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OK, this MUST be reviewed. Now we have the place to do it!!!!!!
I must warn you that I do use this as a moisturizer, since I have no bathtub to soak and luxuriate in. Instead, I get to scent the whole bathroom with this precious scent and have everyone state that it smells so much better than normal. (Well, they say that for all of the oils, but more when I put on this one.) The oil soaks in quite quickly, but allows the scent to linger in the air. It does have more of a floral perfume quality on my skin than the oil, but it makes me feel girly.
This scent does morph on me. At first, I get all the lemon verbena singing it's praises to the sky. But, it's more of an angelic singing. Then the tea starts joining in, which makes me feel like I'm carrying a steaming mug of green tea with some lemon honey in it. Trust me, this is able to put people in a zen state. After a while, that fades away in a blissful memory, allowing the honeysuckle to become a star in her own right. But, she lightly sways, letting her scent linger to my skin like a gentle friend who is a considerate person.
It lasts, but after the first hour, it is such a delicate scent, that it can be left to the unconscious to enjoy while the conscious and subconscious minds get to go back to their regular duties.
People, go enjoy this scent!

Normally, I avoid most scents that make me think of pink. They have a very rare moment in my wardrobe. But, here are some that make me think of pink and what shade, if that could help.

 

Eden- Light Rose pink

Pink Moon- Barely there pink, almost a variant of white

L'Essence de l'Engouement- Bright pink

Eve- Barbie Pink

Love- Cotton Candy pink

Croquet- Neon pink

Pele- Same as Pink Moon

Fae- Light pink

Diable en Boite- Hot Pink

 

Yeah, theses are the ones I keep for that RARE case where I feel like I need something pink or I wear something with a pink on it.

Maybe it's the whole stalking for Lupes or having put up decorations for Valentine's Day at work or even that everyone has Valentine's Day stuff out now that has me wondering this. Would anyone even want to do a Valentine's Card swap or even a quick, hit and run Valentine's gift swap? I don't know the first thing about running a swap at all, but might, if nobody else wanted to. I have a couple ideas for both.

This review is from what I wrote down in my notebook, though I have to admit that it still smells the same on me.

 

This perfume doesn't hit me well in the bottle. As soon as it comes on wet, it has a very metallic, smoky scent with what my brain keeps screaming is lime. I do like it a lot.

As it dries, it smooths out and keeps with the wet stage, but a little smokier and less lime. It stays for about four hours on my skin, which is average length.

 

As a side note, this smells EXACTLY (as in I did a side by side sniff and had a coworker confirm) like freshly bell vacuum annealed copper. Not copper before it's been annealed or copper vacuum annealed, but a bell vacuum anneal. All three have different scents. I'm actually curious if Beth has actually smelled it. But, yeah, this is a work scent that I could wear and nobody would be able to complain because it smells like something that belongs at work.

 

Those were the notes taken from when I was working at a heat treating factory. And it does bring back memories of working there very strongly when I put it on now.

This imp is about a year old already, so it may have changed from what it would be fresh. But, it did come as a lab frimp. This was during my "all wine scents will turn to grape chewits on me" phase, so I avoided testing it at all costs. Possibly a bad thing. But, I do like the year aging it has done.

So, this one smells like cream and honey straight out on my skin. Behind it are faint spices, that come out more as the honey disappears as it dries. I'm hoping that the wine is what's bringing out the spices, since otherwise, it goes to a light bread-y/cream scent with light spice. It's pretty nice, so I'll keep the frimps that show up occasionally. Not really desiring a bottle since I'm not regularly craving this kind of scent.

Mine starts off on pine mostly. Plus, I get the blackberry mixing with the cranberry to give a bite to it. As it dries down, it goes to pine and cedar in this very cool, walking by the woods scent. It lasts about four hours on me, which is pretty much an average length. I like it, but just seem to feel as though I have a few others of the similar vibe that I will wear more often. So, this will stick to my many imps.

I am unsure of this scent. I prefer it for more of a spring scent, I suppose, because it is SO light. Both when I had my longish (down to the bottom of my butt) hair and now the pixie short, this scent does not last in my hair. Mainly, I get the juniper to stick in my hair. The mint seems to dissipate in the time it gets from the nozzle to either my hand or my hair itself. This can be sprayed directly on my hair, unlike some other glosses. The decant is going to last long for me. I don't know if I would buy a bottle or not.

In the bottle, I'm getting woods and a tanning leather. Maybe not a good idea. Here goes nothing.

Putting it on, I get tea with foresty and a dash of citrus. As it stays on, it goes all furniture polish. From a distance, I get more of an orange type scent. Really, I'm wondering if my nose is off or my skin is morphing this weirdly.

This definitely needs to be reviewed again. I do think my nose is off on this one.

ETA- This is definitely the play on my skin. It is how the florals mix with the lime for the furniture polish. The woodsy is just the coconut husk with the lime. Yeah, I wish I got what everyone else did.

This is my first love and a favorite scent. I can not believe I have not posted a review this beauty yet. I am now rectifying that gross infraction.

Sniffing this from the bottle I bought off the forum two years ago, i get a wonderful blend of grapefruit, musk, teakwood, and a faint rind of lemon. This alone provides memories of sitting out with citrus fruits. So, I am more than happy to put it on my skin. Once on my skin, this puts a tea with citrus now. In the background is some pretty orchid. As it dries, it brings out the leather and the teakwood from the bottle. The orchid hangs out quite lightly.

I love how it slowly slides between stages. It ends up taking me to a memory from high school of walking in the fall in my leather jacket and skirt while wearing some perfume. This is the perfume I was looking for growing up. Yes, I truly love this scent and would cry if it were ever discontinued.

I don't know how often I would wear this. Seriously, I can only see wearing this in an office job, which I have not done in over ten years.

Smelling this in the bottle, I smell flowers, licorice, and then orange mint. This really is worrying me, since I don't really like licorice.

So, putting it on, it first shines of eucalyptus and mint. This is much nicer. But, the mint mellows to licorice. But, from a distance comes more of the orange. By the time it fades, less than a couple hours, all I smell is lily.

I still am not impressed by the scent, especially the licorice phase. Plus, if it is not rolled enough, the scent is much more bland.

First, I have to admit that this is from my notes from a year ago. So, I will add to this next time I wear it. So, on with the history review.

When it is in the bottle, I smell chocolate with flowers in full bloom. Actually it reminds me a lot of Pink Moon 2012. Since I like the scent, this is a very good thing.

As soon as it hits my skin, the morphing begins. I'm still getting the flowers from the bottle. There's a minty background with a hint of woodsy feel. But, the flowers slowly fade til only rose and heather remain. When that happens, a faint hint of the chocolate, mint, and honey finally show. It is a nice scent that lasts quite a long time.

This perfume is one that does not become too heavy, yet are not too faint that I don't notice it. It is mostly a spring scent to me. It seems like something pastel in scent. I can see this being worn when I want to smell of flowers.

For me, this scent is purely almond and spices from first application to finish. I want to say this is like Silk Road and Athens mixed together. I know that the honey stays in the background but lends a sweetness to the creamy spice.

This is from my decant from last year. I never did a review of it fresh, but I remember being impressed with it. But, my nose is a little less impressed now.

When wet, it is all wood with a background of VERY faint incense. I also get some of the gardenia. As it dries, there is a hint of cumin and, if I fight hard, a whisper of vetiver. Otherwise, it is the same as when wet. In a way, it feels like I'm eating gardenia flowers.

It lasts a while, but it is more of a office scent for me. Or an evening scent for a dinner date. I'm going to finish the decant someday and have no regrets.

So, the new guy for me bought me a roller bottle of a knock off of Estee Lauder Pleasures. It's ok, but I'd rather find a BPAL to wear of it. And one without Jasmine, since we don't like each other. It seems like there's also amber, patchouli, and some other white flowers after cat pee smell goes away. Any help?

Mmmy. Yes, that's how I feel about it. This definitely is going to be one of the summer scents. I bought it more in hopes of it being a scent my boyfriend would like and the image that I got a kick out of telling his nephew I was wearing "Uncle Brian". But, yeah, this is definitely a keeper. Needs more bottles maybe even.

In the bottle it reminded me solely of opening the containers from all of you who add candy to it. The rush of sugary candy and bottled goodness.

First on I got a big hit of lime. It was a fizzier lime, almost 7-upish. Then it faded into a rainbow sherbet and 7-up drink mix. I love to make that. You know, where you mix 7-up, orange juice, and the add a plop of rainbow sherbet in a big punch bowl. Now I want one.

A couple hours later, it's faded to the melted puddle of the sherbet. No more orange or lime. There's a sugary spot that it took me to reading to realize must be the cotton candy. So, it's yummy and gooey, without the sticky mess.

This needs to be worn for the boyfriend. He really likes candy and citrus scents on women, so I'll see how he likes this one. But, I'm really liking this one. Though I do think this will just be a summer scent for me.

I have no bath here, so I have to use it as a moisturizer. And now my night gloves smell like leather and musk, instead of cotton and threads. So, it's all good to me.

 

In the bottle, I can see the comparisons to snake oil, since I faintly smell it in the background. Mostly it's musky leather for me. I can't find the rose or honey in this at all.

 

Putting it on, I smell BLACK leather and faint powder. I know the powder smell is the black musk, but this is the first scent where I'm GLAD the powder smell is there. It slides perfectly under the leather. As it dries, the red musk adds a sexy edge to it. This is not a "family friendly" scent in my mind. This is the "friends with benefits" scent to me.

 

I'm seconding thatbrownelf's hope that this becomes permanent. Please, please, pretty please?

I have to admit the reason why I got it is twofold. I liked two thirds of the notes and how they go on me and everyone seems to say it's long lasting. I was a little worried though about the black musk because, no matter what, it turns to baby powder on me. Safe to say, this didn't! Too bad it didn't last through the Dawn trial.

 

The first thing that hit me was how thick the oil was. This is coming from a new bottle from the lab too. It definitely clung to the wand and oozed down it more like a gel. In fact, it seemed to slink and caress where I put it on. Yeah, it gave off a vibe just from the texture.

 

At first, the scent was more of the black musk wanting to come out and be powder, but that lasted only seconds. After that, it was all smoky vetiver and the well worn leather I love. It seems to be very similar to the leather note in De Sade, even. It makes me think of a concert after all the pyro is done and wearing an ex's leather trench to. And it lasted the longest time on me. This is one of the few that goes past the 4 hour mark. As it faded, it remained the same vetiver and leather but in lighter throw.

 

I'm glad I got the bottle of this and it's going on the "check to see who's working to see if I can even wear it to work" scent. Well, at least until I stick my arms in the Dawn.

Yesterday, during work, I did a mix of Rose Red, Bittersweet Chocolate Bath Oil, and The Lick It's I had. Joys of making Christmas presents at the last minute. That night, for family party, I did Mother Shub's Cthulhustollen. Today, I'm just sticking to Knecht Ruprecht. This should be interesting.

I keep wearing this and each time, it smells different. I think a lot of it has to do with how warm I am at the application time, but at least they all seem to be nice.

 

On wet, mostly I get pumpkin with coffee. I never smelled Pumpkin Latte, so I can't say if it's the same or not for me. Sometimes, there's a cream with it and others more like a black coffee. Like I said, depends on how warm I am at the time. (The warmer, the more likeliness of cream added.)

 

As it dries, the spices come out. If I'm warm, the pumpkin pretty much fades out and I'm slammed with spice and cedar. The cooler I am, the more the pumpkin stays. And it's the pumpkin for me of the lingering smell from pulling out the guts, not pie. But, that's just me. Plus, I get a bit of patchouli in it, which knocks down the cedar.

 

At the end, I get teakwood and coffee. With a hint of pumpkin pie. But, the patchouli goes away too. Unless I'm warm. Then it's all pie spice and not so identifiable woods. Like eating a piece of pie on a deck outside.

 

It's a nice one to have on, no matter what my temperature is. This one is definately something for me to wear often.

This was the one I wasn't too sure of. I never seem to get mango to actually show up, but was hoping the tea and pumpkin would help it out.

 

The bottle definately screamed mango for me. It was beating everything else to a faint backgound. Then, I put it on.

 

From start to finish, it smelled like Tetley's Chai tea on me. No creamy pumpkin, no mango, nothing else. Not that it is a bad thing really. I've been wanting to find a Chai scent lately, since that keeps me from buying chai all the time. So, it ends up a win for me. I just envy everyone who got the pumpkin and mango.

On first sniff, I immediately thought Treatsy in Cherry. On wet, it has more of a lemon scent to me. But, that does fade out and then the cherry comes back and more of a candy feel. Occasionally I get a whiff of the plastic already mentioned, but it keeps getting knocked out by the sweetness. I don't get much of the grass or cement. I'm definately glad I got the bottle.

My daughter hid this from me the day after it got out of the box because she was CERTAIN it was for her. It said pink and so she had to store it with her stuff. But, she never wore it. Addictions to pink only goes so far I guess. I only found it when we were moving stuff. So, now, I can finally do a review.

In the vial and when it first goes on, I get a chocolate and strawberry scent. It's pretty close to my 13 for this April. That's okay, because I like that 13 for summer. It's light enough to keep from bothering certain people when it's on. As it dries, I notice that the chocolate seems to fade, but then it does. I think my body just can't get enough chocolate inside me that it needs to acquire the oil into me and ingest it. The strawberry stays there, but adds a lot more floral feel. It's bot quite to blossom, but close. And no plasticy side smell that I get from strawberry! Yay! Happy dance. I don't smell the vanilla really, but there's the sweetness hanging out in the faint background that seems to play with my nose.

It's definately worth wearing again. Though I'm being bad and trying to figure out which flowers are on the label. It's just a pretty label on it. But, it's also so PINK. I must keep the label from being seen since then they'll know I will wear something that color.

It's melon for certain. In this house, there's the argument of which type of melon it is though. Half say cantaloupe, while the other half say honeydew. The oddball says watermelon, but she thinks all melons smell like watermelon. But, it is a nice soft melon that doesn't choke everyone. There's a bit of bubble feel from it too, which I think is the champagne grape on me. It fades to a light herbal scent that isn't very soapy on me like most seem to do. Worth keeping.

 

ETU: It seems to depend on who is wearing it in this household on the melon that shows up. The oddball wears it, and all that shows up is watermelon from start to finish. It's a nice and juicy watermelon too. But, the rest of us get either honeydew or cantaloupe, depending on the time of month.

This is definitely a fun shade to have. It looks like it should go on a pale spring green from the bottle, but it goes on almost clear. With a few layers, I got a weak gloss of green, but still almost transparent. For me, both in the bottle and on the nails gave a glow in the dark effect. But, I find that the glitter, though pretty to have, seems to have a texture that needs a top coat to smooth it out. And this stuff lasts on the nails.

 

ETA: I found out that some colors under the polish seem to make the glow in the dark effect stronger, while other ones I've used affect it by having less strength. I have also scared people who don't realize that I'm wearing it and they find "something glowing for no reason" after I'd turned off the lights half and hour before. So, this one has lasting ability. And it still is the best of all the polishes on the chip resistance.

This is to me the smell of chocolate cake. I've done it both in the bath and on the skin. On the skin has a much stronger scent, of course, and lasts longer for me. It was mild in the bath, but also helped keep my skin more moisturized than doing just a bath by myself. In the bath gives a MUCH stronger throw. My cousin, who is staying with me, didn't know I was using it and swore I had just finished baking a chocolate cake and started craving it. Yeah, she was mad when I proved to her that it was just the bath oil.