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Yes, Phoenix pics please! Pics! Pics! Pics! *bangs desk*

This was the biggest surprise in my decant package, and I'm so glad I gave this a try! (I give thanks to MarketFresh--at least, I think it was her--for pointing out that jasmine and night-blooming jasmine are two very different things in the perfuming world. I also give props to Catseyes, my decant leader, for making the fantabulous decision to use a pic of Buffy's The Gentlemen on this label. ) This is a very bright, very happy scent. It starts out citrus-y without the bathroom cleaner smell I so often get, and the bergamot keeps it grounded. Freesia and eucalyptus are noticable without being sinus-cleansing; and the florals dance without being too heady. This reminds me of something from my past--something with happy memories, though I can't recall what--so that could be why I love it so much. This will be a fantastic scent to wear during the time of year when winter is bleeding into spring, and everything is sort of mushy and gray but trying desperately to bloom again.

I couldn't even skin-test this one, I just knew upon first sniff that this wasn't for me. Much too head-shop.

I expected bright bubbly fruit here, but as others have mentioned, this is shockingly warm! Not impressed with the dry-down, though, as this turns into synthetic cherry air freshener they sometimes use in bathrooms. Guh.

Gorgeous and complex while wet, I definitely smell the spicy warmth of those mums. Unfortunately, it's straight up mint when it dries.

Oooh, nice. I expected this to be heavy on the fruit, but it is suprisingly foody. On my skin this is a fantastic dark coconut, similar to Obatala but less buttery and more complex.

How on God's green acres does this become BABY POWDER on me? Maybe I'm at a weird time in my cycle. I'll definitely review again in a few weeks.

On my skin, this is so sweet it turns almost powdery, which is a weird phenomenon because when this goes on wet it is incredibly tart. If you rolled fresh pomegranate seeds in baby powder, you'd get this on the drydown.

Rose geranium is prominent in this blend, though my nose is very sensitive to it. This is reminiscent of lemony bathroom cleaner on me. Up for swaps.

With so many deal-breaker notes, I would never have tried this had it not been frimped to me in a swap. And I was right: I like nothing about this. Ylang-ylang is headache-inducing, and the other notes are too hippy-ish (which on me means dark and sour).

Salty and clean and much better on boys.

Whoa, hello herbal lavender!

I was worried about the red wine and black musk scent here, but I really like Lilith! Of course, the rose amps; it always does. But it's a sibilant kind of rose mixed with the other notes. This is a very serious blend, though, so I can only wear it on serious days. Nothing girly about this!

This was too much like cheap incense for me to even test on my skin. Goes to the swaps pile.

Herb-y and head shop-y. Way too heavy for me.

I like this. The fruity isn't too citrus-y, but it's bright, almost fizzy. Lay that over the clean but somehow creamy scent of the musk and the sandalwood. Every once in a while I get the scent of creamsicle from this, but I think that's my brain more than my nose.

I was wary of this, since there is no real mention of notes, but this is lovely. A very sexy scent; "languid" is absolutely the best way to describe it. On me, there is definitely something spicy and creamy about it. I could see how it could be almond-based.

I can't smell anything but the vetiver. Sometimes I hate my nose.

Another blend that is all vetiver to me, which once again supports my hypothesis that vetiver.eats.everything.

In the bottle and wet on my skin, this was too perfume-y on me, in an alcohol-y, medicinal, cheap drugstore blend kind of way. On the drydown, too smokey and the plum was cloying. Sad.

I get the dreaded nailpolish, too. Fried my nostrils a little. I couldn't even bring myself to skin-test this.

Very manly, even though the carnation is prevalent. This is calming and green, with that sort-of-smokey note get get from carnation. Lovely on my boy toy.

This very masculine, though something about it also smells, well, dead. It's a rotting forest-type scent, combined with a salty aquatic that doesn't really smell like but definitely evokes fish. I can't even tell there is lily in this.

Yep, vetiver. Which mutes everything else.

Well hello, opium. Where are you hiding the other notes in this blend? Because that's all I get. No lovely sandalwood, no lily or vanilla, no orange. Just head-shop incense smoke.