The Reviews!
Well, such that they are.
I haven't been enabled long, but I am copy/pasting the ones from my LJ:
WOLF'S HEART: Grants courage under extremeconditions, helps overcome fear of death, and strengthens the fortitudeof artists and businessmen, enabling them to further their goals.
I sampled this at the zorathenne party and loved it. I hate the scrip doesn't say what's in it.
In the bottle: warm and sweet.
Wet: A little more flowery and less spicy than I recollected, but still nice.
Throw: Good throw, too. I can smell it even without having my wrists near my face.
Dry down: Went spicy and musky for a bit there, but ooo, that's good too.
Later: Went icky for about 5 minutes, then went back to the warm and sweet from the bottle.
Comment: It wasn't my goal to feel like Eartha Kitt in the leather cat suit, nor to have my carpool buddy grab me and purr/growl at me, but hey. Egoboo is never a bad thing.
Rating: 4/5 -- gonna have to be careful who I wear it around!
Midnight: Night blooming flowers.
Wet: Sweet and floral
Throw: Not terribly strong, but the scent really digs its claws in. I had to wash my wrists a second time after a shower to get rid of the scent before I could try another one!
Dry down: Floral still. But nice. Which is a surprise. I thought it would be overwhelming and cloying, but the people who have described it as "walking through a lush garden at night" are right. It does give off that flowers in the dark feeling.
Later: The floral is undercut with something mildly spicy. I don't know what, but I like it.
Comment: After all the fear of another OMG ORCHIDS EW, it turned out to be delicious.
Rating: 4/5 due to not being able to get rid of it after a shower!
Pele: Whimsical, temperamental, radiant and ravishingly beautiful Goddess of Volcanoes, Fire, Lightning and Dance. She is the Mother of Eruptions and the personification of destructive power. Volcanic eruptions are said to be a side-effect of her jealous rages and her epic quarrels with her siblings are legendary. This perfume embodies her gentler, benign aspect as the capricious Goddess of Dance: muguet and Hawaiian white ginger enveloped by warm, damp tropical blooms.
Wet: I can smell the tropical flowers. It smells like hibiscus. Very nice.
Throw: Practically none.
Dry down: Kinda fades to nothing on me. Disappointing.
Comment: I think florals kind of fade to black on me.
Rating: 3/5 because it fades to nothing. I really like it, but I may have to slather to get any mileage out of it. And I'm not a slatherer, really, by nature.
ULTRAVIOLET: Electrifying,mechanized and chilly -- the scent of crushed blooms strewn on cold metal. Lush violet and neroli spiked hard with eucalyptus and a sliver of mint.
In the imp: WOO! That's mint and eucalyptus all right. Mouthwash that also makes you stop coughing?
Wet: Both those intimidating primary notes have backed down, leaving something slightly floral and spicy. I'd expect that's the neroli. Hmm.
Dry down: Aw, man. It ran away on me like that other scent last week. I can barely smell it at all now.
Comment: Floral. Kinda runs away on me.
Rating: 3/5 due to the fading. See above regarding slather comment.
HIGH JOHN THE CONQUEROR: fast-acting, powerfulscent used to overcome adversity through positive means. Attractswealth, prestige, good health, and enhances others' opinions of you.Grants courage and steadfastness.
In the imp: ... hurk. Gah. Smells like something green that's been sitting too long.
Wet: It's supposed to smell like grapes. It smells like dirt. ALMONDS and DIRT. Yark. I may not be able to make it all day on this one. I'm actively becoming nauseous.
I'M SO DISAPPOINTED, everybody else on the forum says theirs smells grapey and lemony. I'd love to smell like grape lemonade. But I smell like almonds and dirt.
But it's supposed to have courage-enhancing and wealth-attracting properties, and I could use those, so on it stays.
Dry Down: ... about 20 minutes into my commute, it changed. The horrible almonds and dirt smell has gone away, replaced by something I haven't been able to identify. more as the day goes by.
I can't place a finger on the notes at the top now, but they're much, much nicer than the horrors of this morning.
Comment: By the end of the day, I adored it. And ooooh, the reaction out of my male carpool buddy. Worth it just for that effect.
Rating: 4/5 -- the fact that it starts off smelling offensively bad means I have to wait it out for about 40 minutes before I get to the lovely powerful part.
FAE: A brilliant, ethereal scent: white musk, bergamot, heliotrope, peach and oakmoss.
Wet: ...black licorice with sugar? Ooookaaay...not bad, but not a scent I'd immediately have thought to make a perfume from.
Dry down: ...marshmallows?
A bit later: Ooh, there's the oakmoss.
Much later: I smell the musk and the bergamot.
Comment: Lovely. Whimsical. Appropriately named. Keeper.
Rating: 5/5
Y'ha-nthlei We shall swim out to that brooding reef in the sea and dive down through black abysses to Cyclopean and many-columned Y'ha-nthlei, and in that lair of the DeepOnes we shall dwell amidst wonder and glory for ever.
A great undersea metropolis located below Devil's Reef. A swirling, lightless,effervescent scent: the deepest marine notes with bergamot, eucalyptusand foamy ambergris.
In the imp: Fresh!
Wet: I'm not sure how to describe it. Kind of green smelling?
Dry down: Didn't get a chance to tell. I got into a car with my coworker, and her Ralph Lauren made Y'ha-nthlei go YIPE YIPE YIPE YIPE YIPE! and I haven't been able to smell it since.
Comments: No muscle whatsoever. Folded for Ralph Lauren. Hmph. Couldn't have had much of a throw, either, but I didn't know about throws when I first tried this one out.
Rating: 2/5
SUSPIRO: A Latin word that means to sigh or draw a deep breath, that alsosuggests longing, desire, yearning, and a passionate wish. Ylang ylangwith white plum, white orchid, jasmine, calla lily and lily of the valley. (Gender neutral)
In the imp: Nice. Sweet.
Wet: o_O X_o x_X BLEH! OMG orchids are the master tone of this one! I mean I knew there'd be orchids, but ...gah.[1]. Not happy orchids. Putrid orchids! Steeeenky. Nononono. Okay, this has about an hour to smell less worse or I am diving for the sink. Suspiro means "draw a deep breath" -- I want to not be breathing this in. Yargh. If I ever want a sick day when I'm not genuinely feeling sick, I can just snorfle this. This is what I get for trusting the other notes would work over the orchid.
Dry Down: Softening back a little. Jasmine is starting to show up, I think. Still too flowery for me, though. I can wear it without the OMG reaction now, but I think Suspiro is destined for the swaps.
Later: About an hour later than my first Dry Down impression -- it's backed off so much now I can barely smell it at all. No staying power, definitely not my thing. I need something that can go all day. Which is too bad. The orchid scent is gone but it took all the others with it. And I got the impression it might've gone nicer on me if I'd given it more time. Yep. To the swaps.
Still later: The scent is back, but OMG now it smells like dotty little old lady.
Comment: This is the kind of Whimsical I can live without. Failboat, one for the Lido deck.
Rating: 1/5 - I don't plan to be a dotty old lady. I don't need to smell like one.
BASTET: Bast, Ubasti, Ailuros, Ba-en-Aset. Represented as both a domestic cat and a fierce lioness, she truly evidences traits of both. She is the Mother of All Cats, Goddess of Sensuality, Fertility, and a guardian and protector of women. She is also one of the Eyes of Ra, and in that aspect is an Avenging Goddess, seeking retribution and punishing enemies of her people. Luxuriant amber, warm Egyptian musk, fierce saffron and soft myrrh, almond, cardamom and golden lotus.
In the imp: sweet and spicy. Can't really identify it. I was worried about the almond but i don't smell it at all. There's saffron in this one too, so I'm looking forward to it.
Wet: I think I smell the musk and the lotus. And the sweetness must be my beloved saffron. More as the day passes.
Dry-Down: There's my saffron again. Aaahhhh. Oooooooo. I like the amber-musk undertones too. Lovely.
Comment: Keeper. Wasn't paying attention to the throw.
Rating: 5/5 -- saffron scents make me really happy. Tamora also works like this on me. See below.
Saint Germain: "A man who knows everything and who never dies."
Saidto have lived for centuries, the Comte de Saint-Germain is truly a manof legend and mystery. He was an aristocrat, master alchemist,adventurer, magician, artist, and seer with a lust for exquisitejewels, and was reputed to have attained knowledge of the Elixer ofLife. His knowledge was so vast and all-encompassing that his claim tohave lived hundreds of years - he allegedly knew Jesus and was presentat the Council of Nicea - was widely accepted as true. He is a HermeticMagician's hero for the ages, and his scent is an elegant, timeless,truly refined cologne, bold yet classic: gilded amber, hypnoticlavender, brash carnation and deep mosses.
Wet: Smells green and herbal and masculine, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. It must be the lavender I smell, and the moss. The name is what caught my attention because there was a novelist whose main character went by that name. Vampire. It doesn't remind me of the vampire, but it does smell like something a guy would put on.
Dry down: Mmmm, the green and lavender scent has backed off, leaving what must be the amber. Spicy. Intoxicating.
Later: Amber and the lavender has returned a little, mildly.
Comment: Another keeper.
Rating: 3/5
ETA: I'm learning about throws now. It apparently doesn't have much of one. DCMC is one of my snifftesters, and he couldn't smell it on me even when I had an arm six inches under my nose.
Also, it fades quickly.
Tamora, on the other hand, sticks around. I could still smell it the following day until I showered.
Tamora - Illyria - Amber, heliotrope, golden sandalwood, peach blossom and vanilla bean
Wet: Oooo, sweet. Fruit and vanilla together. I smell like a smoothie.
Dry down: Millions of peaches. Peaches for me. Millions of peaches. Peaches for free. I smelled like a giant bowl of peaches. In the syrup.
After all day: Yummy. The peach backed off and left the sandalwood and vanilla bean. I feel like I should be at the beach. It's soothing. Keeper.
Comments: The guys really liked this one, and one of my female coworkers said I smell like a lemon wafer cookie.
Rating: 4/5
PHANTASM: This delicate, spectral perfume givesrise to an eerie distortion of of the senses. It bestows an ephemeral,ghostly, and truly haunting quality to your presence. Green tea, lemonverbena, jasmine and neroli.
Wet: ...what is that? Furniture polish?
Drydown: It's running away. I can barely smell it at all now? Hmm. Slightly milder furniture polish.
Hours later: Dishwashing liquid. Bleah. And then gone. The guys couldn't smell it either.
Comment: So disappointed. I wanted to like this one.
Rating: 1/5
AZATHOTH is the blind, idiot god who sits on a black throne at the center of Chaos. His scent is high-pitched and screeching, both impenetrably darkand searingly bright with the clarity of madness: tangerine, saffron,vetiver, black amber and cedarwood.
Wet: Pepper and pine-sol?! Gah. WUT?! But the peppery scent is enticing, so...
Dry-down: Give it a few minutes, and...gah, air freshener/moth balls. I'm guessing this must be the cedar. Bleah. I do not smell any damned saffron, either. I'd definitely say madness is a good description. This...is...revolting [cue Data quotes here]. But maybe being insane is what I need to face another day at work. I'll give it a chance.
Drying down more: Oooooo, now I smell the saffron. That's not maddening. That's soothing. Still no tangerine, though. And I don't know if I'd know vetiver if it walked up and bitchslapped me.
After all day: I'm just mad about saffron...she's just mad about me... Saffron note wins. It has pretty much outstripped all the other notes, and this wins. Plus, guy-opinion is it works, too.
Comment: Can't tell about the throw. A little disappointed that the other fragrances muscle out first and I have to endure them to get to my saffron.
Rating: 2/5 -- if the saffron were stronger and sooner, it'd be an easy 4.
Black Dahlia
Wet: Oh my god, hideous. Smells like cat urine. Gah. Bleah. Fek! Ptui!
Drydown: I endured that immediate reaction and I'm glad, because the musk backed down within two or three minutes to something spicy and alluring.
After all day: It isn't as relaxing and calming a scent as Languor, but the spiciness is good for keeping one's dukes up. Which I needed after today.
Comment: It was okay. That cat urine reaction at the beginning is enough to make me not want to wear it much, though.
Rating: 2/5
Langour is an imp that was gifted to me at the party. I really like it. Though I haven't worn it since I've been trying a new imp every day.
Rating: I'd say it was probaby a 3/5 because I liked it, it had a good throw -- enough that the little old lady in the fitting room at the JC Penney Outlet asked me what I was wearing because I smelled good.
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