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* = 5ml *Bliss *Dana O'shee *Faith *Gluttony *Gunpowder *Nasty Woman Neutral - RPG *Saturnalia Smokestack *Vice *Fiery Wall of Protection (TAL) *White Light (TAL) -- Not Reviewed Yet: 504 Gateway Time-out Aglaea Aizen-myoo Anne bonny Athens Baobhan sith Belle au bois dormant, la -- Black lily Black rose Blood Kiss Bruised Violet Compound Carnal Coiled serpent, the Come to me Countenance of forboding evil -- Coyote Death cap Desire Djinn Dragon's milk -- Dragon's musk Fallen Fenris wolf Flor de Maga - Single note* Greed Haunted Iago -- Imp Incubus Kubla khan Kumiho Kurukulla -- Lethe, le Lightning Lilium inter spinas Little wooden doll Love me -- Lust Lyonesse Mad hatter Malediction Malice -- Manhattan Marie Morgause Nanshe Night-Raven Nocturne -- Obatala Pearl in the Volcano* Perversion Rome Rose, the Satyr Sea Foams Milk Sea of Glass Sed non Satiata Shadow witch orchid -- Shango Siren Skuld Tamora Tentation, la -- Tezcatlipoca Tisiphone Titania Veritas Wanda Water of Notre Dame White Rabbit Wilde Wolf's heart Xiuhtecuhtli Yorick Zombi RPG - Chaotic --- "Borrowed" by Significant other: Jolly Roger Saturnalia*

in the bottle: cherry cough syrup, specifically the "tussin" type. Not cherry dayquil (yes, I sniffed the ones in my medicine cabinet) wet: cough drop cherry, sweetness and...something a little warm. before it fully dries, the warmth turns into woods. maybe a little cedar-y. dry: cherries (real ones! the dark ones), that wood smell, and faint sweet something (like remembered cookies) aftermath: faintly cheery and almond. No more sweetness

I've moved and lost my job and had a whole heck of crazy happen to me in 2010. I really haven't had time to review too much. I certainly haven't had any time or money to buy anything. That said, I have an hour today. And I have a stash of untouched imps and a few 5mls that I never got to sniff. So, I figure I'll review a couple today. Sounds reasonable, right?

SPICEBUSH SWALLOWTAIL TRAIPSING THROUGH THE CROP CIRCLES TEATIME IN ROSWELL Brusque violet high strung daisies Twinkle twinkle little bat Alice's evidence 'tis the voice of the lobster how doth the little crocodile BREAD-AND-BUTTERFLY SUE’S GREAT OLD PUPPET SHOW THE SNACK HUT SILVER PHOENIX SPOOKY TIN PHOENIX MELIAI CANDLES MOON SIGNIOR DILDO Two Loves Black Heart DARK CHOCOLATE AND KEY LIME TRUFFLE DARK CHOCOLATE, WHISKEY, AND COGNAC TRUFFLE MILK CHOCOLATE AND MATCHA GREEN TEA GANACHE TRUFFLE MILK CHOCOLATE, COCONUT, CARDAMOM, RUM, AND GINGER TRUFFLE WHITE CHOCOLATE, BLACK RASPBERRY, AND APRICOT CORDIAL TRUFFLE WHITE CHOCOLATE, STRAWBERRY, AND WHITE PEPPER TRUFFLE ENCHANTED WOOD FLORIST Blackberry Jam & Scones CBLDF: Who Killed Amanda Palmer? Planting moon Moon of the Terrible Thalassa, The Galapagos Mermaid CHAOS THEORY V: RECURSIVE SELF-SIMILARITY V1 The Dorian Series Any of the "Box of Chocolates" Pepper Fairy Wine Bearded lady Xanthe Huesos de Santo Hel Green Party Eggnog Latte Wulric, the Wolfman Miller vs California June Gloom Strawberry moon Velvet nudie Velvet pink kitty Velvet unicorn The Sailing Stones of Death Valley The Phantom Cow of Yerba Buena Island STINKY Lawn gnome B340 Spinning multicolored metallic pinwheel Plastic pink flamingo Tomoe Gozen Under the harvest moon Bite Me Boo Creepy Lambs-wool Pomona Trick or Treat PUMPKIN V Detestable Putrescence IN WINTER IN MY ROOM SLEIPNIR PINK SNOWBALLS THE SEASON OF GHOSTS MOTHER SHUB'S TOOTHSOME BANKETSTAAF MOTHER SHUB'S SPICED LAIT DE CHÈVRE MASON & JENKIN'S PORT JELLY JOSIE THE WITCH'S REPAST HARIMISE AUTUMN MOON OF THE MIRROR STAND 2-5-7 Centzon Totochtin Blood Bordello Bruised Violet Compound Darkness Dragon's Milk Dragon's Tears Gluttony Hellcat La Petite Mort Le Serpent Qui Danse Les Bijoux Kill Devil Masabakes Sloth Stimulating Sassafras Strengthener Tweedledum Nostrum Remedium The Unicorn Vice

Note: My nose doesn't register Sandalwood. It's a genetic quirk. So, take my review with the appropriate grain of salt. In the bottle: A little bit of sweet, moist earth. incense (unlit) and faint wood smoke Wet: much the same as in the imp, but the earth is no longer sweet. Dry: faint incense (my roomie says it's strong incense, thus meaning it's very sandalwoody) & something "green" Aftermath: Ok, this scent confuses the heck out of me. My allergies aren't set of by the incense. The sandalwood "blank spot" leaves all the secondary notes to play. I know I'm missing a lot of the scent. That said, it isn't bad.

Honestly, this is rose all the way through on me. I was hoping for a little something else in it. But, my skin apparently is not amenable to that. Rose, rose, rose.

'versary In the bottle: liquid baked goods Wet: buttercream frosting, strawberry baked goods. I wouldn't say cheese cake, but it's close Dry: vanilla-y pound cake & strawberry butter cream frosting Aftermath: white cupcakes with strawberry frosting & an occasional cherry note. still on 3 hours later I want to eat my arm. This is so delish!

Beaver'versary- not the original In the bottle: liquid baked goods Wet: buttercream frosting, strawberry baked goods. I wouldn't say cheese cake, but it's close Dry: vanilla-y pound cake & strawberry butter cream frosting I want to eat my arm. This is so delish!

In the bottle: Tussin cough syrup- original flavor. With a slight woody lingering note. Wet: still tussin, but the wood note is stronger, and the sharp note of anise is coming out. Nose tickling in its sharpness. Dry: Oh thank goodness, no more tussin. Wood, sharp anise (not licorice in the candy sense at all), something almost lemony with mint, but really - AHA Lemon balm & mint! Aftermath: There's not much staying power for this on me. a faint green drift of mint. My roomie swears it smells of Sandalwood. Which it must, as I can't smell sandalwood too well. LOL I was really not expecting to like this, but I do

imp: pink bubble gum. very strong bubble gum Wet: more bubblegum! It smells like the classic flavor of that sugarless gum. What's it called? Dry: spicy gum. The spice is definitely from cinnamon oil because I'm having an allergic reaction on the site. Which is a damned shame, because I love how spot on the bubble gum note is in this.

I'm so sad Tweedledee doesn't work for me. I didn't think there was such a thing as too sweet for me. I love sugar. But, it failed on me. I'm slowly working my way through my box of Imps & reviewing them, one or two at a time. I've reviewed all of my bottles. I'm flat out broke, & behind on rent. So, there's no hope in the near future of buying anything. Luckily, my box of imps is large. So, I'll have entertainment for a long time with it. I'm disappointed that so many of my "high hopes" are turning out to not work on me. But, I guess in the long run, that's easier on my pocket. It's starting to look like my tropical fruits are limited to pineapple & kiwi, & my citrus to oranges, lime, & lemon. Lemongrass over lemon as well. Most non berry fruits turn bad on on me as well. Some melons work though. I guess this is why I never wore little girl perfumes when I was a kid. They're all jumbles of fruits. My first perfume was Charlie white. watermelon, violets, sandalwood the only thing that didn't work so well for me in that was the jasmine. I'm told it reeks of sandalwood, but, I can barely smell sandalwood. So, it's no wonder I liked it. Anyway, back to the search.

imp: It's a tincture! a green, herby tincture with honey for sweetness. I remember making medicine like this smell when I was in my hippie phase. Good times. wet: mmm, the poppy note is coming out & melding with the honey, sweet poppy, almost candied for a second, the the honey mellows. the herbs remain constant. dry: poppy, herbs, no more honey. It's tending more towards a spring day in the poppy fields than medicine now. I definitely like this one.

imp: sweet fruit, slight citrus, floral, and something that reminds me of wax lips (weird, but the more I think about it, the more spot on it is) Wet: the kumquat note comes out, but there isn't a lot of rind/zest to it, which is really what sticks out in a natural kumquat for me. The floral note turns sickly sweet on me really fast. Dry: Oh hell, this turned on me. It's lightly citrusy, then has that sweet edge that you get in garbage & vomit.ugh. I have to wash it off. It does not work with my body chemistry. Edit to add: an hour after washing it off, there's a lingering sugar, citrus & pepper. This, I like. But, it's not worth the rest.

The oil in the imp is very dark. I think it is also aged at least a year imp: Cherry cough syrup. It's spot on for Robitussin DM. wet: Dear god, the throw on this is far. People in other cubicles are asking who spilled cough syrup. The astringent note is burning my nose. dry: the cherries smell more candied now & black jelly beans are in there aftermath: It's faded to faint, non sweet licorice & something a little spicy.

It's grean in the imp. I mean, the oil is actually green. I'm afearded. imp: whew! I'd say nail polish remover, but I just mopped yesterday. So I know this scent. Name brand pinesol. Not simple green, but pinesol. wet: Herbal essence shampoo. Not the new line, but the old one with the hippie lady in the water on it. There's a strong woody scent here too. less pine, more cedar dry: cedar & some green aftermath: cedar Not that cedar isn't a pleasant scent... It's just not my thing. This is what I'd like my winter sweaters to smell like. Not so much my skin.

I have a sweet tooth. To a rather extreme degree. In my childhood I would eat sweets until the room was quivering along the edges, then run so I could see thinks blur into trails as a I ran. This was especially fun at Disneyland, where all the colors blurred rather madly & I was high on rock candy (large, pure sugar crystals- for those who weren't thinking sugar). This perfume is that experience. Extreme sugar & flashes of color. Part of my mind says OMNOMNOMNOMNOM Another simply says wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! And the last part is chittering like the hyper squirrel in "Over the Hedge" about the yummy colors. It's almost like a psychotic break in a bottle. A very sweet psychotic break.

imp/wet: rose, with a very faint whiff of new leather (sniff the grainy/raw side of a new belt for what I mean) dry: rose, a little green, and the leather develops into the smell of a leather store- it's fleeting though later: The rose beats the leather down & it becomes all rose. Then I start getting an itchy nose. I love this scent, but it's not something I can wear normally. *pouts*

Throughout the whole experience with Bliss, it's a battle between milk chocolate & cocoa powder. It's truly sweet chocolate with no hint of anything else.

Gunpowder Bottle: Before I shook it, it smells like sweetness & hay. After being shaken, the hay dies down to the background. Sweet oats & a whiff of either carrot or apple peel comes out. Wet: Sweet oats, apple peel/carrot, sharp hay Dry: The sharp hay note warms to dry hay. The sweet oats are still very prominent. They remind me of the grains in Horn of Amalthea, but those were creamy. These are not. The apple peel now smells of cider. Not spicy cider, but cider. I still can't get it out of my head that there's a little carrot to this. But, that's fading Aftermath: The oats are faint, but there. The sweetness is gone, & the hay is just grassy now. It's all faint, but pleasant.

I first bought this because, when I sniffed the bottle at willcall, I smelled head-clubbing sweetness & no nausea. This has aged some months since then & I'm trying it as if for the first time. In the bottle: mmm, apple blossom & a bit of caramel. Aging definitely get rid of the "head clubbing" potency Wet: see above, then add amber to the lot. and a whiff of honey? and skin?! and what is that?? Dry: The skin & cream are coming out now. The apple blossom is still there, and the amber fades in & out, just playing at my nose. The caramel seems to have died out. The mystery note has swollen to be the atmosphere here (is this what teak should smell like?) Aftermath: About 1/2 hour in, I was alternating between wanting to chew my tasty smelling wrist and sniffing delicately while giggling like a little girl (feeling very "eyelet white dress"). There's a giddiness that comes with this fragrance that makes me smile.

Note: I tend not not be able to smell sandalwood unless it's very strong. So, We'll see what I end up sniffing here In the bottle: I'm not sure what I'm smelling. Chocolate & vanilla definitely, but something that's there but isn't. It's sharp & a little sweet. Wet: OMG, now I smell the sandalwood. Kinda punches you in the face, right? The myrrh is now recognizable. The two are battling & the chocolate & vanilla are hiding in fear. Dry: incense, but not the stuff that sets off my allergies. This has to be the myrrh & sandalwood blending with the cocoa. The vanilla still is absent. 1/2 hour later: see dry, but the vanilla comes out occasionally as vanilla incense- which makes me want to hurl. And, curiously, sometimes the sandalwood beats everything down, and I can't smell anything at all then. aftermath: I was going to wash this off. Then got caught up in work. It's been a few hours now. It smells almost spicy-floral & vanilla on me now. Very strange morphing there. I do like the end result.

I was pretty nervous about this one. I'm allergic to sage. So, bad things could happen. So, I tried it with a benedryl at my side. In the bottle: DARK/musky berries, definitely sage tickling my nose w/its sharp aroma, lipton green tea Wet: See above, but it's starting to smell a little wild. Dry: Very sagey now. & The musk is unfurling (either there's musk or something in here that turns to musk on me) & they're duking it out amongst the berries. The site is itching a little any my nose is getting stuffy. So, I'm going to wash it off. I like the idea of this. It's just it doesn't work for me. *itch itch* Edit to add: Post washing & benedryl, the berries & a little musk faintly remain. Very pretty.

Anyone remember Annick Goutal's Rose Absolue? If you took a stick of rock candy & dipped it in that perfume, you would get Hope. There's a lot of sugar an concentrated roses. Yes, roses (plural). I can't identify how many though. This is very long wearing on me, and the roses bowl me over. It kind of makes me light headed This is perfect for my mother. She's a rose fiend. As I haven't been able to get my hands on more of the Annick Goutal fragrance (and because I happen to love Faith), I'm giving my mother the Hope bottle in the set.

I bought this new, because it was a glorious aquatic & reminded me of the harbor & kelp. It sincerely smelled like ventura harbor both in the bottle & on. Now, after aging, it's a bit different. Not bad, but different In the bottle: Faintly sweet aquatic notes. A bit of cucumber & maybe underripe melon. There's something very herby going on here. Stinging green. Wet: The green gets more tame, but still very green. A bit of salt tang hits the aquatic notes Drydown: The green is mixed with floral- the nose itchy poppy note (it's not a bad itch- really!). The cucumber & underripe melon battle a bit, then both fade to almost nothing- the aquatic is left at tang & a bitter mossy note. Aftermath: See above, but in fainter & fainter nosefuls It's very nice. I'm not sure I'm going to keep it though. Maybe I'll swap it.