Coldfire

Decant: dark raspberry and metal \m/\m/ Wet on Me: dark raspberry and no metal but getting tea leaf now Drying Down: mostly raspberry and tea leaf. really nice! Dry: a soft raspberry and tea leaf blend. Nothing to really 'fear' here!

Imp: totally ocean. bright sunny day ocean and sea air Wet on me: still happy sunny ocean/sea air Drying Down: wood is starting to come out and play with the salty sea air/ocean and tiny teases of the spices Dry: dear geds this is magnificent! I just want to keep huffing the back of my hand!!!!!

Imp: oh cheeezus cherry almond sticky sweetness overload Wet on me: now I'm getting cherry almond with air freshener rose Drying Down: oh this blend and my skin are at WAR!!!!!! Dry: My skin did evil evil things to this. To trade!

Imp: the sticky sweet of almond Wet on Me: cloying sweet cherry almond over vetiver. not starting out on the right foot with me Drying Down: cherry almond over vetiver with the tiniest trace of patch hiding waaaaaay down below. Dry: Almond amps and never works well on my skin. To the trade pile with these!

Imp: incense/resin notes but with a warm bright sunny vibe Wet on Me: that same bright sunny incense-y resin-y scent Drying Down: I'm getting that 'gold' feeling when sniffing my hand. And that copal wafting around it and basking in the glow of the gold. Dry: This is all just so wonderful! It does smell of days gone by but yet not musty or dusty. This is bright but intoxicating. I've fallen under its spell.

Imp: Sharp Grapefruit tempered by a dark sensual musk Wet on Me: Grapefruit-y musk! Drying Down: less grapefruit and more red musk and I swoon with each inhale Dry: by ALL of the gods I wish to bathe in this. This is sex. This is lust. This is frenzied sensuality. This is lurve!!!!!

Imp: rose, myrrh and jasmine let's see if rose will be nice to me this time Wet on Me: I really must be the eternal optimist that I think rose will work on me. Already it's pushing the other notes out of the way and wearing stompy boots all over everything. Drying Down: bad rose. that air freshener rose. not playing nice with others and just stompy bootin it all over the place..... Dry: I keep hoping and trying. Why I don't know only I have hope I may find a rose that works on me and my rose hatin skin.

Imp: cedar and raspberry Wet On Me: cedarwood Drying Down: mostly cedar Dry: soft cedarwood.

Imp: not sinister. but I detect sandalwood Wet on Me: still getting sandalwood Drying Down: still not getting sinister. just sandalwood Dry: Mostly just sandalwood to my nose

Decant: sweet, white and faint lavender Wet on Me: aahhh the sandalwood and now the faint patchouli. By all the gods Beth does the most amazing patchouli notes. Drying Down: sandalwood and patchouli are doing this mating dance together under my nose. not getting any lavender now but I'm okay with that. Dry: a nice smooth blend of the sandalwood and now a vanilla lavender. this truly is a pleasant moment in time captured in scent.

Decant: Dark Wood and Patchouli Wet on Me: Clove, resin over the patch Drying Down: oh this is love. the clove has settled down, the musk is doing it's powder-y thing in the background, the patchouli is not going all dirty hippie allover the place. This is just well blended love. Dry: This is a keeper. To me this is perfect enjoyment!

Decant: sweet Golden Delicious Apple Wet on Me: fresh apple now, tart Drying Down: spicy apple tea! Dry: ginger carnation apple. very early fall like scent.

Decant: sharp herbs Wet on Me: sharp sharp herbs stomping over floral Drying Down: this mellows and fades fairly quickly. a faint sweetness in the background if you inhale really deep. Dry: sweet almost powdery chrysanthemum. Not bad. Probably Rehome

Decant: kinda spicy kinda wood kinda sweet Wet on me: interesting. hard to put my nose on the notes i get a faint touch of wood and a sharp almost booze note Drying Down: Nut? I'm getting that semi rancid nut note now Dry: it went to rancid nuts. Gonna have to re-home

Decant: coffee and carnation Wet on Me: coffee, carnation and the faintest trace of leather Drying Down: mmmmmm leather. and hints of tobacco. the carnation has left the building and the coffee went into hiding Dry: leather coffee fabulousness! This is so many kinds of good. I'm huffin my wrist like a junkie needing a fix.

Decant: white. with 'white' herb and cedar notes if those could be considered white Wet on me: rosewood, sandalwood and cedar now, kind of sweet wood-y Drying Down: mostly the wood notes with the faintest traces of the lavender and chamomile and that sweetness that comes from sandalwood Dry: less wood.....but that sweetness of the sandalwood wraps around the lavender note. so calming and soothing! Keep!

This has been aging since 2011 before I got to try it. the full decant has thickened and shrunk from full. Decant: orange blossom Wet on me: heady orange blossom Drying Down: soap-y effervescent orange blossom now that effervescent is probably the champagne grape Dry: Champagne Soap. Interesting. Will probably re-home

Decant: neroli coming in loud and proud in the decant Wet On Me: mostly the neroli and some orchid Drying Down: okay NOW comes the plum and black currant. and the faint whispers of the black musk. The neroli has receeded and took the orchid with it. Dry: this is my dark fruit love! I'm swooning and huffing my wrist like there is no tomorrow! this is beyond divine.

Decant: oooo dark and red musk-y incense. giving me a come hither Wet on Me: oh yeah...come hither-ing all over me right now dark seductinve incense and red musk Drying Down: lovely rd musk love. swoon! hypnotic and mesmerizing Dry: did not get the smoke notes or leaves. I got red musk incense LOVE! This has this witch dancin!!!!

Decant: mint-y tobacco Wet on Me: minty tobacco with a trace of the pepper and something a bit astringent-y Drying Down: getting a wood/dry plants note stepping up to the plate now over the tobacco...with the mint stepping back a bit. Dry: interesting. It has an stashed in the attic feel to the final dry scent. It's okay but I'll probably re-home this.

Decant: WOAH! Honeysuckle out the gate! Wet on Me: Mostly the Honeysuckle with faint traces of the jasmine Drying Down: getting that effervescent champagne note now over the honeysuckle and the growing stronger jasmine. They are beginning the stompy boot dance over everything. Dry: it got scary for a moment as the Jasmine was threatening me with a bad time but now mellowed out to a kinda sweet but not, sorta effervescent kinda floral scent. Will probably pass this along

Decant: "yellow" "warm and sunny" Wet on me: pale pal sandalwood and lemongrass. so very faint Drying Down: this is starting to smell like Dumbledore's Sherbet Lemon candies to my delight! Dry: the sandalwood came out once dry. What started as faint, bloomed on my skin to a bright sunny 'yellow' scent that is sweetened by the sandalwood. so pleasant!

Decant: pine, cedar, juniper berry love Wet on Me: cedar and pine with faint traces now of the juniper berry Drying Down: oh hello faint whisp-y sarsaparilla and even fainter nutmeg. Nice to have you join the dance happening under my nose! Dry: this dried down to a sweet, faintly spice-y even fainter wood-y blend. So lovely under my nose!!!

Decant: tart and citrus Wet on Me: more tart citrus. Not getting an 'orange' vibe on this Drying Down: tart, citrus and bitter. Almost smelling what the peel/pith would taste like Dry: this is dark tart citrus with the ghosts of a pale 'orange' note. Interesting single note. I got this in 2013 and either the oil leaked or it just evaporated and thickened up to a stick consistency. This will teach me to wait so long before testing!

Decant: WOAH! Creamy sweet dragon's blood Wet On me: Raid with sweet cream Drying Down: sweet RAID Why does Dragon's Blood go to RAID on my askin? Dry: Sweet Creamy RAID. I know exactly who I am giving this too!