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Even though there are six distinct notes in this blend, two of them went missing (to my disappointment)! Rose & sandalwood, where art thou? In the imp and on first application, the blend is just LEMONGRASS. Then a hint of patchouli comes out and hovers there uncertainly. As Namaste dries down, the lemongrass becomes lemongrass-jasmine, no apparent patchouli. This is a nice, soft jasmine, where the usual (yet fascinating to me) stinkiness of it is mitigated by the citrus/lemongrass. As time goes on, the lemongrass-jasmine becomes lemongrass-jasmine-cedar. Then, the cedar amps up until it's the most noticeable smell, but this is also when the blend gets very soft and light, going from medium strength to light. It ends on a cedar-bandaid note. Pewp. So. Namaste. Big morpher. The blend is without a doubt a calming scent. I even like it, and I'll use it. Just not as perfume. It's not exactly... right.

... This scent is such a beautiful surprise. I honestly was not even remotely sure what it would smell like because even though I love most of the notes in it, I don't love them all: namely, I often tend to shy away from berries and even more from tea scents. That said, I have no reservations about adoring those notes here. In the bottle, Lady Una is a creamy honey-sweet blackberry warmed with vanilla, faint citrusy green tea, and the spices. On the skin, the notes are all balanced: everything is in perfect harmony and no one note overpowers the others. I can smell at any given time the honey, musk, blackberry leaf, green tea, vanilla bean, and, well, whatever those spices are, they smell nice, too. Usually I find green tea to be very sharp and cutting in perfume (The Dormouse first comes to mind), but here that note is welcome. It balances the sweetness of the honey & vanilla bean, and provides a faint citrus-sharpness that keeps the blend from being saccharine. As drydown goes further the blackberry and tea seem to fade out a bit. My skin amps honey and it's trying to do that here, but it's not quite managing because of the aforementioned balance. The spices -- whatever they may be -- are a little more obvious now. Lady Una clings close to the skin, and there is not much throw. It might be served better in my scent locket, because I like to really smell my perfume. It also fades fast, which is a disappointment; the best things usually do. Utterly enchanting, elegant, and fey. This blend is a must-have.

This scent is quite mysterious and gorgeous to me, but I can't quite pinpoint why. I can't do an in-the-bottle snifferoo because I'm at work and don't want to look like a bottle-sniffing-weirdo. I'm already sure people have noticed me sniffing my wrists all the time and wonder how much weirder I can get! On the skin, LWATEH is an odd mixture of perfume and cologne, thereby being quite unisex. Another poster mentioned CK One, and although I can see that comparison, it's not CK One (which I despise). I like this a lot. It's both floral and woodsy, and has a touch of chilly snow. It truly makes me think of walking through wooded hills on a winter's night, the landscape lit up by the full moon (anyone who has ever went camping in a mainly coniferous forest in the winter and has seen how the full moon can light up the snow so brightly that it seems like day will know exactly what I'm talking about!). The Lab's snow element (which is where I get the "frozen" from "frozen black berries") is becoming very familiar to me as it is the same or at least very similar in Snow Bunny, Perchta, this perfume, and another one I've tried that I can't quite remember at the moment. If you liked it in other blends, it's here, but there's so much more going on as well. I wish I knew what that snow element was, mainly because I can't train my nose to appreciate jasmine and I keep thinking it's in there. I can really smell the fir & cedar, amber, berries. The rose is quite subtle. It all combines to make for a lovely, unique scent that would be lovely for both men and women. If you hate rose, it features very subtly here. If you were hoping for the rose to amp, well, it didn't on my chemistry. As the scent reaches far drydown, it really comes into its own. The chilliness and woods settle down a bit and it becomes a more comfortable scent. The amber and rose seem to be a little stronger, and while I normally find amber to be a very unpleasant smell, it's working here. Actually! I'm getting a hint of Spellbound or Black Rose effect thanks to the amber, rose and skin musk, with the snowy berries, fir & cedar adding complexity and interest. But it's much more subtle and enjoyable than those two perfumes are to me. So yeah, this really is a morpher. Medium-strong throw. I can't speak for lasting power as my skin eats 99% of everything.

This smells like an adult version of Snow Bunny, where the herbs, musk and pine mitigate the perfumey florals. Frau Holle is beautifully snowy & piney in a very gorgeous, "I can't believe pine isn't a flower" sort of way. And of course, quite floral. My nose can't define the actual notes of the flowers or herbs, but the end result is as above, and extremely addictive. I'm so glad I went pine-nuts and ordered so many pine perfumes!

I only wear this for its intended use, but as a scent, it makes my stomach turn! It's like a weirdly dirty, soapy sharp cologne, and quite strong at that. I dislike the smell intensely. I wear it anyway, in the tiniest doses imaginable. Here's hoping!

Eat Me was a surprise. In the imp it smells soooo cloyingly sweet that I was like, "Um, no." But on? On, it just gets better. In a scent locket, even better. It's still a lovely white cake or three with vanilla, but the currants start to amp up and bring a gorgeous, boozy fruitiness to it all. And then... something else comes out. Woodsy and spicy. Like patchouli, but I am not sure if it is patchouli. Whatever it is, it makes this blend awesome. But anyway. Eat Me sounds like it'd be a really simple, sweet foodie blend. There's a lot more to it, however, and it rocks my scent locket (my skin eats it to almost nothing but a splash of vanilla cake).

Kabuki is a gorgeous musky cherry on me, with only the barest hint of star anise (but which brightens up the sweetness, a bit). The cherry is pretty sweet and can almost verge on maraschino, but I am liking it nonetheless. There is also something in here that makes me think of rich dark wood. I don't know where that is coming from, but it's a really nice touch. Kabuki has average throw and wear length; I got a wee bit on my shirt, and that smelled strong for a lot longer, so I think I'd use this in a scent locket in the future. Very sensual and mysterious.

Mmmm, Othello is a sexy, musky floral that smells very luscious. It is a bit masculine, but I can wear it no problem. Even though I am not sure carnation is a note in here, the roses and musks and spices seem to give me an overall sweet carnation feeling, which is weird but also very pleasant (I love carnation). It's a sweet, warm scent. Sensual yumminess.

This was a lucky frimp from the lab (all the frimps I get are lucky, but this one seems especially fabulous because I'd never have ordered it on my own!). THANK YOU, LAB! Wet, this is the most beautiful golden yellow morning sunlight on a field of spring flowers covered in dew. As it dries down, it crisps up and something faintly citrusy and even more faintly green comes out. It goes from pale gold to pale green-gold. This is completely refreshing, and perfect for winter doldrums due to the spring associations it evokes. Overall, I'd classify it as a citrus-aquatic-floral. It gets a little less feminine as it crisps up, becoming slightly more unisex, but not too much over the edge for my preferences. Gorgeous! Aaaah!

I'm reviewing Sugar Cookie 2008. This is a very lovely foodie blend! It's all cookie dough and sugar and vanilla and spices but the spices are very soft and enveloped in the warmth of the blend. Like a cookie. There is a very subtle lemony-floral note in there somewhere at drydown, at least to my nose, and I think that's my favourite part! It's not as sweet or cloyingly cakey as Eat Me (in a good way). Butter Rum Cookie turned to a curry cookie on me, but this is awesome! If you like sweet foodie scents, this is your dream come true. Some have mentioned that Sugar Cookie has great lasting power, but I don't find that on me. Both throw and wear length fade rather quickly on my evil oil-eating skin.

Sniff-glued-to-wrist yumminess: sweet root beer! With a creamy vanilla. It's draft root beer, not mass produced commercial root beer. Something a little down-to-earth about it, perhaps the oak leaf. Seriously addictive.

This is just pure floral gorgeousness. Had I known, I'd have ordered a second. It makes me think of sunshine and spring and a meadow full of sweet wildflowers. I'm Canadian and have no idea what the individual States' flowers are, but whatever they may be, they smell fantastic. This is creamy, floral, and yet it doesn't remind me of those "perfumey" florals that make my nose itch and my stomach turn. It's truly perfect. It's what I imagine the goddess of all things that bloom would smell like.

First sniff in the imp: FIZZ! Wow! This is like, as others have mentioned, a really bright fizzy lemon soda. Tangy, a hint of what I think might be green tea as well. Very bright, it makes me think of a white light that is tinged with pale yellow and green-gold. On me it smells almost like tangy citrus with some salt. It's unisex. It's bright and cheerful as all get out. I like it! A teensy dab packs a very intense scent punch.

Cheshire Moon is amazing in that it manages to be all of the following: very creamy, a little herbal, floral, slightly citrus, and tropical. All at the same time. For as long as it lasts on my skin. The tropical aspect is the strongest, but the creaminess is what keeps me coming back for sniffs. Lush, but not overpowering. The herbiness makes it a little weird, but it's also interesting. This review sucks because I'm not really going to describe the notes. I can't. It's just all of those things I mentioned above. And lovely. And unusual. We like lovely and unusual over here.

Pride comes off as a very simple but perfumey floral to me. I can really smell the rose and narcissus, but the narcissus smells almost fake, and similar to lotus in an odd way, complete with the sort of bandaid-ish note that lotus gives me when I sniff my skin directly. It also has a spicy-soapy undertone. Overall, Pride is not particularly right for me. Oh, edited to add: very good throw!

Hello all, Can anyone recommend a perfume that is reminiscent of Method Home's Hollyberry products? It doesn't have to be an exact scent match, in fact I'd prefer it if it was a little more complex (like it could have some florals or something). I want that overall "holly" feeling, just not so that I smell like car air freshener. I have an order on the way that includes Snow Bunny which may be what I am looking for, but it's taking a !#$&%@ long time to arrive thanks to the holiday shipping craze; in the meantime I have been stalking Perchta and Frau Holle reviews... edit: Received Snow Bunny today. Definitely not close.

Eden is absolutely, utterly fantastic! I can smell the toasted coconut, honeyed almond milk and fig. The fig seems to develop as the central note as it wears on me. This blend is slightly sweet, foodie, and warm. Slightly tropical. Beautiful beautiful beautiful.

This comes off as a very light, white rose with something a little purple, incense-like and dusky about it; "stirring and gentle" are perfect descriptors for Magdalene! Gorgeous, but delicate and faint with a short life.

The Reaper and the Flowers started off so beautiful: strong florals with grass and perhaps a hint of dirt. Strong lily-rose; I can't smell the other two very well here. As it developed, however... purest soapsoapsoap, then faded to nothing.

Wet and early on, this smells like various types of sugar, at least one of them burnt or cooked. The fruits seem to be the heart of the perfume, however, and develop most strongly on my skin. They create a sickly-sweet and slightly fruit punch-esque smell. Which isn't me so much. Drrr.

Sexy, yet very sophisticated! You can really smell all of the disparate notes, but they come together to make a gorgeous scent. While wet, you can really smells those musks. The patchouli gives it depth, but also a hint of wildness, and that's part of what makes this scent very yum! The musks burn off a bit and settle down during drydown, which makes me a little sad because it loses some of the excitement. It makes me think of a deep woodsy purple-brown colour. Weird, I know. The overall smell is rather unisex at first, but as it reaches full drydown it leans towards a hint of cologne. I can't really think clearly today, so this is all the review this lovely lady gets.

This perfume smells like a sophisticated but youthful lady. It is gorgeous warm vanilla musk, with the tea rose and lily beneath, adding depth and beauty. As it develops, the florals come more to the fore and it becomes much more floral and "perfumey", which is not exactly to my taste. After a while, the florals and the musk became a hint sharp, which was a bit sad. The vanilla maintains throughout, but to varying degrees, generally lightening up as the blend develops. Decent lasting power, medium throw. I'll have to wear this more often to be able to tell if it's an ongoing affair, however. Edit: I don't know if this is due to its age (I bought this off the forums so I have no idea how old it is, but it's been over 6 months since my initial review), but this perfume has gotten much better with time! It's still quite floral, but the vanilla musk seems a bit stronger and fuller, giving it a warmth and depth that I think this lacked the first time I tried it. So, just fyi: it might be worth aging this a bit if you don't like it the first time. After today, I'm now leaning towards a bottle of Victoria.

Wow, somehow the jasmine and ylang ylang and lily combine in this blend to make up a strong, sticky floral soap smell; not particularly pleasant. Jasmine! Why do you hate me so?! I get very little else out of it. For me, jasmine ruins virtually every perfume it is in; also, it brow-beats almost every other note into obscurity, so that any blend with a strong jasmine component ends up just being a variation of stinky. This is getting sad.

Without ever knowing about this conversation, my boyfriend brought home Method's Peppermint Vanilla and the Cinnamon Bark hand soaps yesterday! OMFGZOR, they're good. I think my eyes popped a little when he pulled them out of the bag.

Moon Rose didn't smell very good in the imp. Kind of like a watery, salty rose. On my skin, though, it started to bloom into a very dewy rose with a hint of the moonflower adding depth and sweetness. That stage was lovely and it lasted for about an hour, but I could also tell what was coming... After a couple of hours, it got a little, um, salty? Soapy? Just... not quite right. I'm kind of "whatever" about this one.