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Wet: amber straw gold dusty herbal Dry: Metallic rosebud, turning powdery rose. This is the first oil that has gone powdery on me in a not-really-good way - amber does *not* usually act this way for me, so I'll blame the rose. (I'm always ready to blame the rose anyway.) Reminds me of my grandmother, so I'm keeping the imp for now, but rose is my nemesis.

For those who are looking for something similar to Angel by Thierry Mugler, if Xiuhtecuhtli isn't doing it for you, you should try The Antikythera Mechanism. Yum! Hm, I might have to try layering the two...

Wet: peach and green herbs. Does that make any sense? Dry: After smelling and smelling, and retrying weeks later, I still somehow get a peach sweetness, so I guess I'll throw it out there even though no one else has gotten this. It's not a peach 'scent', like in other bpal peaches, it's like the actual peach. (Like how the color "peach" is pinkish-drab, but an actual fresh-cut ripe peach is golden yellow inside - that golden yellow is exactly like how this is.) The scent is much lighter and sweeter than I thought it would be from the description. A slight, slight tinge of bitter/sour, perhaps like cut plants. Sunny, light, innocent, open, joy. A summer's day. Really lovely. Potential bottle in my future. Comparisons to other scents: If you like this, then you might want to try The Apothecary or Death and Life Completed.

She puts any new items at the very bottom, so you can just copy those rows and paste them into yours. Because she is AWESOME AND A GENIUS.

Hackess, thank you SO MUCH for keeping this updated. I think I'm as addicted to maintaining my version of your spreadsheet as I am to the bpal itself...

Wet: Bright, "perfumey" but in a way that I somehow like. Dry: Over a long period of time (3-4 hours) the brightness slowly, slowly, fades back, leaving a wonderful carnation / amber / sandalwood spice. A HUGE change from when wet, that takes hours to fully develop. I agree w/clover's review - all the notes are blended so seamlessly, it's hard to describe, and hard to categorise as even floral, resiny, or sweet. As she mentioned, "golden, smooth and a bit bright". I sometimes need a scent for work that says, 'I am "professional" and can run with the suit-and-briefcase crowd, but I am still myself, and I'm awesome.' In the past, I turned to Manhattan for that, or possibly Mag Mell. Now I think it'll be "Death and life" all the way. Will need a bottle when my imp run out. Or maybe sooner.... I love this.

Wet: Yes, all the notes I know of the ones listed I can smell in this - amber, citrus, verbena, cedar. Dry: Sparkling verbena. I love verbena. Comparisons to other scents: Similar but more metallic than Embalming Fluid, which seems to last longer on me. Great for summer.

Wet: light garden rose - like a true rose scent when you're walking through a dew-covered english-style garden. Dry: This is a nice rose scent (I just can't imagine myself wearing this, I can't usually do rose.)

Frimp from the lab - thank you! Wet: green - cool - blue - water Dry: Green, over time turning to rose. Comparisons to other scents: Similar to Lucy's Kiss, which seems better to me scentwise, though both are a bit too floral for my tastes. Effect: Could be -- I was a little too calm today at work- couldn't get focused!

Wet: Spun sugar. Dry: Sugar and rich deep honey. Not enough oomph for me for daytime, but warm and comforting for evening. Comparisons to other scents: I had been hanging onto my imp of O, but I've since discovered Defututa, and Defututa's hint of flower petals mixed with the similar languorous honey and vanilla has totally won me over.

Peach deepened by a touch of warm chocolate.

Wet: Sandalwood/cedar Dry: ARRGGHHH - I had such hopes for this! Unfortunately, no. Somehow I get a hint of wintergreen and it is totally distracting to me. How strange is that?

A scent as heavy as thunder from the Vatican, with notes that inspire every sin and excess. Black opium, with vetivert and honeysuckle. Wet: Heavy dark floral, bitter. Dry: *laughing* Okay, the one word I wrote down was ... Undecided. What did I mean? Well, I ended up swapping it. I'm not that big on florals, and it's usually because they're too innocent and light for me - Anathema DEFINITELY does not have THAT problem! The opium seems strong here. This didn't seem like me, but it's definitely an interesting scent, and presumably great on the right person.

Wet: floral Dry: Nice light floral, happy. At least for me, I think Persephone is better for creating a feeling of lightness and happiness (though the scents themselves are nothing alike).

Wet: maraschino cherries Dry: Hm, rose more and more, and I can't pull off rose...

Wet: Bitter and rose Dry: A dark rose, and vetiver. Not bad but I'm not likely to wear this. (I generally do not like to wear rose, though there are the rare exceptions- thank goodness for frimps or I'd never have tried any at all!)

Wet: Sweet like candy Dry: Rose. Pretty but not me; I'm generally anti-rose. (Though Beth has managed some exceptions somehow!)

>modern, elegant, unfussy and a little carefree And this, to me, says Manhattan.

Wet: Woods/musk. Dry and earthy. Dry: Dusty, dry, and musky. This calms over time to a deep, dark amber. It's defnitely different! I like it, though I can see how many would hate it- it's heavy and completely not like a typical "perfume".

Wet: pine and woods Dry: Well-blended enough so all the notes mingle and I can't quite pick them out, no one scent overpowering the others. A really beautiful woods, that dries down to a quiet sweetness. Really smooth and gentle, warm.

Wet: light white floral Dry: White floral. Pretty but not me.

Frimp from the lab - thank you! Wet: a great patchouli blend Dry: Woods (cedar?) and spice, warming. The patchouli is not overboard here, it's blended well with dry woods scents. For me, a golden scent. Really good. This is a definite keeper.

Wet: wow! Delicious w/lemon. (Not very descriptive, I know, sorry...) Dry: Now that this is on, it strikes me as men's cologne-y, and I can't pinpoint exactly what's making me think that. There's something in here that's really bright/sour/metallic that is disagreeing with me. BUT I generally love all the listed notes, so I don't know what that could possibly be. Comparisons to other scents: To me, this has a similar liveliness as Embalming Fluid, and EF works much better for me. (As an aside: This is the first scent I've put on where I felt really unsettled by it. I swapped it because of that feeling, even though all the notes are ones that I generally love. I wonder if it triggered some old memory in me? Very odd.)

Wet: cherry / rose? Dry: the cherry-rose-floral lasts a long time. Do not like. Drat, I think my skin chemistry does not get along with the Lab's Dragon's Blood scent.

Wet: watery/aftershave Dry: Lots of what I might call watery/aquatic scents here. I don't sense the plundered spices. Not a bad scent, esp on a guy, but definitely not me.