monocainsheresy

The sweet wet dragon's blood from the rest of this collection, and beautiful, soft, incense-shop sandalwood. An upbeat incense scent.

I stand by this is a GC dupe for Fuck This Heat. It's very hard for me to tell the difference between the two, beyond FTH being slightly harsher. Metallic, cold lavender, a little bit of powdered sandalwood and an undertone of white musk.

Nope. Nope nope nope. Not for me. Mostly cherry, wine, clover, and vetiver. The combo of juicy, fruity reds and musty browns is not super coherent, if that makes sense? The layers are separate, and don't really mix with each other. It might be the honey + opium poking through that's putting me off.

Amber and slick, wet dragon's blood! Very nice, but I personally prefer regular Dragon's Blood. This has a little tinge of honey.

Wet dirt, juniper, and a rosy floral cloud. Somber, loamy, and green. Makes me think of headstones covered in moss and lichen.

I'm going to say black pepper, honey, maybe rose, and some kind of resin. It's mostly the pepper and honey and somehow it ends up smelling a bit like fried rice, or hot lawnmower

Hello black musk, hello tobacco! Wow - immediately super masc and woody. Fire and woods, smoke and shadows. This is definitely a new fave.

This is so much sweeter than I expected from the description - not to mention the color. It's seriously crayola green in the imp! I immediately get cozy musk and saffron. A bit of resins, a bit of spice, a little woody. On me this is weirdly foody, like the same cake in Alice and Eat Me. No idea where that's coming from. I really like this! Snuggly and sweet.

They mean it when they say this scent is disorienting. It is BIZARRE. It's all jiggly yellows and goopy browns. Opium opium opium! A tiny bit of opoponax. This is not resiny. This is not smoky. This is the feeling of sticking your hand in ooblek. It's not a bad scent, it's just so utterly bizarre. I've hung onto it for years just because...what is this? What is this?

Brooding, yet electric: the scent of buried secrets, roiling nightmares, the essence of the Crawling Chaos, the Father of Knives and Locusts, the Hunter in the Dark. This is the blackest of ritual incenses charged with flashes of ozone. I got a bit scared because this smells like vetiver in the imp, but ooooh yes I like this one. Incense and ozone are two of my favorite things, and two things I would never think to put together. But I can't really describe what this smells like. It's definitely what it says - ozone and DARK incense. This is not frankincense. Opoponax and copal maybe? The overall impression is all shadows and sparks. I agree with tinyvulture's statement - "camping out in the woods during a storm."

I've been wrestling with this one for months - it's such an out-there combination of notes, but it's also strangely, stunningly beautiful. The most impressive part is the first few seconds on the skin. It's gingery cranberry on the wand but as soon as it hits my skin it warms up rapidly and there's a wave of musk, which retreats just as quickly as it arrived. The memory of floral-spice incense in the background. This settles down to dark, but not juicy, cranberry on a bed of warm, long abandoned flowers and spices. This evokes so much imagery - dark, sensual, primal, magical imagery.

Sugary MANGO and cinnamon - smells like super sweet fruity syrup. As it dries the musk and woodsy notes start to peek out.

The most beautiful lavender fougere on this planet, very lightly underscored citrus and the barest hint of musk. Smells like shaving cream! One of my all-time favorites

Musky vetiver + myrrh - very simple

Mostly carnation and plum - a sophisticated juicy floral. In the imp the musk fooled me into thinking there was honey - definitely a sweet golden musk. Very lovely, but not my style.

Musky pine and squished juniper. Smells like the Adirondacks. A simple, lovely scent, but my fear of pine turning into bathroom cleaner is going to ward me off from getting a big bottle.

This is so many of my favorite things - I love love love this scent! Starts out with sandalwood + cinnamon, and a wee bit of hippie patchouli. The "musky sweat" that Lucretia mentioned is actually one of my favorite notes, and it's mostly from the cinnamon, with the patchouli helping it along. This is not a dry cinnamon - it's bright and wet and almost smells like dragon's blood sap. Murky liquid amber in the background lends a beautiful note of gold.

This is a thicker, oomphier foodie than Alice, thought the two are very similar. LOTS of very dense vanilla cake, spotted with currant juice. Super yummy and sticky.

My favorite dusty musty frankincense smoke over a pool of the freshest, juiciest rose. I was hoping for a powdery rose, but this is a magnificent scent nonetheless. Best appreciated from a distance - this is a sneeze inducer.

Right out of the imp this reminds me of Disrespect For Established Authority - my first thoughts are leather + incense. That fades very quickly and this turns into a blanket of vanilla, oudh, and saffron. Amber is not the star here, but it's hanging out in the background with the golden musk. Overall it's a warm, cozy scent with a bit of a boozy tang from the cognac. A beautiful, delicate scent.

I've been dying to try this, and I was lucky enough to get a frimp from Little Bird - and it is everything I hoped it would be. Cream cheese frosting, gooey almond, fluffy cake, covered in sugar and spice. Oddly reminiscent of Jack - it has that same craft-store-in-autumn vibe, when they get all the foody candles in stock. I need to get my grimy little hands on a bottle of this ASAP

Evocative of the sea's unplumbed mysteries. Gentle and lovely, but menacing and profound. Coconut, Florentine iris, hazelnut and opalescent white musk. This is not something I would ever expect to love, but I do. Foodie-floral coconut. Sweet, warm, musky.

Morbidly romantic, thick with murky melodrama, untouched by the centuries, and dust-rimed: Byzantine incense, benzoin, myrrh, bitter clove, spikenard, oud, and ancient balsam.  The lovechild of Forgive Us Our Virtues, Forgive Us and OLLA Eve Sharp incense softened by powdered clove and resins, a very faint hint of rose, all over a base of sleek oud and balsam. Definitely the scent of a gorgeous gothic heroine lost in the dusty ruins of an ancient castle.

I need a full bottle of this stuff. Now. Deep, lush black musk which is almost the scent of leather, powdered herbs, and a dusting of heather and sage. The moss comes out as it dries. Incredible scent. Nails the concept.

I'm generally viciously anti-opium, but this - THIS I can get behind. Heady, sensual florals - mostly lily - and a teensy bit of opium smoke which gives the scent a medicinal flavor which highly complements the florals. Almost a spa scent, but a little naughty.