magdalene

in the bottle: High Mass at a Catholic church. wet on skin: This is so wonderful. I absolutely love the smell of church incense, always have. And now I have it in bottle form! I've been wearing this constantly since I received this in a Lab order. I love it. dry: nicely long-lasting, with great throw. It doesn't morph or change into anything, but remains exactly what it's listed as.

in the bottle: floral and incense, very church-like. wet on skin: vaguely sweet, like fresh floral arrangements in church. Normally, I don't like straight-up florals, but the incense tones it down into something I quite like. dry: lots of happy throw. Very long-lasting. The incense just keeps getting better and better.

in the bottle: mmm. Bourbon and lime. wet on skin: wow, incense! With the sweet clove warming it up and making it less churchy. This is great. Like Voodoo and Cathedral's bastard love child. Which makes me a happy, happy girl because those are two of my favourites. dry: Little bit of pine, giving everything a sharp smokeyness.

in the bottle: bitter cocoa and candied fruits. wet on skin: I'm a little concerned about the cocoa note. I'm normally not fond of chocolate scents, despite how much I love to inhale vast quantities of dark chocolate in all its forms, but this scent keeps morphing and I'm unable to hold on to a straight opinion. One minute, it's so cocoa, it's overpowering and the next minute, it's an amazing blend of vanillaed bergamot and musk. dry: Still morphing. This is an incredible blend.

in the bottle: This is very hard to smell in the bottle, but I get a slight sweetness and salt? wet on skin: Warming up on my skin, I can slowly start to detect different notes. There's a fried dough quality, like the pizza frites that my boyfriend taught me how to make and something vaguely like coconut. I still get the salt, but I'm still unsure what it is. It's almost like hot caramel popcorn, lightly salted. dry: The coconut-like note seems to increase a bit, along with the sweet caramel scent. This is nice, but I'm not sure I want to smell like this all the time. I bought two bottles, just in case I fell in love with it, so I think I might sell one and keep the other.

Lascivious, flirtatious, and vampy as hell. A true heartbreaker’s perfume. The innocence of orange blossom tainted by the beguiling scents of ginger and patchouli. in the bottle: Grand Marnier and candied ginger. wet on skin: I've always liked orange blossom so much more than just orange. It has more depth to the note, more intelligence. This, combined with the ginger and the patchouli, makes this an absolutely flirty scent. The very oil to wear when out prowling. dry: absolutely gorgeous.

in the bottle: I got this a free imp from the Lab. It's always a happy day when I get things on my wishlist, free with an order. This is a gorgeous soft blend of musks, quite cool, but warmed up by the patchouli. wet on skin: The poppy makes everything a little darker, heady. dry: This has a lovely throw to it. Not too much and stays around for a seriously long time.

in the bottle: spicy dragon's blood. wet on skin: ooops, someone spilled gin on the dragon's blood. Juniper is slowly booting its way onto the scene. Still very spicy and kind of sweet. dry: A bit of wine comes with the dry down, mixing nicely with the dragon's blood.

in the bottle: oh wow, this is gorgeous. It's all Earl Grey, strong black cups of it. wet on skin: Not a hint of leather to be found, thankfully, as I was a little wary of that. I'm not ordinarily fond of leather scents. This is a lovely black tea, with the Earl Grey hints of bergamot, one of my favourite smells in the world. dry: More of the same, with a slight hint of lemon. Despite the fact that I normally take my Earl Grey with cream and sugar, this is very much a keeper.

in the bottle: this is very flowery, kind of cool. wet on skin: where's the dragon's blood? All I'm getting is florals. dry: This warmed up a bit as amber made its entrance, with a slight gingery quality to it. My co-worker really liked this, so I think I'm going to give her the imp and make yet another helplessly addicted convert.

in the bottle: sweet peaches. Lots of them. wet on skin: The peaches have found a friend in pomengranates, which brings this a brisk quality. Very no nonsense, snap-your-fingers-and-get-what-you-want kind of thing. dry: As this dried down, rose comes out a bit and warms things up, lending the scent an almost spicy waft.

in the bottle: sweet, cool melon. wet on skin: This is interesting. Normally, I can't stand anything even remotely resembling a melon, be it smelling one or eating one, but this isn't offensive to me. It's an innocent scent, light and slightly fruity sweet. dry: As other people have mentioned, there's a small hint of sandalwood to this, which warms up the melon a little.

in the bottle: very ripe, full scent. Slightly floral, slightly fruity. wet on skin: Something in this, I don't know what note, made me jerk my head away when I went in for a sniff. It was sharp, too sharp for me to handle. dry: I washed this off. It was just too much for me, too heady.

in the bottle: I'm getting a slight black pepper scent from this, strangely enough. wet on skin: There's something very resin-y in this, can't put my finger on it. No florals in sight, though. dry: More resin, though the pepper smell-a-like has gone the way of the dodo. ADDED Dec. 28: in the bottle: dark floral. wet on skin: there's a strange mintiness to this that I wasn't really expecting. Could that be the cypress? I'm not sure, but it's nice. dry: in the great battle between floral and mintiness, the floral wins out.

in the bottle: creamy and cool. wet on skin: I think this has something in it that is also in Voodoo. It's a sharp, cool scent. Almost pine, but without the medicinal tang. There's also a little incense quality to it, similar to what's in Cathedral. dry: mmm. I like this. A lot.

in the bottle: sheer white floral. wet on skin: there's the gardenia, along with a host of other floral notes I can't name if you paid me to do so. dry: I'm not getting any of the smokey incense that others have spoken of, unfortunately. I love incense scents. This is also a rather faint scent, not a lot of throw either.

in the bottle: warm apricot, with a tiny bit of earthiness. wet: I had high hopes for this, because March Hare has made me love apricot. I've also become a secret fan of patchouli. So, when I read the description for Depraved, I got excited because I thought those two scents would work well together. Not on my skin, apparently. The apricot is so sweet, that it's becoming cloying and the patchouli is too earthy. dry: Still going strong, neither note has backed down from the other.

in the bottle: jasmine, overpoweringly so. wet on skin: This is too floral for me, I just know it. Jasmine is always a bad combination with my skin chemistry. It gets soapy and not in a good way. Sometimes I like soapy scents, but not with jasmine. There's rose, as well, but it's not strong enough to beat jasmine out of the way. dry: I washed this off.

in the bottle: straight up dragon's blood. wet on skin: I can never quite decide if I like dragon's blood or not. Sometimes, it gets a bit too fruity on my skin and I am most definitely not a fan of fruity smells. Blood Amber, however, has a slight warmness to it, which I'm guessing is coming from the amber. dry: The amber has amped up a bit and nudged the dragon's blood partially out of the way. The dragon's blood in this is edging closer to the fruity side of things, which makes me a little unhappy.

in the bottle: roses, warm and dark. wet on skin: This is a nice rose. It's not all WHAM! ROSES UP YOUR ASS! It's slightly spicy, slightly musky. A very heady scent. dry: The spicy bits have intensified a little, which is very nice. There's also a small hint of sweetness, like sugared rose petal candy.

in the bottle: roses. wet on skin: Unfortunately, my skin is really amping the green grass scent and that's not something I really like. The scent of grass makes me sense horribly. :/ dry: I managed to last through the dry down, to see if the grass note goes away, but my skin just keeps throwing it at me. This is very sad, as I love rose scents and really wanted to find something that would be a good alternative to the discontinued Rose Red.

in the bottle: exactly as stated, a pomengranate martini. wet on skin: This is so light and crisp, but with a wonderful amount of throw. The pomengranate smells red and sweet. dry down: it loses a bit of its booziness during the dry down, but retains all of the juiciness from the pomengranate. There's also a bit of something like apple, but I'm unsure about that or if its just my imagination.

in the bottle: this is a very lemony rose, with sandalwood. wet on skin: Patchouli and sandalwood warm up the rose, briefly elbowing the sweet-ish lemon scent out of the way. This is so creamy, it's ungodly. dry: This gets a bit musky towards the end of the dry down, but other then that, it's nigh on perfect.

in the bottle: church incense, one of my favourite smells. wet on skin: there's a sweet background to this that I can't quite decipher. This would make an absolutely glorious oil to burn in an oil warmer. Frankincense and myrrh, blended together perfectly. dry: is that sandalwood? I'm not sure. At any rate, this is fantastic.

in the bottle: jasmine, blooming under the moon's glow. wet on skin: An incensey scent, myrrh I'm guessing, warms up the jasmine. So, it's a hot night the jasmine is now blooming in. Sultry is one word that comes to mind. dry: I didn't get any rose out of this, only the jasmine and myrrh. The heady jasmine and drifting myrrh blend together very well, but it's not to my taste.