Ajila

In the bottle - Wowzer, citrusy and bright and juicy, with just a hint of pith

 

Wet on me - A softer, more sherbet-y citrus although still with underlying pith

 

Dry on me - Pretty citrus, but faint

 

Overall - I love it wet, but it just disappears on my skin

In the bottle - Sharp and fizzy lemonade over honeydew melon

 

Wet on me - Sugary limes

 

Dry on me - A soft soapy citrus scent

 

Overall - Pretty, but not really me

In the bottle - Digestive biscuits with a touch of sharp fruit

 

Wet on me - The creaminess of a rice pudding along with other more perfumey textures

 

Dry on me - A surprisingly woody scent with a hint of musky fruitiness

 

Overall - I like it, but it's not at all what I expected. I will have to give it some thought

In the bottle - Soft, sweet almonds

 

Wet on me - Almonds and treacle and something boozy

 

Dry on me - A warm almost smoky caramel scent

 

Overall - It doesn't really grab me for some reason

In the bottle - I would have said a spicy egg custard

 

Wet on me - Hard to describe; rich and warm with a touch of almost fruitiness but surprisingly not that sweet

 

Dry on me - A surprisingly woody spiced vanilla sort of scent

 

Overall - I expected to love this, but I really don't know what to make of it

In the bottle - Ok, so that smells like Deep Heat

 

Wet on me - Yep, definitely Deep Heat, with something a kin to furniture polish

 

Der on me - A soft tea-like scent with hints of rose

 

Overall - The dry down's pretty but the wet's just plain scary

In the bottle - Juicy dried fruits, with a touch of spice. Christmas Cake

 

Wet on me - Still warm fruity and spicy, but now with a slightly tannic undertone from the tea and just a hint of the rose coming though

 

Dry on me - A soft powdery floral with hints of darkness

 

Overall - I love the wet stages, but for me the dry down was a bit ordinary

In the bottle - Sweet soft almonds and a touch of lavender

 

Wet on me - A bit odd really; a sort of hot pepper from the lavender and thyme and a really sweet. cloying layer of almonds

 

Dry on me - A softly herbal sweetness with touches of almond

 

Overall - I like the dry down, which is oddly like a herbal castile soap I used to buy, but there are points where the argument between herb and almond are too much

In the bottle - Spiced honey mead

 

Wet on me - Sweet rich mead, with just a hint of the gingerbread beneath

 

Dry on me - Nothing at all

 

Overall - I was really excited by this wet, but it just disappeared on me

In the bottle - Marzipan with a hit of spice

 

Wet on me - A spicy bready mix with smooth marzipan running through it

 

Dry on me - Softly slightly spicy but very faint

 

Overall - I love the wet stages, but it dries very faint

I love, love, LOVE this.

 

On me it's almost pure honey, which is one of my favourite notes. In a perfume this one would be too high pitched for me, but in wafts of fragrance falling from my hair it's perfect and I love what it does for my hair too.

 

I have found that with wearing it almost constantly I no longer smell it in my hair, so I think I need to pick up more glosses so that I can rotate them.

In the bottle - Something sweet, green and a little high pitched

 

Wet on me - Light and fruity with little hits of something bitter beneath

 

Dry on me - It disappeared completely

 

Overall - This didn't do much for me at all

In the bottle - Soft lavender and something sweet and milky in the background

Wet on me - Soft powdered lavender with a sugared vanilla sweetness

Dry on me - A soft sweet powdered floral

Overall - I really like this, it's not really me, but I think I could grow into it

In the bottle - Mostly mango, almost as if it's been stewed into a compote or jam

 

Wet on me - Mango and very red cinnamon

 

Dry on me - A warm dry spiced bakery scent

 

Overall - This was more like spiced buns to me and it never really seemed to gel for me

In the bottle - An old fashioned floral perfume

 

Wet on me - A very green sappy floral with just a hint of powdery sweetness behind it

 

Dry on me - A clean salty scent

 

Overall - I wanted this to be vanilla snd spice, but it just didn't work that way for me

In the bottle - A smooth green aftershave-y sort of scent

 

Wet on me - Warm, woody, spicy aftershave

 

Dry on me - A clean warm woody leather

 

Overall - I like this a lot, it's possibly a little too manly for me to wear everyday, but I like it

In the bottle - A rich but tart pulp of strawberries

 

Wet on me - Honey and the green sap off freshly broken stems with just a hint of strawberry in the background

 

Dry on me - A smooth herbal honey with hints of that strawberry

 

Overall - I'm confused I do love honey so I like the dry down, but it was quite lacking on the strawberry front

In the bottle - Cocoa with a hint of orange

 

Wet on me - Cocoa, woods and a slightly soapy orange

 

Dry on me - A soft sweet milky coffee with candy-like highlights

 

Overall - I like the dry down a lot, bit it's not at all what I expected

In the bottle - Moss and soil

 

Wet on me - Soil and smoke and wood and something bitter and green

 

Dry on me - Smooth damp soil

 

Overall - Not for me

In the bottle - Soil and moss and a sharp, acidic floral note

 

Wet on me - Loamy soil with a slightly fruity sweetness on top

 

Dry on me - Grey loamy soil

 

Overall - Not my cup of tea at all

In the bottle - A sweet incense-y honey with a floral undertone

 

Wet on me - A very high pitched floral with a powdery floral with a powdery honey beneath

 

Dry on me - In the waft I get fruity candy, but close to my skin a powdery/incense-y honey

 

Overall - I love the honey note, and I think as time smooths it out a little this will become a favourite

 

In the bottle - A sweet incense-y honey with a floral undertone

 

Wet on me - A very high pitched floral with a powdery floral with a powdery honey beneath

 

Dry on me - In the waft I get fruity candy, but close to my skin a powdery/incense-y honey

 

Overall - I love the honey note, and I think as time smooths it out a little this will become a favourite

In the bottle - Tinned pears smothered in rich incensy honey

 

Wet on me - Again pears and honey, but the rich oozing honey takes central stage

 

Dry on me - A soft, rich honey, the pears disappear completely

 

Overall - I like this a lot because I love the honey note, but I think I would have preferred it if the pear hung around

In the bottle - A medley of greenish florals and a touch of smoke

 

Wet on me - Quite a high pitched slightly soapy miscellany of green florals

 

Dry on me - Layer upon layer of messy high pitched florals

 

Overall - I might give it a while to settle down, but as it stands this doesn't work for me at all

In the bottle - Toffee, but slightly tart and with a slightly floral backdrop

 

Wet on me - A smooth creamy musk and something bitter like orange peel and a touch of bubble gum

 

Dry on me - I get vague little hints of musk, but mostly it disappears on me

 

Overall - It faded too quickly for me to get a real impression

In the bottle - Straight red musk with perhaps a hint of something floral in the background

 

Wet on me - An oddly sweet powdered incense smoke scent, it smells as if something is burning and not in a good way

 

Dry on me - A smooth, warm red musk

 

Overall - This was pretty much a straight red musk on me, which meant I liked it more than I anticipated, but I didn't love it