ReallyZeb

#99

 

When it was wet it was an overpowering piney smell like floor cleaner.

 

Once dry its much much nicer. It has some dry woods - maybe cedar or something along those lines. it has a fresh, crisp, aquatic sort of note. It gives me the impression of a forest on the edge of a glacier, so fresh it almost hurts. It's not my sort of thing for perfume but I wish I had an atmo spray of this one.

CT VII Fougere #44

 

Very limey when wet, which I like, but as is usual with lime it disappears really quickly. The fougere that's left stays citrusy for a while, with a touch of lavender. Once it's dry it's subtle herbs and citrus with maybe a tiny bit of cedar.

Gourmand #153 - First I get a blast of buttered rum, then a back note of maybe cherry or bubblegum, plus a vanilla cake type background note. When it dries it's a more subtle booxy cake scent

 

Gourmand #243 - Lemon poppy seed cake/biscuits is the closest I get. The lemon is quite mellow and the biscuity thing is subtle. There's a dry savoury note which I interpret as the poppy seeds, which comes to the fore as it dries, then the lemon reappears as a slightly herbal lemon - more like lemongrass.

While it's in the bottle this is the richest, thickest honey ever and it's gorgeous. Once in the bath it is far more subtle - a gentle hint of honey and a fresh, slightly medicinal quality from the herbs. It doesn't linger though and feels rather ephemeral. I suspect if I used my bath oil as a moisturiser then the scent would stick around much longer.

When it's wet all I get is a massive lavender overdose, but it settles down pretty quickly. There's still a gentle hint of lavender, a powdery swathe of amber and gentle fig peeking through. I don't get the ylang ylang for which I'm grateful, and I can't really pick out the patch. Beautiful and unlike anything else I've tried.

Cloister Graveyard In The Snow might suit you if you can find it.

I got the ouchy burny reaction, but before I had to wash it off it smelled lovely, a not too sweet spicy resin

The first note I get is almond but this vanishes once its dry and it turns into a really light and pretty rose with just a touch of citrus. After a couple of hours the beeswaxy note from the honey is the most prominent.

 

If I dip into gender stereotyping for a minute, this would be great for a young girl.

This starts with the bitter orange note which is lovely. Once dry it rounds out and darkens somewhat - the orange is still there but it has taken a woody, masculine turn. The patchouli doesn't make itself stand out although I presume it's responsible for that. After an hour or so I can pick out the underlying tobacco. I can't find the amber or musk at all.

This would smell really good on a man I think, but I'm unsure if it will suit me - but I will keep it to see if aging changes it.

When it's wet, and in the bottle, this is all lavender and nothing else. However once it dries it turns completely to a beautiful fresh lemon oil scent, no trace of lavender at all. It stays that way for about an hour and then gradually softens. It still remains lemony but not zingy. Lemon usually disappears fast on me but 3 hours in and its still soft lemon, very slightly herbal, but starting to fade. I can't pick out elemi under all the lemon.

This is beautiful wet and for the first half hour once it's dry - a tiny touch of pear, quite a bit of coconut and a little powdery amber, but then it goes to beeswax and plastic - so sad

First blast is definitely blueberry rather than any other berry. I then also get the lemon verbena, but no lavender.

 

Once dry, I also get a full blown scent memory of hiding in undergrowth in the woods as a child, roaming around playing on my own, which has brought tears to my eyes. A keeper.

 

 

Does anyone plan to run a 12 days of Christmas swap? I'm so excited with the 13 nights of Halloween and I'll definitely need something to cheer myself up around Christmas... And I don't really feel up to running one on my own, so I figured I'd ask.

 

I don't know about the 12 Days swap. A while ago, there was some speculation that there might be an Eight Crazy Nights swap at some point, which could also be super cool. At least, I think there was? This could just be the ramblings of a swaps addict...

 

I know I had planned on doing a christmassy/holiday one. I think I'm not going to be able to organize one this year though. We just started ripping apart our bathroom, we had a loose tile issue that turned out to be a mold issue (we're doing all the work ourselves, so its going to take quite a while to get fixed). So, if anyone else wants to start up a holiday one, that would be awesome.

 

I've never run a swap but I'd be happy to help out if someone else experienced was involved

I use my oils in the bath and this is beautifully blended - nothing is overpowering, just lovely spicy incensey goodness

This is terribly strong when it's wet and drying down - almost all overwhelming musk. Once it's settled on my skin for an hour it is far more subtle - dry soft, almost ambery spices and peach that is definitely dried rather than juicy. Soft and beautifully melded. Another keeper.

Wet in the bottle it's fruity in a way that some strong fruit spirits are - that almost acrid note.

 

Once dry, to me this is a dead ringer for Misfortune Teller V3 which makes me very happy indeed - fruity richness and very opulent dark incense. I will need more than my one bottle.

I worried that this would be overly sweet and overly floral - it is neither. I do get a tiny bit of honeysuckle, and what I assume is camelia, but the bergamot grounds it beautifully. A spicy and slightly sweet bottle of yumminess - yet another thing I want as a perfume and a bath oil.

I absolutely hate most florals but this is lovely - a cottage garden type of scent that smells quite classic and old-fashioned, but only in a good way. I get nostalgia from it for some reason.

Killer Jasmine Of Doom

 

I had to try because everything else sounded so wonderful but alas, floral cat pee is all I get. Damn.

In the bottle it smelled quite sharp and I worried, but once it has dried down it is sweet cuddly musk with a woody sharpness in the background. It very much smells of old hippy shop to me, slightly dusty and dry spicyness. I'd agree with Balame about it evoking the air just before it rains. It's beautiful.

This is strange, not what I expected. When wet I get a generic fruity scent, which dries down to a lovely creamy lemon tea scent. This fades after an hour or so and I'm left with a dusty, woody, tonka. I wish the middle stage lingered a bit longer, right now I'm not sure on it.

A thread like this exists? Hooray! Maybe you lovely people can help me find a scent for my D&D character!

 

He is a goblin by the name of Grixis Geargrinder, The Chosen One, The King of the Goblin Mountain, the Creator of Realms, the Tamer of Beasts, the Wielder of Magic and the Master of Illusion, and probably more titles I'm forgetting about right now (he has more than Daenerys Targaryen). He is a rogue illusionist, and way way way chaotic. He has a castle made entirely of ruby, atop a mountain inhabited, within and without, by goblins who have finally accepted him as their king; he also created (well, more like discovered) a realm within mirrors that only goblins can access. He is obsessed with dinosaurs and has two dinosaur familiars, a velociraptor named Grumkin and a pterodactyl named Snark. He is infamous for smearing blood across his cheeks like war paint, and for dropping his pants to remind his friends that HE'S A BOY (since I myself am actually a girl, they often refer to Grixis as a she).

 

Sadly, the RPG series does not (yet? poke poke Lab) have a Goblin. And the other Goblin does not at all smell like what a goblin should smell like. Not that I want something completely realistic, because it would probably smell like poop and blood and raw meat, but something at least symbolically goblinesque would be nice.

 

I'm thinking perhaps Creature Feature as a "natural goblin skin" base. Chaotic should probably be one ingredient, but I don't think Rogue or Mage will work for him; Rogue because he doesn't wear leather, and Mage because it's way too pretty.

 

Any other suggestions?

 

 

ETA: This is my 1337th post.

Reptoid Dominion or Al Azif?

13 Nights of Halloween was awesome fun last year - I'd love to do it again!

I agree with Aviatrix - this is totally ethereal and beautiful. The vanilla musk is prominent, with just a whisper of florals. I do get a little almond but not the overpowering sort from something like Bastet, just a tiny hint of added sweetness. I can't detect mandarin but skin often eats this entirely so it's not a surprise. I'm so glad I chanced getting a bottle of this, and may need several more.

Both wet and dry I get a deep dark patchouli with a hint of forest greenery and a little sweetness from the honey. I dont detect the tobacco. The throw is massive and it stays around quite a while too. I love it, and if you love patchouli you'll love it too!