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Imp: Rubbing alcohol and nail polish remover. It's astringent and sharp. Wet: The roses are very heady and sophisticated. They're consistently the base note in this blend. On me, though my skin usually loves roses, this one turns out kind of sour. Dry: The cinnamon comes out, but as sort of an "after-sniff." It's the last thing I smell after sniffing before the scent escapes my nose. Sort of tickles the back of my throat, too! After 20 minutes, I no longer detect any cinnamon. After 40 minutes, all that's left is faint traces of roses, but they're roses that have been left in a vase of water too long and are starting to rot.

The spirit of temptation, the essence of lost innocence. Apple blossom, rose, ylang ylang and golden honey. Imp: Apple juice laced with honey. Wet: Rose, but very green. It's almost a little sour. Dry: Fresh white florals. It's like being in an apple orchard at blooming time on a warm spring day. I can almost smell the pollen! Too bad I can't smell the honey those bees should be making. It's a nice warm scent, very reminscent of spring's growth.

Imp: Pumpkin, sweet, slightest tinge of cocoa. Wet: Wow, this is really pretty. It's the sweet pumpkin in Jack and Punkie Night that I love so much, with the same kind of peach/cider feel. The cocoa is different than the lab's usual chocolate, which tends to smell "off" to me. Bliss just a candy bar that'd been left out in the sun. But the cocoa in PP2 is dry, powdered; the good stuff with which you should make hot chocolate. Dry: The nuts come out on the drydown and blend perfectly with the cocoa. It's like brownie mix on my wrist. It's not a warm scent like most autumn blends, but it's happily comforting.

Imp: Oh, I have a bad feeling about this one. It smells like forest and cheap men's cologne. These usually don't work on me. Wet: Woodsy. Not quite like green needly trees, but the wood and bark and dried leaves of the forest. What's this now? There's something very smooth in this incarnation, but I fear it's barely holding back the hated patchouli and opoponax. Dry: Hm. Maybe I shouldn't have been so scared of it. It's tame. It doesn't feel bloodthirsty at all. Primal, yes. The ginger hits the back of my throat like an afterthought. (And there are the damn mums from Chrysanthemum Moon coming up from my other arm now...it's a bizarre combination.) I'm tempted to test it on my boyfiend and see what his skin does with it.

Imp: I'm really not sure. It's exotic, for sure! Wet: Wow, is this heady. The first thing I notice is the musk, but what I'm left with are the mums. I'm not getting much ginger off it. It's absolutely sensual; the kind of thing I'd keep sniffing on a girlfriend if she were wearing it. Dry: Hm. It's getting kind of...different. And yet I'm still left with this lingering scent of mums for seconds afterward. Then I realize it's actually my arm I'm still smelling, almost two feet from my nose. This has some great throw. Usually I have to put my nose right up to my skin to get the full breadth of a blend. This one is right up in your face. I have the strongest desire to pounce on my boyfiend right now. Wow, this one weaves a spell. ETA: 15 minutes later: I *was* testing Lycaon on my other forearm but the mums keep wafting up. It's friggin' gorgeous. I think I'll wear it to the club this weekend and see what kind of attention it will draw. Maybe we won't even make it out the door. ETA2: It lasted over 10 hours on me today, beating down the Shub and Pumpkin Queen I'd layered with it. I did a test run of the layered combo before showering for work, and was immediately inspired to jump my boyfiend. Something about Mum Moon makes me want to devour. It's so incredibly sensual.

Imp: Creamy. I get a very "white" feel from this, like coconut milk. Just a touch of something sweet, but I can't tell if it's the pomegranate or grape. Wet: Fermenting (read: molding) white grape juice. It's disgustingly sweet. I wanted it to be richly fruity without being noxious. It failed. Dry: A strange tinge of pineapple. Must be the honey starting to come out. I would've been happy if it were all fig. Oh well. Tried it on a whim and hoped it wouldn't be sour fruit.

Imp: Wet sugared pumpkin. No hint of spice or warmth at all. Wet: Rich amber and pumpkin with swirls of (most prominent) ginger and (in waves) clove. It's incredibly warm and might be the perfect fall scent. Dry: I've tried Shub and it was okay but too heavy on the ginger for me to put it among my favorites. Pumpkin Queen has the perfect amount of ginger. It's definitely one of the primary notes on my skin, but it's not so powerful that it's dominating the pumpkin. As it dries, it becomes a very dry (ha) scent, barely sweet. It's gorgeous. I think a bit got on my boyfiend, and it was even richer on him. Very very very sexy.

Excellent. Thanks for the recommendation! I CR.

Give London a try. They "feel" very similar to me.

I'd try Carnal (Love Potions, mandarin and fig). Freak Show was all fig and pomegranate on me.

Hehe, what's wrong with amping cinnamon?

'spose it would make sense, Follow Me Boy being the scent of the exotic dancer, and Mata Hari being an exotic dancer.

Tulzscha, for sure. Lick It And I really like the subtle mint of Green Tree Viper. Not a spicy in-your-face peppermint like Lick It, but very soothing.

Freak Show was very similar to Carnal on me; the fig is strong in both. And whoever was asking about a GC equivalent of Punkie Night: Jack is the closest thing I've found. It doesn't quite have the apple orchard tang, but the peach is nice and sweet and is a good substitute.

Imp: Caramel apples and popcorn Wet:Red apples dipped in caramel, slightly boozy. Dry: All caramel and candy corn. Sweet!

Imp: Very light and fresh, something almost powdery just at the surface. Wet: Lots of daffodil with citrus tang. Dry: Ooh, the honey comes out and it doesn't go sickeningly rancid on me! I get some of the fruitiness of the strawberry leaf and the benzoin adds a nice spice. Later, it goes back to powdery, and it disappears almost entirely after an hour. This is pretty, especially for spring. It's not something I'd wear all the time, so I'll pass it on to someone who might love it more.

Imp: woodsy and wet greens. definitely aquatic, but not smotheringly so. Wet: Moss and cypress - it's very green. It's not giving me the usual drowning sensation that most heavy green aquatics give. The floral notes are very pretty! Dry: Wow, milkweed. I remember this stuff from a conservation center I used to go to as a kid. The marshes were laden with it. It was a very clean scent - none of the moldiness of bog water. I'm just disappointed I didn't get any hickory! Still, not my usual type of scent, so I'll pass it along.

Imp: Sweet and woody, slightly floral Wet: Hmm. Black amber and vanilla. The amber amps a lot and turns out too much like drugstore perfume. Dry: Violet and sage. It's powdery and very not my thing.

A crisp, pale, almost translucent rose dusted by moonflower and midnight dew. Imp: Sour water-logged roses. Wet: Cheap soap. I don't get any rose in this at all. It's all night-blooming flowers - too heady of a perfume for my tastes. White florals amp into disgusting on my skin. Dry: The moonflower backs off quite a bit, but this is NOT the rose I love. It's girly and soft.

Imp: Sweetened violets - something almost candy-like about it Wet: Yup, candied violets. The ones on top of wedding cakes. Mmmmm. Dry: Violet gelato. Seriously. I want to eat my wrist. But my skin eats it, and I love her rosy sister more, so I'll split up the twins and pass her along.

I'm not a pink person, but the last "pinkish" scents have really been beautiful! Pink Moon '07 is like CD's Hope: slightly muted florals dipped in sugar. In the imp, it's pretty heavy on the phlox, almost too "pretty" floral for me to try it, as those tend to go soapy or cologney on me. But I bravely test and WOW. Beautiful perfect spicy carnations with girlish sugar in the background. It's unmistakably pink, but the warm bite of the carnations really gives it a mature feel. I'm so happy I didn't get any vanilla and that the phlox plays a secondary role. For me, this one is the long-lost triplet of Hope and Faith.

Like little_galaxie said, it's completely unremarkable. Sparkling white grape juice with peach in the imp, but once it's on me, it's like tonic water: bubbly but void of anything interesting.

Very creamy chocolate orange buttercreams. I can handle eating maybe one of them a year, and this scent just surrounds me in them. If I were a foody lover, this one might be for me, but I'm particular in my food scents. This one's already been swapped away!

I am ambivalent about Snake Oil, so I was hesitant about the entire Snake Pit line. ...But this is absolutely gorgeous! The mint is light and soothing, and it lasts forever on me! I was still getting wafts of it eight hours later, with very light throw (usually my desk neighbor asks me what I'm wearing today - I'm enabling her! - but she didn't today). I don't get any of the vanilla from Snake Oil, thank deity, but the sweet tea comes out about an hour after application and lasts all the way through. The mint is strongest upon initial application, of course, but fades when the tea emerges - it definitely sticks around. It's opened my sinuses up a bit, but gently, not the harsh medicinal blends like the Panaceas. I may have to get a bottle of this before the Snake Pit disappears.

Imp: Grapes and grass and just a tinge of orange peel Wet: Yellow flowers - sunflowers, daffodils, and daisies. Dry: Honey comes out a bit and sweetens up all the florals. There's something underneath that dries/powders it all - honeysuckle? Amber? It's a very sunny inoffensive scent, but not something I'll wear often.