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In the imp: black rose. I think out of all roses this might be my least favorite. It's not bad just a bit bitter for me. Wet: Dark bitter rose with an edge like incense. Dry: still mostly black incensey rose, with a whiff of dried apricot that balances the bitter rose a bit.

I get a soft smoky beeswax with a bit of greasepaint lingering in the background.

In the imp: sharp and bright. Wet: Lemony, but something sharp and herbal takes over. Reminds me of cleaner. Dry: airy lemon and soft herbs. Just a touch sweet, not sharp anymore.

Sniffing in the decant: Yum! Sweet, red, juicy fruitiness. Looking at the notes now, it still doesn't scream wine. There is no sharpness or booziness yet. Wet: gets a little older, less sweet and candish. Maybe even creepier, definitely getting some brickish note. Not unpleasant though. Dry: for a bit this was really nice! An interesting wine scent, with some earthiness and bit of tang. However as it dries it gets very unsettling. Doe smell like a dark, cold cellar. The tang fades and there is just a hint of wine.

This smells like a tropical vacation in a bottle. I get lots of sweet, nectar-y guava which I love. The rum and lime definitely cut some of the sweetness for me, and the orchid lifts it and adds a nice airy touch. Head over heels for this.

In the bottle this is all sharp leather. On my skin I get a flash of sweetish-green like aftershave-y ozone. I agree with other reviews, normally black leather goes chemically and screechy on my skin, but the ozone makes this quite pleasant. Not normally my kind of scent, but really sexy! Glad I got a chance to try it!

A nice dull (not in a bad way, just a gentle way) spicy carnation. Smells like a lullaby. So softly warming, like a cup of spiced tea. Would be so nice in the dead of winter.

I love red musk, and I love carnations. Trying to remember why I passed on this (I already own a red musk HG and a carnation HG) mostly I get a deep honeyed red musk (reminds me a lot of The Poem Cloud). I suspect some of the deepness is from the myrrh, and there's a little spice from the carnations.

Creamy, natural blue berry on me! Never really experienced blueberry in perfume, but I'm really digging it. Threatened to go a bit artificial for a moment, like those fruity-scented erasers from my childhood. But it ended natural, but sweet and jammy.

In the bottle this is just a nice clean skin musk, reminding me a bit of Neutral or Reapers Gonna Reap. On my skin the frankincense and vanilla come in, warming it up but it never leaves the your-skin-but-better territory. Surprisingly good throw on me.

Creamy, honey-sweet magnolia and just a tinge of peach. Gorgeous, just wish the throw was a little stronger on me.

Starting off with a great heady gardenia with a bit of sharp tobacco flower, and some brightness from the bergamot. Dry however the tobacco flower takes over, and this ends smelling like an expensive soap.

Very warm scent. In the decant I get spicy red fruits, if I search I get a smidge of juicy peach. The ginger comes off less zingy than I normally find it, almost like clove. On I get a warm vanilla-ish scent, the benzoin, amber, and sandalwood are most prominent. I get just a breath of dried fruits over the top.

So excited to finally try this, I love Dorian so hoping this is similar on me. The only worry is the leather. Wet this is all musky lilac with sweetness, and as it dries sharp, black leather starts to creep in. Luckily, it stays in the background just a hazy smokiness. I think the musk and fougere keep it from being too sharp, and I still get a little tonka and lilac in the end. Very nice, but not as glorious on my skin as I hoped.

While I love sarsaparilla, I assume the white pine and patchouli would push this more into my guy's territory (who also love sarsaparilla). However this smells equally good on the both of us. On him its woody mingling with sweet sarsaparilla, though the patch and almond milk grounds it in a way that it is not as dry as Tombstone. On me the creamy sweetness of the almond milk is more apparent (though not foody). Definitely will have to try the new one as well.

Starts off drier and woodier than I had expected, with how ambergris amps on my skin. There is a needly bite from the balsam. As it dries the ambergris amps and this gets warmer and muskier. The woods and soft hay mingle just beneath.

This bottle is from the original release. Well, this is quite dry! Up front I get a lot of sandalwood and marjoram. Dry, woody, and a bit spicy-green from the marjoram. Very powdery wet. As it dries the ink comes out, as does the vanillic benzoin, taming the woodiness. Still a dry, powdery scent, but in a less harsh way. There is a warmth here. Very wistful, nostalgic and ancient.

This smells just like the perfume to me, sunny and sweet yellow rose. The only difference might be that the frankincense smells a bit brighter in the HG and has a little more texture.

This decant got lost in the mix and I wish I had tested it earlier or it might have been a bottle! This is an interesting white tea for me as I find they are usually very bright and crisp, and this is a lovely different take on it. It's a little creamy with the rice milk and almond blossom, with just a kiss of currant. It has a clean quality and brightness but not in the crisp citrusy way I tend to find it. The floral and fruit are perfectly balanced by the delicate creaminess of the rice milk.

This is hard to describe for me. I get a solid pink rose, but it is made dry and incensy but the amber and champaca. Very soft and warm. The word antiqued comes to mind.

Starts off very dark and herby, I can definitely pick out parsley but not much else. As it dries it gets a floral quality, narcotic evening flowers. Dry it smells like a green cottage yard and some waxy white floral, like gardenia or tuberose. Not what I was expecting but very lovely.

Love this as a simple and versatile bath oil, it pairs well with so many scents. Mostly sweet, fluffy vanilla cream with the delicate papery rice flower.

Started off as a general sweet perfume with a touch of ozone. The absinthe takes over a bit in the end on my skin and is quite like licorice.

Definitely get patchouli and red musk up front, and as it dries some spice (maybe cinnamon or clove?) Spicy and dark, and the patchouli doesn't go wonky on me. But a little heavy over all for me.

Oh, this is glorious. Clean and sweet lily and lilac brightened by frankincense. Pure and bright.