Dinerdulcinea

This started out warm and spicy on me---promising---but eventually went to a "used big red gum" stage...now it is like a spicy soap. Pleasant, but much nicer on the Hubby.

So far, the OotD scents are not anything like their descriptions on me. This one is very interesting...

 

I have a strong scent memory that comes up with this one...it smells like a hint of comforting dryer sheets from my past with an overwhelming odor of this guy I was really hot for in High School...it smells like his waterbed.

 

(I won't say how I know that. )

 

Very light, pleasant smell.

 

Anyway, these are for my hubby and they will be totally different on him, but I couldn't resist trying them myself and giving a review.

Snake Charmer rocks. It lasts all day and can be smelt from far away (even without slathering!)

 

imp: light, slightly sweet, and a slight bitter resinousness

 

wet: odd...a little sweet, a little smoky...with a hint of almost kettle corn.

 

dry: cough syrup smell and plastic. I'll probably use this one to meditate but not as perfume...or use a scent locket.

imp: pale, lemon, a little like a cleaning solution or fabric softener...

 

wet: LEMON ice, but with a slight "pledge" undertone

 

dry: meh. Very very faint. Refreshing, but I'm not sure I want to smell like lemon ice.

imp: first, I smell effervescent pomegranite, but there is also a sweaty, dirty smell...

 

wet: the dirty smell is quickly overtaking the fruit...

 

Dry: eeeewwwww...gets realllllly NASTY later!

imp: herbal, but also smells a little like cleaning solution...

 

wet: cleaning solution!!!

 

dry: OH DEAR! This is truly awful on me. It smells like rancid dryer sheets soaked in bathroom cleaning spray!

imp: curious, but partially sour and repellant (seems to be one note).

 

wet: curious and green...repellant note fades into the background.

 

Dry: Lime?!?! That's all I can smell. ODD!

Goes through several more phases: Grapefruit w/ a little floral then finally aquatic

 

Interesting, but I'll pass.

imp: sweet creamyness but with a yucky floral in it.

 

wet: same

 

dry: yucky floral TOO NASTY for words. Must wash off!!!

A kind forumite sent me a sniffie of this. YAY!

 

imp: resinous, sweet, and piney

 

wet: a little smell like pine and cedar coke.

 

dry: a little too much of the cedar/pine on me. I'll pass. The sniffie will go to another.

imp: apple blossom and hyacinth.

wet: strange...same flowers but with an odd undertone.

dry: this goes through several changes, not all completely pleasant, but some
very much so, before it finally lands on hyacinth. Just plain hyacinth. It is a touch like almost wilted hyacinth too. Nah. Though I like the way hyacinth smells, I don't want to smell LIKE hyacinth.

imp: buttery goodness and autumn leaves

 

wet: a little more perfume-y, but still buttery and now more warm.

 

dry: becomes more and more incence-y until that is all I smell. Very nice all said, but I don't know that I WANT to smell LIKE incence. Undecided.

wet: ooooo! Interesting! bananna and some kind of wood (or that could be the pomegranate).

 

wet: bananna, apple, pineapple sugar cane.

 

dry: coconut, the fruits blended together. Later, gets a little meh and a touch acrid (but not much). I think it's a pass.

imp: dark and foreboding...the oil is even a sickly green-grey.

 

wet: same. As drying, becomes even a little fruity...strange.

 

dry: There is a very ODD smell I sniff...It is compelling (about 97%) and very slightly offputting at the same time (about 3%). Warm, musky, and sweet. I like it, but am not sure I would want to wear it because of the slightly soapy bit in the background that smells a little like a conventional cologne...

 

LATER: OMYGOODNESS! This became GORGEOUS after several hours! I think I will keep this one!! (and see if the hubby will try it...)

 

Later still: old lady-ish and powdery. The gorgeous stage only lasted about 1 hour.

 

Did not work on hubby---Immediately went to old lady perfume on him.

imp: cherry with an edge...a little like candy, but I am afraid it may become cough syrup.

 

wet: CHERRY and wood. Cherry candy. ick.

 

dry: goes a little musky and resinous...we'll see...Nope-- nasty. It's the cherry.

imp: bright, warm, and with lush tropical florals.

 

wet: same. Has a HINT of acridness in backgound, but not unpleasant.

 

dry: LOVELY LOVELY LOVELY tropical flowers. A hint of soapyness, but still very nice. A possibility.

 

Later...barely there...

imp: fruit!

 

wet: fruit and candy!

 

dry: YUCKY! Turns very rancid on me after a while!! ick!

imp: hmmmm...beguiling! Light and slightly sweet, but mysterious too.

 

wet: it's very soft and not unpleasant...but I don't think I'd go out of my way for it.

 

dry: gets a little faint. Again, I wouldn't go out of my way for it.

imp: musky and resinous. Nice!

 

wet: same---but more musky

 

dry: goes flat--- a little powdery then nuthin much at all. Dissappointing. Oh well.

imp: vanilla and pine

 

wet: pine amps, but not unpleasant at this point.

 

dry: not bad. Nice and creamy with a little green edge. Later, becomes nothing but a soft (non-powdery) vanilla.

 

Verdict: I'll keep it.

imp: strange...

 

wet: sweet,like honey---then immediately an odd aquatic thing that may give me a headache.

 

dry: all aquatic. On me, it's just like a commercial perfume I tried and hated many years ago. TOOO aquatic! Ble!

imp: sharp sandalwood and ylang ylang.

 

wet: ylang ylang and neroli

 

dry. Nahhhh. Had to wash it off. STINKY!

imp: barely there...faintly sweet

 

wet: barely there...faintly sweet

 

dry: powdery and faint. I'll pass on this one.

imp: oooooo...complex floral/musk pretty that reminds me a little of Snake Charmer

 

wet: uh oh...got powdery! And a bit sour! What will it do next?!?!

 

dry: Powdery powdery powdery. ble ble ble.

I was majorly bummed by this one. It started off nice and warm, with the Dragon's Blood peeking out to make it a little floral-ish and strange...and then after about 1/2 hour, it went straight to AQUATIC on me! It went to aquatic on my hubby in less than 1 minute.

 

Aquatic is not my favorite thing to wear. I was so sad! WAAAAAAAAAAAH!