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This is one that I nearly confused with Juliet, but that I like a heck of a lot better. I originally considered ordering it, but left it out of my first order. It came anyway as a freebie!

wet ~ Citrusy, but warm, like a citrus-spice infusion.

drying ~ There's definitely a bite here, like lemon or orange peel. Light and summery while adult at the same time.

dry ~ What Lemon Pledge should smell like. For some reason this reminds me of my parents' house after we'd polished all the wood furniture, then opened the windows to release the fumes. The scent would stay, but it'd be lighter and clean. A sunny Summer day, but not a completely free one. One of work and chores, but also of simple pleasures.

Afterthoughts ~ This calms down nicely into a mild musk with hints of citrus. I think it'd be a good warm weather scent, or a nice for a pick-me-up on a dreary day when worn very lightly.

A very complex oil that I selected for my first order. I went kinda overboard on the earthy scents, I think.

wet ~ I found it to smell very much of incense, with a dusty rose scent as it started to dry.

drying ~ The image I got was of a passion spell being cast in a hoodoo shop. Very strong. I had applied it to my upper right breast and could smell it without closing the distance between my face and my chest.

dry ~ It reminded me of the more pleasant scents of South India when I stayed in Hyderabad last Spring. Very smokey and sweet at the same time, thus feeling somewhat alien and odd, but attractive at the same time.

summary ~ I'm uncertain if I'd get more of this. It could make a good ritual scent, though.

afterthought ~ I found that this one clung strongly to my nightie, which was interesting. I let my boyfriend have a sniff on Valentine's night, and he rather liked it. I may end up trying for a 5 ml bottle eventually.

This is the first Black Phoenix scent I've ever tried, a freebie included in with an order full of earthy scents. It is very, very complex. It's hard to know how to describe it, short of just starting at the beginning.

wet ~ I swear that I smelled cinnamon and a deep, exotic floral when I started.

drying ~ It dried to a warm spice with a very like musk scent, which mingled well with my own body heat and made it seem as though the scent itself was alive and caressing my nose. I find this both strange and worrisome, as I've never had this reaction to a scent before.

dry ~ I began to wonder if there was any resin in it. It smelled almost clean, and reminded me of some Aromatherapy of Rome candles I still have squirreled away. At this point, I was thinking that it'd be a good scent for a rainy day.

afterthoughts ~ After it'd snuggled down farther into my skin, though, I got less enthusiastic about it. It now smells very powdery, and somehow old -- not like the oil was off, but as if the scent on my skin had developed a considerable personality and worldview while I wasn't looking.

summary ~ I don't think I'll get this one again. My nose is confused.