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Something in this blend end up being really bland on me. It started out very fruity smoky but ended up being ... nothing? I dunno but it didn't work.

Thanks for the recs ladies! Unfortunately, I've tried all of them (except the Luperci '06, which I will keep my eye out for) and those blends don't like me for various reasons.

Very much a darker, maybe a bit peppery, Paudan Killer Swarm. Even though coconut is not a listed note, that is what it smells like to me. Go figure.

This borders between good and not so good on me. I think it may be the rose that is way deep in the background.

 

There is something that is freshly sweet about this that I love. The pineapple behaves and is juicy and refreshing smelling. The peach syrup/liquor is beautiful and realistic. But there is a powderlike note in the background that really ruins it. There shouldn't be powder in my drink! To bad because the combination of peach and pineapple in this is just gorgeous.

First applied, this is very much a patchouli blend. There is a nice, almost creamy background to this blend. It goes a bit powdery after a bit; I'm guessing amber or ambergris, maybe. Still very nice; I do not get the medicinal hemp note from this proto that I do from UOH2. After a few hours it drys down to this really gorgeous patchouli/creamy amber thing on me; it reminds me of a cross between Jacob's Ladder and Banshee Beat (minus the hemp). Very nice and a keeper. For now.

A slightly powdery confectioners heaven. Sugary sweet cake (maybe funnel?) with rich vanilla frosting. There may be some amber in here as its a bit resinous to me as well. This is a sugar that does not play well with my skin though as it's a bit high-pitched and sharp; plastic-like almost.

I was hoping I would avoid the medicinal note that the hemp becomes on my skin with this proto. Sad to say, I did not. First applied, it's medicinal hemp, just like the released blend. After a bit the vanilla comes out strong but the hemp is still very much present for me. A slight patchouli note has come out as well.

 

Very nice but not what I was looking for.

Wow. Sweet, sweet pink bubblegum. You know that bubblegum that is almost powdery and so filled with sugar that it has a hard time staying together in your mouth because of all the sugar? Yeah, that bubblegum.

 

And cake. Some sort of cakey vanilla with a sort of salty sweet thing in the background.

 

Candy heaven. But just too sweet for me.

Beautifully juicy and sugary. Almost too sugary for me, which is saying something. The booze is very well blended in with these fruits, all of which I love. Wonderfully summerish and something I would like to drink.

A very sharply sour aquatic on me. Rum tends to do that on my skin chemistry.

This should have ended up better on me but it went very bad. A very sugary sweet almond that is almost caramel-like on me. Caramel does not like me; I do not like it. Or smelling like it and this scent comes too close to that for my tastes.

Very red musky; the patch is also prominent in this blend for me. When first trying this, I immediately thought 'this is the base for MME Moriarty' with that red musk and patchouli. This, though, does not have any plum but instead captures this glorious orange blossom that really adds a bit of soft sexiness to the red musk and patchouli. Definitely glad to have a bottle.

Yeah, other reviewers have said it. Orange. I got this based off the comparison to NG's Orange. A bit disappointed here as this is not like it in the end, at least on my skin.

 

This starts out as bitter orange peel. Crazy realistic and ORANGE. Wet on the skin, the bitter peel recedes someand a sweet orange juice joins it, becoming the more dominant note. A really warm, almost manly musk joins this along with....CLOVE. You know how you stick cloves in oranges to infuse things when cooking. This is the smell of that orange. That orange with the peel still on, oozing juice after being stuck with a few cloves; not a lot of cloves, but definitely a few.

 

While NG Orange goes from the peel of an orange to an orange blossom scent on drydown, this combines the peel, the juice, and a few cloves (and perhaps musk; not sure on that note anymore) to end things. It's a very nice scent but I'm really not a fan of cloves.

This is a sweet floral blend, mainly.

 

It's beautiful really. Maybe sweet pea and orchid? There is a bit of fruit in the background that helps to take the 'floral' edge off, so to speak but not enough to dominate the blend, which is good for me. Dominant fruit blends just do not work for me. But this, again, is beautiful. Also, I'm getting a creamy musk in the background, or maybe all the notes in this blend create a vanilla musk like effect. I dunno but it's a bit sultry yet very sophisticated and regal. There is this green note that pops up in the drydown as well. Like grass or stems.

 

Very 'clean' smelling; not soapy but clean like a summer breeze.

Very much a red musk blend.

 

There is this apricot brandy with a bit of plum that melds so well in this. Very yummy. The brandy is what turns me off though; I tend to amp alcohol in any form and the only note this helps is red wine, anything else ends up smelling sour and off. This blend goes powdery for a bit but smooths out on the drydown into this sweet, earthy red musk. I like it but I dunno if I like it enough to get to that point.

Off topic but tobacco does not equal a smokey smell. *shrugs*

 

As for honey, I'm really craving a dark honey scent. Most I tend to love are light and 'sunshiney' in feel, you know? Any recs for a honey blend with a darker feel?

Definitely not a 'regular' marigold on my skin.

 

This is sweet, sunny, orange, and very clean smelling. Not soapy at all but clean. The bouquet in this is stunning. There is the floral element (honeysuckle definitely, maybe a bit of the actual marigold as it gets a bit dusky on drydown, maybe lily of the valley) is gorgeous and true while there is a bit of sweet greenery apparent in this blend as well. I also get a clean, cold, flowing water vibe from this; same as in Amsterdam from Wanderlust.

 

Beautiful and perfect for summer!

Very pretty aquatic that is definitely different from most (aquatics). A bit salty and fresh from the seaweed, it's also sweet from the honey. The ambergris is really the component that ties them altogether. A bit warm and ambery yet there is this floral aspect to it that lends to the aquatic feeling. Very beautiful.

Very jammy, sweet lovely blackberries. Usually blackberries do not work on me; the only other one that does would be MB: Closet. Anyway, the blackberries stay very realistic smelling and juicy while I get a bit of a buttery note in the background. It isn't like sticking butter on your arm or anything but more like a baked butter? and it just serves to enrich this blend even further. There is a bit of something floral (I really think it is rose) and maybe a pinch of cinnamon?

 

Very yummy. A foodish blend that is more gourmand than being a total foody.

I agree with the woody, slightly boozey/red wine assumptions of the above reviews. There is some sort of citrus invovled here as well. I'm really thinking it is lemongrass as it has that astringent quality. There is also a floral element here that I don't quite recognize or can pin down; it may be part of the musk I think I am getting. Maybe red musk? Beautiful blend!

A very musky, yet slightly sweet honey on me. Almost clean smelling as well yet definitely sticky. Very much the honey used in O v5.

Slightly amberish/a bit aquatic with a hint of musk and maybe a bit of powder. Very warm and cuddly yet sexy to me.

A very grown up, musky rose. This is slightly resious but really, really smoooooth. Glorious red roses that are not powdery or overly in your face either. Juicy, vibrant, and sweet but not too sugary. The other components are noticable but do not over take the rose. Really, I'm not one for red roses in anything I put on my body but GAH this is beautiful!

Leather (soft leather, worn in leather, leather that is almost a second skin ~ that was a bit eww but nevermind), sandalwood, grasses, and maybe a bit of musk. Very nice but not something *I* would choose to scent my room with. My man, on the other hand? Oh yes.

Smokey, resinous POWDERED fruit + vanilla.