Cali

Reminds me a bit of Dead leaves, bourbon vanilla, and myrrh, but less outside-y. Perhaps slightly less crisp. There's something sweet in here, pulling all of the notes together. I won't need this, but it's a lovely blend!

I haven't smelled any of the other luna negra versions, but this smells... dusty to me? Maybe like an ancient cave, if that makes any sense. The lavendar is the strongest on me, and it's quite sharp, but still fruity. It's quite interesting!

Blehg, almond. I'm not looking forward to this but here goes; I LOVE the rum notes bpal uses, and it's no different in here. Really makes me want to grab a drink right now. The almond stays very much in the foreground, but I don't mind it too much, strangely. It's a quite sexy blend! All of the notes are easy to pick out, but work together really well. Feminine, and sugary sweet. Not for me, but I see why it's so loved.

From the imp I'm getting a very smokestack (when wet) vibe from this. Very heavy. There's something sweet in it that I can't put my finger on it, and something ever so slightly salty (vetiver?). Maybe just a tad of wood in here? Certainly interesting, and atmospheric, but I don't want to smell for this. Might be great for someone who loves smoke-y things though. n_n

Per-fect. Exactly what I expected too. I can imagine myself sitting on the grass of a high cliff, looking out to the sea. A damp woodsy-floral with sea air. Sweet, sweet, heady and soft florals. Reminds me a lot of some potpourri I had ages ago, which I LOVED. Never found something that resembled it and finally, here it is! Doesn't stay too long on my skin... about an hour or two? However my skin amps the florals ever so slightly in this, which rarely happens and it works sooo well. So glad I could find a bottle of this!

Mmmmm... yum. I just wanna drink all of these while chilling out on a beach they're all so good! Someone mentioned before this is like red blue fire which made me want to try this.. and YES!!! It really quite is. It's brilliant! sweet red berries with a lot of fuzzy gin thrown in, but I barely detect the mint. Great blend. If I ever find a bottle somewhere I might just jump at the chance.

Ah, there's the labs' snowy soap note! Correct me if I'm wrong but it feels like the same that's in the snow at midnight and a couple of others. Don't let the words 'soap note' scare you if you're unfamiliar with the snow note, but don't like soap notes. It's a flurry, almost slightly sugary sweet cold note, and while it more reminds me The sweeter notes come out only a little while after application. Lovely but nothing too special on my skin.

I'm guessing these are herbal flowers and some white notes thrown in there? This goes slightly powdery with a still-realistic sweet floral edge on it on me.I like it but unfortunately I don't love it. White florals just don't seem to like my skin (it depends though, *slaps skin* hmpf). It's very very cute though!

A sweet scent drifts in the cold night air in the forest. From the imp, anyway. On my skin, it morphs to a thicker amber, and a warmer, red tone with dark fruits. Soft and cozy! Sliiiiightly reminds me of in winter in my room. Only slightly.

It smells like taking a soapy bath in the sea, basically. I love it, LOVE it on first application, but after a few minutes it turns all handsoap on me. Damn.

Wow this is sweet!!! I'm getting a slight apricot vibe from this, but it's likely just the hyper-sugary sweetness this is from the start; that taste you get when you take a bite from an apricot after not having one for years. It's a very natural fruity sugar/sweet. That said, like other people has said, all of the fruityness certainly does remind me of skittles. The hyperness of the sugar on drydown dims very quickly, in fact all of it dims down in about half an hour which is a shame. Such a bright, fun scent!

This smells like a sunset colouring a a dusty victorian room golden, or perhaps a very 70's themed one. It's dry, dusty and insency and super-fancy! Doesn't morph on my skin. I'd totally need a bottle but it dies after only five to ten minutes of wear. Not worth it for me, but it's absolutely lovely!

I find this asbsolutely LOVELY in the imp. Getting slight blue lollipops and sugar plum fairy vibes from this. Once on my skin it morphs, and the sweeter notes sorta fade and make place for a lot of apple. The other notes are besides noticeable kindof indistinguishable, or rather, not as easy to pick apart as it could, but it works. They add a certain mystery to this, a certain darkness like a veil of smoke. Is it blasphemy to call this the spring version of samhain?

Definately the peacock queen's sappier, green sister. WOW this is green! Peacock queen is the rose for me, but if you're more into the green thing you'll absolutely love this.

From the imp; soapy, green, herbal. It definately has a sense of whimsy in there. On my skin it goes to something similar as the dead leaves note. That, but a little less... dead. Is there white rose in this? It reminds me of it. In the end on my skin, fresh messy dishwash. Not for me unfortunately as much as I love the concept.

Whooaa this is really REALLY strong, fruit and sugary from the imp! I don't miiiind it... or rather the concept of it at all, I just don't like banana or coconut at all, and while it's a good blend alltogether, I can still pick apart all the notes. It's lovely but not for me.

Oh dear. I might have made a mistake to try this out, as I was so sure I'd love this... I love the lab's wine note but in the bottle it is in-your-face strong and slightly more sharp (but maybe that's just me/because it's so strong). There's something in here that just doesn't tickle my fancy, and if it's really only those two notes, I'm sure it's the amber. Which, to me in here is like a dusty rag in the middle of a cold cave, heh. Weird, cause I'm usually a sucker for amber. Only when this is nearing end of it's ride (and it does stay on for a looooong long time) I like it, but I'd have to go super close to my wrist to smell anything.. And I actually like wearing smellies that are kind of obnoxious. However! The possible silver lining is that I've only had it in for a day, so I'm gonna let it settle for a good couple of hours, who knows it'll change and I'll get back to this. But only to have it smell nice at the very end of the ride seems unnecessary for me. We'll see. EDIT: Now that it's settled more, it's definately softer from the start, and doesn't morph much on the skin: it's more of a bitter wine (not like a chardonnay, but genuinely more of a dusty bitter wine). No more rag in a cave, just some dust. Actually, I just realised what this reminds me of now, the manuscript. From what I remember I liked that one much less on my skin, and it's not the same smell, but it had the same essence of dust or the dryness of paper... It's warm and fits the colder season, but I can see this working really well at the end of a warm summer's day. Unfortunately I'm just not into this as much as I try. Someone else will adore this though. ^^

Hmmm... on application it's basically just a thick liquid cocoa. Not a huge fan of how the cinnamon comes in at first.. it's nearly orange instead of cinnamon. And that happens to be a combination that I hate. However, about 7 minutes in it fades again, this time to a softer cinnamon and a watery cocoa. Unfortunately that happens a lot with cocoa on my skin, bah! This has a lot of potential and I see why these are so popular!

This is very smoky? I'm getting helluvalotof smoke... is that really just me? Anyway, it's basically a frothy, deep smoke and something floral. I actually don't hate it, it's just that I have no idea what to think of it!

Oh no.. I'm just not destined to like any of the alice in wonderland scents I'm afraid. Appearantly I just don't like the smell of tarty sweet pies and fruit (actually it might be the buttery/creamy notes bpal uses in more of these)... Anyone who does might want to give this a try?

This reminds me a bit of Edith Cushing from the get-go! Mostly thanks to the vanilla accompanied by those very bright fruity notes. And then, there's that wool note... which I hadn't sniffed before. How to describe this. Like a favourite childhood plushie, perhaps? Without "my own" in it... that kinda old, fuzzy, dusty fabric thang. The hyperfizzyness doesn't last long on my skin and merges more with the rest and now it's more oudh then anything. Nice, and a little odd.

Ok I'll admit, this one really scared me because I HATE snake oil, but I was just too interesting to me because boomslang literally translates from Dutch to treesnake. I don't hate it, to be honest/suprisingly. It's kind of a watered down snakeoil to me. Wouldn't neccesarily say the cocoa is really cocoa if I wouldn't have read the notes; it's got a bit of a dusty feel to it, more then cocoa, but maybe that's just me. A tad sweet and soft snake oil. Not bad! Not for me though, as much as I don't hate it. I wouldn't wanna smell like this, but I can see how people just love this.

It's like Mary Read's darker, more evil sister! The red patchouli really gives this blend something oriental, something exotic, shrouded in something beeswax or even leather-y. A wonderful sultry kickass blend!

On first application this reminds me a LOT of Thalassa, the galapagos mermaid. When it's calmed down a bit, I get a very strong SALTwater, and definately getting a bit of that lovely rum note, and that gunpowder makes it a kickass unity. As much as I love pirates and nautical ...anything, I don't think I'll need this in my collection but what a rad blend to try!

It's really exactly the notes from the description on me, really. After a while it goes slightly more red/sweet on me which is a lovely surprise, but it's just this sharp, cold air with the slightest bit of metal and florals/greens.