strangemodegirl

Dirt notes normally are horrid on me and I tend to stay far, far away from them, but with all the rave reviews for Hallow~e'en 1914 I decided to be crazy and get a bottle. So glad I did. At first the dirt was strong and I wasn't too sure, but, it has dried down to be one of the most gorgeous scents I have tried so far out of all this year's Weenies! So don't let the dirt note scare you and try this one!!

Did I get something totally different than everyone else? On me this is one of the most gorgeous scents I have tried! It is not foody at all, I don't get much alcohol at all, maybe a teensy bit of the sherry. Mostly it's currants and spices and even though it's not listed, it smells a bit musky. The color that comes to mind is a rich, royal purple. And on me it is strong with a lot of throw, and I barely put any on!! I almost never buy backups anymore, but I am seriously considering it for this.

Bear with me y'all, I haven't done a review in a couple of years. I am not all that great at writing, so I usually shy away from reviews. But.....this is the first new scent that I have seriously fallen HARD for. When I first got my decant and put some on, the first thing I got was a smokey burnt smell. But that only lasted a few seconds. It dried to the most wonderful pumpkin I have ever had. The combination of scents here make this the most realistic woody/fall pumpkin. It's not a foody sweet pumpkin at all. Even though it is not a listed component, I get an almost sandalwood and pumpkin vibe. And this has amazing throw and lasts forever! I have gotten tons of compliments on it. One of the vet techs at the animal hospital I take Olive to practically licked me because she liked it so much! Ordered a bottle and have already bought one partial. Plus, I am probably going to buy at least one more from the lab before it goes away. This is going to age wonderfully.

Do you remember what time you placed the order and are you in a time zone that's behind CCNow's? I had this problem with my last order. I had placed it around 11:30pm West Coast time and when I went to check the status, it kept telling me that there was no record of such an order. I then saw that CCNow is based somewhere in the Central Time belt and tried checking my order with all the info, except with the date moved up to the next day (10/22 instead of 10/21). And it worked! I hope the problem is as simple as that! Let us know how it goes! Damn! That was it! LOL! I usually use Pay Pal for my orders. I think in the last few years this is only the second or third time I have used CC Now. Thank you!

Has anyone else had this problem? I placed an order on the 30th of November. Now, I know rationally that there is no way my order would have been harvested yet, but, I went to look and check order status anyway (cause I am horribly impatient sometimes) and it keeps telling me there is no such order on record. I used my order number, email, credit card number, order total and date of purchase. I am wondering if there was a glitch and I have to place the order again. But am nervous about that in case of being charged twice. It is not pending with my bank yet either. Usually I noticed that it is pending in the first couple of days and then disappears until after it's been harvested. Anyway...HELP! What would you do?

Huh. I am also one of those who is getting almost no berry from my Berry Moon. Heavy on the honey and musk, then fig and a wee bit of raspberry. No blueberry to speak of. Funny thing is...I absolutely love it! Before I quit smoking last year I could never wear anything with honey because it turned to a sour cat pee like smell on me. Well, that no longer happens! Apparently honey is wonderful on me now! First I discovered that Lady Una worked beautiful on me, and now this! I am quite pleased that I got two bottles.

I haven't done a review in a very, very long time, and I am not all that good at them, but I wanted to pipe in here and say that I think Lawn Gnome is one of the best things I have ever smelled in my life. On me, it is all currant and vanilla cream. I get nothing else. Well, maybe a bit of musk, which is strange since it's not a listed note. Could be the patchouli acting weird. I know that ever since I quit smoking last year, things have smelled differently on me. I do enjoy foodie smells, but not usually on me as much. This is too tart to be foodie, at least, to me. This might be my first back-up/multiple bottle purchase in a long ass time!

The imp I got of Shub in my recent lab order (today) is also a light golden color, so I got out my bottle, which I have had for over a year and a half now, and decanted a little of it, and it is the same color and smell as the imp I just received. Maybe your original imp was from the first formulation?

I am planning to wear SMUT today! Woooo!

I get very little rose in this. On me it's all clove and amber and a bit of musk. I am completely in love. Clove is one of my favorite notes and I was hoping like crazy I'd amp that and not fir, which usually turns awful on me. I love both of the roses, but out of the two, this is the one I can see myself wearing on it's own more often. But like I said in the White Rose thread...gorgeous on their own, but layering them is amazing! I really need to pick up another set before they are gone.

I am quoting Alicia here because this is EXACTLY what went through my mind when I put this on. After about 5 minutes of wearing it I though, "hmmm..it's like the same tea in Dorian." Actually, I think her whole review is very close to what I wanted to write. I get mainly the tea, a hint of rose, and the coconut meat. But not the sickly sweet "candy" coconut, nor the suntan lotion coconut. To me, it's like fresh coconut when you just crack one open and scoop the pulp from the shell. If you have never tried one, you should. It's gorgeous on it's own, but really, layered, it's just stunning. Tomorrow I am going to see how layering them on a piece of cloth for my scent locket will work so I can sniff these at work all night. *not allowed to wear perfume to work*

That is under the Picnic In Arkham line.

This is for the '08 Beaver'versary... Ok, I don't know what is up with my skin chemistry! I don't get strawberry in any way, shape or form. On me? This smells EXACTLY like Shub, with a bit of Eat Me mixed in. I love it, but still, not what I was expecting.

This smells absolutely gorgeous in the bottle, but sadly, just like Egg Nog, this does not work with my skin chemistry and turns to plastic. I am editing this to say...I meant to say it smells gorgeous in the vial! I do not have a bottle.

Thanks to the generosity of a wonderful friend and forumite, I now have a decant of this. I agree with Seismogenic...wassail! Seriously, this is like hot, spicy mulled wine and I am totally in love with it. I also agree with Shelly, I like this much better than the Egg Nog Latte!

This is a kind of two fer review. '05 and '08. I have '05 on one wrist and '08 on the other right now. Now, I don't know what the '05 was like when it first came out, so the differences between the two could be due to aging, but I really don't know since I only got the '05 version a couple of months ago and not back when it came out. '05 smells like straight sugar cookie dough before you mix in the flour. It's like butter and sugar and vanilla just creamed together in the bowl. I get no spice at all. '08 smells like sugar cookies right out of the oven with a sprinkling of spices. Warm, like cinnamon, nutmeg and possibly clove. Both are really, really yummy and give me the urge to bake a gazillion cookies!

Funny. Cinnamon is not a listed note, but this is all rum, almond and cinnamon on me. It's kinda like mixing Sugar Cookie and Three Witches. Almost feel like I can get drunk just sniffing my arm. Oh man, I am glad I went with my instinct and got 2 bottles right away. I know I will be getting more before they are gone.

I took a chance with this. I adore amber, but 99% of the time it turns to baby powder on my skin. I glad I took the chance. This is beautiful. Very golden. Kinda makes me think of summer rather than Yule. I have had it on for about 2 hours now and no powder, plus, staying power seems to be excellent! Yay! I finally have an amber blend that works!

Oh wow. This is EXACTLY what I was hoping for. I have never tried the older versions, so I am not sure how this compares, but the '08 version is absolutely lovely. No single note is really standing out to me, it just seems to be a perfect blending. Could also be that I am still terrible at trying to pick out individual notes.. I am very glad I got a bottle and plan to get a back up or two.

When I first put this on it was all grapey cheap wine, kinda like Mad Dog 20/20! But, have no fear, once it dried down it morphed into something GORGEOUS! It's all pomegranate, blood and wine. I was actually nervous about this one because as much as I love the smell of leather, it doesn't do well with my skin. As of right now (have had it on for about an hour), I am not getting any leather. Pomegranate and blood are two notes that seem to adore my skin, this is no exception. I think this is going to age very well.

All I can say is omnomnomnom This is like a really good hazelnut chocolate. I know that hazelnut is not one of the notes, but, that's what it smells like on me. It's not an overpowering chocolate either. Yes, I think this is back up bottle worthy for sure!

Out of curiosity...I got my Yule order today and the labels are all very, very dark. Are they all like this? I'll get a picture later..I have to take off for work in a few minutes.

This is what I was thinking! Except for the part that I was thinking it would work great on me... So, when I first got it I was a little disappointed. It seemed really sharp and floral. Of course, that was on the day I got it. I put it in my box and let it sit. A few weeks later and HOLY MOLY! This scent has shot to one of my top tens, if not top five scents. I get all the gorgeous smoky, boozy vanilla. The combo of tobacco and bourbon vanilla is always a winner on me. I am seriously kicking myself hard for not getting more than one bottle of this. I have a feeling I will be hunting this hellound for a while.

I got it and I already have bottles of '04, '05 and '07.

Since the other ones I got already have pictures up, I just uploaded Sugar Skull '08 and Pumpkin V '08 to the label art gallery.