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Oh man. Why haven't I tried this before?

This is De Sade leather (De Sade is nothing but raw leather on me) but just a touch sweet (which sounds weird but is actually amazing), with just the barest hints of other things in the background. I can juuuuuust barely detect a hint of "green" if I sniff really hard but mostly it's just the musky leather and teensy bit of sweetness.

This. Is. Awesome.

thank you!

Okay this is a silly question but is Ivanushka pronounced like: EE-vanushka or EYE-vanushka.

Fire of Love works.

So does #20 Love Oil

what I mean to say is, it works on me... even though I think it's supposed to be an enticement.

What's that you say? There's jasmine in this and it's not totally overwhelming everything else and turning the whole thing into a huge screaming floral mess on my arm that gives me a headache?

Oh. Well alright then.

Siren is actually pleasantly sweet and... zingy. Effervescent I suppose. I tested without looking at the notes and I guessed orange blossom and vanilla. I was kinda close I guess. I'm guessing the ginger is what's giving it the zing.

So yeah. Fruity, a touch floral and zingy!

To me, this smells like a lighter version of Depraved. Peaches and patchouli. I can smell a bit of amber hanging out in there but mainly, peach and patchouli are the stars. It's very light and golden feeling, while Depraved is heavy and dark. It's like the other side of the same coin.

I'm sort of up in the air about if they're different enough to need both...

Oh Chimera! Why have you turned against me! You didn't give me any kind of reaction before, but today you gave me itchy, burny red welts on my wrists and elbows where I applied. I'm thinking cinnamon-induced but it used to be one of the few cinnamon blends that behaved. *sigh* Maybe it's just

? But this is the time when I should be most balanced and my skin chemistry should be most stable.

cinnamon... I love how spicy you smell but you burn me so...

In the imp: chocolate covered cherry

Wet on my skin: sweet orange, a bit of cherry and just a light dusting of sweet cocoa powder

Drying: Still heavy on the orange, and kind of powdery. The cocoa and cherry are all but gone. I still like it, even though it’s very different in scent and in overall feeling from what it first was.

Dry: More of the same. I do like it though… Maybe I should try this at another time during the month?

In the bottle and wet on my skin this is a bit perfume-y and floral for my tastes. As it dries it the throw morphs into a lovely golden vanilla amber scent. If I sniff too close it's still a little perfume-y and slightly headache-inducing but the throw is worth it... I can see why this is so popular.

It's been about a week since I received Berry Moon since I had to wait out skin chemistry issues and let it settle.

In the bottle: tart blueberry (a la Crawdad Dream) with other berries and musk hiding out underneath.

Wet on my skin: Raspberries and musk. Blueberry is gone.

Wait a second... *sniff* this smells like... *sniffsniff* ...This is very much like Miller vs. CA at this stage! At the wet stage of Miller vs. CA I got no leather and it was all berries and musk (and a little paper bag ) And, on my skin this is very similar. I'll have to do a side by side comparison of the two.

Drying: Still red berries and musk. Fig is nowhere to be found, blueberry is still MIA. Is that the teensyest bit of orange blossom I smell?

Dry: Yep... still the same.

This smells very clove-y to me (like it did to some other reviewers) and I tried this blend hoping than the blood accord would behave itself because I really, really don't like blood notes. I do really like the clove-y incense-y spicy part of this blend, and in the bottle that's pretty much all I can smell. Once it's on my skin, that metallic blood smell starts creeping in around the back. It keeps fighting with the spices to see which will dominate the scent. So far the spices are winning but it still has enough of the tangy, metallic blood for me to be iffy about this one getting a lot of wear.

I thought I'd give this one a try since I had an opportunity to swap for it and I was holding out hope that it might be something more than just dirt. Alas, all I can smell is wet, wet dirt... As it dries some faint and promising hints of wood and florals come through. But for the most part, dirt and I don't get along and this is no exception. I really wanted to love it but I'll be sending on to a better home where it will be loved.

Awww! the Stinky label story is adorable!

So, I just placed an order through ccnow but didn't get the confirmation email. Has that happened to anyone else? Should I be freaking out?

 

there have been plenty of times i've ordered from ccnow and didn't get an e-mail. sometimes it came 12+ hours later, sometimes it never showed up at all. i don't worry as you can look up the order details online.

Whew. Okay. thanks for the reassurance.

So, I just placed an order through ccnow but didn't get the confirmation email. Has that happened to anyone else? Should I be freaking out?

Yep, it's exactly what the description says. Cake and currants with a smidgen of vanilla. Very, very tasty.

hee! I opened this thread because I'm going to see Green Day next week when they hit Maryland. (Well, DC actually, but I'm in MD)

I default to Snake Charmer for something like that. It's pretty strong on me without being overpowering and will go with my outfit of jeans and T-shirt.

So something like that would be my suggestion.

Something else I'd consider wearing would be War. It stays true and strong on me for hours (one of the few BPALs besides SC that does) and doesn't need re-application.

I just saw this thread and Centzon Totochtin definitely! If you haven't tried that one already do it now! On me it ended up all blood smell and it was so realistic that I actually had to go to the mirror and check to see if my nose was bleeding!

Not really my thing but, yeah. Very realistic and intense.

In the bottle this does smell very much like Thin Mints. When I put it on all the chocolatey-ness goes *poof* and I'm left with a slightly plastic-y vanilla mint. The first time I tried it I washed if off at this stage because to me mint is usually okay but not spectacular in scents and I've tried vanillas that work better for me. But something just kept stopping me every time I thought "I should really put this up for swap." So I decided to give it another try and wear it out through the plastic phase.

I'm so glad I tried it again. It dries down to a lovely more-vanilla-than-mint scent that will be very, very nice for warmer summer days. It's vanilla without being too foody or overpowering and the mint is cool and a little sweet. I wish the chocolate part lasted on my skin but I'll take what I can get.

I haven't emailed the lab. I just noticed and I thought I'd ask you all in case it's just a batch variation or something... but the difference is so great, I don't know. I kind of like the light one better, but... *shrug*

I don't know what it could it be it it isn't Shub...

I think this is the right place to put this. I searched but I couldn't find a better place.

So I just pulled out my 2 lab imps of Shub-Niggurath tonight and I noticed that one is dark red and the other is light yellowish gold in color. I originally didn't like Shub because when I tried it, it smelled like ginger and some funky dirt. I'm doing a side by side (one on each arm) test of them both right now and the red one smells more like I remember Shub smelling like (weird dirt and a little ginger). The yellow one smells much sweeter and lighter. It still has some ginger going on but not much.

Here are the imps:

(it's actually even lighter than this picture makes it look. At least on my computer. It's very light. Almost clear)

So I suppose I'm asking if one of them is mislabled (probably the yellow one...) or just different batches? They're pretty different. In looks and in smell.

Agrat-Bat-Mahlaht smells deliciously like caramel apples to me. It's apple blossom, but it has a distinctly crisp, very apple-fruit edge to it, and the caramel and honey notes make it smell like you just dipped your apple slices in something yummy.

 

i totally forgot about agrat-bat-mahlat. it is such a creamy, sexy apple scent.

Agreed. How could I forget about that one!?

Agape (forum-only from January '09) has a distinct apple-y smell to me. In the bottle and wet it smells like fresh green apples and cream. As it dries other fruits come out to play.

This smells exactly like Butter Rum Cookie with juuust a teeny hint of lime. It's even doing that weird smelling like syrup after a while thing that Butter Rum Cookie did. I think I should try this again at a different time of the month because the drydown is nice (underneath the syrup smell) and I think it has potential.

I have to echo the other reviewers and say this is heavy, buttery goat's milk. Unlike any other cream or milk note I've ever smelled from the lab. Barely sweetened and lightened by fig. The myrrh just comes out to warm up the fragrance but overall, it's the goat's milk that makes the scent.

I'm really unsure about it, honestly. I think I'll let it sit for a while and come beck and re-test.