Madame Mew

Oak leaf, bourbon vanilla, almond husk, and black leather accord darkened by a 13-year aged black patchouli. All almond up front, but ends up smelling leathery and yummy after it dries down. I am going to try this again with one of my more patchouli forward scents to see what happens!

Lydia is EVERYTHING!!! I cannot even begin to explain how much I love this. UGH, SO good! I had a co-worker say I smelled like an old library. The patchouli is why I went for this, but the opium and labdanum are so captivating and come to the foreground as it dries. I have had this for a month, and it seems to keep getting sweeter? Great wear. This was my absolute favorite of the 5 I purchased from this collaboration (Silky Bat, Belonging to the Darkness, Lorraine Cross, Owl Moon, and Lydia). I should probably buy another bottle...

So much patchouli! At first, I was intimidated and thought "no way can I pull this off". I actually mixed this with Silky Bat, and it is more tame to me after adding the carmelized sugar. I may need to work up to wearing this alone. The patch in this is as earthy and gnarly as it gets, so if you like patchouli, this one is for you. The floral notes in here don't smell like jasmine, but more like tuberose. Definitely for you if you're a patchouli lover!

St. Louis No.1 for the win! Somewhat masculine, with the tobacco but not so much that it dominates. It is such a beautiful and haunting blend, and makes me feel nostalgic. The perfect blend of sweet and earthy.

This is very pretty. I am definitely getting the aquatic property someone mentioned earlier. There is not one specific floral note that I can pick out, but it starts out as a very fresh bouquet. Very feminine to me, as I usually wear patchouli forward fragrances these days. My sister said "it smells expensive" after smelling it in the vial. It settles on the skin very quickly, and then the moss comes forward. There is an earthiness in here that makes it wearable for me, but more like a spring or summer scent. Maybe I will try mixing this with something else to bring it more to the macabre side. This may sound strange, but it is almost too "cheerful" for me. I won't be buying a bottle, but I would reccomend this to anyone that likes florals.

I don't have the most trained nose, but boy, this is unique and lovely. My husband said it smells like a headshop on Melrose. His descriptions are so delightful. Having someone else tell me what they get from these in all stages has been super fun and we end up educating each other. Taking my man down the rabbit hole with me. In the vial, I got mostly amber, and a bit of the coconut. Wet, amber, sweeter coconut and musk. Dry, the patchouli came out and rounded out the amber. This is my first time wearing a scent with musk, and I have to say I am mad at myself for not trying it sooner. It really works with me, and lasted from 6 pm until I turned in around 11pm. I will be trying this again over the weekend. I don't know if I can wear this to work, since I keep getting whifs as I type, but will definitely be good for a night out (or in). *Update: Wearing this at work. It keeps changing on me, and I keep smelling myself (in a good way). It is really warm and comforting, and I am pretty sure that you have to be pretty close to me to smell this. I don't like it for the first 15 mins, but then I fall in love. HOW?! It plays with my emotions. I don't think I will buy a bottle, but will be using it for fall and special up close and personal occasions.

This was almost an assault on my nose. In the bottle, I spelled almost exclusively almond, but more sharp than sweet. My husband said it smelled like a urinal cake. I am not too privy to how those smell, but I suppose sweet and floral was what he was smelling. I put it on anyway. Hey, you have to give it a chance on the skin, right?! Nope. Not good on my skin. It dried down to reveal a good amount of jasmine, which my skin usually works well with, but it ended up laying me out with a headache. I wanted to like you!!! I can imagine this smelling good and almost like marzipan on the right person, but not for me.