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According to one of my essential oils books, coumarin is a by-product that is found in tonka bean, and has a hay-like fragrance. No mention of helional.

Maybe a combination of O and Velvet, to add that chocolately note?

Vixen, Ravenous, Lust, and Sin. All four are absolutely gorgeous oils with patchouli in them that will not make you smell like a head shop or an extra in a Cheech and Chong movie. The patchouli just blends so wonderfully with the other elements of these oils. They're unabashedly sensuous and SEXY as hell.

I don't see why mixing an essential oil and a carrier oil in a vial should be a problem , fragrance companies do it all the time...

Could be the musk... amber isn't sharp, and you'd probably know if it was the rose you didn't like. I love Spellbound, and another deep rosey scent that I love is Black Rose. Maybe that would work for you?

... and skg promptly swapped it to me, and sadly, it doesn't work on me, either. I think it must be the civet. I so wanted to love this, but on me it smells like somebody peed on my arm. It does soften up quite a bit after about a half-hour, but I guess I have to add civet to my list of oils I can't wear. Damn, because I was really hoping to be able to wear something so animalistic. I always give BPALs a second try, though, and I will do so with this, because my body chemistry changes so damn much from day to day.

... and that is exactly what it smells like on me, too. This is a masterpiece in terms of invoking an image, because all I can think of is pirates or old ships at sea when I smell this. However, it's not something I see myself wearing, because I'm not sure I want to give off the scent of an old boat. I am anxious to try this as a room scent, though... I love the smell, just not as a fragrance on me.

Oh, this is just gorgeous. The first time I wore it, it didn't seem to agree with me, but I have been wearing it today, giving it a second try, and today it is breathtaking. Soft, sweet, but not cloyingly so, and rich, rich, rich. It smells like rich golden brown. It's incredibly sexy, and I am adding this to my list of 5mls to order.

Sending lots of positive energy your way so the CCNow change goes well AND so you can quit your day job so you don't have to stress out and can do what you are so, so good at

O is definitely not overwhelming. I lavished myself with it last night and went to a hot, sweaty club, so I was definitely throwing the scent, and it didn't overwhelm me or the people with me. I never owned Amber Romance but I remember trying it on at VS and finding it a bit cloying after a bit... pretty, but just a bit too, too much. But O is perfect.

USPS is slow in updating. When I got my last order, it didn't update until the day it was delivered.

Check the reviews for Voodoo Blends. A lot of them have very clean, almost soapy smells. Water of Notre Dame and Van Van are two of my favorite, very clean smells in this group.

Hello Michelle! I know you have been with the Lab for a while, but welcome to the Forum!

Raven is TOTALLY smokin'

We all need to take a deep breath and sing along with Guns 'n' Roses... All we need is just a little patience I'm in the can't-quite-afford-to-order-right-now group, so the waiting will make the new scents even that more tempting for me...

Vixen, definitely... and Haunted, Hecate, and The Raven also come to mind.

Welcome Nella! Glad to have you here and at the lab! Take good care of our lab goddess and the boys.

I think that both Water of Notre Dame and Van Van - two of the Voodoo Blends - are very clean smelling, and calming on top of that. I love them. They're a herbaly-clean sort of smell.

Don't feel bad. My friend will only wash her dacshund with Lush's Irresistable Bliss solid shampoo.

Thanks for the update, Brian! Aren't moms the BEST?

I have SERIOUS anxiety problems, and I have found that both Water of Notre Dame and Van Van calm me down really nicely. And Saturn, because it's so grounding, does the trick for me as well.

This is by far the most difficult of the Aces for me to get a grasp of. It's so complex and changing, I can't get a good idea of WHAT this smells like to me. One whiff it's floraly, I can smell the lavendar, but then it's woodsy, then it's more soft spicy. Oh, the capriciousness of air. It's a GREAT encapsulation of the changeling aspect of the air signs. And it is an airy light scent. regardless of what note is showing up at any given moment. This is the perfect scent for somebody who has no idea what their mood is, because I'll bet you'll find it in here somewhere.

This is Earth, alright. And I think it's totally gorgeous. VERY comforting. I normally don't like pine in my fragrances because I don't want to smell like the Pacific Northwest, but this is such a soft pine and blends so well with the other notes. This is very, very grounding, a masculine scent but not so masculine that a female couldn't wear it. There's a real power to the earthiness of this scent.

Wow, this doesn't smell like cherry at all on me. It's not the least bit sweet on my skin, what it is is an unusual watery-deep floraly blend with perhaps an undertone of something woodsy/resiny to keep it from being sweet. The cups are related to the water signs, and therefore emotion, and I wondered why I started crying about a half hour after I put it on until I put these two things together. It's a very deep, mysterious fragrance. I like it a lot (crying excepted).

Imp, Katherina , and Embalming Fluid are the ones that come to mind. Plus, you can always try a single note of white musk. And I have found Water of Notre Dame and Van Van to be very lovely, light scents , but because they are Voodoo Blends, they do have a light herbal undertone, so if you are allergic to anything herbal, you might want to think twice about those.