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BPAL's dirt mixed with leather, something sweet and grainy, and a sharp herbal note in the background that's definitely not hops. I knows me some Styrian Goldings, and I can't smell a solitary whiff.

The dry-down smells like my Grandpa Teddy's hair tonic. He never carried an axe.

Honey rose anise. Freaking YUMMY. I should try a honey rose glaze on my Pan de Muertos...

Nice tonka and tamarind. A little amber and patchouli in the dry-down. Reminds me of Chicken-Legged Hut without the nuttiness.

Of course I'd fall hopelessly in love with a rare. Nymphes de Pave smells like my very favorite candy, Abbaye de Flavigny Rose Pastilles. Sweet and foody, but also pretty and floral. The scent description is, as far as I can tell, completely accurate.

Pretty like Rakshasa, but without the plastic patchouli! Wheee!!

What is this? Strange, sharp, herbal, almost bitter...with the hint of nutty/grainy/maple. It reminds me a touch of eating a maple doughnut and candied pecans while showering with a bar of Irish Spring. The oddest damned thing!

Oh, I'm falling in love with this scent. It took a few tries, but especially in the dry down (when it lingers on and on...I love scents with staying power). There's definitely a tiny bit of vetiver in there. I think that's the electricity scarring mentioned in the description. But it's tempered nicely with the ozone, cypress, and blood notes. In the end it reminds me of a kinder, gentler Agnes Nutter.

It must be the musk and honey, but it smells a lot to me like a sweeter, less resinous Bien Loin d'Ici. Really pretty and sexy. I'll wear this a lot when I'm fancied-up.

I'm so glad someone asked that question! I wonder the same thing

Boi=boy. We do have a few of them floating around (and they're awesome). Also, please to draw your attention to the brand new thread. I'm not sure if that's the chatter thread, of if they're creating a separate one for that...

Did I miss it???

I believe patience is generally being encouraged at this point.

I'm so thrilled that amused someone.

Didn't mean to step on any toes, I promise. Just kidding around.

You might want to hold off on that. I do believe the questionnaire is getting revised again.

Silly Coldie...expecting me to be patient. <pat, pat>

I'm not saying anything....but just be on alert....nothing official...yet. but be alert...the world needs more lerts

I may have already filled out the revised questionnaire. Just trying to be my lertiest.

The questionnaire has been updated!!

{wiggle, wiggle}

This Charming Man. A very attractive men's cologne. I can kinda tell he's not really into me, though.

I definitely want to do this! I have never done a switch witch before, but it sounds AMAZING!

It is. And if you haven't already created wishlists, I highly recommend doing so now before you join and the Switch Witch thread starts to really heat up. I use Kaboodle, but Amazon's got a wishlist function. Lots of people also make 'em over at Etsy.

I have it on good authority that there be a Switch Witch Halloween round... stay tuned.....

<twitch, twitch>

As to SW - I think we have at least a dozen+ peeps now frothing over the prospect of a new round (me included), however, I get the feeling it needs people to be willing to do the work of organizing and mentoring...and since I've hosted a bunch of swaps on this forum, count me in to help, if need be!

I can definitely see how burnout might be a factor amongst the long-time ringleaders. And "training" a new batch of volunteers is bound to be no easy task either. I completely understand if life intervened. But I hope others can continue the tradition.

At any rate, I've loved the SW rounds in which I've participated, and always really appreciated the hard work that goes on behind the scenes.

I could use a pleasant distraction like SW!

Ditto. Especially of the Halloweenie variety. And in the off-chance any ringleaders are reading this, I'd like to offer any help I can, up to and including volunteering as a ringleader myself.

This one's so very my cuppa. It feels almost like the masculine twin of Bien Loin d'Ici. There's clove and patchouli at first, but they faded quickly on me. The vetiver is indeed martial as others have mentioned, which is matched sniff-for-sniff with the sharp pepper note. The champaca is the grace and beauty in this one, though. Keeps drifting in and out, sometimes obvious, and sometimes nearly undetectable. A strange, morphing enigma of a fragrance. Fascinating...

Looks like my experience with this fragrance is a little unusual. I don't find it intense at all, but warm and surprisingly fresh. Leather at the front, pine winding its way throughout. A little warm spice and patchouli in supporting roles. Ah, and there's the copal in the dry-down. The oakmoss really ties it all together, melding it into one unique whole.

Overall a gorgeous, surprisingly airy, unisex-tipping-toward-masculine scent on me. So glad I bought a bottle!

Gorgeous. Bright, fruity pear at first, drying down to warm honey/beeswax and creamy vanilla. Very much like Ichabod Crane, only fruitier and sweeter. Definitely bottle-worthy for me!

Had high hopes for this one, but right out of the vial I could tell it wouldn't work with my skin chemistry. I can't really pick out any of the individual notes once it's on, and after five minutes it smells exactly like a fresh squirt of Aqua Net. Off you go to swaps...

Pretty. Really, really pretty. And (thankfully) not in a floral way. Something (the oakmoss, I'm thinking) is giving it a warm, slightly musky foundation that keeps it from drifting off into space. I'm pleasantly reminded of Sunflowers by Elizabeth Arden...except warmer, more grounded, and generally more grown-up. This is a fragrance for Beltane, and I look forward to wearing it on the first sunny day of spring.

I'm finding this one endlessly intriguing. Definitely getting the sharp cumin note (reminds me a bit of Dracul), but it calms down a while after application. Warm, muted patchouli is hot on its heals. I think some of this muting is the result of the honey/beeswax note that adds roundness. And finally the cardamom comes out with its typical Pepsi-like fruitiness. The overall result is mysterious and masculine. I'm not sure I'll wear it much, but it's so unusual and beautiful I'll definitely hang on to it...