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When grapefruit-y reviews started coming in on this one, I was initially disheartened. It's not that I don't like grapefruit, it's that the only reason I caved and bought this blend was for the ginger.

 

Alas, I like it a lot in spite of its citrus. It starts off with lots of grapefruit and melon, very delicate and crystalline. However, the longer I wear it, the deeper it gets. After awhile, a sweet, soft vanilla musk emerges, and occasionally, I get wafts of sweet woods. Yesterday, I was trying to figure out what smelled so good, and it was me! I didn't notice because the scent had morphed.

 

This is rather ethereal. Beautiful. I very much like it and it's perfect for this horrid, humid weather.

Mmmmm. I really like Hymn to Proserpine. It's a dark, golden amber with the tartness of fruit. I'd wager pomegranate, and some kind of other berry. Cranberry, perhaps. It's a "your skin, but better" scent-- and I've already been complimented on it numerous times. A good day-to-night scent. I very well may get a bottle of this.

Oh, thank goodness! You see, I loved Honey Moon, but could not wear it, because the jasmine-y note gave me a terrible headache. Litha is Honey Moon minus the jasmine.

 

I get primarily an herbal honey with honeysuckle and sweet flowers. It's not perfumey at all-- it smells like a lovely summer stroll though nature right as the sun begins to go down.

 

Love.

 

ETA: The second time I wore Litha, I got a definite candied lemon scent. It works really well with the other sweet notes without going overboard on the sugar.

Darbla, I am TOTALLY looking forward to fall. I squeed with joy at the HM update. I am on pins and needles to see the Samhain scents for this year.

Red Phoenix and Blood Moon are twins on me.

I keep my Tulzcha in the fridge. It's perfect, and I don't even *like* most icy scents. The Star is nice refrigerated, too.

Spirits of the Dead and Embalming Fluid were similar on me.

I find The Lion, aged about two months or so, is one of the most glorious Amber scents I've ever sniffed. New, it can be a little bubblegummy, but as it ages, it just gets glorious.

Not sure why, but Morgause works really well for me.

The Lion works really well for me, and The Star.

I'm SO happy I wasn't the only one saying 'Cuz You're A Ho' for Kajuraho!

Okay, I tested my minty Hamadryad and after an hour, I caught the faintest tinge of wood under the Pepto Bismol.

 

I'm subscribing to the theory that the mint is a superdose of birch, and I beg and plead for the lab to fix this before I order my next bottle.

 

As for the minty imp? It's being oxidized. Mints don't work on me, and so I'm going to experiment on it!

I've already reviewed Hamadryad. On me, it was spicy, but not foodie-- like a cinnamon stick or cassia, over a bed of soft wispy greenness.

 

I'd previously gotten a mislabeled imp that was quite clearly The Hesperides, with its bright, juicy green apple scent (and reading these reviews, I can see who else did, too!).

 

My most recent order had a freebie of Hamadryad in it. I too got wintergreen and a soft, mallow-y note like rootbeer. It dried down to Pepto Bismol.

 

 

Will the real Hamadryad please stand up? I'm thinking it's the first, which I loved, but I'm hesitant to order a bottle until these batches get back to normal!

Oh, wow. I have gotten not one, but two wacky imps of Hamadryad.

One was The Hesperides, a mislabel-- straight on carmel apple. (Received last year.)

The other is a mint-rootbeer fusion! (Received with my Lupercalia order).

Both were freebies, so I can't complain.

 

Those are some seriously off-batches!

 

I also have a bottle and an imp that I have I'm pretty certain are of the "real" Hamadryad-- woodsy cinnamon.

I'm rapidly running out, though. I think I'll wait a little while to re-order, because if I get an off-batch 5ml and not my woodsy goodness, I'm gonna cry!

Ohhhhh.

 

As a huge fan of leather, I don't know how I managed to go so long without trying the gloriousness that is Loviatar.

 

I love De Sade, and the leather note here seems, to my nose, to be one and the same.

 

However, there's a more layered feeling to this blend than to De Sade. I think it's the red musk. And I get the sweetness of the amber like honey ever so faintly. The overal vibe is deep, nearly sanguine. Layered reds and blacks.

 

This is the scent of an imposing sex goddess. I love it so very much.

I like light and/or creamy when Aunt Flo's in town.

 

Snow White

Persephone

Spooky

 

Anything too floral will give me a terrible headache.

 

Some people like foody scents, so perhaps Chimera, Gingerbread Poppet, Dana O Shee, Shub Niggurath?

Depends on the kind of day.

 

If it's cold outside, then something homey, like Shub Niggurath or Spooky.

 

If it's warm, something citrussy, like The Star.

 

A dab of Aunt Caroline's Joy Mojo also really helps.

 

If I know it's going to be an absolute hellacious day, then I call in the special forces-- a teeny dab of Helping Hand or Blue Moon.

The sweet pea really comes out when this hits my skin. I smell sweet pea and sugar-- the kind of starchy sugar they use to make Valentines conversation hearts. This is silly and fun. I think I'll wear it on Valentine's day!

It *does* kind of smell like Dorian, without the milky note. Actually, it smells like what would happen if you mixed Dorian, Titania, and Fruit Moon.

 

First off, I adore Fee. Wet, the honeydew takes center stage without getting overly-sweet. This is the Fruit Moon stage.

 

As it dries, the scent starts to really shine. It's mirror-bright. The sunflower comes out and a smidge of peach blossom (I love Algaea, so I recognized the note right away!).

 

After a while, I can smell the oakmoss base note grounding it out. It's very pleasant, a playful scent. Titania's little sister.

 

Also, Fee + Snow White is to die for.

I've already posted a review, but I have to say that the first bottle I got was aged. It was dark and spicy.

 

When I got a new bottle, I just mixed the new with the dregs (about 1 imps' worth) of my old bottle to condense space. I wish I hadn't. The newer bottle is much lighter on the vanilla, with a cherry/plummy note that distinctly makes me think of Snake Charmer. It's not unpleasant, but it doesn't allow the spices to take center stage. I think I'll try to age the newer bottle and see if my dark resiny goodness returns.

Kuang Shi is very 'back off, bitch.'

Sin. The Lion. Yep.

Bengal, Hamadryad, Jack, Tintagel, Chimera, Hesperides. These are my autumnal mainstays.

This, to me, is like my first sniff of Titania. Iced pears with sugar. However, where the florals and white musk kick in when Titania hits the skin, Fruit Moon just gets more lush and sweet.

 

I smell honeydew melon, predominantly, with passionfruit and papaya in the background. It's a pale green scent, and a very optimistic one at that. I was expecting to not like this one very much, as I dislike "fruit punch" scents (Mi-Go and I did not play nice), but instead, I found this delicious and ripe.

(Origin: Oblation caravan.) Cedar and sweet woods. I know next to nothing about Kabbalistic magics, and so therefore I’m reviewing this from a scent perspective. In magic, I would use this as a grounding and centering blend-- I would be interested in researching the meaning of Tipareth to compare.