Laughing Seagull

I bought a fresh imp of this from the lab. In the vial, it smells like spiced rum cake. I put two wand swipes on my wrist, and it continued to smell like rum cake while wet. What a pleasant surprise! As it dries down, it develops an absolutely delicious syrupy scent. Rum spice pancakes were not what I was expecting, but oh, this smells TASTY. I want to eat my arm. After a while it morphs into a sweet, smoky tobacco that reminds me of fancy pipe tobacco that one of my college profs liked to smoke. Delightful. The longevity on this is ridiculous. It lasts over 24 hours on me. It's pleasant overall, but I can only tolerate such a strong, sweet scent for so long.

I bought a fresh imp from the lab. In the vial, it smells like cherry syrup and anise. As soon as I put it on my skin, I got punched in the face with musk. The cherry has fled. Anise is here. The combination of red musk and anise reminds me of shoe leather. My skin completely ate this. It disappeared in about 30 minutes.

I bought a fresh imp of this from the lab. In the vial, it beats me over the head with fruit. It seems melon-y. I put two wand swipes on my wrist. On my skin, it's effervescent. Fizzy white sangria. It doesn't change from fizzy white sangria even after hours of wear. Titania is a cheerful, sparkling scent that lasts for ages. There's something strangely nostalgic about it that I can't quite put my finger on. I love it and intend to get a bottle.

I ordered this as a fresh imp from the lab. In the vial, it smells strange. Watery with an odd tang to it. I applied two wand swipes of it to my wrist. Wet on my skin, it is BEAUTIFUL. I would describe it as a bright, aqua scent. It conjures up an image of a turquoise rock pool. As it dries, the milk begins to appear: creamy and just a touch sweet. Occasionally gets a little soapy, but it's nice soap! Mostly though, it settles on a scent like coconut milk. I'd say that the throw is moderate. Lovely and comforting. It's simple, fresh, clean, and pleasant. I think this would make a great office or gym scent.

I purchased this as an imp from the lab. In the bottle, it smells 100% like oakmoss and only oakmoss. Two wand swipes on my wrist yield more oakmoss. I do not like oakmoss very much. The dry down begins with patchouli sneaking in to tame the oakmoss, thank goodness. It takes several minutes for me to be able to detect any fig. The fig is not very sweet - someone else described it as "chocolatey," and I agree with that assessment. After the fig shows up, the oakmoss takes a backseat (GOOD) and I am left with patchouli, something slightly creamy, and a whisper of fig and oakmoss. It sticks close to the skin and lasts for quite a long time. I was hoping for more fig. Maybe I'll have better luck with Carnal.

I ordered a fresh imp of this from the lab. In the vial it smells a lot like Black Lotus, which makes sense since they share a few notes. I'm a huge fan of the scent of lotus. After putting two swipes of this on my wrist, I can tell that this is less "bubblegum-y" than Black Lotus. Like Black Lotus, but more complicated and mature. The lotus flower hangs in the background and I believe that the amber and musk are in the front. It's a warm, slightly sweet scent. After a few hours, only lotus remains. The lotus lingers for a VERY long time. Very nice.

I bought a fresh imp of this from the lab. This was intended as a test to see how I feel about foodie scents. In the vial, it smells aggressively cakey! Two swipes of the wand, wet: Caaaaaake!!! As it dries, the cake first gains a tiny touch of spices and berries get added. The berries gradually become more prominent before backing off again, leaving a whipped cream sort of scent. Yum! This would be a great oil to whip in with some shea butter or something for a decadent moisturizer. I think there's even something kinda sexy about it. It seems to have a medium-big throw and pretty good staying power. A definite winner in all aspects! Given how powerful this is, though, I would avoid it in situations where subtlety is required.

I bought a fresh imp of this from the lab. In the bottle, it smelled like men's shaving cream. Two wand-swipes on my skin continued to smell like men's shaving cream. The dry down also smells like men's shaving cream. Hours later, it still smells like men's shaving cream. I highly recommend this if you're a huge fan of men's shaving cream.

I bought a fresh imp of this from the lab. In the vial, it smelled like apples, mostly. Wet on my skin with two wand swipes, it becomes 100% black/cherry birch tree. Black birch has a wintergreen-like smell. I'm very familiar with it. Though I generally like that smell, it's not as nice as a perfume as I had expected. As it dries, the apple comes back with the birch in the background. It lasts for quite a long time and stays fairly close to the skin. It's true to the description and nice for what it is, but unfortunately it reminds me too much of an apple bathroom spray that my dad used to use way too much of. Ugh!!

I bought a fresh imp of this from the lab. In the vial, it smelled like sticking my nose into a bag of gummy bears. After applying two wand-swipes to my wrist, the gummy bears were buried in blood-red flowers. While wet, it was dark and bitter. As it dried, the strawberry and florals balanced each other out. It reminds me of a strawberry wine that I had once. It gradually becomes sweeter, more powdery strawberry as time goes on. This one seems to have a small-medium throw and lasts forever. I think it'd make a good bedtime scent (sleepy bedtime, not sexy bedtime). ETA: I originally tried this on my wrist and it was nice, but last night I put a swipe in my cleavage and it was overwhelmingly sweet to the point of being unpleasant, so maybe don't do that.

I bought a fresh imp of this from the lab. In the vial, I would describe it as "fresh." I'm pretty sure I detect some citrus. After applying 2 wand-swipes to my wrist, the citrus scent is completely absent. It turned into a gentle lily with a hint of Dove Beauty Bar. Once it dries, it evolves into a scent that I can't describe with any other smell I can think of. If the smell was a color, it would be dark blue-grey. Something about it is sort of murky - I think it's the saltwater. After about an hour of the "blue-grey" smell, it turns into wet grass. Overall lifespan is about 3 hours. This is wonderfully evocative and I believe that it would be unlikely to offend anyone, even the harshest perfume-haters. It remains fairly close to my skin and undergoes an interesting transformation over time. I don't know if I'll spring for a bottle of it, but I do think it's very interesting.