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emz83

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    Mars

    I got this before reading the forum's reviews; which, yeah, once the oil hit my skin I thought "Dragon's Blood", and sure enough once I check the reviews there it is. Granted, this isn't as purely resin as some other blends (it's not as 'soapy' once it hits my skin), it has what seems like several strong florals, daffodils and lilacs I think. It's nice, but I think I'm going to have to swap this because of the resins.
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    The Fool

    Ohhh, a lovely scent. It's a...hm. Odd one tho. It's like a deep candy scent, but whereas I usually associate candy smells with 'pink' this is...like a green and brown scent, but sweet. It's as if it's new growth, a new maple branch perhaps, with it's sap flowly so freely right beneath the bark that you can scent the sweetness of it's potential, right on the edge before beginning to rot from the sweetness.
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    The City in the Sea

    So the first time I saw this on the site I eye'd the description and really reaaaally wanted to get it despite the fact that it's a limited edition because it's *aquatic violets*, and ever since Le Serpent Qui Danse I've been hunting down the BPAL that contained it's notes, and just *wishing* for an aquatic with violets and vanilla. I am now KICKING myself for not just giving in and buying a bottle or three because this scent is so damn near what I was thinking of. It is murky and bright all at once, the green of kelp and the purple of violets mixing with the deep blue of shadows and the bright blue of the underside of where water hits the air. This is beautiful, it's the bracing salt air and it's somewhat flowery when it hits my skin and it's ever so slightly sweet with my skin chemistry, just enough for a slight 'roundness'. And dammit, it's a Limited Edition. :D
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    Eclipse

    This smells sweet and sharp-pink, but it's not a 'cutting' sharp like Kumiho (it's not astringent), it's a rounder sharp, like fork tines. It makes me think a bit of cherry, but not so sacchrine and it's possibly the almond rounding it out. Very nice.
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    Scarecrow

    On me this smells like metallic 'gold', but not 'golden'. It's bars of gold that is placed under bright natural light and just shimmers with the faint dust motes in the air. I'm not really getting any of the 'green' scent that some mention, perhaps because I associate 'green' scents as fresh cut grass or stems and Scarecrow really isn't this scent on me. At first I'd discounted it because it smelled a little generically 'perfumy' but the more it sits on my skin the more I love it, I'm glad I didn't immediately toss this in the swap box.
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    Freak Show

    Wet, it smells like fruit and chocolate...but as it dries the lemon component that I'd hoped would not be so prominent comes out, plus this interesting 'dusty' smell. I like the dust smell, but I'm ambivalent about the lemon. Very nice though, I'd possibly keep it as a room scent or a scent to dab when I'm on my moon (like Gluttony).
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    Snake Charmer

    This on me is Snake Oil but with far more resin and incense (I adore Snake Oil)...I read somewhere that the 'amber' scent in Snake Oil is actually a vanilla bouquet or something similar. So if your skin is good with resins I think you'll like Snake Charmer; unfortunately it just goes to this wierd floral powdery scent with my chemistry.
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    House of Mirrors

    At first it smells to me like a warm version of Sea Of Glass, but then it goes extremely resin-y amber in a way that goes all powder on me, then it goes into an aquatic floral with a hint of the powdery resin in back. Could see this on others but it's just not me.
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    Coyote

    I loved this for all of the half minute that it stayed 'true' on me, like lolling on a fur rug in sunshine. And then it went massively powdery-floral. Demmit. I think I'm going to have to resign myself in that most resins seem to hate me. (with the exception of whatever's in Snake Oil)
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    Peitho

    This is a very flowery scent, and I'm horrible at identifying flowers, with just a hint of clove in the throw. The sandalwood makes it a warm scent and the sweetness of vanilla is just barely there rounding it out, but it's predominantly the flowers.
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    Van Van

    At first, on me, it's very beautiful and fresh, citrus with a sweet edge, but the throw has a dark edge that turns my stomach...reading the reviews above I think it might be the vetivert 'cause I usually (tho not always) have that reaction to scents listing that note.
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    Neo-Tokyo

    On my skin the fruit disappears and the flowers come out with an ozone-y brightness. It becomes a very 'perfume'-y scent.
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    Somnus

    Lavendar and something...it's vaguely linen-like and a bit soap-like, but it's all soothing, and using this usually sends me into sleeping for 10 hrs straight.
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    Nanshe

    Very lemony with a kick, effective as a dream inducer, without keeping me awake.
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    Empyreal Mist

    Apples! Fresh crisp green apples, all the way! Quite beautiful, and I'm not smelling the florals nor the tea that everybody seems to keep mentioning; then again I've noticed that I can't tell florals apart and that when I think "tea" I think of strong fragrant Oolong tea, not really any of the paler teas. *points at sig* I've been layering this with Black Pearl which (especially with how it registers to me as green apples) tickles me to death in soooo many ways...
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    Horn of Plenty

    Holy SHIT. This is the best parts of Snake Oil (to me) except without the initial painful spicyness...it's mellows out into what feels like a "high" amber, it smells like a sparkling piece of amber looks. What I think is the almond in this is beautiful and warm and yet very very bright. :D
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    Black Pearl

    Oh god. This has all the beautiful throw that I love from Blood Pearl but it's more a 'wet' smell, more fruity but not overwhelmingly so. In the vial it seems very coconutty with something of flowers, on my skin they recede into this beautiful blended mix that's zoomed straight up to the head of my favorite's list.
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    Bastet

    In the bottle it has a wonderful round amber scent, and a verrrry slight nuttiness that looking at the other reviews I guess is almond. However, once it hits my skin it went to baby powder. Le sigh.
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    Dragon's Tears

    Starts off very clear on me and then is taken over by the Dragon's Blood resin until it becomes almost a single note. d'oh, stupid skin chemistry!
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    Undertow

    A very clear aquatic pine and mint smell, much like a bracing wind. Has a really long throw, and totally wakes one up.
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    Dragon's Hide

    Very bright and sweet on me, the leather and musk never really kicks in and I keep smelling sweet, powdery rose that's maybe a little bit deepened. Gah, and I was looking so forward to this. I think I need to give up on Dragon's Blood Resin.
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    Euphrosyne

    Smells very much like candy on me, it mellows out slightly with the vanilla and then...there's a hint of a flower that I really really like, possibly gardenia. Overall a very light scent, and very playful.
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    Megaera

    Very juicy but not overwhelmingly sweet. Light, but very *there*, and on me it was fruit all the way. (I'm not sure which formulation it was though.)
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    Gluttony

    Very rich, very sweet dark chocolate with toffee, sugary from top to throw, languous and just a bit of a bitter edge. ETA: holy shit! I was cramping and on a hunch (and 'cause I was out of chocolate), I pulled this out of the swap pile that it was originally in because it was overpoweringly sweet. Daubed it on and took a huge whiff and no more cramps. I don't know if it's psychosomatic or just good timing, but I'm keeping this imp around!
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    High John the Conqueror

    In my notes I've put this in the same catagory as Black Cat in that it's "quirky". However, this doesn't have the mischeviousness of Black Cat, it's more mellow, calming, and centering. I wore it today to a midterm and absolutely ROCKED the exam. The scent itself is green, but not sharp, it's very slightly powdery but a bit deep, and floral without being 'girly' or flowery. Definately a keeper!
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