shelldoo

in the bottle, a very faint, soft herbal tea w/ a hint of musk

wet: herbal tea, soft fresh, tea.

as it dries the musk becomes more prominent. i also am getting quite a bit of the cardamom, and cinnamon. w/ a backbone made of tea. i am not getting any citrus, nor am i getting florals. on me it is mostly musky spiced tea. and i am really enjoying it

in the bottle: sweet, fresh, and sandalwood

wet: fresh...not what i was expexting, much cleaner then i thought it would be almsot laundry detergent like

as it dires, that cleanish scent fades somewhat thank goodness, and it becomes an almost asian spice type scent. gorgeous. and one i need more of. which is funny because the "clean" stage was scaring me

in the bottle:light, clean, slight honey scent

wet: dusty, sweet, sandalwood and honey. this is stunning!

as it dries, this is ever so soft, a breath of honey, hint of sandalwood very dry and susty but not dirty dust just that dry dusty type scent. fabulous sweet, sexy scent

in the bottle: floral sweet, and a touch of something harsh. i am unsure what the harsh scent is i am detecting it is something i think is in undine...reminds me of that scent w/ flowery sweetness on top

wet:champaca, orchid. sweet floral incense.

as it dries, it is almost all floral orchid, not much musk, nor vanilla on me.

in the bottle, this is a gorgeous menagerie of scents i adore. vanilla, sweet pea, orchid, sweet, very sweet.

on it becomes almost exclusively floral. a sweet pea, and orchid scent. very fragile and femenine feeling to me. surprisingly enough i love it

vetiver and patchouli. earthy, dark, slightly moist feeling. i don't get carnations, or ginger at all. just a dark, vetiver scent

i will agree w/ the others who have said this is a vanilla caramel. almost all caramel on me, but occassional wafts of vanilla. this is so sweet i expect it to leave a sticky spot on my skin. it is going to be huge for those of us who love the uber sweet foody candy scents

preconceptions on this blend, had me a bit scared of the chill winds, winter air aspects. i am not an ozoney type gal so here goes.

in the bottle:wowsers. no scary ozoney feel for me. it is reminecent of tintagel, but less wine type note. i defintely get the pine, but also detect the musk and sandalwood

wet:pine, soft sweet pine boughs. but yes a sweetness,that i believe comes from the orris...but i can't be sure

as it dries it softens, the pine allows others to debut, the sandalwood softens and gives a glitery quality. musk helps it all stick and orris is sweetening the whole thing still. all in all this is a cozy, wintery blend, that reminds me of a warm snuggle in front of the fire. (as a side note i also am reminded of golden priapus w/ this blend)

in the bottle:musk and olive leaves

wet: musky, sexy, patchouli, frankinsence, hint of olive leaf

as it dries it a soft, resinous, musky blend. w/ a kick. i always think frankinsense feels spicey to me and i definitely get that feel from this blend. the olive leaf is alot less evident as it dries. but i do occassionally get glimpses of it. this is definitely a keeper.patchouli keeps this grounded and deep.this is a sexy as hell, dark night out on the town. very awesome.

i'll pipe in on label differences. as a *serious* bottle collector, i don't mind at all. it makes it kind of fun for me. like the new spring time in arkham scents have different labels, so i now have both on different shelves. i say thank you lab for always surprising us <3

in the bottle: blackberry, almost singly blackberry, just starting to ripen and not yet sweetened by the sun

wet: wow still very much blackberry, something somewhat watery in feel possibly the lotus

this isn't as bitter as i expected from previous reviews, it is slightly sweet even, but it does make my mouth gleep. it is almost entirely blackberry, but i get definite flashes of peony, and the blue hibiscus. i get no vetiver nor sage, it does retain that slightly watery feel from the lotus. on me this is fresh, slightly floral w/ alot of fruit. but the fruit isn't a sticky fully ripened fruit. it is only beginning it's bid at maturity. and in that i get a fresh feel from this scent. it is something i am glad i got more then one bottle of as i can actually see me wearing this quite often even tho fruity florals do not tend to be my grab for again and again scents.

in the bottle: yummilicious grape,hint of violet but not strong

wet:sweet, orris, plum, hint of floral

as it dries it is less grape, more floral, a soft, very "purple" floral with a hint of something deeper, a bit sinister which i am assuming is the myrrh. this is not a sharp floral on me, and often florals do go sharpish w/ my chemistry. instead this is soft, sweet and utterly femenine. a floral i will definitely wear

sugary sweet, cavity inducing, almost get a stomach ache like those i would get as a child after trick or treating when i needed to eat one of each candy and it sneaks up on me. this reminds me of a big pink blowpop

in the bottle: omg goodness, sweet, tobacco leaf, and oak aged vanilla are predominant

wet: seems to be all vetiver, but i notice that is not a listed ingredient, i do tend to amp it so maybe a hint of it is there? i guess it could be the patchouli. but usually i wear patchouli very well, this went almost all pot smoke on me

as it dries it mellows a bit, sweetens a bit, the vanilla tempers it, makes it deeper. it is faintlt pot like, yet very sweet and lovely

in the bottle....sweet? light? floral....not what i was expecting

wet: woah babay, sweet, floral, slightly cool

as it dries it becomes more minty, more icy, more aquatic, yet it retains that shining sweet floral, i didn't expect this to be so sexy, so feminine, so....fragile smelling, i actually didn't expect to like it tons, yet it is one of the better yule scents....after a while longer the mint burns off, and it is indeed a fragile floral with slight wafts of mint here and there, still no vetiver, no smoke, no "grittiness" just a very fragile, floral, sweet, soft innocent yet sexy

in the bottle: fruity, almondy, slightly applish?

wet: strong almonds, which i amp anyway and a hint of pine

as it dries it becomes less almondish, more pine and apples, not to be confused w/ pineapples, because it smells nothing like pineapples. there is not alot of the "snow" note and then not much apple, but, really strong forest smell, again not to be confused w/ Forrest as i do not know of how she smells. but anyway i digress, it is a forest, pine forest, and almonds.

in the bottle it reminds me of ginger, and that slushy snow smell

wet wow no ginger here minty, slushy. and yeah mojito sounds abt right. this is skadi with alot of mint

strong, lots of throw. mint and bpal's famous snow scent

in bottle: pine resin, or woody fresh pine, wet w/ resins is more like it

wet:soft piney and a hint of berry redness

as it dries it is almost all soft woodiness w/ a hint of myrrh

in the bottle: sligh touch of red musk, but lots of leather

wet: dry, very dry. but with a good kick of red musk, there is definitely leather, definitely

this softens so much, when dry there isn't a really noticable lather note asthere is when it is wet and in the bottle it is soft, almost skin scent, musky and woody, still veryb dry

in bottle: resinous, golden...i don't detect citrus yet

wet: deep resins. frankincense, frangipani,some saffron, something vaguely green, and an edge of amber (golden soft and not powdery) still no citrus

tjis softens a bit but retains the soft resinous scent i have already, a bit spicey, a bit green, and yet resionous and soft. very unique.

in the bottle: slushy, cold, and airy

wet: fresh and clean, somewhat soapy

wheeeew that is some slushy ozone/aquatic. fresh, frigid air. really that is it.almost like frozen sea spray, have you ever been on a boat in the winter....the mist kicking up turns to little shards of ice almost immediatly. that is this scent

in the bottle: yes, chocolatey roses sounds about right.

wet, it goes slightly almondy, and a hint of bubble stuff, but the bubble stuff burns off way fast, think in like under 10 seconds

the hershey spa does chocolate massages, and they often have fresh flowers...this reminds me of my day there. it is a chocolatey, and somewhat floral, but there is also something that reminds me a bit of a massage oil, i don't really know how to explain that scent but it also retains an almond like note. this is a gorgeous scent very red, very sultry, i am glad i got a bottle.

in the bottle:butter mint candies. yum

wet: soft buttery vanilla mint (peppermint incase anyone missed that)

as it dries it softens and becomes slightly more vanillic (is that a word...if not it should be and will definitely be added to the shelldoo to english translation dictionary) but it still retains a peppermint skeleton...just enough to hold the vanilla in check and keep it strong and give it definite form. love last years and love this years.

in the bottle this is definitely a relative of snowwhite

wet: there is something snow whiteish and yet minty goodness gives snow white a kick in the pants...

this one stays pretty true to the in the bottle/wet scent. it is snow white and lick it combined. lovely, and innocent, sweet, fresh....love it

hmmm in the bottle, eat me, beaver moon, and the butter from jack are having an orgy...or maybe eat me slathered the beaver in butter..either way buttery, dessert, goodness.

wet: hhahahaah after that in the bottle description "wet" just cracks me up...i am so not right i know...anyway back to the description.... when it touches my whacko skin it goes completely invisible for a second, which is funny cause the throw in the bottle is amazingly strong then it comes back the desserty yumminess and a hint of olive leaf..unmistakable olive leaf, it keeps this from becoming just insanely tooth achingly sweet. but it still retains that delicious beaver moon/eat me combo, which is too hilarious to disappear. this is a sticky, sweet , fun-loving, scent w/ just enough key ingredients to keep it from being all out sugar rush.