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WOW. This should have been total fail on me as I don't wear masculine scents well and leather and bay rum both tend to be terrible on me--but this! This is fantastic. It smells like the best-smelling guy ever. The leather is well-behaved, the rum is sweet and spicy, and the opium isn't amping to eleven like it tends to. YUM. I've had a bookcrush on the Marquis forever so how nice that he smells good too. Hee!

I thought there had to be plum in Lamia before I looked at the notes and I see it's black currant that was so strong when this was wet. Now that it's dry I'm getting a lot of coconut, a hint of peach, and something that's doing that weird celery thing on my skin. There's an earthy, dark undercurrent here that's interesting but not particularly pleasant. Loved the wet stage and first half hour or so, but the drydown, not so much.

Wow--if I were a big leather fan, I would love this. Warm, tanned leather sweetened by amber and I get a nice balance of the clove and sage, too. This is really evocative of the character! That sweet amber keeps this from being too masculine; I'd certainly call it unisex. It's not "me", but it's beautiful for what it is. Nicely done!

Eeee. I love black musk and tonka but Mr. Croup is primarily green geranium on my skin, and geranium and I do not get along. I may age this a bit to see if that green note fades and the musk comes out more.

Gorgeous! This is fresh, new floral honey. Reminds me a bit of Jezebel but the honey here is even lighter than that. This one is staying fairly true as it dries, although I'm picking up the chamomile a little more now that some time has passed. Really youthful and pretty and I may need a bottle of this.

Strong, STRONG black pepper over sandalwood. So strong I can't believe I'm not sneezing when I sniff it! Way too peppery for me. Good staying power, though.

I'm another one quite taken by the pretty color of this oil. It made me think this was going to be aquatic hell but I get what I can only describe as "musky stone". There's a whiff of ozone and something herbal but it's not dominant by any means. Not lasting very long, but definitely an unusual blend.

Mint fading to a soft, herbal lavender. This smells like it could easily be part of the Panacea series, a bit medicinal. It's also as fleeting as Anesthesia herself was--but refreshing and light while it lasts!

I get a dark rosey, fruity incense from this and it's quite pretty. If the frankincense doesn't eventually do what it tends to do and amp to crazy levels, this'll be really nice on me. A bit much for warm weather, though.

Oh, this is lovely. All three notes are so balanced and perfect together. The orange blossom dominates but there's dry sandalwood to keep it from being too sweet and flowery and the champaca gives this a beautiful incensey feeling. Gorgeous and very feminine--I love this!

The matcha and white musk make this very Shanghai/Embalming Fluid-like on my skin. The lime note is quite bitter, like the rind instead of fresh lime juice. If this were a little sweeter I think I would really like it but the bitterness doesn't really work for me. It *is* nicely refreshing, though!

The grape is front and center when this is freshly applied but it quickly dies down to leave a really nice smoky-woody-evergreen smell. There is the merest breath of roses and lilies underneath it all. The opium does get stronger the longer it dries but the woods/forest are the main attraction here.

I really like this one...it's a very well-balanced blend of honey, florals, and a green note. This is the one of these I'll be most likely to wear again. Very pretty!

I get very little honey from this--it's almost all a strong, slightly green floral. It has a cool, shady feel to it. A good one of these honey blends to try if honey tends to be overpowering on you, since it's so faint.

"Mice-like" is a good description for how this smelled on my arm for the first 10 minutes or so...it was bitter and really quite foul. It morphed into almost all honey after that, though--right now after about 2 hours all I smell is honey. That hemlock stage is truly scary though.

Strong, STRONG jasmine with a tiny drop of sweet honey. Great for jasmine lovers but way too much for me!

WOW. I'm glad I took a chance on this one. It's dark, smooth, and slinky. Heavy on the black musk (yay!) and myrrh, with a dash of sweetness from the anise and a pinch of salt from the ambergris. Unisex, for sure. And this will age wonderfully! Excellent.

This is the PERFECT room spray for late spring...the champagne is sparkling and sweet and the orchid and magnolia are fresh and flowery. It's got great throw--two squirts scented my whole apartment! I'll be using this a lot in warm weather.

Musky lemon sugar, light and fresh, and there's some lemongrass here to keep this from being too candy-like. This is summery and airy and beautiful! I have a hard time with lemony scents as they either fade in 30 seconds or turn to bathroom cleaner on me, but this is holding up nicely. Might be a bottle purchase!

I get almost all soft, powdery rose with some ambergris from this--it's not as complex as I was expecting, but I love it! It's lovely and old-fashioned. I'll retest in a couple of weeks to see if I get anything out of it besides the rose with some aging.

A murky, evil musk. I'm picking up an almost ozone/aquatic hint on the surface, and it's also a bit soapy. Glad I tried it but...no.

The wood in this amps like crazy on me...it's wood, wood, wood, with rose and a little bit of sweet tobacco. Makes me think of Pulcinella & Teresina with a dash of tobacco. It's great if you like wood but on me it's just too much.

Classic, citrusy men's cologne with a tinge of ozone. The guy who wears this would smell wonderfully fresh!

Starts out as pure, almost sharp anise, but the vanilla kicks in and gives this a softer, creamy, sweet quality that's really pretty. The florals are only a faint presence--I smell the violet most prominently. This is soft and gorgeous! I wish it had a little more throw, but that's a minor quibble.

Dry, sour fruit tea...this completely failed on me, sadly.