Akurarei

Fruit Moon In the bottle: This smells like a moonlit fruit garden - I don't think 'ripe' is the word, more like 'juicy'. Wet on the skin: mmmmmm!!!! this smells like Titania, but draped in moonlight - must be the lunar oils that have me stuck in pertetual moonlight (my favorite place!! ). I can pick out the pear (delish!!) and the strawberry (very faintly) & something melon-y or citrus-y. Dry on the skin: This now reminds me quite a bit of Pink Phoenix - lots of strawberry on me. Fortunately there is an ever subtle presence of lunar oils that keep Fruit Moon from being a sibling of the Pink Phoenix. Overall: I love this!! I regret not buying 2 bottles! The lunar oils are always there making it distinct from Titania & Pink Phoenix. However, this is a wonderful fruit offering for those of us who love the night & a full moon.

Fallen: Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heav'n. This is our song to Lucifer, Lucis Ferre, Heosphoros, the Morning Star, the Brilliant One and the Son of the Morning. He is equated with Samhazai, the Heaven-Seizer, and Azazel, one of the 200 Fallen Angels of Enoch. The essence of overweening pride and unearthly angelic beauty. A regal scent, glowing darkly, elegant and patrician, but unfathomably desolate. Cherubic white sandalwood and golden musk with a dark halo of amber, a breath of imperial florals, unbending woods, and the shadow cast by vetiver and violet. In the bottle: Sandalwood and musky florals On the skin/ wet: Mostly Sandalwood and Vetiver(?) - it doesn't really smell like florals but it's not quite musk either - either that or all the other components are so smoothly blended that it's difficult to pick out an individual scent. I suspect Sandalwood and my skin really like each other though Dry: MMMM- Sandalwood, Flowers and a Woodsy scent...I can see why this scent was described as "glowing darkly" by the Lab - it seems to do exactly that! how spectacular! I had a co-worker walk by while I was wearing this a while back, and the question was "hey! where are you hiding your gift basket and bouquet? - it smells great over here!" Final Opinion: On me, this smells (in equal parts) Sandalwood, Floral (specifically, a violet & soft, soft rosy scent), and Woodsy (maybe just a little bit pine - but just enough to keep the Sandalwood and florals from being too sultry and feminine). This will be part of my 5mL bottle collection (only because the 10mL bottles have vanished) for as long as it is available. Thank You Black Phoenix!

Le Serpent Qui Danse: In the bottle: mmmm...I really smell the vanilla! I cannot really discern between the gardenia & violets though - but I think I might be in love anyway! On the skin/wet: Divine!! The vanilla subsides a little, but just enough to let the gardenia & violets make themselves known and all three are playing merrily on my wrists. It's moderately strong - I can smell my wrists from roughly 7 inches away, so I would assume that someone standing nearby can get just a faint whisper of it. Dry: This is delicious!! I'm not sure it would fall under my classification of 'sinister' but it's definitely a dark, luxurious feminine scent. The aroma changes very, very little from when it was wet too; so it currently still smells of all three components listed in the Lab's description, but perhaps just a little bit warmer. Great staying power too!! I most certainly love this perfume! If you are a fan of vanilla scents and/or light florals - Le Serpent Qui Danse is definitely worth a try!

Vice: In the bottle: Hmmmm....Orange Blossom! I like Orange Blossom! I don't smell any Chocolate or Cherry though - maybe they'll show up as it dries ::crosses fingers:: On my skin/wet: ::wrinkles nose:: orange cleaner? wow! not what I was expecting ^_~ Also faintly smells of plastic-y somethingoranother. Drying: Oh my! more plastic-y smell! What happened to the Chocolate? the Cherries? the Orange Blossom? ::still hoping for the description to shine through over the next couple of hours:: Dry: awww...that's disappointing! I was so hoping to smell like a decandent Chocolate cake with toppings!! Instead I just smelled like plastic tupperware put in an oven at 400* and forgotten. Crazy chemistry!! Ahh! but the good news is that Vice is on it's way to a new, very hopeful home