just not so heavy spicy. This scent makes me think of sniffing the wool of the heavy brown wool cloak of a monk. Maybe in France, because the spice makes it seem not so British. The nutmeg also makes it a bit mysterious, as if the monks are walking in a narrow dark stone cave/pathway, with a tiny stream/puddle of water in the middle of the path. On drydown, this seems soapy. Brown soap, but soap nonetheless.

Devilishly playful: white peach, amber, golden musk and patchouli. I did a review in my mind before I read the description for the scent. It was something like this: Cherries (okay, granted I've been smelling cherries in every scent lately), except not really cherries. Then, licorice, but not really licorice, because it doesn't make me recoil in disgust. It smells like the hard candy I can get in Taiwan, except the flavor still isn't very clear. Now that I've read the description, the scent makes a lot more sense. When I think peaches, I think Fae and Tamora. However, I guess Imp has a different peach. The "licorice" was just something dark lurking in the background, the neroli and musk. I think it's the musk that makes it seem more like a candy than a juicy peach. The staying power is okay with this--about four hours at an okay aromatic strength.

This smelled like Oneiroi, with the mugginess that lavender brings. Unlike Oneiroi, the warm heat of lavender doesn't calm down quite enough for the other notes to really come through. For this scent, that was a good thing, because I'm not so big on lotus, which didn't really come out, but it may have been what was mellowing out the lavender. I hadn't encountered lavender in any other scents, but now I know that I'm not so fond of lavender.

The lavender in this scent (and other notes) make this a very hot, like the muggy heat of a steam room (or better yet, Houston hehe) scent. Several minutes after application, the floral comes out, making this a hothouse floral, remniscent of Old Paris. Egads, I don't like it. However, the muggy heat fades after an hour, leaving a nice floral. The now quiet mugginess makes the jasmine less potent. This is a hazy yellow scent to me. As for its somnambular properties, it didn't help me fall asleep, but I did have very detailed dreams and was able to remember them a day later.