Delirium1009

In bottle/imp: An empty scent with a finish of wet spices.

Immediately on skin: This is a very smooth scent. It smells of golden, spiced resins, but it’s slightly cloying on me.

After a little while: This scent becomes this subtle and golden, but still cloying, resin scent. I get something a little dry and powdery about this too though, which may be the hay absolute and cardamom. It smells like thick, oozing resins with some dark spiced powders sprinkled on top.

In bottle/imp: Very very very sharp, herbal lavender

 

Immediately on skin: This is an extremely herbal blend. It’s lavender as well as something even sharper… reading the reviews I see people have mentioned rosemary and that may very well be it. There’s also a slight citrus note, but it’s not very strong in the blend.

 

After a few minutes: Something sweet has joined the party and the mixture of that, the lavender, rosemary, and slight citrus smells almost exactly like a citronella candle on me… it’s so weird!

 

Overall Impressions: I didn’t wear this to bed, so I’m unable to comment on its effect, but I find this very unpleasant from first application to dry down. At first, it’s too sharp and herbal, and then it turns into a scent eerily similar to that of a lit citronella candle on me. However, if you like very herbal blends and adore lavender, this may work for you.

In bottle/imp: Sharp herbal lavender and maybe eucalyptus and some other herbs.

 

Immediately on skin: This is a very sharp lavender scent with a little of what seems to be eucalyptus. It’s very herbal. After just a few minutes anise comes out and hits me with a strong liquorice note.

 

After a little while: This calms down a little and that strong anise note fades. However, this is still very strong on the lavender (which I like for sleep blends) plus some light eucalyptus and maybe a touch of lemongrass.

 

Overall Impressions: I didn’t try this out when I was going to bed, or after a nightmare, so I can’t review it that way, but it does have a very calming herbal lavender scent. I don’t like anise and it was pretty strong at one point, but it faded nicely quickly.

In bottle/imp: Very sharp lavender.

 

Immediately on skin: Sharp lavender and very dry musk. This is an extremely biting scent when I first put it on.

 

After a few minutes: This has become a very sexy scent! The black musk and dark vanilla have come out to mingle with the lavender, and now it’s a smoky and slightly woody sweet lavender scent. It seems almost unisex, but it’s very intriguing.

 

Later on: This is the first unisex-ish scent I like. The lavender is there and it’s definitely the main note, but the tobacco, black musk, and dark vanilla deepen it and turn it into a nice sexy dark scent. It’s smoky, wicked, and very gorgeous.

In bottle/imp: Dry mint and faint tea.

 

Immediately on skin: This is like a perfume-y mint scent. There’s a faint bit of black tea, but moreso I get a bit of clean lily and rice wine blending with the mint. This is reminding me a lot of the scent Men Ringing Bell with Penises.

 

After a little while: This is a hard scent to describe… it’s almost like a perfume-y, creamy black tea scent with hints of mint, the clean booziness of rice wine, and a base of soft wood. It’s a clean scent, but a bit sweet too.

 

Overall Impressions: The combo of black tea, rice wine, and mint are really what make up the main scent of this. It’s clean, minty, and sweet tea with a bit of perfuminess (is that a word?) from the cherry blossom and calla lily. The mixture of rice wine and black tea really remind me of the scent Men Ringing Bell with Penises, so this might be a hit for people who enjoy that scent. It’s an odd scent on me, and hard to describe, so it’s not for me.

In bottle/imp: A fruity, pine-like floral plus a hint of mint.

 

Immediately on skin: The first thing that hits me is the pine-y and slightly fruity note I get from osmanthus. Following that is a light powdery sweet scent which is the honey (bpal honey rarely behaves on my skin) and something herbal or minty. This is a refreshing pine floral mint scent with a hint of powder… very weird on me so far.

 

After a little while: This has turned a bit sour on me. It’s overly sweet now on my skin, with a very heavy floral note and a powdery pine/mint overtone to this. It’s lost the little complexity it had and just smells a bit sour now.

 

Overall Impressions: This scent is just wrong on me. After Harikata went wrong on my skin with it’s osmanthus and honey notes, I should have known this one might as well. This is an odd scent… the osmanthus is strong and very sweet with a bit of a pine feel to it, and then the honey blends in as a very powdery note and everything is covered in a weird cool or minty concoction. It’s hard to describe but I definitely do not enjoy this.

In bottle/imp: Honeyed figs and peaches.

 

Immediately on skin: This is mostly a peach scent, but there’s a bit of honey drizzled over it and a light amount of fig as the base of the blend. The apple blossom hovers around wafting with the sweet peach and there’s just a little hint of herbs.

 

After a little while: The honey in this has gotten a little powdery, but the whole blend has gotten rather sweet as I’ve worn this. The fig note has come out a bit more and blends well with the peach, and something is adding a very earthy scent to the base of the scent. It’s like light wood or dirt (maybe that’s the thyme and sandalwood together) with figs and peaches drizzled with powdery honey.

 

Overall Impressions: This scent is a nice bright peach scent at first but after it dries down it turns into something… not so pretty on me. This is quite a complex scent, so it would probably react completely differently on someone else’s skin. The honeyed fig and peach is lovely though, and worth a try if you like peach scents.

In bottle/imp: Perfume-y rose with touches of amber and lily.

 

Immediately on skin: This smells like a very traditional perfume type of scent. The strongest note is the rose, but I get some nice amber and sandalwood in the base. There’s also a light soapy lily note and soft vanilla flower peeking through.

 

After a little while: This is slightly warm and spicy rose and lily perfume. It’s very pretty and feminine with the rose blending nicely with the amber and sandalwood and the lily adding a soapy clean floral note. The vanilla flower adds something soft and creamy but floral to the background.

 

Overall Impressions: This strikes me as a beautiful and feminine scent, but it’s very perfume-y to me. The rose blending with the sandalwood and amber is really gorgeous, and the other notes (mainly the lily and vanilla flower) add a floral complexity to keep this from being too warm and spiced. This seems like it would be very wearable and I can appreciate it even though the orchid, carnation, and tonka (some of my favorite notes) didn’t come through for me.

In bottle/imp: Dry woods and pepper.

 

Immediately on skin: This blend is very dry and spicy. I can smell the woods and pepper, and a touch of warmth from the sandalwood.

 

After a few minutes: Sweet, sweet, sweet. Darn, this is surprising! The frankincense has come out and mixed with the sandalwood to create a very bright scent. The redwood and black pepper are there too, but they’re adding a dry spiciness. It’s a surprisingly cheerful sweet and spicy scent.

 

Overall Impressions: If you’re expecting this blend to be woody and dry, think again… it is a very spicy and wood laden but sweet scent. The spiciness of it is really nice… there’s the deep, warm sandalwood accented by the sharp spiciness of the pepper which I can almost feel in my nose. I really enjoy sniffing this, but I don’t know if I’d want to smell like it.

In bottle/imp: Melon and grapes. A little tart, though.

 

Immediately on skin: This smells the same as it did in the imp: slightly tart melon and grapes. It’s almost a little spicy as well, which might be some kind of floral mixed in.

 

After a little while: This doesn’t change at all as I wear it. It’s still that fruity, sweet, and slightly tart melon and grape combo with a hint of spice. This is a very strong scent.

 

Overall Impressions: This is so fun and bright. The fruitiness of this is strong, but well balanced between the melon and grape. I really don’t get anything else though besides a spiciness that is very well blended into the scent. This is definitely a pick me up kind of scent.

In bottle/imp: Patchouli and something a bit sweeter and lighter lingering above.

 

Immediately on skin: This smells like smoky and fruit with a little bit of flowers thrown in. The patchouli is odd in this; usually it’s very gritty and earthy on me, but here it smells like dry, woody smoke.

 

After a little while: The smokiness settles into more of a dry, earthy note as this dries on my skin. It’s a nice balance between the patchouli notes and muscadine. It’s sort of dry and earthy with the berry/grape scent underneath and a little bit of florals blending in.

 

Overall Impressions: This scent is oddly appealing to me. I think it’s that wonderful muscadine note which I’ve fallen in love with outside of bpal. However, I’m not a fan of patchouli, so the amount of it here is sort of turning me off. But at the same time the mix of gritty/sweet is attractive. I’ll keep the imp to see if I’ll wear it, but I don’t know if I will.

In bottle/imp: An earthy but smooth fruity floral scent.

 

Immediately on skin: As soon as this is on my skin, it becomes rather sour. This scent is floral with a smooth earthy feel to it, and a bit of fruitiness from the neroli. The sourness seems to be hanging around the oleander… it’s almost a pine or herbal type of scent.

 

After a little while: Well, that sourness went away after just a few minutes. Now this is a very cool floral scent with a lot of smooth earthiness from the patchouli/ylang ylang combo and a hint of fruitiness from the neroli. This isn’t really a sweet scent, which gives it a crispness.

 

Overall Impressions: This blend isn’t really for me. I tend to like sweeter scents, and this has a bit of florals and a hint of fruitiness, but not really any sweetness. It does have a nice earthiness from the patchouli and ylang ylang however. This is a very smooth, well blended scent. People who like earthier floral blends may like this one.

In bottle/imp: Very fruity, warm honey with citrus.

 

Immediately on skin: This is a very sunny, warm, fruity scent with a gentle heaping of sweet honey. The apricot is the main fruit, though there is a touch of citrus. It’s not just honey and fruit, though… the ylang ylang and gardenia are peeking in as well, and the tonka makes a nice base for the scent. But mostly it’s a very high fruity scent blended with honey and accented by creamy flowers and a warm tonka base.

 

After a few minutes: The honey in this has become the main note, and it’s rather cloying on me. The ylang ylang is also stronger now, and the apricot and citrus has faded quite a bit. It’s a very warm honey scent accented by ylang ylang and a hint of sweet fruit. The tonka’s all but disappeared.

 

Overall Impressions: If you like the lab’s honey note, try this blend… it’s more complex than that, but honey is what I mostly get from Thaleia. There is quite a bit of apricot and tonka at first, though they faded to the background rather quickly. The ylang ylang isn’t overpowering, but is blended well with the honey. It’s a very complex honey scent on the sweeter side.

In bottle/imp: Deep, lightly floral vetiver.

Immediately on skin: This is mostly a vetiver scent, but it has some floral overtones. Something a little light and wafting over the thick vetiver.

After a little while: The vetiver in this lightens, and that light floral scent gets a bit stronger. It’s an airy, sweet floral scent… probably the cactus flower since I don’t smell the chrysanthemum much here. The vetiver sits at the bottom of this scent, with the perfumey light floral drifting above.

Overall Impressions: This scent didn’t wow me… I guess I was expecting more from the chrysanthemum and I really didn’t get more than vetiver and a light perfumey floral. If you enjoy more feminine vetiver scents, you may like this though.

In bottle/imp: Perfumey florals and sandalwood.

Immediately on skin: This is a thick, sweet floral scent. The black orchid, jasmine, osmanthus and rose mixing together create something very floral but also smoky, rich, sweet, and syrupy at the same time. This is very complex, and all the notes seem almost mashed together. The sandalwood is thrown in there, trying to smooth everything together, but I don’t think it’s doing a great job. The osmanthus is giving this almost a peachy feel, while I think the combo of flowers plus musk is what is making it smell so perfume-y.

After a little while: This becomes a lot more blended as I wear it. I can smell the orchid, jasmine, osmanthus and rose separately still, but they’re more of a sweet, smoky and almost fruity floral scent now. The sandalwood has permeated the whole scent, giving it a nice lightly gilded feel, while the musk blends in more at the base.

Overall Impressions: If you couldn’t already tell from the description, this is mainly a floral blend. The flowery notes don’t mesh well at first, but they start to blend really nicely after only a few minutes. Unfortunately osmanthus is an odd note on me, and it comes out too strongly in this blend for my liking. However if you like complex, sweet floral blends with a bit of depth from musk, you may really enjoy this.

In bottle/imp: Herbs and lemon.

 

Immediately on skin: This smells a lot like Lush’s Narcotick: it’s very herbal with a bit of lemon. But this also has a subtle warm undertone to it which is nice. It’s subtly sweet and almost unisex in feel.

 

After a few minutes: The warmer notes have come out quite a bit now. The myrrh, bark and sandalwood are stronger and blend nicely with the lemon balm. The herbal notes are still there, but they’ve retreated to the background. It’s a warm and slightly woody lemony scent now. For some reason I’m also getting a rubbery type of scent from it.

 

Overall Impressions: This starts out as very herbal, and then transforms into something a bit warmer and creamier. The lemon is strong throughout, but retreats a little after a couple of hours. It’s a warm, bright scent, but I get an unfortunate rubber undertone from it. However, that may just be my chemistry. If you like herbal, lemon-dominated blends, this blend is worth a try.

In bottle/imp: Sweet resinous incense and light, sweet flowers.

 

Immediately on skin: The incense note is strongest in this, but it’s mixed in with very sweet rose and some other flowers (I am not familiar with calamus). There’s a freshness to this, which I feel is the salt tears, but the incense and rose drown it out almost completely.

 

After a few minutes: This is very strong, sweet resinous incense and roses with just a touch of saltiness. It’s an almost overly sweet scent on me, and the incense is a very myrrh-like note. It’s only a little bit smoky and very resinous.

 

Overall Impressions: This is a very nice rose and incense scent. The incense borders on overly sweet on me, but it may be smokier on other people. It’s a very simple but nicely blended scent and seems very wearable, but not perfume-y.

In bottle/imp: Spicy florals and jasmine with a very warm, musky vanilla background.

 

Immediately on skin: This is a very smooth, almost smoky floral blend with a nice amount of creamy warmth. I get the smooth, cool tone of the lily and the smoky jasmine, but they’re blended almost seamlessly together.

 

After a little while: This is starting to remind me a lot of the Oval Portrait, so it might be the stargazer lily that I’m mostly getting from this, along with the vanilla and musk (The OP also has stargazer lily and vanilla musk). This is a sweet, cool floral blend with a warm musky vanilla background. There’s a bit of light smokiness from the jasmine, and the red sandalwood adds a richness to the musk and vanilla.

 

Overall Impressions: I really like this, but like The Oval Portrait I don’t think it’s me. This is a gorgeous scent with a sweet, cool, and warm feel going on. It may sound contradictory, but it really does feel that way. The florals add a very cool tone, and then the musk, sandalwood, and vanilla give this a warm, creamy base. I don’t get much clove in this, but that’s one of those notes that seem to disappear on my skin.

In bottle/imp: A very strong jasmine/moonflower combo with a background of sandalwood and frankincense.

 

Immediately on skin: Mostly what I get from this is the smoky, cool floral combination of jasmine and moonflower. It’s lightly sweet and there’s definitely something else lingering in the background. Mostly I get sandalwood and light frankincense, but I can sense the ylang ylang and lily adding a smooth feel to this blend.

 

After a little while: As time goes on, the jasmine comes out in this blend a little more. It doesn’t overpower it, but it is the strongest note in the blend. The moonflower is still blending into it and the currant has also peeked through and blends with the jasmine. The sandalwood and frankincense make a deep, warm base. This is smooth, cool, slightly sweet and smoky, with a bit of warmth in the background. The cardamom wafts gently, adding spiciness to the blend. But the feel of the cardamom is gentle and barely-there.

 

Overall Impressions: This is a complex scent; there’s a lot going on here. Mostly I get jasmine from this though, and then all the other notes blend into it in their special way. It’s hard to describe really, but I like it. I don’t know if I’d wear this again as jasmine blends just aren’t “me,” but I enjoyed testing it.

In bottle/imp: Soapy salt water and grey amber.

 

Immediately on skin: This is definitely an ocean scent! It’s clean, salty water with a touch of ambergris. It’s very soapy though.

 

After a little while: The soapiness of this dries down and what I’m left with is a very salty, crisp ocean scent with a little grey amber in the background.

 

Overall Impressions: This scent is a unisex, clean and cold ocean scent. It starts out a bit soapy, but that fades a bit and just leaves a clean feel to the blend.

In bottle/imp: Melon and peppers. This made me scrunch up my nose at first sniff.

 

Immediately on skin: Melon and peppers still… with a hint of burnt popcorn. The combination is making my stomach clench a little. I don’t find this pleasant at all.

 

After a few minutes: I had to wash this one off… the combination of the melon, pepper, and other notes smelled rotten to me, and almost had a spoiled milk kind of scent.

In bottle/imp: Fruity, slightly herbal pine.

 

Immediately on skin: The smell of shea in this acts as almost a smoothing agent… I get very smooth, herbal pine from this with a slight herbal and sweet tone. A hint of chamomile perhaps? It’s a very cool, herbal pine scent.

 

After a little while: This gets a bit drier smelling after a while. It turns into this dry, smooth herbal scent with light woods and pine. This has a touch of sweetness though which gives it a brighter tone.

 

Overall Impressions: This is an odd blend, but it doesn’t smell bad. It’s herbal with pine and wood notes, but the shea really adds a nice smooth, cool feel over the whole blend. This is more unisex for sure, but unfortunately it’s not something I’d wear. It was nice to smell and experience, though.

In bottle/imp: Milk and coconut.

 

Immediately on skin: The same milk note from Milk Moon 07 is in this, and as soon as I put it on it turned my stomach, so I had to wash it off. It smells sour and warm to me, and milk should just not smell like that. I really liked the coconut note, but the milk really overpowered it.

In bottle/imp: Jasmine and myrrh.

 

Immediately on skin: Jasmine… lots and lots of jasmine. It’s quite strong and smoky, but there’s a very small hint of myrrh as well. This is dark with a plastic-y edge.

 

After a little while: As this dried, the smooth, freshness of the rose came out just a little to blend with the overwhelming jasmine and light amount of myrrh. This is still a very smoky, deep blend. The plastic I’m getting is barely there, but it’s coming from the jasmine.

 

Overall Impressions: The jasmine in this is very strong, but the other notes add a nice complexity to it. This is a very well blended scent, and very deep. I’m not a big jasmine fan, so this isn’t for me, but it would be great I’m sure on those people who like jasmine.

In bottle/imp: Sharp and herbal; the geranium and lavender come out the strongest.

 

Immediately on skin: This is a very cool herbal scent. The geranium and lavender are the most identifiable notes, while the mint sits calmly in the background. I can’t feel any of the other notes listed in this blend.

 

After a few minutes: This has turned into a very nice, cool blend of floral and herbal notes. The geranium isn’t as sharp as it usually goes on me, and the lavender has retreated. The mint still lurks in the background, but now the orange blossom or passion flower (maybe both?) come out. The flowers lightly sweeten the blend. It’s very airy and chilly and has a slight powdery feel.

 

Overall Impressions: This starts out as rather sharp, but the drydown surprised me; it was much smoother than I expected. It’s a lightly sweet and cool herbal scent with a subtle base of flowers. It’s calming, but unfortunately this faded VERY fast on me; after only about an hour, I can barely smell it.