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This one is both floral and fruity at the same time. The type of smell that I can feel on the sides of my tongue. I can't make out any individual scents but it's very nice and not unapproachable at all.

This one smells VERY sweet, almost maple-y, in the lab fresh imp. Yum! In a more aged imp it smells more incense-y and sharper, but still sweet.

This was a tarted frimp received recently from the lab. I am assuming it is well aged. I am getting heavy mahogany and wood as the top note with a bottom note of sweet fruit.

I received a tarted imp of this in a swap so it must be well aged. I get a sweet burst of fruitiness as the top note with a bottom note of musk.

This smells the same on me as it does in the bottle. Musky dark heavy lavender. It must be the magnolia that makes it so musky and dark? This is a very "adult" scent and seems too heavy to properly be Yvaine, although I suppose she was quite serious in the book. Having said that, this is one of my favorites from the Stardust series. I love lavender. This is probably going to be the first bpal bottle that I have emptied. Long lasting, large throw.

In the bottle: Smokey plum. Beewax and musk in the bottom note. Dry on Skin: This becomes more floral as it dries and less fruity. Remains smoky and musky. Another one with a large throw and good lasting power.

This smells the same in the bottle wet as it does dry on my skin. Mostly tea rose. Maybe a TEENY bit of vanilla musk and lily, but predominately ROSE ROSE ROSE.

In the bottle: Incense-y green floral. Dry on skin: Dry down becomes sugared candies with a fresh green floral background. Huge throw, long lasting.

In the bottle: Sweet woody top note, patchouli bottom note. Dry on skin: On me it doesn't change much. I mostly get sweet woods and a bit of tonka. Maybe a slight whiff of patchouli. Good throw, long lasting.

2005 Version! In the bottle: Smoky and dark. Bottom note of spices with a teeny hint of sweet. Dry on skin: On my skin it's all smokey and dark fir and patchouli. This one has LONG lasting power and a huge throw. I can smell it every time I open the wooden box it's kept in.

In the bottle: Sweet coffee with a teeny hint of spice. Dry on skin: Cinnamon, with deep dark tobacco and coffee notes. Glad I was able to get a bottle directly from the lab during one of the eBay auctions. The first time I wore it, I didn't like it. At all. Gave it another chance today and it's scrumptious. Whew.

In the bottle: Woody! Maybe the rosewood? Also a bit floral. On skin: Still woody with a bit of a bitter rose or geranium bottom that is smoothing out as it drys.

In the bottle: Mmm. Fruity!! Apricot!! Maybe some plum. Dry on skin: Apricot still seems to be the top note. Teeny bit of either the plum or the pom. Getting some musk as a bottom. Yum!!

This is one that smells pretty much the same in the bottle as it does dry on my skin. It's kind of a dark powdery smell. Musky. Lots of of myrrh and ylang. I can barely get a whiff of rose in the background.

In the bottle: Fruity floral. Made my mouth water a little (I must be really hungry!) Dry on skin: It's got a very nice dry down. I keep getting whiffs of roses. When I sniff directly, it's a nice floral but I can't pick out any single notes.

This was one of the first of 13 frimps I received from the lab back in July of last year. When the muses were being discontinued, I had to invest in a bottle. In the bottle: Spiced orange, maybe the benzoin? Amber and patchouli in the background. Can't smell any lavender. Dry on skin: Still very orange to me, but a dark amber spicy orange with a bottom note of patchouli.

The Lovely. She is the Muse of mimicry, and inspires both erotic and romantic poetry. She is crowned in roses, holding a lyre. Her scent inspires creative expressions of love and lust: a crush of roses with sweet pea, myrrh, ylang ylang, orris and stephanotis. In the bottle: I smelled without looking at the description first. Impression: Roses as a top note. Something darker as a bottom note. After looking at the description, I can smell a bit of sweet pea. Dry on skin: Roses still. This reminded me of "Victoria" all day (The Stardust Victoria.) But it has a bottom note that Victoria doesn't, so it IS different. Good throw and longevity.

Sweet sweet peppermint candy stick. Creamy and smooth. Refreshing mint. Candy canes gone wild! The one foody scent my boyfriend likes!!

Resurrected Sweet sweet Midway. How I shouldn't wear you when I'm hungry. Sniffing my wrist I'm getting sweet sweet dark candy. No particular candy or treat is leaping out at me, it's more a mishmash of their fragrances lingering on my fingers after indulging in a few. Sticky sweet and scrumptious.

In the bottle: Hmm. I can't smell the honey at all. Honeysuckle, Jasmine, and a sweetness that could be the tonka. Dry on Skin: Sweetened up a bit but still a dark floral. Jasmine, Honeysuckle, tonka - almost musky! Not getting any of the fig, apricot, or carnation. Loving it though.

In the bottle: Lavender and verbana. Bottom note of mint. Wet on skin: Still a nicely blended lavender and citrus. Still bottom note of mint. As it dries down the lavender comes to the front, the lemon verbana dies down a little, and the bergamot comes up. The thyme comes out as a bottom note. I'm getting imagines of french cuisine! I can feel the mint tingly on my skin. Dry on skin: Now that it's dry, it's mostly lavender and thyme with some citrus-mint in the background. This disappears really fast on me. I put some on before work the other day and I did not get whiffs all day like I usually do. And I don't put things on sparingly -- I do inside inside wrists, elbows, and both sides of the neck. I wore it again today hoping it would stick around. Nope, gone again. Put it on after my shower around noon, it was gone before 2pm. A very nice herbal scent. Worth reapplying if you're a lavender thyme fan.

I slathered some of this one for the first time right before I ran out the door to work. All day long I keep thinking I'm wearing Dark Delicacies. 0_o Which is totally scrumptious and I love it. I need to sit down when I have some time to do a better review, but I wanted to get my first impression down while I have a quick break from work. In the bottle: mmm. dark. I think I am smelling the musk and resin. It's heady, dark, sexy, and not at all heavy with dread -- but very much pulsating. Mmm. Wet on skin: Resin, musk, some of the allspice and pepper are coming out. Vetiver and cocoa deep down. Dry on skin: It still reminds me of Dark Delicacies (because I tried that one first!) -- must be the resin? Nice throw, lasts a good long time. Got whiffs all day long.

In Bottle: In the bottle it's very Ice Prince to me. Sweet pine or fir. Almost fruity. Definitely cold and snowy. Dry on Skin: Sniffing the wrist reveals chilly lunar herbs and pine. It's a little sweet. I can't really distinguish the eucalyptus. Not very floral to me either. Sniffing the inside elbow is where the Samhain hints come from. I'm going to have start applying oil on the wrists AND elbow on a regular basis to see if they morph differently.

In the bottle: Honeyed fruit, mostly orange. The base notes are more complex and well blended, but very yummy. Teeny bit floral. Wet on skin: A little bit bitter for a second, then warm and smooth honey with gardenia and orange. Still very complex base notes. Dry on skin: The gardenia has calmed down again and we're back to honeyed orange with a lot more apricot. Very yummy - sweet, fruity and floral.

In the bottle: Very faint. A little boozy. Wet on skin: A little more medicinal, still sweet and a teeny boozy. Dry on skin: Musky but not really a dark musk. Fairly light. A little sweet. Pretty nice, but I'll probably want to layer something with it. In the scent locket: A lot sweeter and a little boozy. Not nearly as musky! Hmm. I used a blotter pad that came with this scent locket (not a bpal locket), I wonder if different types of fabric will change the scent. I'm going to wait and see what some aging does to this.