SadariEvenstar

This is amazing. I don't think I own anything quite like it. Don't make your decision on this one based on your initial thoughts! It took about 20 minutes for this to settle onto my skin. Wet and drying it was almost all hazelnut nut with a spiciness that reminded me of cinnamon or cassia without actually being either. It was nice, but almost overwhelming. It reminded me a little of cookies. Dry is a whole different story. Sweet dry fur and grasses (maybe that's the dry pine needles, it doesn't really smell piney though). It's like cuddling my cat after she has been sleeping in the sun. The nuts have faded away, leaving behind something that doesn't really smell like any one of the notes in particular. One of the most evocative scents I have tried. This is comforting and sexy and I love it. -Edit- After having this for a few days it has settled considerably. The in your face, hazelnut/cookies initial smell isn't really present anymore. It just goes directly to the wonderful dry down scent as soon as it is dry. I still get little to no fruit in this, just a warm sweetness that I am assuming the berries leave.

I keep reading the notes in this over and over again because all I smell in this is oranges and... sandalwood? This is a really strange blend. -edit: I put a little bit more of this on so I could decide if it was wearable or not and the smell made me immediately nauseous. More than a tiny dot of this and all I smell is rotten oranges.

Pine and Juicy Fruit gum with the pine fading away almost entirely within about 15 minutes. This is very sweet on me, I wasn't expecting that.

Love, love, love. I am in love with this. The dry down is actually fairly similar to Piper at the Gates of Dawn on me(which I also love, so that okay). I guess it's the honey, orange, linden, amber combo. Radiant.

Just like Eggnog! Creamy, a little boozy, a little spicy and very yummy!

Wet this screams sugary lemon and grapefruit. It was almost too much, but I was glad I stuck it out because it dries down very pretty. Replace the rose with citrus in Pink Snowballs and you have this. I didn't really get any mint. edit: I ended up selling this because while it was very pretty in small amounts, it quickly grew cloying when I actually wore it for a day.

First thought: OMG, I'm wearing a scent with lilac in it without having an asthma attack!!!!!!!!!!!!! That being said this is a very pretty, soft scent. I'm getting mostly plum, myrrh and frankincense. I'm very pleased with this.

This is sooo pretty. I usually can't do pretty girly scents because the flowers take off and kill everything. But this is perfect the rose is mild and sweet and in the background. And the rather tropical feeling I got from Snow White is tempered by the rose so this actually smells like winter to me! Very, very nice.

CANDY! Really this is all candy on me. It goes on with a cookie kind of smell, but that burned off rather quickly. Now my wrist smells rather like a box of Sweet Tarts and a glass of Kool Aid.

This smells like a (rather sexy) men's cologne on me. A cold woodsy, piney, musky kind of scent. Sadly I'm actually getting rather little mint of any kind. It's more of just a cold feeling. I'm going to try this on my husband. I'm guessing that he's going to be able to wear it far better than me. edit: I tried this on Mr. Evenstar, and it's amazing. So much so that I'm entirely over it not working for me.

2011 version: When I put this on wet it smelled just like Playdough. Magic happened when I rubbed it in though and the Playdough scent went away immediately. Now it's definitely a warm vanilla/almond scent with just a hint of coconut. It reminds of Eden, which I happened to have put on this morning so it was fresh in my mind.

This is the first scent that my husband made me wash off. He took one wiff, made a terrible face, and said that it smelled just like a urinal.

When this first went on it smelled of sunscreen and toasted nuts. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't something that I would want to wear. As it dried it all settled down to a very pretty, warm, creamy blend. I'm not really detecting many individual notes anymore. It's just pretty and feminine. The throw is very light.

I'm trying to find somethings to try on my husband, but I'm not really sure what I'm looking for. Normally he wears Axe Kilo (http://www.basenotes.net/ID26122229.html - The best I could come to finding notes.) or Axe Dark Temptation(http://www.basenotes.net/ID26129838.html) and I rather like both for what they are. I want to find him something less chemical though. I've tried Fenris Wolf on him and it's sexy and alluring, but not quite right - he smells a bit too much like walking into a new age creations. Any ideas on what I should start with?

I was heartbroken to discover that my second bottle of Lady Una smells nothing like my first. The second bottle is so strongly musk that it actually makes my eyes water when I sniff it, and I love musk. I never smelled anything like it.

Wet it's all leaves and cold air. It warms up as it dries down to a beautiful musk with the sweet dry leaf smell you get on warm autumn afternoons.

This year's October and Glittering Apple of the Stars.

This smells like cherry Robitussin when I first put in on. It then quickly morphs to highly floral cheap hotel soap. It's one of the very few 'get it off me right now' scents that I have found. My eyes are watering right now it's so pungent.

If this were a real cookie, I would eat the whole bag. It smells that good.

I have two bottles of this and I really have a hard time believing that they are the same perfume. The older bottle is a sweet fruity scent while the newer bottle is all sharp musk and honey. The fruit only comes out long after dry down on the newer bottle. I honestly don't know how I feel about this. I LOVE my older bottle, so when I opened my newer one I was rather disappointed. The new one is so strong it actually burned to put it on my skin and while it is a pretty scent I much prefer my first bottle.

A gentlemen's lavender-citron cologne unhinged by the feral pungence of black musk and a paroxysm of pennyroyal. On me this smells of mint and clean laundry and vanilla. It's surprisingly comforting and wearable. I thought for sure I wasn't going to like this one based on the description but this is surprise love.

I have an imp of the 2007 version and I just received a bottle of the 2011 version. Both are extreme love, I've been hoarding my imp of 2007 all these years in hopes that I would be able to get more one day. It's October in New York here right now and I can firmly say that this perfume captures it extremely well. The 2007 version seems to have a little better staying power than the 2011, but the 2011 has a much nicer initial spicy smokiness that I don't remember the 2007 having right off the bat. I can't wait to see how it ages.

This is sooo beautiful! It starts out all crisp, juicy, fresh sliced apple. As it drys it loses the crisp edge and becomes a beautiful sweet apple laced with vanilla. There is just a touch a musk in the background. I want bathe in this.

I will admit, I never put this one on my skin. I wasn't brave enough. I took the cap off the imp and was immediately assaulted with "holy crap, this smells like a barnyard." A few seconds later my husband turned to me and said, "What smells like cow shit?" I put the cap back on and sent it on to someone who would appreciate it more.

Anyone ever have this happen? My bpal transaction (ccnow) posted to my bank account today. Yay, right? Except that it is showing a second 'placeholder' transaction for the exact same amount, which will overdraw my account if it actually goes through. I'm afraid that I am going to be double charged for my order. -Edit- Well, I'm not sure what happened. The second placeholder stayed on my account for a few days and then disappeared. My bank actually sent me an overdraw notice, but when I went on my account it never actually overdrew. In any case, it all seems like it has worked itself out.