Fury

Zarita on me begins as a very brown sugar smelling scent. No cream, just sugary, delectable sweetness, maybe a little dark and dirty like the end of a carnival's run when the dirt's been kicked up all day, the sweet stands are shutting down, and someone somewhere burned a funnel cake and it's all wafting pleasantly in the air. To me this smells an awful lot like Sugar Skull, the exact same buttery sweetness to it. Unfortunately then the Florals of Doom emerge, but instead of spicy delicious carnation like in Alice, I get a soapy, sharp, venomous floral. Very, very sad this did not work on me!

In the imp and fresh on my skin, Inez is warm, sweet, slightly nutty with a hint of some red, almost berry like quality. This is a similar reaction I share with Smut, and it reminds me of that warm, sweet berry that some form of musk must create on my skin. Unfortunately once drying it becomes a very unpleasant floral, polish, wood pulp sort of scent, which very strangely reminds me of an elderly woman. I so very dearly wanted to love Inez, and am very happy I only procured an imp of her.

Thank you so much for everyone's suggestions!! I have a rather large order planned now including lots of suggestions from that pine thread. Can't wait to try them!

Wulric is lovely, absolutely lovely. I admit I had apprehensions about ordering a bottle of a fragrance masculine-inspired, but the idea of nefarious yet cuddly and a WOLFMAN ensnared my interest enough to order. To me this is hardly a foody scent, definitely cocoa versus chocolate, but well blended enough that you need to know the notes to pinpoint them. With my chemistry the lavendar and cocoa are completely entertwined, giving an impression as one instead of one or the other, creamy, slightly herbal, but more along the lines of entering an exotic and delicious smelling greenhouse instead of perousing around someone's herb cabinet. Even though this impression is much more sound after its settled for a minute. I also definitely smell more than a hint of tonka, which is what the combination reminds me most of. Rich, creamy, but not even close to a bakery scent. I think I need another bottle.

White Rabbit sounded divine. I've been searching for a fabulous tea scent for quite some time, one that I didn't need to spray myself down with my Philosophy single layering note to accomplish, plus the lemon, honey, and the crispness of linen just added to it all. Unfortunetely, all it became on me was rancid, sour, powder linen-milk in an epic battle to the death with pepper. Needless to say, I scrubbed this from my skin and admitted defeat from my broken imp.

This isn't the sort of gingersnap gingerbread I'd expected, but far more of a cakey, sweeter sort. Very lightly spiced, quite a pleasant scent and very foody, as to be expected. The cinnamon and cloves are all of the bakery sort, the first sniff very strangely was exactly how it turned out on my skin! Unfortunetely, it was also quick to fade. Alas, into the swap pile.

In the bottle it's currant and vanilla. Not quite sweet, a little sharp and a little creamy, very much a bursting sort of red and very debauched, indeed. A little bitter, very much a strong scent, the desk very reminescent of my wearing it after I've drifted away. On me this was a mess of caramel, coconut and amber. But less of a tropical or juicy coconut, very much a black note, dark and somewhat dirty, which clung very closely to the warmth of the amber onset. The caramel, unfortunetely, did not mesh well with the amber. I'm beginning to think that amber does nothing good on my skin, as much as I'd love it to. Though I do agree that there was something askew about it, more of a contradicting note I can't quite put my finger on, and not the foody, sweet and tangy Bordello-esque quality I'd imagined and longed for. Into the swap pile it goes!

The first time I'd tried this particular fragrance, I scrubbed it off before I could write a review. Curiosity lead me back to it, and very pleasantly so. The initial note to me, is dandylion. This is the fate of most florals upon my skin, that reedy, dry, irritating sort of scent that I avoid at all costs. After a few minutes it tones down, still a bright floral, the lily all enveloping. Within, literally, ten minutes of wear the mandarin and sandalwood appear with the lily evening the lot of it out, reminding me of a very light and chic fragrance, possibly the sort you'd sniff at a department store counter, romantic and very feminine. Though, it really doesn't last very long, lovely as it is when it does.

O was a scent I could scarcely stand on my wrist before reaching for the soap. The amber and honey emerged as instead of a golden, glorious scent I'd been looking for, ended up as a glaringly bold and bright scent of... cat urine. What little of the amber that was that I could detect, perhaps the unwashed and stale scent a few others had mentioned? I'd so hoped that O would be a find for me, and am resoundingly jealous of the rest of you who can enjoy it so. On me the vanilla was a far off dream, nothing but blinding yellow! However, I will say this oil has throw!

Bordello is, simply, decadence in a bottle. 'Fruity' is possibly the last adjective I'd use to describe my tastes in fragrances, though it is testimony to the mood set by Bordello contrary to scents like Lady Macbeth and Jailbait. There's a richness that's rather enticing, th flirtation of the amaretto with the plum, which is a scent just dark enough to offset it as sensual contrary to foody, ripe rather than bursting. Syrup, yes, but not in a way that the overall blend falls as a main stage to display a solitary note on me. Ah! There it is- a sour, sharp green apple just hedging the currant, cutting it beneath and mellowing the fragrance. Rather it begins and leaves very well rounded, delicious without being edible, a dark purple with flashes of red and moments of green- in the sense of envy, or poison, I suppose.

After a number of orders based simply on historical curiosity, Snake Oil was my first real bid based on notes alone, nothing to do with personal affection towards subjects of scents. I love vanilla, adore it, but hardly ever go for blanket vanilla fragrances. Mostly I love my scents to leave impressions, and delicious I find invading my personal atmosphere with such aromas by means of candles and incense, I prefer oils a little moodier, a little warmer. Which was why, coupled with the multitude of raving reviews, I was so excited about trying out a vanilla amped up a shot. Besides, I love spicy, though I'm coming to understand perhaps it does not love me. Oh, Snake Oil was gorgeous in the bottle, just the right amount of balance to the foody nature of the vanilla component. However, once it hits my skin the sweetness disappears- to a rather unfortunate side effect, something more akin to a spice packet in some sort of shake and bake recipe, rather than something with the depth and throw I'd been looking for. Quite a shame!

Honey turns absolutely rancid on me. It happened with O, with Milk Moon, all beginning sickeningly sweet and evolving into some sort of bad, oat honey compost hybrid, for some reason absolutely beyond me. Thankfully, I hadn't noticed it as a note in Dragon's Milk before I ordered, for it is unlikely I would have gone for it. However, I'm ecstatic I did. The honey mellows on me so gently I hardly notice it, only the deliciously sweet bright resin and the creamyness brought to it by the milk, a playful vanilla and all over simply a gorgeous, warm, bright red scent. The cherry is there, though it's very much a sugar drench maraschino versus a rich black, blending perfectly with the resin and other sweet notes. Now it's mostly the BPAL I grab for when I'm not sure what to wear, a heck of a tie breaker.

Unfortunetely I'm terrible with individual notes, but here's my overall impression- My skin absolutely eats cherry notes, much to my repugnation! This was the sort of feral scent I was expecting with Ravenous, the clove really staying in the forefront for me with any sweetness mellowing out the bite to it and binding it very smoothly. What I found the most impressive point of this blend was the impression it gave me, a very empowering scent, but more bold than sexual to my nose. The only downside was that I expected if I'd chosen it that morning I would have given the customer who's been chasing me around his design options a piece of my mind! A very musky, dark, deep and penetrating smell, that I very much enjoy! I'd definitely enjoy the imp I have but I prefer the creamy undertones of Blood Kiss far more along with the resin, though I'd love this on a lover.

I've always loved the word velvet, its ability to ilicit an immediate sense of depth and softness, a weight and a headiness all in one, of which the Lab seemed to perfectly capture. While chocolate resonates through the entire wearing, it begins much stronger though a more natural scent than striking. Once dried it becomes more even, more woodsy, on me arising the sandalwood deeply but a beautiful offset to the seeming milk chocolate. Overall it is quite comforting, one of the more subtle chocolate scents- my mother couldn't even place a note a while after I'd applied it.

Ah, delicious! Right out of the bottle it's lovely, smelling exactly like a Halloween cookie. Very foody, once it dries it reminds me a bit of the buttery rum-ness of Black Phoenix, though more foody, and very simply delectible. Thus far I'm not smelling much pumpkin, just spicy, buttary sugar, which reminds me a little of root beer and Butterscotch Schnapps. It's a very warm scent, and assured to make you hungry! Yes, I find it quite similar to Black Phoenix, though with sassafras rather than cola- spiked, of course.

Upon opening my imp, the first thing I could think of was that it smelled how I imagined conversation hearts in hell must. Sweet but tauntingly so, almost a mockery of the entire idea. On the skin it darkened quite a bit, the tobacco riding good and strong through the entire wearing, and being the note most prominent next to leather and tonka on me. As usual it's exquisitely blended, beginning as very poignant and dark, and eventually lightening to a more mellow vanillia sort of scent, tinged evenly with smoke and that leather that I love so much. An absolutely gorgeous scent, the first imp I've worn two days in a row. It matched my green faux suede snakeskin print button-up perfectly.

Upon opening, I was quite worried. It seemed very green to me, perhaps a little bitter, though generally unpleasant. Hesitantly I applied it anyway, still uncertain, though it was much less sharp on the skin. Once it dried, I was in heaven! The spices showed up first, the orange blossom and vanilla in perfect composition underneath which followed through the entire wearing. After about an hour it became less spicy which was only slightly disappointing, the mellow sweetness I was left with was perfectly amiable. After 8 hours of wear, it was still quite pleasant, though much more vanilla. Lovely! I would most definately purchase a 5 mL.