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This is beautiful in all the right ways. 

All of the notes meld beautifully together to create a soft, warm, and sweetly fresh scent.

Not one note stands out on its own, instead it's created it's own lovely blend.  

The green tea and lavender play together to create something unique.  The resin notes stay put and don't interrupt any other notes at play.

Myrrh, green tea and frankincense can usually turn nasty on me, and in this one - I can't pull them apart at all.

Hoard worthy, for sure! 

There's something that goes JUST RIGHT in this in which the snake oil masks the dry woody sharpness that I completely expected. I hate woods, but this is magnificent! I won't need a whole bottle, but I will totally cherish and sniff Habu often. Looking at other reviewers, I too got fruit - specifically apples.

So to my nose this is snake oil, apple, and a woody undertone that isn't OMGFRESHCUTTREE.

Love!

Oh man, vetiver and I hate each other with a passion, but when I opened up this - I smell my arch nemesisis, but I am also reminded of entering a gem shop in the middle of the desert ran by a hippie with dream catchers everywhere.

Strannnnnnnnnnnge scent association from this one.

I too only get OMGFLOWERS. It's white musk and flowers and nothing else. Not bad, but not my type.

From an imp that's at least 2 if not 3 years old:

Coconut and sweet patchouli - oh my!!!

As it dries down, the patchouli starts to really dominate. This is a deep and rooty patchouli. Though aged, there's still a little bit of fang in it's bite.

Once dry, I'm left picturing a goblin on vacation in Goblin Paradise. Sipping vanilla coconut smoothies and watching the sun set over a simmering sea of black oil while his little demon offspring fight over a raging octopus plucked from his oily rock cave.

I found this old imp hiding out in one of my boxes, all forgotten about. Wet, I get a pale fruity orchid, but almost immediately it turns to rose. I amp rose like nothing else, but that's ok as I like it. I just wish that sometimes the rose notes would lay off and let me smell the other pretty notes that are hiding. A few minutes later and I can almost smell some fruit - but the rose still dominates. It seems to morph between rose and fruity rose over and over again.

10 minutes later and the rose has hidden itself allowing a bit of plum (or something fruity) and orchid to come out and play. Very springtime and quite lovely but fades fast.

If I hadn't read the notes on this, I would have known right off - yep. Red musk. My imp is aged about 3 years, so the red musk is beautiful and all red muskyish. The amber is very quiet, but lending a grounding effect, keeping the red musk from becoming too manly. Once it starts to dry down, the red musk quiets down even more and the amber and frankincense start to emerge, but just barely. This is still nearly a single note red musk. The metal may be acting as a red musk amplifier as the sharpness of the red musk seems to come and go, other than that, I am not "feeling" any metal. Overall, very lovely.

I have sniffed a lot of sniffs, and for the first time ever, I understand what pencil shavings smell like. It's nice pencil shavings though. Top of the sniff - pencil shavings, underneath - very pretty smokey flowers. I blame the sandalwood. ::shakes fist at the sandalwood::

Edit 3 hours later: Pencil shavings are gone, now I smell just the beautiful smokey/incensy floral that sticks close to my skin. I will test with a bit more juice to see if once I bypass the pencil shaving phase if there could be more throw.

I know what you mean jmscripsi!! I LOVE lemon, especially when it's like a lemon curd. Lemon Scented Sticky Bat is nice, but I noticed that once it dried down it was a little sharp, almost like a yummy lemon flower. I want creamy yummy sugary lemon. I haven't had luck in that department. I've tried lots of different bpal's with a lemon note... always searching for the "right lemon". I was so excited when Lemon Scented Sticky Bat was released because I thought that my lemon dreams have come true (which they sort of did ) Hopefully we'll see a more lemon curdy scent in the future.

Edited for spelling

Hollywood Babylon is made of musk and sex.

If you can get your hands on it, Midnight Kiss is also a killer.

Mmmmmmm!! This is Inez's brighter sister!! It's freaking GORGEOUS and I am in love.

Amber musk, vanilla, and a sexy incense note. There's not much else I can say other than HOLY SHIT I SMELL LIKE AMBER VANILLA SEX!

Verdict? ::climax::

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I actually really really like this one.

I'm not usually a floral/fruity type of gal, but the tart tang of the slightly metallic background make this a damn sexy and unique scent. It has a girly steampunk feel all around. The top layer being a fruity feminine, and the slight tang in the background acting as iron and grace. If I close my eyes, I picture a Victorian gel with scented gloves running to catch a train as it starts to chug away from the platform. Slightly floral, slightly fruity, and a soft iron background.

As it dries down, I think that I might be picking up a slightly cottony or vanilla linen note...?

Ok and it's morphing again... am I sensing grapefruit?

The throw is light, but not too light on my arm. It's dry now but it's still pretty strong when sniffed up close.

I think that I've found my summer scent!

verdict? What a light skirt! ::turns up nose at the trollop::

At First, I'm picking up on yummy cake. It's delicious for sure. I'm usually not so much of a foodie person, but lately I've noticed that foodies are starting to appeal to me. I'm actually quite happy with this latest development.

But saddness... the cake fades into the background and I'm left with tea and cucumbers. It's not bad, and it's actually a pretty good trick! I love morphers, but I was hoping that the cake would want to stick around and play with the tea and cucumber.

Hopefully as this ages, some of the notes will sweeten up so that way we can at least have some sweet tea with cucumber sandwiches. I would be happy with that

Verdict: One lump or two?

Don't forget Poisoned apple in Bewitching Brews! That's a goodie too.

You might like Brisingamen in Ars Amatoria. A glittering mantle of rich golden notes: five ambers, soft myrtle and apple blossom, myrtle, and carnation.

To my sniffer, apple blossom is very similar to the scent of the fruit as well.

Hmmm.. when I first tried this out, I didn't like it too much in the bottle, so I put it off to the side and thought that I might swap it off to someone. Today, while going throw my box of bottles I sniffed it again, and thought to try a little on.

Once applied and it's wet, I smell something sweet and sugary (obviously the honey) but then when the "aftertaste" of the smell hits, it's woodsy for sure. It isn't unpleasant, and honestly it's unlike anything I've sniffed by the lab before. The honey cuts into that balsamy note. It isn't the same balsam as U at all. This is more woodsy and bbq-esque. That might be the bark note too. It kind of reminds me of St. Johns eve in a way? Maybe?

Dry now, and the balsam has really calmed down. Left behind, I pick up a slightly honeyed dark and woody scent. The wood isn't dry though, which make this preferable to me than a drier woody scent.

Very nice. I'm curious as to how this will age. I hope the honey note pops a little more.

On first application, an amber laden jasmine note swirls around a zesty and spicy note. As others have noted, that initial wet phase is a little bit perfumy, but as it dries down the jasmine starts to relax. It starts to warm up and become slightly spicy.

Dry now, it's beautiful it's slighty spicy, with a kick of amber. Once this ages, and the amber thickens up I bet this'll be beautiful!

Throw is medium light

Verdict? Lets play shoot em up!

Holy cow I'm blown away!!

Sarsaparilla usually turns to root beer, but this is more of a cream soda on me. It's creamy, and sweet. I'm really surprised too, because foodies tend to be no no's, but this is a foody that I LOVE! I hope that the creamy vanilla note becomes more prominent as it ages.

It doesn't morph like crazy, but as it dries, the vanilla note becomes more prominent (with sweet sarsaparilla mingling in the background)

throw is medium

Verdict? mmmm root beer float

Ooo! I Like this!!

I wasn't sure about the juniper (and gin itself gives me the heebee jeebees) but I thought to give it a chance. I am so glad that I did. This is spicy and sweet with nutmeg on top (not too bright and spicy though) with a bit of juniper in the background. Juniper itself is a beautiful note. It doesn't smell boozy at all.

As it dries down, the nutmeg blends further into the juniper note, making it an afterthought. When I huff my arm, it's juuuuuuniper....and then nutmeg.

The throw is a light medium

I like it a lot!

Verdict? Better than a Tom Collins

I actually like this! It sounded like it could be a total hit, or even an epic fail, but this is actually really good.

Once applied, I can smell creosote and then some dirt and a hit of something sweet in the background. The sweetness is probably the dried blood note, but to my nose, it's a little reminiscent of Queen of Clubs with that dirt and sweet red note.

As it dries down, there's a bit of spice popping through, like cloves?

Once it's dry, the sweet note calms down, and the creosote fades to the background. The clove and dirt note are the most prominent once dry.

I bet that this is going to calm down and become beautiful as it ages.

Throw is decent (a strong medium)

Verdict? Post apocalyptic yum!

This is by far one of my favorites of all time. Easily on my personal top ten.

I usually amp rose notes, and frankincense can turn sour on me. Also wine notes tend to go a little bit wonky. But put together, each note cancels out each other and turn into the most beautiful scent. Sweet beeswax with a touch of rosey wine, and then a dash of resin to warm it up. Its bliss! I require back ups.

My bottle is starting to become properly aged

Ysabel starts off dark and incensy, but as she dries down the carnations pop through like crazy. They're those buttery warm carnations. Either that, or that "smoothness" is the velvet musk. The clove is spicing things up, and the rose isn't amping to high hell (like roses are supposed to do on my skin)

The throw is pretty high and strong. I put just a dab on my arm and I've been getting wafts of it for an hour now. Just a little dab!! Ysabel has strength!

If you are a fan of Velvet Bandito, pick this one up. It's his twin sister.

Verdict? This spanish rose has some 'splainin to do.

This isn't exactly what I thought it would smell like. It's totally different... but good in its own way.

Once applied I get vanilla, wood, caramel, and red musk underneath (oh how I love you red musk). There's also that ylang-ylang poking its head around, and a bit of patchouli that hasn't had a chance to age yet. I have a feeling that this will be amazing in a couple of years.

On dry down, it's caramel flavored red musk. 'snot so bad really. I kinda like it.

I think that I'm going to have to hunt down a bottle

Throw: A strong medium

Verdict: Not for popcorn.

I loved this the moment I sniffed it in it's cute lil prototype bottle at the lab during will call. I wanted to buy it during release, but I really practiced self control so that I could buy gifts for christmas...

I now have my very own decant and am happy as a clam I am!

Once applied, it's sweet and fruity, with a swirl of something dark and inedible (though the top note is all edible). The dark note is almost dirty, but not quite. It's just smokey and herbal.

It doesn't change much on the dry down, but it's still awesome.

Throw is medium

Verdict: Please do not feed the Cthulhu.

God Dammit. Why did I completely ignore these past yules? I did it to myself on purpose, and I hate myself for it. This is fantastic!!

I'm coming to realize that I love peach, but only when it's a supporting role to darker resin notes or red musk. Once applied, I get a nice whiff of peaches and dark red musk, with the sweetness of tobacco. God this is beautiful!

There's not much redwood popping through, nor do I smell clove. Don't matter though. I bet those notes are present, but just really adding to the underlying characteristics of "mmmmmm" in a cumulative type of mixture.

Oh wait... is that the clove I'm starting to smell? YUM!! Ooooh! And there's a bit of redwood. Nice!! There's also a bit of a bitter note. Dunno what it is, but it's not horrible, it's just adding something new. Guests are always welcome to attend during morph meetings. Bring it on!!!

The throw is light to medium

Verdict: Freaking YES! I need a bottle.

Why didn't I think that I would like this? Oh yeah! It's because it mentions ozone. Well jeeze, you could've told me that this type of ozone doesn't cause headaches. It's the perfect ozoney scent. Probably because the sweetness that follows the ozone note. Without that, I wouldn't have liked this at all, but as it is I LOVE IT.

Like I said... there's that sweetness that rounds out the ozone. The resins are in perfect harmony as well. There's a bitterness, that's not too bitter at all. It's just a perfect addition to the other notes which sweeten the bitterness up. I wish I could say what notes where what (what is the bitter note?) I know that it's the benzoin sweetening everything up. Is it the labdanum that's bitter? For some reason, I thought that it would be sweet. Oh well. I'm still loving it. Especially on the dry down. When it's drying, the ozone calms down a little bit and leaves a minty freshness behind (rather than rain freshness) I like minty freshness better

The throw is medium.

Verdict: Poor little shivering boy. He smells hot.