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Straight-up lavender. Doesn't noticably help with sleep, which is a bummer. But then, I am a *serious* insominac, so...

Violets don't really like my skin or my nose, but a small dab of this is lovely on me. Just like it sounds: Sweet and sugary violets, the kind you'd eat with wedding cake.

Ah, so *that* is what peony smells like! Black Hellebore is a scent I would classify as bright and fresh moreso than floral or herbal, which was an unexpected surprise.

Yeah, de Sade really is just raw. leather. How do they do it?! Not at all good on me, but I cannot wait to try this on Le Boeuf the next time we have a hot date.

Usually I have a hard time with violets; they somehow turn slightly metallic and ozone-y on my skin. But Queen Gertrude is a pleasant surprise, in that it is soft, powdery violets on a background of white florals. Very wearable, but only when you want people to notice that you are wearing perfume. And a little dab will do ya; this stuff is strong!

At first whiff, this smelled like cough syrup to me. I blame the fig and honey for that. But on my skin this blooms into something gorgeous. Not immediately identifiable as berry-ish at all, this is a musky fruit scent, honeyed with warm sunlight. It does have a soapy, surprisingly perfume-y note that lingers a bit in the background, but that keeps the headier notes from becoming headache-inducing. This is lovely.

Hmmm, I'm still slightly undecided on Snooty Rose, and I am a serious rose lover! On my skin, it alternates between being a bit too "snooty" to being plain ol' rosewater: The sophisticated side is elegant, a "rose-plus" kind of scent that you might find on the side table of some famous Victorian seductress, but the other side is one-note, grandma-ish rosewater. One side is lace gloves and heavy silk dresses, heady rose perfume and pink pink pink rouge; and the other side is freshly-scrubbed skin, a cotton nightgown, and rosewater-scented handcream. But then, maybe the ability to be both sexy and simple is part of it's charm.

Yum, can I eat this over ice cream? How Doth the Little Crocodile is like fresh, cold Thin Mint cookies from The Girl Scouts on my skin. The lab's chocolate sometimes goes awry on me, but with this blend it stays true and delicious. I think this will be very versatile, as the mint makes it cooling for summer, but the foody aspect of it will make it a big hit in colder weather and at those holiday parties where you'd like someone to leave the dessert tray and nibble on you a little.

Of all the new MTP scents, High-Strung Daisies is the one I had highest hopes for, and the one that ended up my biggest disappointment... because on me this is Juicy Fruit gum and bandaids.

Like others have mentioned, Twinkle Twinkle smells to me like fresh mint and ever-so-slighly herby tea leaves stuffed inside a melon (whether one can tell if it is honeydew or cantaloupe is arguable). It's a very fresh little scent, but unfortunately it has no throw and lasts less than ten minutes on my skin.

Off all my new MTP imps, All in the Golden Afternoon was the surprise standout of the bunch. On my skin it is a clean scent, though not overly soapy, which must be the tobacco and the selzer. I was worried about that tobacco note, but here, combined with the amber, it smells very musky-fresh. I cannot detect the fruit notes separately, but I can tell there is some ever-so-slightly juicy, very summery topnote. The floral note blends well with the others but isn't obvious as OMG FLOWERS! All in all, this is very sophisticated on me and I am pleasantly surprised!

I can't decide if I like 'Tis the Voice of the Lobster or not. On me, at one whiff it is bright, juicy fruits with a very soft, perfume-y background that must be the florals; very summery. But then the next whiff I get old forest, just on the pleasant side of wood rot. I actually think this would be much better on my boyfriend than on me.

I admit: I ordered this purely for the gorgeous artwork on the label. The combination of notes is NOT one I expected to work for me. But what a lovely little surprise this is! Very feminine and sexy, a really musky floral on my skin. Shockingly good!

I wish this were more Snowcake-y on me, because all I get is BABY POWDER! SERIOUSLY SERIOUS BABY POWDER! POW BAM BOOM WITH THE BABY POWDER!!! Oi. It softens a little on my skin, and it really does smell lovely, but one dab on each wrist is a gracious plenty to fill up a room.

Yep, me too: Heavy caramel--like you poured Agrat Bat Mahlat into a pan of burnt sugar--and no "red jelly." Bummer.

Wet in the bottle: This smells strongly of watermelon, and reminds me of the watermelon-flavored Halls Vitamin C and Zinc drops I suck down during cold season. Wet on the skin: Still watermelon-y, but there are definite floral undertones. Dry on the skin and as it ages: Oh this blooms into a lovely floral! This is mostly stargazer lily and chrysanthemum on me at first, and the sandalwood starts to peek out from behind them, to beautiful effect. Ever so slightly soapy, but not in a scary Irish Spring kind of way, just fresh and nice. The juicy note is still there, though less like watermelon (and not at all identifiable as blood orange to my nose; weird!), but it lurks under the other three notes I've mentioned. I worried about the mint and eucalyptus, and I do not smell either *at all* in this blend. (So far, at least.) I am so glad I took a chance on this one!

My skin seriously amps and HATES plumeria. All I smell with this on my skin is Yankee Candle Plumeria.

I want to love Regan, I really do, but on me it's a take-it-or-leave-it scent. To me it smells like a generic wedding bouquet: Floral and pretty, but unremarkable. Which is sad, because the notes *should* be beautiful on me!

Yep! The discussion starts a few pages back in this thread. Here's a pic of the new Alice label. eta: More here.

I have my own spreadsheet, and my favorite thing in the world is to add new scents to it every month. I color-code my scents: Blue if I have tried it and like it, pink if I want to try it, brown if I tried it and disliked it. Also, I denote which is an LE by putting "Limited Edition" in red when "GC" is in black, with the exception of the GC scents that are not available in imp form, which are in green. Nerd alert!

Waaaaah, why does my skin hate that "spices" note? The rose here is gorgeous, and I was hoping the spice would make this blend a sophisticated one, but what I really smell like is my local Indian restaurant: They have fresh roses on the table and curry lingering at all times in the background. Okay for eating but I don't want to smell that way!

Euchh, bad! The lemon goes to Pledge, the spices go to dirty curry, the jasmine gave me a headache, and I can't even tell there's honeysuckle in there. Fail.

I was hoping this would have the cherry-almond smell of Jergen's lotion. (Don't laugh; it's a classic and it's delicious. ) But that darned anise gives this a slightly medicinal smell to me, sort of sharp and plasticky. Bummer.

Sadly, this is a BPAL scent that goes "perfumey" on my skin. It's that generic commercial smell most mass-produced, alcohol-based perfumes have; and I buy BPAL to avoid that. It's a shame, too, because in the bottle this is a lovely and sophisticated rose-based blend.

I bought MCCXXXIII from a fellow forumite who described this as "watermelon pepper," and man, she was right on. This is juicy fresh watermelon plus the snap of pink pepper, and it is absolutely fantastic!