tastycactuar

Prototype: no scent description. I wasn't sure whether to post this in the Copper I thread, but it clearly says "Copper VI" on the label. Anyway, thanks to someone BRILLIANT, I got a bottle of this from DD. A couple friends and I sniff-tested it, and here's what we thought: There's almost an alcohol note in here, like something mixed with ginger ale, along with a citrus and - one of my favorites- black pepper! I haven't skin-tested this yet (I'm on meds that might change my skin chem), but I'm so excited to. This blend reminds me really strongly of something - I'm just not sure what. It's great, though.

This is, without a doubt, one of my favorite BPAL scents. On me, it smells exactly like Red Hots candy. Warm and spicy, but a little sweet too. It just makes me happy inside. And maybe a little frisky.

I got my bottle of Gluhwein, and smelled exactly what everyone else is describing: hot red wine. Not hot as in spicy, but hot like it's been warmed. It's an amazing smell. Unfortunately for me, I knew my godmother would absolutely LOVE it... so I didn't test it on myself, but gave it to her as her Christmas gift. She was ecstatic.

You can go through google spreadsheets to put yours online! I just figured that out. Mine's in my signature.

DCLXXIV (674) In the bottle this is all oranges and cloves - a wonderful, warm, tart and spice scent. Sadly enough, when I put this on my skin et the orange, but the clove stays behind and is still lovely. Eventually the orange comes back, but the clove has good throw and the orange stays close to the skin. Deeelish! I got this from another forumite, and I'm so grateful to them! Previously reviewed by GirlInDenial.

I said earlier in the SW list that I'd make a list of the About Face eyeshadows I liked from the Shespace, so here it is. Here they are, in order as you look down her complete list on the site: - Killer Bees (i'm covered in bees!) - Bright Outlook - Aphrodite Screams - Fire and Brimstone - Looked and Leaped - Acid Reign - Far too fabulous - Euphoric Madness - Pinch of Magic - Twisted Psychic - Firecracker - Powder Burn - Kitty Cat - Root of Evil - Art of Noise - Mesh and Lace - Tear Jerk - Reap and Sew - Moral Enemy so, yeah. There it is! Loads of fun colors.

Eisheth smells wonderful in the imp. I'm pretty sure it would smell wonderful on me too, but... well... it disappeared as soon as I put it on. If I put my nose real close to my arm and snort like crazy, I still get a whiff of deliciousness, but I have to literally place my nose on my arm.

Daiyu smells amazing in the imp, and just as good on me, which is fantastic because the other grindhouse gals seem to dislike me. The acai berry is definitely the strongest note (which I like 'cause I'm a fruit sort of person), but everything else rounds it out very nicely. I loves it.

This is a very woody, herbal, floral scent on me, which I thought was odd, because I was expecting it to be all orangey and delicious. It's very refreshing and clean-smelling, but it's not for me.

From the notes, I would have assumed that this would be my favorite of the Grindhouse ladies. Unfortunately, it's not. It smells like fruits, yeah, but fruits layered on something rotten. It's the patchouli and frankincense, I guess. Even sniffing the bit on my arm makes my head hurt and my stomach roil.

Oh, sunblock.... sadface. It smelled so good in the imp, but as soon as it went on, it was a fakey lilac sunscreen. I can barely stand it on myself. I'm going to have to wash it off.

This is a great blend. It goes on nice, strong and fruity. For about 10-15 minutes there's an odd note I'm not particularly thrilled with - I'm assuming it's the oak and the leather. It only lasts another ten minutes or so, and then it's back to the fruity deliciousness. This has great throw on me and lasts several hours, which doesn't happen for almost any other blend. Other than those couple odd minutes, I love it.

I didn't even order this bottle, because I saw the notes and thought "there's no WAY I'll be interested in that". I got frimped the empty bottle of it from my decant circle and it's so incredibly interesting that I don't really know what to do abotu it. I know I want at least one imp, but do I want a bottle? Who knows? The upshot is that this is, like someone else said, all green and spice mixed and mingled together. I can't really separate out any of the ingredients (noob is me) but it's something that I just want to sniff over and over until I figure it out.

I've been thinking lately that I really want to try a number of the TALs, and I know a number of people on the SwitchWitch boards do too. So this is just a note to myself to consider running one. TALs I'd offer decants of: Caliph's Beloved Charisma Block Buster/Road Opener Aunt Caroline's Money Draw Brass Balls Nine Muses So they'd be 5.50 per imp maximum, to go with the lab's price cap thingie (although maybe just $5 sounds better). It looks like I could only order 4 bottles... hmm. This is hard to start out with. But there'd be 5 slots for each TAL bottle. Which is exactly the price of the bottle. That sounds nice, 'cause I don't want to screw anyone, but at the same time, I'd have to buy all the decanting supplies and shiz.... Maybe I'll just put this on the backburner for now.

I was nervous to try this scent, as I've heard a lot of people say that vetiver can be tricksy and overwhelming, and I tend to really dislike the smell of tobacco. Luckily for me, I got a fruity but incredibly spicy and complex blend from Three Gorgons. I bought this as a partial, but I may add a bottle of it to my next order!