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My nose is overwhelmed at the moment by Smut, Midnight Kiss and snake charmer. They are similar in my horrible memory, but comparing them side by side, they are so different. heh

 

I have not tried snake oil before, so I can't compare with it. Snake Charmer is a beautiful sexy blend of coconut, vanilla, spice and something sweet, most probably plum. Like a player, it is smooth, dark and appealing. I am glad I have an imp of this. Thank you for the decant, stellans!

 

My nose is overwhelmed at the moment by Smut, Midnight Kiss and snake charmer. They are similar in my horrible memory, but comparing them side by side, they are so different.

 

I have Smut 08 and on my skin, I get sugar/sweet vanilla, musk and the booze in a harmonious blend. It is a sweet lovely scent that is mainly sugar and booze on me. The musk note is still lurking around but compared to snake charmer, it isn't that obvious. Unfortunately, it doesn't last long (~2 hour) on me.

 

Smut is stunningly sexy and it is not a subtle scent. Wear, the Smut, with caution.

In the bottle, it is sweet sugar and a hint of rose.

 

On my rose loving skin, the rose blossoms and I smell vanilla amidst the rose. This reminds me of London, except that the rose is greener and sharper in Hope. It is not as soft and subtle as I expect Hope to be, but the sugar note is making this scent and the rose note tolerable. This is a floral scent for special occasions when you just want to be feminine and subtle.

 

Thanks to the lovely Dark Alice, I have a bottle of Hope. I wonder if her sister, Faith, will play better on my skin.

Psychological Horror is so well blended that I'm unable to identify any note. It is a light, sweet scent that makes me feel warm and homely. However, there is a sharp floral note in the background that makes one feel that something isn't right, but you can't place your finger on what it is. I find this scent beautifully ethereal and comforting. The sharp floral note is so well blended that it just gives the scent an edgier side.

 

I love it!

Thanks to my summer witchy, Natcatz, I got a bottle of this.

 

In the bottle: I smell berry and vanilla cream. This reminds me of the chupa chups' strawberry and cream lollipop.

On skin, the molasses and patchouli came out to play and I could barely smell the berry. At this stage, the earthly scents and vanilla were equally strong, but not overwhelming. However this stage didn't last long. An hour later, I could smell mainly the molasses and patchouli. I wish the vanilla remains around longer. I think I will keep this to see how it ages and hopefully, it will be better

In the bottle: Like a bouquet of violets that is just beginning to bloom, it is a subtle scent, one that is sweet and innocent. Yet, that is not all. Hidden within the bouquet, there is another floral scent that is lurking around softly in the background and keeping the violets in check.

 

On my skin: Oh no, this sweet scent is turning sharp and medicinal on me! Violet is in full bloom and making her presence known. Oh, and what is this emerging from the bouquet? Gardenia! Heavy and overwhelmingly loud gardenia! Gardenia has decided not to stay in the background and is competing with violet. Both gardenia and violet are not backing down at all and are giving me a headache. This scent is fresh, sharp and not subtle. Unfortunately, both do not blend together in this scent, but are two individual notes just jostling for the prominent position.

Silk Road is yummy spicy florals on me. It is well blended and I don't recognise individual notes. It smells great, but there is something in this blend that is making my skin red. I am still going to keep the imp and use it in my locket

A green apple infused with herbs with something musky sweet (the black amber?) lurking in the background. That is how Verdani smells like during wet stage. On drydown, the black amber note surfaces and the apple note isn't obvious, making the scent herbal musky sweet. The throw is stronger too. While I like the scent during the wet stage, I love the drydown stage.

In the imp, this is sweet wine and musk with an underlying cocoa and patchouli note.

 

On my skin, it smells of mainly sweet berry wine and blood. The patchouli and cocoa notes that were gounding the scent? GONE! It still smell lovely but it could have been better.

In the imp: It reminds me of green apples surrounded with the right amount of crushed herbs and something dark lurking in the background

 

On skin, the apple scent disaappears and all that is left is an overwhelming dark herbal scent.

Queen smells good. Hmmm, amazing, since it contains rose and bpal rose note normally amps on me. In queen, there is a sweet floral/rose scent with the honey note ensuring the rose note behaves on my skin. It is nice, but it is not me. I will just be keeping my imp for special occasions

In the imp, it is a sharp sweet, dark floral scent.

 

On skin, it becomes spicy creamy magnolia that gets overwhelming. The sweetness of the scent decreases and the floral note amplify.

 

Upon drydown, the floral note tones down a little, but it doesn't morph much from the wet stage. While, it is still tolerable at this stage, the wet stage almost made me wash it off.

In the imp: It is a dark, sweet scent with the incense lurking around too.

 

On skin and dry down: the maplesyrup note remains and the incense note disappear. It smells exactly like O on me upon drydown. I wish the incense note has stayed around

I get to try this thanks to a PIF from ForeverLastcXs!

 

In the bottle: It is a bright, sweet refreshing floral that reminds me of classic commercial perfume.

 

On drydown: The scent remains very soft, but the floral has faded leaving this earthly/muddy scent that I think is the lotus. It is similar to Shattered's drydown on me and both have lotus in it. I really dislike the lotus note and wish it is more fruity/floral, but I am glad I have the chance to try this.

In the imp, the pomegranate and rose balance each other well.

However, the rose takes over the moment it touches my skin. Why oh why, persephone? I wanted to like you, but I don't get any pomegranate.

After trying this and London, I am convinced I don't like rose after all.

Violet, I recognise. Vetiver, I don't.

In the imp: it is an intense earthly smell(vetiver?) with little violet.

Wet: It is still strong with this earthly herbal scent overpowering everything else.

On drydown: The earthly scent has faded a little and I can smell the violet now.

 

Saturnalia is an intense and strong scent. The violet is there, but the vetiver is much more overpowering. I like the intensity of the scent, but it is too earthly for me. I would prefer having more violet. This scent reminds me of dark earthly green soil more than dark purple. The throw is strong and it has long lasting power. Those who like earthly smell should try this

The phantom wooer smells of sweet florals with a hint of citrus in the imp. On my skin, the sweet florals continue lurking arround, while the sharp citrus note gets stronger, blending in and slightly overwhelming the other scents. There is a dusty feel to this scent too. The phantom wooer would have been a favourite if the citrus note had stayed in the background.

No wonder Old Scratch smells so familiar and comforting. For someone who is surrounded with rosewood furnitures, I can be pretty slow when it comes to placing a name to the smell. Old Scratch smells mainly of rosewood and a touch of lavendar on me. Unfortunately, it doesn't last long on me and is more of a skin scent.

In the imp: It is a strong herbal/floral scent

 

On skin: My skin amps the floral aspect before turning into soap. It is giving me a headache.

I don't recognize the individual notes but this is a lovely herbal floral scent on me. It is calming and very comforting. I like it. Unfortunately, it doesn't last as long as the other bpal scents.

In the imp, it smells herbal and musky.

 

On my skin: Omg, I have to wash it off. It is sickly sweet and sharp. It reminds me of some organic polymers

It is a dry, herbal and woody scent on me. There is a light floral touch in the background.

Villain is manly, yet sexy. It is lime and lavender goodness on me. I like it, but it is a little too masculine for my taste

This blend reminds of some powder I used to use. An overwhelming rose powder smell
The image that comes into mind is an elderly victorian lady, refined and sophisticated. However, this scent is giving me a headache.

In the imp: Extremely sweet coconut. It reminds me of coconut candies from Malaysia.

 

On the skin, wet: Still sweet, but more tolerable compared to the smell in imp. The coconut scent remains strong.

 

On the skin, dry: The sweetly scent tones down while a creamy shea butter smell merge with the cocnut scent to remind me of coconut body butter.

 

It has long staying power (~ 8 hours so far). I will have to try this again to decide whether to keep it or not.