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This is a warm, kind of sultry, wrap-itself-around-you scent. Not too strong, lasts a good long time on skin, and I bet it is going to get even better with age.

Another Add to the top 10!

I am no good at picking out separate notes usually, and this one is no exception.

That said, I am so pleased with this scent!

I had no such luck with any of the other Secret Amusements.

But this, THIS has hit my all time top ten list of BPAL.

It lasts so long on my skin, just lingering close, not screaming, kind of like a dream (!).

I have never really had any luck with aquatics before either.

This is remarkable.

Excellent concoction!

Darn! I wish I might have recieved one of the minty ones, because I am so disappointed in this scent.

It sounded so good.....and just isn't.

Not for me, anyway.

I have been a florist for over 26 years, 15 of them in my own shop. I have never found a scent that smells like my shop, and I WISH I could, because it smells spicy, green, clean, flowery like a nice garden on a spring morning, sometimes cinnamon-y and piney during xmas, pumpkin-y and clove-y during fall.

Personally I HATE just about all rose scents I have ever tried, BUT Whip smells closest to a good, fresh, out of the garden rose I have ever had the pleasure to enjoy, since most commercially grown roses really have no scent.

All of this is strictly IMO, of course.

Best of luck in your quest. I would llke to sample your selection(s)!

[this thread just so reminds me of all saints 2005 abd 2006...

thanks be to the powers i received the "resinous and heady" all saints (2005 and 2006)

vs. the rosey and resinous variety...of course differerent strokes for different folks...

 

it truly is an amazing journey

YES! All Saints was one of the first scents I picked up, and it was sooo heavenly, "resinous and heady". So, I go all out and buy 2 from separate people, and all I am getting is that rose smell......

SO I sell them to other people, and I got accused of messing with the scent.

I just wanted more of what I fell in love with....

I don't get this, I smell Tea Tree Oil!

Not a bad thing, just not expected. And dust.

Dusty Tea Tree Oil.

Off to the swap pile for you!

I can't decide of I like this or not. It doesn't really have a very strong smell, but I do smell the acrid woody smell and a dark watery smell, kind of saturated, boggy, if that makes any sense.

I will have to try this on another time and see if I can "yay" or "nay" it.

>sigh< ...I keep trying scents with rose in it and I just don't get it. I figured the Lily of the Valley would work with the juicy pear and the musk and give me a wonderfully feminine scent.

HA!

Off to the sink I go to wash before the full rose scent hits me.

This scent is a very water-like scent that just flows. I can almost smell the Sea spray. Not a harsh scent in any way.....just gorgeous.

Bloody Sore, you wrote MY review!

Dark evil fruit? Check.

Peppery then floral? Check.

Little old ladies never giving in to their age? Check.

Creepy? BIIG Check.

It has incredible staying power, and stays a little dark, evil, and creepy.

Glad I got Mine!

And I really love her sleeping quarters! I could use a couple more of those.

I put this on for the first time yesterday, July 4th. I have had it for a while, just never had the inclination to use it.

I remember sniffing it when I first got it about a year ago and was unimpressed.

I think aging is a good thing for Ra. It smells amazing!

Right out of the bottle, warm, citrusy, not like Phobos though. More red citrus if that makes any sense. And something spicy, but not the regular spicy. No cinnamon, sage, pepper, maybe ginger, I don't know. But for a change, I am liking an odd combo. Is that opium I smell in there? Something a little golden, a little creamy. Definitely not a sharp citrus. Definitely a different smell for me. But it fits the day, and it has excellent lasting power.

It was 112 degrees here today, and I think Ra is the only Sun I am going to get close to for a few days.

Definitely a keeper!

I just got this beauty from an Ebay purchase.

Rolling the bottle in my hand to combine contents, opening the bottle.

First sniff; Wow. Clean, clear, not ozone-y, has depth, kind of wet but not damp, more like a fresh breath of washed air. Nothing irritates or heightens emotions here. Very calm and soothing. Lets try it on.

On skin; So clean and just washed smelling. I really can't identify anything in particular (not unusual for me), definitely aquatic, but not yucky like some other aquatics smell for me. It is light as in not strong, but long lasting and not powdery at all.

It's a keeper!

I don't know about any scent befitting the Antichrist.

That being said. I like this scent. It is in a 10ml bottle. I don't know how old it is.

What comes to me first when I open it up is warmth, a little spicy, more masculine than feminine, something I could really cuddle up to applied to the right flesh.

I smell the carnation, the vanilla, the musk and a little leather. No obvious sign of lavender, cedar or sage.

On my skin, it is still very yum. Sexy, alluring, still warm and a little spicy. Stays on for quite awhile too.

Definitely a top 20 scent.

It's a keeper!

Lushlovely has it just about pinned.

Wet on skin, I am cursing that I only have an imp.

An hour later, not cursing as loudly, grumbling now.

2 hours later, grandma's perfume and aquanet?

Say it ain't so!

I have to say, however, that it gives me a warm feeling from grandma's scent.

Maybe the imp will age well. I will hide it awhile and see.

Normally, anything with Rose as the first ingredient sets off a big "ruh row!". So I decided to just get a decant of this "just to try". After all, it IS named for the time frame I was born!

What a pleasant surprise! I don't even smell any rose!

Wet on skin; Mint is wonderfully apparent, I smell poppies, and thyme.

Drydown; Still has mint, and all the other ones I smell when wet; now I smell white daisies too, and a sweetness, must be the apple blossom. I have never smelled a fresh violet that had a scent, nor a columbine, so I don't know about those, but the others I know well.

Fresh, feminine, a clean floral, I wish I had a big bottle of this.

Good Stuff, Beth!

These Monsters get along very well.

I got this bottle quite awhle ago with my virgin Bpal order. It seemed to have all the great things I love to sniff, plus a few extra.

The leather, patchouli, and ginger jump out at me as soon as I open the bottle, then something faintly sweet seems to creep along, I don't know what that is. Then when I apply it, I smell something peppery, and something kind of woodsy, kind of dank, but the leather never leaves (nor would I want it to).

It stays on fairly strong for hours on me, the peppery smell fades, the ginger continues, and I am smelling a little of the vetiver.

All together a very good combination. I think I will enable my favorite man of the moment with this. But only an imp at a time.

Just opened this up and first whiff....ROSES!!! EEK!

O.K. so I figure that I will just turn on my portable fan and try the Lady on my wrist (fan to keep me from feeling ill if this rose is not a good rose for me.

All along I am thinking Lady Luck, please smile down on me.......

..And the answer is.....NO!!! Not only no, but Heck NO!

Maybe the other scents will rise up and overpower the dominant rose if I just store it away for awhile. Because right now, I am going for the soap, water, and Windex!

At least Whip is still my friend.

Boy, do I have the blues...puts on her shades and gets out the harmonica.....

I finally did what any intelligent person should do; used the "search" engine on the Lab site, typed in the flavors I like best, and I came up with Sin as my first choice.

Lord have Mercy. This is too good to be true.

The little imp of pleasure arrived this week in my lab order.

Dark, golden, intoxicating, I could drink this so my breath would be the same scent as the rest of me.

Yeah, Snake Oil, Snake Charmer, and Underpants are truly awesome combinations, I love them all; but this, THIS, inspires me to wear something.......naughty....just for me.

Excellent nose, Elizabeth.

I just got this from the lab this week (thanks!!), and it is an interesting scent. Grapey, fizzy, smells like childhood when it is first applied.

Then it gets a little different, like grape juice sitting out on the front porch a little while. Maybe a little fermentation goin' on.

All in all, it's a friendly scent. I'm keepin' it.

I was swooning with desire reading the list of sniffs in this Dummy. How yummy could it get!

So I get myself a bottle, and slather it on.....

YIKES! WHERE DID THAT SMELL COME FROM??

Smells like a bad salesman with a cigar addiction.

I should have known, looking at the label artwork. Clowns and marionettes give me the heebejeebees.

Too bad. Maybe it will age well. I will give it 6 months and sniff again.

This is an interesting scent, strong but not overpowering, rich and heady, full of itself, but mysterious as well. Female, but not feminine, not at all. Intoxicating. Very sly, this one. Too bad it isn't available any more. (hint hint)

Oh. Jack, I had such hopes for you. You scurvy knave! I was prepared to be awashed in leather and musk and spices, and although you don't smell bad, I just expected something more...dangerous, I guess. This scent I can enjoy, I just don't lust after.

I hate when that happens.

I have no idea what I smell, I can't even separate the ingredients.

I smell aquatic, but not the watery type; more full of other, secret, items. Dark items, not sinster, however. More comforting, warm, natural, close to the skin.

Lingering for a long time. I don't think it is masculine, I think it is wonderful and understated.

I am loving the scent of a female werewolf? So be it.

Ohhh...another new best friend. This came to me in a mystery imp pack. The cherry blossom truly smells like cherries, and the sandalwood makes it so warm, and the star anise (licorice) just gives it a tiny bite. Normally, licorice is only 2nd in line of my least favorite scents (rose kills me), but in this, it has the most wonderful personality. And excellent staying power. I slept with it on last night, and I woke up sniffing, wondering what that wonderful aroma was...it was me..

I need a big bottle of this.

In the bottle; WOW Cocoa/caramel, strong and trying to escape from the bottle Then, something a little boozy shows up.

On my skin; Still cocoa/caramel/boozy, with a hint of....tobacco? Could that be the cardamon I am mistaking? Where is this cherry I keep hearing about, and all this cinnamon?

After a half-hour or so, the scent deepens and darkens to some extent, and while some of it is dark chocolate, I keep catching whiffs of the other beformentioned aromas. Whatever it is keeps this scent from becoming overly foody and sweet. It's just a nice, warm, slightly foody scent. Likin' this one.

These Enraged Critters certainly have minds of their own. I wonder how this one will smell in a few months? Maybe I will put it in the back of my private stash box and see.