bryghtrose

I was really hoping this would be awesome, because the notes are awesome, but it just went all wintergreen on me.

When I first put it on it's a very strong, heady fruity-floral. It smelled almost like walking into Bath & Body Works, when the scent hits you. Anyway, it mellows throughout the day, but there's still the fruitiness. I don't think I like it.

I can't pick out any individual notes other than ozone, but I did smell something citrus-y. Maybe grapefruit? Anyway, it smelled nice for about 10 minutes and then faded into the ... (wait for it)... ether (feel free to groan now).

The pepper and the florals engaged in a quick and dirty fight, and the pepper won.

I really wanted to love this. I wanted the scent of an English garden. But what I got was floral soap

I was expecting so much more from this, but it turned into a middling floral bouquet.

At first it smells like Aglaea's more sophisticated older sister, the one you want to steal clothes from, and look up to for taste in music and men.

Then she throws baby powder at you when you go to borrow a sweater.

Scent: Initially, it smells like cough syrup and bubblegum, and it warms up to a rich, sensuous citrusy/vanilla/resin. Very hedonistic--like a cat.

Ritual aspect:

I've packed away all my candles and ritual objects, as I'm about to move, so I decided to anoint myself. I anointed my chakra points and the palms of my hands. I chanted a mantra and then I went to bed. I concentrated on banishing poverty and want, and increasing happiness and hope.

The next day I received the first of three payments I was waiting for, and I started to worry less about money. My current room got rented, so that I can move out into my new place and get my security deposit from my current place. In general I've been calmer and had a more positive outlook.

I am very pleased with this oil.

A really weird combination of sugar, musk, and soap.

A nice smoky, woodsy rose. Very pretty.

I definitely get the candy/Sweet Tarts smell, though it reminds me more of gummy candies. The neroli comes out strong on my skin. There's something in the background that I'm not liking at all. I can't really tell what it is, though, so that makes it even more disappointing

There's way too much mint here, unfortunately. I keep sniffing it and hoping that the mint will go away, because then it would be an absolutely lovely perfume. It reminds me so much of The Passionate Shepherd to His Love (must be the ivy and clover), and that's already my perfect "green" scent. Beltane is just not going to work out.

Unfortunately, I don't smell anything. The dust fades away so quickly.

Definitely lilies, definitely a blackness behind. Ugh. Then the smokiness comes out. I'm not liking the opium.

It's so very soft, but very green. Like a spring rain. Thankfully I don't smell any of the food. It dries to almost nothing.

Sweet, dusty, mossy aquatic.

Minty+ bubblegum, but not spearmint or peppermint chewing gum. It mellows to a nice warm herbal scent. I like it

Dark, earthy, sugary floral. I don't care for it.

The imp smells of Old Spice/ generic men's cologne. On the skin it becomes more of a ladies' perfume, with the rose and sandalwood dominant. It goes a bit powdery.

I still haven't made up my mind if I like this or not

It starts out very floral, cloying and piercing. Then the vanilla amber and the beeswax play tug-of-war for an hour or so until it fades. It's nice and all, but every time I wear it, I think "Do I really want to try it again?" or "What's that smell--oh, yeah, it's me!" Hmmm.... I've never been this waffly about a perfume before. I'll most likely end up swapping it. How's that for conviction.

It's very dusty. It doesn't smell anything like the incense I remember from Holy Thursday Mass (it's the occasion that most screams "Incense" to me). I think it smells more like unlit incense than actively burning incense. Also, it's making my skin where I'm testing very itchy.

Rose Red has gotten me the most compliments.

Bailey's Irish Cream.

I'm not a fan of rhododendrons. Thankfully it smells like watered down citrus, which isn't a great scent for me, but it's not bad, really. And it doesn't smell of rhododendron.

The lavender and the lotus throw so much, and they give me a headache